The other Peanuts

So it looks as though the same bozos who have been repeatedly publishing unlicensed Kindle collections of Peanuts works are also doing the same with Diary of a Wimpy Kid books… and labeling them as being Peanuts. (I’m not going to link in this case — my “hey, look at this!” instincts are being overridden by not wanting to risk any one of my followers actually ordering one of these things.)

Amazon listing for a Kindle book of Wimpy Kid stories, which uses "Peanuts" in its title

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