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Corporate Sector => What are Amazon doing now? [Public] => Topic started by: CoraBuhlert on February 11, 2021, 06:24:45 AM

Title: Publication date gone from book listings
Post by: CoraBuhlert on February 11, 2021, 06:24:45 AM

I just checked a book on Amazon and saw that the publication date was no longer listed under "Book Details". Does anybody else see that?

This is a disaster, because first of all, the publication date is actually a piece of vital biliographic data, unlike a lot of the information Amazon does put on book pages. Secondly, I need to know the publication date to know what does and does not qualify as a new release for the Indie Crime Scene and Speculative Fiction Showcase.

Title: Re: Publication date gone from book listings
Post by: Hopscotch on February 11, 2021, 06:35:35 AM

I still see pub date on my books, Cora.  I would hate to lose having that info at hand b/c that's the date the US Copyright office demands - and the date the Zon reports rarely is the date a book actually goes live for sales.

Title: Re: Publication date gone from book listings
Post by: Eric Thomson on February 11, 2021, 06:38:38 AM

I can still see the publication date on mine. Maybe the Zon is doing some sort of a/b testing again.

Title: Re: Publication date gone from book listings
Post by: CoraBuhlert on February 11, 2021, 10:40:51 AM

I jusat clicked on one of your books, Eric, and I see the publication date again, so it seems like they're A/B testing. Still annoying, because that's one of the few bits of info on the sales page that's actually important.