How to make 'books' and money without writing a single line!

  This page used to present items coming from WIKIPEDIA articles.
  But since 2023 and the rising of ChatGPT and the A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), it is now very easy for unscrupulous people, from a few pertinent prompts, to get fake books on any subject without any effort.
  So there are now two categories of what tries to make believe it is a book but is not:

I. THE WIKIPEDIA PRINTS,
II. THE A.I. GENERATED BOOKS (2023 onwards).

  As we do not mean to offer them any promotion,
these items are mentioned here for information and warning,
with just their front cover and title
(to make them appear in the Search),
but without any details.

I. THE WIKIPEDIA PRINTS:

  Though they have a cover and pages, these items are, according to us, not really books: they are actually just printouts of Wikipedia articles, taken -not to say stolen- from a free web site and sold at high prices on the Internet: an original way to make money by using other people's work... The authors of Wikipedia have to do research to write their articles, while the pirates just make a copy and paste operation, print out and sell the resultas a new "book"!

  Sometimes, to fool the customers even more and make them look like a 'real' book, an author's name is mentioned on the cover: just search for these 'authors' on the Internet and you will see that they have 'written' books on a vast amount of subjects... Actually, they know as much about everything as Wikipedia does!
  Some publications do not even hesitate to use names of famous authors, such as "S. King", or "Arthur Miller"!

  Most of these printouts are in English, but they also exist in French, German, Spanish... why not, they are so easy to make...

  'If you feel that doing a free search on Wikipedia is not worth your time compared to paying someone to print out Wikipedia articles for you, then these books may be of interest.' (www.goodreads.com)

  HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM?
- They have a poorly illustrated softcover and are rather thin,
- Here are some of the names used by Pirate editors : @LPHASCRIPT PUBLISHING, BETASCRIPT PUBLISHING, BOOKS LLC, BOOKVICA PUBLISHING, HEPHAESTUS BOOKS, CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING (this is a free Internet publisher frequently used by pirates).
- These "authors" are extremely suspect: "Jacob Anderson", "Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster", "Gabrielle Dantz ", "Jesse Russell and Ronald Cohn", "Dhirubbai Patel", "Philippe Valentin Giffard", "Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow", "Christian Boniman", "Richard Etchells", and even "S. King" or "Arthur Miller" (of course nothing to do with the two famous authors).

  See below what they look like:

Thank you to Eric Galzi, Knut Högvall and Jürgen Wasser for the images and information on this page.

@LPHASCRIPT PUBLISHING

From Mauritius. "By Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster (Ed.)". The information (warning?) "High Quality Content by Wikipedia Articles!" is printed on the front and back covers.

ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN	AWARDS RECEIVED BY BOB DYLAN	BOB DYLAN
BOB DYLAN (ALBUM)	BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND 1974 TOUR	BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN
BOB DYLAN DISCOGRAPHY	BOB DYLAN: THE COLLECTION	DESIRE (BOB DYLAN ALBUM)
DYLAN & THE DEAD	FOREVER YOUNG (BOB DYLAN SONG)	I'M NOT THERE: BIOGRAPHY, MUSICAL FILM...
I WANT YOU (BOB DYLAN SONG)	MODERN TIMES (BOB DYLAN ALBUM)	MTV UNPLUGGED (BOB DYLAN ALBUM)
	ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER

 

BOOKS LLC, USA

 "Books LLC is an American publisher and a book sales club based in Memphis, Tennessee. Its primary work is collecting Wikipedia and Wikia articles and selling them as printed and downloadable books". (Wikipedia)

ALBUMS PRODUCED BY JOHN HAMMOND: THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN, BOB DYLAN etc...	BOB DYLAN ALBUMS: BOB DYLAN TRIBUTES ALBUMS, TRAVELING WILBURYS ALBUMS, etc...	BOB DYLAN CONCERT TOURS: NEVER ENDING TOUR, ROLLING THUNDER REVUE etc...
BOB DYLAN SONGS: Desolation Row, Mr Tambourine Man, Like A Rolling Stone, etc...	BOB DYLAN: TRAVELING WILBURYS, THE BAND, HIBBING MINNESOTA, LIST OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE COVERED etc...	BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE ALBUMS: THE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT CELEBRATION, I'M NOT THERE
FILMS ABOUT BOB DYLAN: DONT LOOK BACK, I'M NOT THERE, etc...	WORKS BY BOB DYLAN: BOB DYLAN DISCOGRAPHY, THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'	THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS (MUSIC GUIDE)

(IN FRENCH) ALBUM DE BOB DYLAN; THE FREEWHELIN' BOB DYLAN, HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, THE BASEMENT TAPES, MODERN TIMES

(IN FRENCH) BOB DYLAN: I'M NOT THERE, DISCOGRAPHIE DE BOB DYLAN, DONT LOOK BACK, NO DIRECTION HOME, ROLLING THUNDER REVUE, CHRONICLES VOLUME 1, SARA DYLAN (??)

