G Younger: Blog

It feels good to be able to say that it is now posted.

I recently went back and reread the first book in the series. I want to thank everyone for allowing me to learn my craft at your expense. I've used Stupid Boy as a writing exercise, trying to write every day. Writing is one of those things that you have to work at.

Not all my efforts or plot lines have been successful, but you hopefully learn from those mistakes.

So, what's next? I've finished the next book (Junior Year - Part II). I'm getting feedback from the readers that received the pre-release and we are working to correct anything they are finding. It will start posting on SOL on August 26.

I'm currently writing Junior Year Part III, which covers the summer time frame of the story. Last time I took a break from Stupid Boy and wrote a few shorter stories (Little Tony, Sell Anything on Craigslist and Getting it Wrong). If I need a break again I will probably work on Getting it Done and I have another story The Third Son that needs to be written.

Thank you again for all your feedback and letting me learn my craft at your expense.

G Younger

... by Hooriya Ahmed send me a message. He actually emailed me and I will give you his email address.


It might be wise to write a cease and desist letter or have an attorney do it.

Update: He actually signed a cease and desist letter.


G Younger

Dear Greg,

Thank you for your message. Please be advised that we are in the process of removing the following Kindle titles from sale on all Amazon sites:

Junior Year Fall A Stupid Boy Story ASIN: B01MT3NS9X

It typically takes 2-3 days for the changes to be reflected on the sites. We trust this will bring this matter to a close.

Best Regards,

Anne Tarpey

Copyright/Trademark Agent
Amazon.com

One of our readers got on a chat discussion with Amazon. Here is what they told him:

"I will be reporting this to our team, however

please let the author of the ebook to email our

Legal department at copyright@amazon.com for

assistance."

Here is additional info from an email a reader got from Amazon:

Hello,

We reviewed your report and determined that it is incomplete. We cannot take action on or complete any of your requests. Please resubmit your report with all the required information as listed below.

-- The name and email address of the person submitting the notice, plus any additional contact details.
-- The rights owner name, if the notice is submitted by an agent of the rights owner.

-- Identification of the intellectual property right asserted, by registration number, if applicable.

-- Identification of the specific content on Amazon believed to be infringing, by ASIN or URL. If your report is about specific seller listings, please provide a list of sellers. If your report is about text or images on a page describing a product, please identify those images or that text. If your report is that the entire page or product sold via that page infringes, please let us know.

-- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the infringing content is not authorized by the rights owner, its agent, or the law.

-- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the [above] information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights owner or authorized to act on the rights owner's behalf.

All notices of intellectual property infringement must include:
-- The name and email address of the person submitting the notice, plus any additional contact details.
-- The rights owner name, if the notice is submitted by an agent of the rights owner.
-- Identification of the intellectual property right asserted, by registration number, if applicable.
-- Identification of the specific content on Amazon believed to be infringing, by ASIN or URL.
-- Statement that the information in the notice is accurate.
-- Statement that the submitter is authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner and has a good-faith belief that the use of the content is not authorized by the rights owner, its agent, or the law.

Complaint ID: 881245131

Sincerely,

Seller Performance Team
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com



There is also a link on Amazon for Copyright Infringement, that I've used. A follow-up email sound like a logical step.

My Junior Year - Fall book has been stolen and posted on Amazon. Please don't buy it when you can read it for free here. The so called author is Hooriya ahmed.

You can add comments to my review of the book here: link

FYI - I've contacted Amazon to start the process to get it removed.