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In this 2025 article on Victoria Strauss's scam-busting site, Writer Beware, she highlights the new wave of AI-generated scam emails that purport to offer authors access to book review communities, book clubs, or dialogue with famous authors.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D8Q5D4Q?_bbid=297198691&tag=bookbubemail1-20
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