(IN FRENCH) CHANSON DE BOB DYLAN: LIKE A ROLLING STONE, ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, POSITIVELY 4th STREET, HURRICANE, SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES

(IN GERMAN) BOB DYLAN: Biograph, Bob Dylan/Diskografie, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Together Through Life, The Bootleg Series Vol.8; Tell Tale Signs, Sara Dylan (???), Bob Dylan Live 1966, The Royal Albert Hall Concert, The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, Self Portrait.	(IN NORWEGIAN) BOB DYLAN - ALBUM -The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Planet Waves, The Bootleg Series Vol 8: Tell Tale Signs, Self portrait, The Concert for Bangladesh, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 1961-1991, Blood on the Tracks, The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975
(IN SPANISH) - CANCIONES DE BOB DYLAN, GIRAS MUSICALES DE BOB DYLAN, ALBUMES DE BOB DYLAN, etc...	(IN SPANISH) CANCIONES DE BOB DYLAN, Like A Rolling Stone, Mr Tambourine Man, Hurricane, etc...

CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING

"CreateSpace provides free tools to help you self-publish and distribute your books. They are not responsible for the contents of these books". The "authors" names are famous: "Arthur Miller" or "S. King" ...

BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON	BOB DYLAN & THE BEATLES	BOB DYLAN & JOHNNY CASH
BOB DYLAN & THE ROLLING STONES	BOB DYLAN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, MICHAEL JACKSON & BOB DYLAN
ELVIS PRESLEY & BOB DYLAN	JAMES BROWN, CHUCK BERRY & BOB DYLAN	MADONNA & BOB DYLAN
TOM PETTY & BOB DYLAN	TOM PETTY, BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON

 

HEPHAESTUS BOOKS

At least most of these items carry the honest mention: "EDITED FROM HIGH QUALITY WIKIPEDIA  ARTICLES".

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND: BOB DYLAN,  AN UNOFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY	BOB DYLAN BOOTLEG RECORDINGS, INCLUDING: EAT THE DOCUMENT, GREAT WHITE WONDER, FROM NEWPORT TO THE ANCIENT EMPTY STREETS OF L.A., IN 1966 THERE WAS, ZIMMERMAN LOOKING BACK, A TREE WITH ROOTS	ESSENTIAL MUSICIANS: AN OVERVIEW OF BOB DYLAN AND HIS INFLUENCES
ESSENTIAL MUSICIANS: A LOOK AT BOB DYLAN IN THE 1960s	ESSENTIAL MUSICIANS: BOB DYLAN IN THE 1970s	ESSENTIAL MUSICIANS: A LOOK AT BOB DYLAN IN THE 1980s
ESSENTIAL MUSICIANS: A LOOK AT BOB DYLAN IN THE 1990s AND 2000s	FILMS ABOUT BOB DYLAN, INCLUDING: DON'T LOOK BACK, HEARTS OF FIRE, RENALDO AND CLARA, EAT THE DOCUMENT, NO DIRECTION HOME, MASKED AND ANONYMOUS, I'M NOT THERE, 65 REVISITED, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR (FILM), COMPLETE UNKNOWN	REFERENCE GUIDE BOB DYLAN AND HIS ALBUMS FROM 1978-2009 INCLUDING STREET-LEGAL, UNDER THE RED SKY, TIME OUT OF MIND, TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE AND MANY OTHERS
SONGS WRITTEN BY BOB DYLAN, INCLUDING: DESOLATION ROW, ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, BLOWIN' IN THE WIND, MR. TAMBOURINE MAN, IT AIN'T ME BABE, BLIND WILLIE MCTELL (SONG), SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES, THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL, CHIMES OF FREEDOM.	AN UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF BOB DYLAN

