OP did - "Amazon". That's the company that people are trusting to be offering real products, that isn't actually doing much in the way of QA, and instead just abusing customer labor to do QA and a "no fault return".
QA involves more than just testing - verifying vendors, checking their bona fides, and having relationships/terms that allow for more than just no fault returns for fraudulent suppliers.
Amazon basically has the same broken dynamic as other centralizers like Youtube. They want to promiscuously accept suppliers as if they themselves are just a neutral conduit, while also performing discovery/recommendation across those listings. These are two very different things, and the conflation of them makes it so the barrier to getting in search results / recommended is an afterthought. If the fraudulent books were only reached because OP had come in through a link recommended elsewhere, there wouldn't be too much to take Amazon to task for. The problem is that they're discoverable through their own branded search, hence the blame of quality (or in this case, abject fraud) landing at Amazon's feet.
> How do you do QA on one-off items or reliably fact check books?
There’s a reason that traditional publishers don’t just take manuscripts and print them without active review and engagement, and there’s a reason traditional book retailers have buyers. Amazon (both as a publisher and retailer) and other online marketplaces have treated it as if the only reason for these things was resource limitations of the traditional marketplace (whether imposed by printing, etc., costs for publishers or inventory and shelf space concerns for traditional retailers) but it also goes to customer trust.
Does it scale? No, but if you don’t do something like it, then you may have an infinite number of titles, but it will become impossible for customers to find anything that has quality among the trash.
Presumably someone would read the books. Normally, this is done by the publisher, which decides which books it wants to publish. The bookstore decides which publishers it wants to work with.
Have a look at the books that have reviews. Some include pictures or excerpts. They’re all complete trash. I found a photo I saved, here’s another quote:
“The caverns are home to many creatures, including raccoons and blind salamanders.”
I noticed most of these books have no reviews. When they do have reviews they have no text with thr review. I think we can do the most good here by just adding a one star review for each of this sellers books, with text, saying that it's AI garbage. I've done a few but I want to finish my paneer now.
Switzerland is a landlocked country with no coastline, but it borders five other countries. This peaceful country is home to one of the lowest murder rates in the world, at about five people per 100,000 residents. Its people have always been known for their benevolence, and despite the fact that it is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the country has a reputation for being a peaceful place to live.
From the descriptions of other books:
Until the Myceneans conquered Crete, there were no toilet papers.
[Helicopters] also have limitations, such as the fact that they cannot fly in the dark.
A great way to get your kids interested in cows is to teach them some fun facts about them. For example, did you know that they can't walk up and down stairs? That's because they have no legs. Or that you can name a cow? Or that cows are only found in the United States? Here are some other cool facts about cows that will interest kids. Let's take a look at some of them.You can find lots of interesting facts about cows online. For example, cows can see in 360-degrees, which helps them stay safe from predators. They can smell something up to six miles away. You can also find out how long a cow can hold its breath. The most interesting fact about cows is that they're social animals. Even if they're not in the middle of a herd, they'll stick together no matter what.Did you know that cows can hear higher frequencies? Despite their small size, a dairy animal can make over 90% of the world's milk supply. While a few thousand years ago, milking machines were invented, and today they can milk over a hundred cows an hour.
Children are increasingly interested in climate change and the effects it has on their lives. For example, they can learn about the dangers of El-Nino
[The Ancient Egyptians] agricultural techniques also allowed them to create useful items such as pottery
Unlike other cats, however, mountain lions seem to be particularly attracted to kids. While they may not be particularly dangerous, they do seem to perceive children as easy prey. Small children can make a great threat to mountain lions, so they will usually try to run away from them. That said, running away from a mountain wolf or cat could trigger a lion's instinct to chase after them.
D-Day for kids is a great lesson for the entire family, and it's easy to see why. The invasion began at 6 a.m., and by the end of the day, all but one million troops were dead or captured. The battle was the first in the history of the Allied Forces, and it changed the perception of what a soldier could do.
