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Recieved a book as a gift through Amazon (fedia.io)
submitted 3 days ago by zout@fedia.io to c/books@lemmy.world
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Has anyone ever had this happen to them?

Someone who's name I never heard of sent me a book as a gift. The book is about 200 pages, but the content could have easily fit in 100 pages or less. Also, page 3 says "printed in the USA", but the last page says "printed in Germany by Amazon distribution". The text is very generic self help stuff. My conclusion is this book was probably written by AI, and someone is sending out copies to get it to the best seller list. Holding the book doesn't justify the current price of € 46, and leafing through it doesn't give me the impression that it's dense in information, it looks to be just generic stuff.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can you post a review even though I assume you won’t be a “verified purchaser”? That’s what I’d try. I’d add the circumstances I received it under and include photos of the oddities you noted.

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I did just that, minus the photos.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The main reason I mentioned the photos is because it adds authenticity if you can show you actually have the book (in lieu of being a “verified purchaser”)

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks, I'll see if I can update it.

Edit: either the review needs to be approved first, or it's not getting placed for some reason. It's not in my profile, I'll come back to it later.