The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that Jim Nicholas, by his own description, is the "renowned" author of 38 books. The Globe's Joe Castaldo writes that he has written biographies of celebrities and a guide to skin care.
In January, he published Unbroken Echoes: The Life and Legacy of Judih Weinstein Haggai. A Canadian, Ms. Weinstein Haggai was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, along with her partner, Gad Haggai.
Her brother Larry Weinstein came across the Amazon listing for the self-published biography. He quickly grew suspicious. The book, for example, came out just days after Ms. Weinstein Haggai's death was made public last December.
He later purchased a copy, but could not make it through for its utter ineptness. The book, along with the rest of the Jim Nicholas oeuvre, bears all the hallmarks of sloppy AI-generated writing. The biography is devoid of any real information about Ms. Weinstein Haggai, beyond what could be learned from a few news headlines. Mr. Weinstein contacted Amazon to remove Unbroken Echoes and was eventually told on Friday the matter is under investigation. The book is now unavailable. The Globe could not find any evidence that the author Jim Nicholas exists outside of Amazon.
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