Over half the top 100 titles on Kindle UK are breaking the metadata rules. A third of the Kindle US top 100 today are Amazon imprint titles - The New Publishing Standard

Today, Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took him to The New Publishing Standard site. With some digging around our inquisitive kitty found a post about Amazon's Kindle.

The New Publishing Standard post actually contains the information from two earlier posts and compares them to two current posts' information. The first post quoted is about the UK authors breaking the metadata rules. Some authors and/or their publishers are using the subtitle field to enter information about being a "book club pick" or an "award winner." This is a prohibited use of the field, but the practice according to current information still continues. The second post quoted is about the fact that one-third of Kindle's list of top 100 titles are Amazon published books. According to the second post's comparison, Amazon published books are still playing a prominent role in the top 100 list. There are links included in the post to the previous posts and to the original post about not breaking metadata rules.

Tell Amazon about the cheaters.

Panzer says, "This little kitty says Amazon needs to remove the cheaters."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s  post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selections.

To read the post tootle over to Kindle top 100 titles