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Famous Author Jane Friedman Finds AI Fakes Being Sold Under Her Name on Amazon

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Jane Friedman discovered half a dozen books being sold under her name on Amazon that she never wrote. What happened next was any writer’s nightmare.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

Jane Friedman
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Ross Van Pelt /Courtesy of Jane Friedman
Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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