Minecraft's bootleg KDP books

When you think people would be stupid enough to buy stuff like these, you'll be caught.

Minecraft is an open-world sandbox video game in which the player survives in a large, procedurally generated blocky 3D world filled with hostile, neutral and passive creatures in the in-game survival mode or alternatively build whatever structures they desire in the creative mode. Initially developed as an indie project in 2009 as "Cave Game" by Markus "Notch" Persson, it garnered a lot of popularity after its official release in 2011. Thanks to this, it also spawned several books, either official/licensed or fan-made; however, among these books, there are bad ones, with the worst offenders being a series of bootleg books published via KDP, with one resembling and giving signals to another.

Why They Should Be Sent To House Of Boom By Steve

NOTE: It only includes the books showcased by RetroGamingNow and similar ones.

1. Just to kill the creepers in the house: These books directly copy text from YouTubers who have made Minecraft-related videos; this is blatant copyright infringement, which is a clear violation of KDP's Terms of Service and can lead to legal action since it's also illegal.
2. It is a clear violation of Minecraft's EULA. While Minecraft's EULA is still confusing and very open-ended, the books still deserved to be taken down.
3. Similar to Elsagate YouTube videos, the books utilize keywords in the subtitles to attract people looking for legitimate books.
4. Quantity over quality: The books are essentially the book equivalent of shovelware. If they were available longer before they were taken down, they would probably flood KDP with low-quality content, overshadowing genuine authors in the process.
5. There are multiple grammar deficiencies, specially the lack of proper punctuation in some texts.
6. Very, very ugly covers. The Minecraft logo and the text are not centered in some (if not all) of them; there is also a single-colored border in each of the books.
7. Some books have the incorrect thumbnail. In RetroGamingNow's "The Tragic Story of the Witch" book version, for example, the thumbnail from "How the Witch was Made" is utilized.
8. Some of the text is incredibly confusing.
9. Adding insult to injury, the e-book previews utilize normal font, making them incredibly unprofessional.
10. The person (or people) utilized pseudonyms, effectively preventing people from identifying these people.
11. Speaking of which, they also didn't give Amazon an ISBN number, which makes this even more evident.

Redeeming Qualities

1. Some human work was involved in the creation of these books; unfortunately, it was to reduce the chances of being caught.
2. These books probably didn't make much money since most of them were taken down.

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