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John Scalzi on “Indefinite Book Club Hiatus” (whatever.scalzi.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/books@lemmy.world
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Bluntly, I can spend my days sorting “book club” spam, or I can write books. One pays me money. The otherff does not. So until further notice, I’m not entertaining book club invitations from anyone, and I likely won’t respond to your invitation at all. I’m sorry but this is the reality of the moment.

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[–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago

I'm guessing it's a modification of a scam that's been around podcasts and even (sometimes fake) conferences. Invite someone, then "oh hey you need to pay X for Y" or maybe asking for some donation to support. Now they're just automated attempts to grab cash

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