literoticatokindle.com - anyone heard about that before?

[Ada Stuart]

Hi

I just did a random internet search for one of my stories and this one suddenly appeared - another plagiarized copy that I've never approved of:

https://literoticatokindle.com/s/computer-geek-ch-13

It seems that they have copied all of Literotica and with a single click you can have the stories into your Kindle too. Now, that is....well, inventive.

Anyone aware of this happening before?


On the main page, they are even stating: "This website is not affiliated with literotica.com", so that's honest at least.

Well, another good thing is that the Author link actually returns you to the Author page on Lit, but still....

 

[SimonDoom]

What a stinker. Manu and Laurel should know so they shut it down ASAP. The home page literoticatokindle.com offers no contact information.

 

[RejectReality]

If they're linking back to me on Lit, as far as I'm concerned it's free advertising.

I offer kindle compatible ebooks of all my stuff on my website anyway.

 

[JPGmvny]

If they're linking back to me on Lit, as far as I'm concerned it's free advertising.

I offer kindle compatible ebooks of all my stuff on my website anyway.

What it appears to do is take a Lit link and convert into a Kindle format so you can read it as an ebook. It'll then send the story to your device, I assume; I've not registered.

As noted, the author link sends you to the author's Lit bio.

 

[SimonDoom]

If they're linking back to me on Lit, as far as I'm concerned it's free advertising.

I offer kindle compatible ebooks of all my stuff on my website anyway.

It's no skin off my back either, but it potentially hurts Literotica.com because it offers the capability of reading the stories without actually visiting this site and registering traffic to it, and they're reaping profit that Literotica.com should be reaping. In an indirect way, that hurts all of us, because we have a vested interest in this Site succeeding.

 

[NotWise]

It's no skin off my back either, but it potentially hurts Literotica.com because it offers the capability of reading the stories without actually visiting this site and registering traffic to it, and they're reaping profit that Literotica.com should be reaping. In an indirect way, that hurts all of us, because we have a vested interest in this Site succeeding.

I'm not sure it takes much more than a few clicks from Lit. When I tested it, I had to go to Lit first, find a story, then copy and paste the URL into their window. I think the only things Lit lost were the clicks to the next page.

On the other hand, I think reading the story there reduced the chance that I'd get votes or favorites from the reader.

 

[KeithD]

Presume that someone has checked with Manu and found this isn't a program of Literotica itself(?)

 

[Ada Stuart]

Presume that someone has checked with Manu and found this isn't a program of Literotica itself(?)

Good question I was thinking the same I'll pm Laurel just in case

 

[Bramblethorn]

If you click the "Search" button near the top of the forums view, you can find previous discussions about this:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1469636
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1422454

 

[Bramblethorn]

Presume that someone has checked with Manu and found this isn't a program of Literotica itself(?)

A notice at the bottom of the page says "this site is not affiliated with literotica.com" so it seems unlikely. Also, the sites are registered via different companies.

 

[Handley_Page]

I find it a very useful tool on occasions;
especially when I want to read a LONG story on my PC later on.

 

[yukonnights]

This is interesting, but I accepted long ago that everything I put up here is going to end up someplace else. I put it up for free, so it just means more people will read my propaganda. I would be surprised if the Lit site owners are unaware of most of this type of 'theft' — they've been dealing with it quite awhile.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

The domain was registered in 2014, and the contact info is hidden behind a privacy company contact. The whois seems pretty normal, they're registered at cloudflare.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Let's see here... You put you stories here for free and the site you are complaining about is posting yours with you name attached to them with a link right back here to Lit. I don't see a problem. No one is claiming ownership except you. You're given the credit of writing the story. Sounds like an app to download a Lit story to the a Kindle.

 

[JPGmvny]

What About Lit?

Let's see here... You put you stories here for free and the site you are complaining about is posting yours with you name attached to them with a link right back here to Lit. I don't see a problem. No one is claiming ownership except you. You're given the credit of writing the story. Sounds like an app to download a Lit story to the a Kindle.

I think the concern is its effect, if any, on Lit itself. I think it a useful tool.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I think the concern is its effect, if any, on Lit itself. I think it a useful tool.

Show me how to get to stories that haven't process there yet? All it is a tool. I will bet any story processed is gone after a certain amount of time.

ETA: It would appear that even if you put a story that isn't there on line, that it goes and gets it... the whole thing... in one big gulp.

So, as far as reads go, the story I just gulped will have had a read click for each part... all seven of them.

 

[SimonDoom]

Let's see here... You put you stories here for free and the site you are complaining about is posting yours with you name attached to them with a link right back here to Lit. I don't see a problem. No one is claiming ownership except you. You're given the credit of writing the story. Sounds like an app to download a Lit story to the a Kindle.

What JPG said. Lit authors may not care, but I'm surprised Literotica doesn't care. This site is using its registered trademark without permission, and it's wholesale copying copyrighted content from its site without its permission.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

What JPG said. Lit authors may not care, but I'm surprised Literotica doesn't care. This site is using its registered trademark without permission, and it's wholesale copying copyrighted content from its site without its permission.

There it that.

 

[RejectReality]

In a universe full of fly-by-night sites horking Lit's content wholesale without attribution or link back, a site that is actually driving a small amount of traffic and creating back-links useful for search engine ranking is probably low on the priority list of things Lit is worried about.

It's been there for years, and brought up before. I wouldn't be surprised if they're planning to offer the same service here eventually, since there seems to be a demand for it.

 

[Bramblethorn]

It's been there for years, and brought up before. I wouldn't be surprised if they're planning to offer the same service here eventually, since there seems to be a demand for it.

That does seem like the most effective way to kill the other site, if they care about it.

 

[RejectReality]

As long as I brought it up, I may as well add that a setting should be provided to allow the author to disallow downloads in whatever offline media they choose to offer.

The other sites that have PDF or Kindle compatible downloads offer such a setting, so there will most likely be a demand for the same here, if they choose to go that route. May as well start out with it, rather than have to add it in after the fact.

 

[Javahead]

As long as I brought it up, I may as well add that a setting should be provided to allow the author to disallow downloads in whatever offline media they choose to offer.

The other sites that have PDF or Kindle compatible downloads offer such a setting, so there will most likely be a demand for the same here, if they choose to go that route. May as well start out with it, rather than have to add it in after the fact.

It also doesn’t appear to work - I tried sending one of my own stories as an experiment. It formats OK onscreen, but reports errors on sending it.

For the record, I’d love if Literotica had a working version of this feature. But this isn’t competition with them, at the moment.

 

[RejectReality]

Just tried it, and it doesn't work for me either. Generates the Ebook, including all chapters of multi-part stories, but won't send it due to errors.