The Amazon swamp: how fakes and frauds engulfed the world’s biggest bookshop

> Genuine publishers, meanwhile, seem wary of commenting on the issue. This may be out of fear of antagonising Amazon, on whose distribution model they almost universally rely for book sales, or because such information is commercially sensitive.

bingo. this fakes problem not limited to only books. ran into same issues with protein powders..electric toothbrush heads..razors. once received a box of diapers that looked legitimate but fine print on side had misspellings.

this article give amazon too much credit. me reported fake toothbrush heads. amazon refused to publish my 1 star review and send me email saying they investigated and product is real when clearly it knock off being sold as real.

Non-paywall: https://archive.ph/X1P5v