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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on Today at 05:28:47 AM »
You can request money or send an invoice to someone via PayPal.  I don't know what happens if you decline to pay.  Maybe there's an option to decline or report it as an error or fake?  I think I might have gotten one once, but I'm not sure.  The ones I do remember getting are all fake.  They get sent by eMail and they hope you click their links because if you go to PayPal directly and login, you will find no invoice there.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by LilyBLily on Today at 05:21:23 AM »
This week I got a request from somebody in Estonia (I think that's the "es" ending) through PayPal for some big dollar amount. Then another email saying it had been canceled--although the body of the email said I had paid them.

I went to the real PayPal and changed my password. PayPal said there had been "unusual activity" and wanted a little more verification than usual, which I gave. No money was paid out.

I did not know one could request money from someone via PayPal. I assume I have to okay a payment request after it is made. It does seem like a dangerous possibility if the hackers figure out a way to bypass my manually okaying the payment.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on Today at 05:06:47 AM »
Today's spam was . . .

"Order ASAP for Price Month!"
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: "(Number+) bought or read in past month"
« Last post by cecilia_writer on Today at 03:53:21 AM »
I wonder if this is only on amazon.com - my new release has unexpectedly sold over 200 copies this month (mostly on co.uk though) and there is no sign of it - I don't seem to be seeing it on anyone else's so that is some consolation!
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: "(Number+) bought or read in past month"
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on Today at 12:09:17 AM »
I have seen this on some other kinds of products for a while.

From glancing at the discussion on FB, I noticed an alleged Amazon response that makes it sound as if the figure is more than just borrows and reads. It might, for example, include listens. (Amazon uses that data in its Amazon Charts system.)
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: "(Number+) bought or read in past month"
« Last post by cuberoute on May 16, 2024, 08:55:14 PM »
Interesting that it seems disconnected from ranking a little. I have a audible title with 500+ on it, and the books with worse ranks say 10K bought.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / "(Number+) bought or read in past month"
« Last post by Seoulite on May 16, 2024, 02:44:51 PM »

It seems Amazon is now posting estimates of reads/boughts on the books' pages in small font, right above the synopses. For example, on Freida McFadden's Never Lie page, it says "100K+ bought or read in past month." I thought it might only apply to KU books, so I checked out some wide authors. It's the same for them as well.

Have you noticed these additions on your books' pages? From my brief observations, though, I think this only applies to books selling 100+ per month.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Vijaya on May 16, 2024, 04:47:56 AM »
A road trip to DC this spring: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/05/spring-in-dc.html
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Quill and Feather Pub [Public] / Re: South Africa support thread
« Last post by Jan Hurst-Nicholson on May 14, 2024, 05:46:16 AM »
Quote from: TimothyEllis on May 14, 2024, 01:52:57 AM
Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on May 14, 2024, 01:43:59 AM
I expected the paperbacks to not be available, but I can't find the kindle books.  :icon_rolleyes:

I just checked on my last one, and it's not there.

That probably means they need to populate the store, and it might take time.

I think that's why they had a 'soft' launch. I've only seen it mentioned in the business news section.
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Quill and Feather Pub [Public] / Re: Writer out to stop the 'bot' drivel
« Last post by Jan Hurst-Nicholson on May 14, 2024, 05:44:20 AM »
Quote from: Hopscotch on May 13, 2024, 06:14:24 AM
Good luck to this idea!  I use this self-certification for the fun of it on my space opera:  "Guaranteed written & produced by an actual organic free-range human being, not a robot or AI or other devilish mechanical."  But "NO-OI" is neater.

 :clap: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
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