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Welp, scammer finally got a response out of me. Instead of the "I just came across book and was immediately stuck by" it was a straight up reader question - in this case "how much of the series did you have in mind when writing the first book." On replying, I got the response:

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"So, I was actually looking at the Amazon page of (book) and discovered I wasn't able to come across any A+ Content for the book. I believe you understand the visual impact and value an A+ content can bring to the pages of a book on Amazon...

I thought about putting together samples of A+ content for the book and wanted to show it to you. How do you think this will look like on the Amazon page" accompanied by the most stock AI shit imagery you can imagine. So now as well as being suspicious of book clubs and event invites, it's just

Bastards. I had a convincing one yesterday that had me going looking for their website just in case. First contact in the publishing industry is going to become a toxic swamp.

It really sucks, doesn't it? Instead of getting excited as I used to when I get a new message, I'm just like ugh, another changeling wearing an uncanny approximation of a human face trying to trick its way into my cottage

Yeah, your books really lack for A+ Content. Such a horrific world we live in. (Full of misery and wickedness)

On a lighter note, not once has it occurred to me to just write to an author for clarification about something in one of their books. Sorry, I mean for clarification in something in one of their A+ contents.