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The website www.romancepdf.com is illegally selling one of my books. I highly recommend you don't buy anything from them. Not just be causing they're stealing authors work but they are probably hijacking you credit card info as well.
— Jul 09, 2014 01:44PM
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Heather K (dentist in my spare time)
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Jul 09, 2014 02:01PM
Did you contact them? Supposedly you can remove your stuff. What a horrible site.
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I did contact them. But, since they're also likely collecting people's information, I thought I should publicize their behavior. If they'll steal from writers they'll steal from readers.
Marshall wrote: "I did contact them. But, since they're also likely collecting people's information, I thought I should publicize their behavior. If they'll steal from writers they'll steal from readers."Totally agree. I hate how they tried to make their site seem legit. Readers might not know it is fraudulent.
Exactly. They've got to be offshore. Most of the pirate sites charge for entry and then pretend discourage readers to distribute work. That allows them to claim they're not responsible. This is much more flagrant so they have to be beyond reach.
It totally looks legit until you start looking around. They don't have an "about us" section, nor affiliates, nor links to the publishers and authors they represent. Vendors and resellers usually do. They also have a heck of amount of oldies for sale, including Kathleen Woodiwiss (deceased) "A Rose in Winter." Gee...Since they recommend visa as their first choice (but accept other credit cards) couldn't this be reported for fraud?
Identity theft is as under-enforced as copyright infringement. The credit card companies just absorb the loses at the moment.
