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Title: Paperback Proofs are no longer available after the book goes Live the first time
Post by: TimothyEllis on April 06, 2024, 11:17:48 PM

Amazon seems to have changed the Proof system.

Used to be you made a change to a paperback, and you could get another proof.

Now, the moment the book goes live, you can no longer get a proof, no matter what you do to it.

And as happened to me, it took so long for Amazon to action my requests for 2 proofs, that the books went live first, and so the proofs were simply cancelled without informing me of anything.

Much to my surprise, the author copy was the same price as the proof.

Not sure why they bother with proofs now at all. I'll just get author copies in future I think.

Title: Re: Paperback Proofs are no longer available after the book goes Live the first time
Post by: Bill Hiatt on April 06, 2024, 11:35:14 PM

Yeah, they've pretty well botched up the proof system. It's best to doublecheck the paperback files as well as one can and then order an author copy when it goes live. Most of us don't have enough paperback buyers for this to present a problem, and anyway, proofs seem to take a long time to arrive.

Title: Re: Paperback Proofs are no longer available after the book goes Live the first time
Post by: cecilia_writer on April 07, 2024, 05:55:52 PM

I usually just order a print copy as a customer as I have Prime and the postage is free.

Title: Re: Paperback Proofs are no longer available after the book goes Live the first time
Post by: alhawke on April 08, 2024, 06:25:08 AM

And author copies don't have that annoying "proof" line through the cover. I'd just order author copies at their discount price.