Mine appear there automatically.

Pre-orders might make a difference, but I've not had to manually add a book to AC in a long time.

Curious if this is just me, or if this is indicative of a bigger problem.

Just released a new book back in late November (the 23rd). Went into my Author Central account, added it the usual way. Says that the new book should appear on my author profile within 5 business days. Awesome!

Well, it's about the 5th of December and still nothing.

I've gone in and attempted to re-add it multiple times, and each time I get the same song and dance. "You book's been added successfully--give it up to 5 business days!" Even so, when I scroll down my list of titles, it isn't listed on Author Central. Once upon a time, there used to be a pending message for newly-added books, if I recall correctly.

I don't know if this is a larger issue with Author Central, or if I've hit some Thanksgiving/holiday season delay. Kind of miffed, because I want Amazon to email my followers about it!

Do we have any rough idea of when Amazon pings our followers following a new release? I think the site said within 60 days, but that's a huge window. Is there an average in your experience? Any method to when those emails get sent?

Skeptical as I am about AI, if a company is going to implement it, it ought to at least be implemented well. Giving people a more or less useless tool isn't the answer to anything.

If R.C.'s sample is all it is, it's silly. You can just plop an ebook on a background and get the same effect, if not better.

If they're manipulating images, particularly models, ships/cars, we need to know the source (maybe this is the real reason why they've asked if covers are AI manipulated in the past? Maybe they're pulling them form thousands of already created AI covers?)