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Comment on Amazon now allows authors to add, edit book catalog details by John

John — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:09:30 +0000

Still doesn’t let you update the title though. My wife and I have major issues updating the title of her book. There was an error submitting the title to amazon.com. Instead of just the title of her book, it says title + (volume 1) and there is no volume, it’s is own standalone book. People won’t buy her book now because they think it’s part of a series. Amazon said they would correct it, but nothing has been done to correct the error. So authors are not really in control…

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Hashim Nadeem — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:24:44 +0000

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Comment on Q&A: Should I self-publish with Amazon’s CreateSpace or Ingram’s Lightning Source? by P. P. Kaywood Jr.

P. P. Kaywood Jr. — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:11:10 +0000

I’ve published nine books with Lightningsource, and I’ve never had any type of problem. I also teach other authors how to publish with Lightningsource in my book “Authors: You Are The Publisher That You’ve Been Searching For!”

Comment on World’s worst book trailers: The nominees are… by Lonnie

Lonnie — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:13:32 +0000

The first two are hilarious. The third is just puzzling. The fourth has been removed. The fifth…well, I take the fifth, so you get no confections, er, confessions, from me.

Comment on Kindle books won't pay affiliate commissions for Amazon Associates by Paul Michael

Paul Michael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:17:59 +0000

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Comment on Don’t ask your mother-in-law (or PR agent) to review your book on Amazon by Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:42:21 +0000

(1) I don’t see how this is enforceable. All a prohibited person needs to do is create an alternative online identity, make a token purchase from Amazon to activate the account (can be done with a purchased debit card) and post away.

(2) Reading the guidelines, it appears that, strictly speaking, they apply only to reviews. That would make responses to reviews, as well as forum posts, fair game for authors, publishers, agents, family etc. to post under their own identities.

Just a thought,
-Steve

Comment on Don’t ask your mother-in-law (or PR agent) to review your book on Amazon by Peter Adler

Peter Adler — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:30:41 +0000

Perhaps I’m being too concrete, but it doesn’t really specify that relatives cannot post their opinion. I assume that if the relative sees no financial gain (how many of us share our meager royalties/profits with our relatives!) that their opinions would still qualify. Am I missing something here?

Comment on Q&A: How can I get my book reviewed on Amazon.com? by Kait Nolan

Kait Nolan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:26:24 +0000

One other thing you can consider is offering free review copies to those willing to post an honest review on Amazon. If you’re doing things right, you have an active blog or other social media profile where you can reach potential readers. And if you’ve self published digitally, you have easy access via Smashwords to offer coupons to potential reviewers to download the format of their choice. I’m going this myself with my latest release and running a contest on my blog: http://kaitnolan.com/2010/05/18/sweetening-the-pot/ I’ve had pretty good success with this method.