Well, not only is Draft2Digital enacting fees in an effort to limit AI slop, Barnes & Noble("BN") also has a new policy to prevent the same on their site.
BN has enacted a limit of 100 titles for indie writers using the Nook Press feature. A lot of folks have received this notice from the scuttlebutt I've found on various social media sites. However, I haven't received such a notice.
(YES! I'VE CHECKED THE GODDESSDAMN SPAM FILTERS! Sorry, I get this from people who weren't even born when I graduated from college with a degree in computer science.)
It might be because I'm setting up Angry Sheep Publishing LLC as the owner of my retail accounts to make it easier on my heirs when I croak. I got the BN account switched over last year.
Even if the new rules apply ASP LLC, I'm going to have to contact BN (yet, another thing to add to my massive to-do list) and confirm what I suspect, instead of making any assumptions.
Why? Because A Barrel of Vintner was the 91st book I've uploaded to BN. Yes, I have written a lot of stuff. No, not all of it is for sale. Yet.
Here's the problem a new spammer can create an account and still upload 100 pieces of AI-generated crap. Then create another account and upload 100 pieces of crap. And so on.
This rule only puts a crimp in people like me who have been writing professionally for the last twenty years.
I don't think the geniuses at BN have really thought this idea through.
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