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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: Amazon is not relaxing paperback submission limits.
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on April 03, 2024, 04:09:23 AM »It's unfortunate that bad actors ruin the system for everyone.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: Amazon is not relaxing paperback submission limits.
« Last post by TimothyEllis on April 02, 2024, 11:57:46 PM »They only let me do 3 today.
I finished the rest of the covers, but it's going to take a while to publish everything now.
I finished the rest of the covers, but it's going to take a while to publish everything now.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Amazon is not relaxing paperback submission limits.
« Last post by TimothyEllis on April 02, 2024, 03:42:28 PM »I'm trying to catch up on my Paperbacks at the moment.
I had 17 to do, but there is now a submission limit of 4 a day.
After you've done 4, they won't even let you change and save the 5th one.
The pop up on that has a link to Help with the suggestion you contact them to get the limit removed.
I did that, although there is no specific place for that request.
It took them 3 days to get back to me denying the request in the interest of 'good customer experience'.
Apparently a section of a series without the paperbacks constitutes a good customer experience.
I understand why they've put the limit on, to stop the flood of low content and bot drek, but this was 17 novels, listed, going back over a year in release dates. demonstrably not spamming.
Moral: Don't get behind in your paperbacks.
I had 17 to do, but there is now a submission limit of 4 a day.
After you've done 4, they won't even let you change and save the 5th one.
The pop up on that has a link to Help with the suggestion you contact them to get the limit removed.
I did that, although there is no specific place for that request.
It took them 3 days to get back to me denying the request in the interest of 'good customer experience'.
Apparently a section of a series without the paperbacks constitutes a good customer experience.
I understand why they've put the limit on, to stop the flood of low content and bot drek, but this was 17 novels, listed, going back over a year in release dates. demonstrably not spamming.
Moral: Don't get behind in your paperbacks.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: Iz must be importent nows.
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on March 13, 2024, 07:06:47 AM »Probably more than one thread if I remember correctly.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Iz must be importent nows.
« Last post by R. C. on March 13, 2024, 05:17:19 AM »From the 'Zon
"Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in KDP's beta for audiobooks. Starting today, you have the option to produce audiobook versions of eligible eBook titles using virtual voice narration. After publication, audiobooks will be live within 72 hours and distributed where Audible titles are sold. Today, just 4% of KDP eBooks have an audiobook available. Audiobooks with virtual voice can support authors in bringing new stories to customers on Amazon, Audible, and Alexa."
Wasn't there a thread about the "virtual voice narration"?
R.C.
"Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in KDP's beta for audiobooks. Starting today, you have the option to produce audiobook versions of eligible eBook titles using virtual voice narration. After publication, audiobooks will be live within 72 hours and distributed where Audible titles are sold. Today, just 4% of KDP eBooks have an audiobook available. Audiobooks with virtual voice can support authors in bringing new stories to customers on Amazon, Audible, and Alexa."
Wasn't there a thread about the "virtual voice narration"?
R.C.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: Slow load times on Amazon-related websites
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on February 29, 2024, 02:56:03 AM »Pings look normal. But if I'm understanding the test correctly, it checks for a response. It doesn't measure whether the page loads correctly or not, right?
I tried testing using GTMetrics, and the homepage took around seven seconds to be interactive, twelve to load completely. That's on one try, so it's better than what I was getting in that sense, but that seems excessively long. When Amazon was working well for me, it was certainly loading faster than that.
If it is some kind of ISP issue, other people will probably notice it as well. I'll keep checking. But as I've said, there's no hint for trouble with anything non-Amazon.
Now I have to go doublecheck some bizarre problems on my own website.
I tried testing using GTMetrics, and the homepage took around seven seconds to be interactive, twelve to load completely. That's on one try, so it's better than what I was getting in that sense, but that seems excessively long. When Amazon was working well for me, it was certainly loading faster than that.
If it is some kind of ISP issue, other people will probably notice it as well. I'll keep checking. But as I've said, there's no hint for trouble with anything non-Amazon.
Now I have to go doublecheck some bizarre problems on my own website.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: Slow load times on Amazon-related websites
« Last post by TimothyEllis on February 29, 2024, 12:30:14 AM »Amazon is working perfectly for me.
But I've been seeing Facebook being flaky lately.
More likely there is an interruption between your ISP and the Amazon server you normally access.
Have you tried pinging Amazon to see what the response times are?
But I've been seeing Facebook being flaky lately.
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It seems as if this could be Amazon needing to allocate itself more server capacity, or perhaps Amazon is trying to initiate something new and having glitches.
More likely there is an interruption between your ISP and the Amazon server you normally access.
Have you tried pinging Amazon to see what the response times are?
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Slow load times on Amazon-related websites
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on February 29, 2024, 12:23:48 AM »Is anyone else noticing weirdly slow loading of Amazon pages or pages failing to load completely?
Before anyone asked, I recently switched to fiber-optic internet, and non-Amazon sites load with the expected speed. The problem I'm seeing is specific to Amazon.
This morning, it took me three tries to get the KDP dashboard to load properly. Accessing Amazon.com took only one try but was interrupted by an error message. Loading Amazon ads took two tries. And that's the best I've seen in a while. I either get a blank page or an incompletely loaded page and have to try again.
In addition, Amazon's Kindle for PC app refuses to connect or synch most of the time. I've had luck when my machine, which is relatively new, boots up. Otherwise, if I buy a new book and want to read it right away, I need to restart my computer in order to download it. (The downloads, when they do occur, are lightning fast.)
It seems as if this could be Amazon needing to allocate itself more server capacity, or perhaps Amazon is trying to initiate something new and having glitches.
Before anyone asked, I recently switched to fiber-optic internet, and non-Amazon sites load with the expected speed. The problem I'm seeing is specific to Amazon.
This morning, it took me three tries to get the KDP dashboard to load properly. Accessing Amazon.com took only one try but was interrupted by an error message. Loading Amazon ads took two tries. And that's the best I've seen in a while. I either get a blank page or an incompletely loaded page and have to try again.
In addition, Amazon's Kindle for PC app refuses to connect or synch most of the time. I've had luck when my machine, which is relatively new, boots up. Otherwise, if I buy a new book and want to read it right away, I need to restart my computer in order to download it. (The downloads, when they do occur, are lightning fast.)
It seems as if this could be Amazon needing to allocate itself more server capacity, or perhaps Amazon is trying to initiate something new and having glitches.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: is the book world turning against Goodreads?
« Last post by Lynn on February 20, 2024, 02:41:22 PM »Another reason for authors to stay away from Goodreads.
‘God forbid that a dog should die’: when Goodreads reviews go bad
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/17/god-forbid-that-a-dog-should-die-when-goodreads-reviews-go-bad
Good article. :D Personally, I often don't even remember that Goodreads exists.
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: is the book world turning against Goodreads?
« Last post by APP on February 18, 2024, 02:33:50 AM »Another reason for authors to stay away from Goodreads.
‘God forbid that a dog should die’: when Goodreads reviews go bad
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/17/god-forbid-that-a-dog-should-die-when-goodreads-reviews-go-bad
‘God forbid that a dog should die’: when Goodreads reviews go bad
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/17/god-forbid-that-a-dog-should-die-when-goodreads-reviews-go-bad