Amazon Has an Throbbing, Heaving Erotica Problem, But Not the One You Think

As students of Gothic literature and Keanu Reeves fans know, Bram Stoker's Dracula is that rare classic that offers a high-brow cover for what is essentially a sex romp through Transylvania. As author Maria Cruz found, it also makes for good plagiarizing.

You see, when Amazon opened up its Kindle Select program to indie publishers and self-published authors, it left the door ajar for plagiarists. As Adam Penenberg points out in Fast Company, that problem is particularly rampant in the erotica genre.