Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱1d ago

Dystopia Status Level: ADS IN BOOKS 😡

My dear readers, you can leave Amazon, I promise. Even reducing Amazon usage helps, but *especially* for books. There are alternatives.

Here's how to find them:
https://susankayequinn.com/how-to-buy-sues-books-a-guide-to-retailers

Show threadDavid Scott Moyer1d ago
@susankayequinn I am all for the alternatives, but there are no ads imbedded in amazon ebooks.
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱1d ago
@farbel first, you don't know that; second, they're *already* putting chatbots in the ebooks; third, Amazon has a long long LONG history of just rolling out stuff in small batch trials to see how it floats; fourth, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was AI accidentally left in the ebook by a shitty AI enthusiast author; fifth, people have OPENLY talked about ads in ebooks FOREVER; sixth, if this is none of the above, wait a minute, that will change.
Show threadHannah Steenbock1d ago

@susankayequinn

Yeah, that looks like an AI-slopped book that hasn't been edited properly. I just spied an m-dash in the next sentence. *snicker*

@farbel

Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

@Firlefanz @farbel

I'm a big fan of em-dashes. They are not an AI thing — AI stole it from US. We are the source.

Chuck Wendig has it right: https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/03/20/shy-girl-ai-in-writing-and-a-new-perniciousness/

Shy Girl, AI In Writing, And A New Perniciousness

I wanna talk about Cameron’s The Terminator and Carpenter’s The Thing, but first, let’s get it out of the way — If you know anything at all about me in this Current Era, it …

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
Mar 22 at 1:15pmWeb
Show threadHannah Steenbock16h ago

@susankayequinn

No, m-dashes are not a sure-fire way of identifying an AI, of course not. And it's absolutely unfair to authors who like using them.

I was thinking that the combination of everything, i.e. the style, the insane plug and the m-dashes, does point to LLMs and AI.

Which, yes, are a pox on this world.

@farbel