PIRATES WITH VARIOUS FLAGS (other publishers)

BOB DYLAN	BOB DYLAN DISCOGRAPHY	BOB DYLAN (biography)
BOB DYLAN: BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREATEST SONGWRITER	BOB DYLAN CONCERT TOURS	BOB DYLAN CONCERT TOURS (2)

BOB DYLAN - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Strange item, where a lot of words are replaced by synonyms, in order not to get caught in an Internet search. Even in the quotes of lines from the songs! For example: "Darkness at the break of noon/ Shadows even the silver spoon/ The handmade blade, the child's balloon/ Eclipses both the sun and moon/ To understand you know too soon/ There is no sense in trying" becomes "Darkness at the split of noon/ Shadows even the silver spoon/ The handcrafted brand, the child's balloon/ Eclipses either the sunlight and moon/ To comprehend you comprehend also soon/ There is no feel in trying". Thank you to Knut Högvall for the information

HE NOT BUSY BEING BORN IS BUSY DYING - AMERICAN SONGWRITER	THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BOB DYLAN	SELF PORTRAIT (BOB DYLAN ALBUM)
SONG FOR BOB DYLAN	(IN FRENCH) BOB DYLAN -L'EXPLOSION ROCK À LA CITÉ DE LA MUSIQUE	INSIDE THE POETIC LETTER OF BOB DYLAN
TEARS OF RAGE	WATCHING MY LIFE GO BY	WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW
BOB DYLAN AND POETIC LETTER: MELANCHOLIC, POETIC EXPLOSION IN SONGS OF BOB DYLAN	COLLECTION OF SONGS OF BOB DYLAN: BEHIND THE FAMOUS SONGS	FAMOUS SONGS OF BOB DYLAN: GREAT ALBUMS IN ROCK HISTORY
AMERICAN SOCIETY ROCK VOCALIST GOTTEN GRAMMY AWARDS AND NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE	50 SONGS OF BOB DYLAN	100 SONGS OF BOB DYLAN
JOAN BAEZ AND BOB DYLAN	THE BIOGRAPHY OF BOB!	BOB DYLAN - THE BIOGRAPHY
BOB DYLAN - BIOGRAPHY	BOB DYLAN BY JOE PECORARO (Rip-off from Encyclopaedia Britannica article)	BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHY - A MUSICAL ODYSSEY THROUGH TIME
BOB DYLAN, U2, BRYAN ADAMS, PETER MULVEY, OMAGH BOMBING	THE TRAVELING WILBURYS	THE MUSIC OF BOB DYLAN

CHASING THE TRUTH

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN MOVIE REVIEW

THE BIOGRAPHY OF BOB DYLAN

BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHY

BOB DYLAN - KIDS BIOGRAPHY

BOB DYLAN UPCLOSE - THE ILLUSTRATED, UNAUTORIZED BIOGRAPHY	(IN FRENCH) BOB DYLAN DE PRÊS - LA BIOGRAPHIE ILLUSTRÉE ET NON AUTORISÉE	(IN ITALIAN) BOB DYLAN DA VICINO, - LA BIOGRAFIA ILLUSTRATA NON AUTORIZZATA
(IN GERMAN) BOB DYLAN HAUTNAH - DER ILLUSTRIERTE BIOGRAFIE	(IN GERMAN) DER INOFFIZIELLE ADVENTSKALENDER FÜR ALLE FANS VON BOB DYLAN	THE BIOGRAPHY OF BOB DYLAN

   Below are 2022 "books" about Bob Dylan's THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MODERN SONG.
    "The 'authors' have done on Wikipedias articles a search-and-replace on certain words and phrases to prevent the text to be flagged in a comparison search: that makes it read as written by a dude sky high on LSD". 
   These are printed-on-demand paperbacks, but there are more kindles with the same title, not presented here.
In these 'exchange words for synonyms' Wikipedia rip-offs cashing in on Dylan's new book, "Bob Dylan" becomes "Bounce Dylan", "The Rolling Stones" becomes "The Vagabonds", and "Like A Rolling Stone" becomes "Like A Stray"!... (Knut Högvall).

BOB DYLAN: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK

BOB DYLAN: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HIS NEW BOOK

SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG	SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG	SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG	SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG	SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG

SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG

SUMMARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG

II. THE A.I. GENERATED BOOKS (2023 onwards).

 

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