[] Caveat emptor - "book" scam via Amazon

From: Ken Mosher <ken at spatulacity.com> on 2011.01.12 at 19:28:39(21735) Peter - have you tried to report this unscrupulous guy to Amazon? I don't know how easy that is but it would be worth the trouble if you had a few minutes to spare. Thanks for the warning. -Ken HTML +More On 1/9/2011 8:34 PM, Peter Boyce wrote: Dear All, Something unpleasant has come to light via Amazon – although it seems that Amazon itself is totally innocent. One or more “publishers’ are offering for sale “books” on various aroid subjects that are simply print-offs of Wikipedia pages or downloads and prints of pdfs available free from BHL. Of particular note are “publications” by a “publisher” called Books LlC that are Wiki data dumps, and various parts of Engler’s monographic studies such as the Monographiae Phanerogamarum. Peter --------------090001090200050200050504-- --==============03364666784836078=

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2011.01.13 at 06:35:15(21739) Ken, Yes, I have reported this “company” to Amazon. As yet no feed-back. To make matters worse Books Llc is partailly misusing the name of a legitimate US company – bargainbooks Llc, which specializes in Americana. Peter HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Ken Mosher Sent: Thursday, 13 January, 2011 3:29 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] [] Caveat emptor - "book" scam via Amazon Peter - have you tried to report this unscrupulous guy to Amazon? I don't know how easy that is but it would be worth the trouble if you had a few minutes to spare. Thanks for the warning. -Ken On 1/9/2011 8:34 PM, Peter Boyce wrote: Dear All, Something unpleasant has come to light via Amazon – although it seems that Amazon itself is totally innocent. One or more “publishers’ are offering for sale “books” on various aroid subjects that are simply print-offs of Wikipedia pages or downloads and prints of pdfs available free from BHL. Of particular note are “publications” by a “publisher” called Books LlC that are Wiki data dumps, and various parts of Engler’s monographic studies such as the Monographiae Phanerogamarum. Peter ------=_NextPart_000_0086_01CBB32F.1AD03A80-- --==============g90178133917964290=

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