Talk:Manacled

Manacled being sold for profit, various formats

In addition to the ongoing issue the author has been having with people selling bound copies of the book, it seems Manacled was recently listed on Kindle Unlimited/being sold on Kindle (it seems to have been removed now, there are screenshots of the listing). The book-binding selling has also ramped up again due to a rise of discussion of it on TikTik. Some links if they're helpful to anyone in the future:

• SenLinYuWrites, "Apparently Manacled is being sold on Amazon", ^{Archived version}
• Tweet calling Manacled the "Colleen Hoover" of fanfic, ^{Archived version}, which is referencing the whole situation around ZLibrary going offline after TikTokers began sharing links to the site widely. Some people are concerned there will be a similar drawing off attention from corporations around bookbinding sales due to TikTok videos trending.
• Example of concerns about repercussions, ^{Archived version}. Regardless of the likelihood of something happening, due to the impact TikTok had on Z-Library and on the academic survey site, Prolific, people can be very twitchy about the possible ramifications of certains things getting big on TikTok.
• Manacled search on etsy showing £100+ listings plus a £0.74 ebook listing, ^{Archived version} and one example of a listing including reviews, ^{Archived version} which indicate people are paying for them.

Cookies and chaos (talk) 16:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)