Okay, the AI-generated book club scam emails are getting ridiculous. Just got forwarded one from one of my authors that is literally a page long, with effusive flowery language.
“I was wandering through Amazon in my usual suspicious manner when your book suddenly appeared like a clue that absolutely did not want to be ignored….”
Anyway, as soon as you see like 3 of these, you’ll be able to instantly recognize them by the ChatGPT cadence.
Dec 4, 2025 18:03But if you’re not familiar yet, here are some tips for recognizing this particular scam:
1) They will explain the plot of your book back to you and/or list themes as though writing an analysis paper for school
2) They will always give a person’s name and book club name, and if you google them they may very well be real. But these emails never seem to contain links to the group’s website or social media pages.
3) AI loves lists. The description will be filled with lists of adjectives and towards the end of the email, there’s always a bulleted list (with or without actual bullet formatting) of 3-5 things that you will get out of being “featured” in this “book club”
