https://pogueman.substack.com/p/ai-scammers-are-going-after-authors
"Who wouldn’t love to pay a small organizational fee in order to reach over
3,000 active readers and lifelong learners? And it’s obviously legit, too—they
have a website and everything!
I mean, their choice of book
is slightly bizarre. I’ve published 120 books. I
have a major new one, a 600-pager about Apple’s first 50 years, coming out in
five weeks. And they pick
OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual—a how-to book,
a reference manual?! That’s been out of print for a decade?!
I Googled it. “is manhattan book club a scam?”
“Yes,” was AI Overview’s reply. “Based on numerous reports from authors in late
2025 and early 2026, the Manhattan Book Club (MBC), along with similar
solicitations, is considered a scam targeting independent authors."
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 34 Issue 86:
https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks/34/86#subj5
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
