Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

• Amazon just announced a writing contest for Kindle Vella stories.
• Reports of a summer spike in COVID reminds me why I wear still a mask in public.
• Bookbub offers tips on how to score a featured book listing in its sales promotions.
• Jonathan Bailey questions whether it is possible to reliably detect AI-generated writing. He has a point; some AI detection tools such as the one offered by TurnItIn are known to be unreliable.
• Victoria Strauss has advice on what authors should do if they’ve been swindled, cheated, or scammed.

TECH TIP: If you are looking for automated tools for detecting AI-generated writing, here are a few you might try:

• Copy Leaks – Copyleaks.com/ai-content-detector
• GPT ZERO – GPTzero.me
• Merlin – Getmerlin.in/ai-detection
• QuillBot – Quillbot.com/ai-content-detector
• Scribbr – Scribbr.com/ai-detector
• Stealth GPT – StealthGPT.ai
• Undetectable AI – Undetectable.ai
• Writer.com – Writer.com/ai-content-detector
• ZeroGPT – Zerogpt.com