Blog Version: Amazon Caught Stealing Authors’ Ad Dollars

For Week Ending September 4, 2026

The FTC just sued Amazon for secretly overcharging a million authors on ads. GPT-6 drops, and we are officially in the AGI era. Bernie Sanders wants to criminalize the writing tools you used this week. An AI-written romance starring your reader just launched for $89.00. MrBeast's book is bombing despite 515 million fans. And SSRIs may be quietly reshaping what your core fiction readers can feel. Check out the blog version for sources and links.