10 Amazon changes authors need to know about - Build Book Buzz

Today Panzer made a quick trip to the Build Book Buzz site. With some digging in the posts our speedy little kitty boy found one about changes Amazon has made that authors need to investigate.

 

The post by Rob Eagar explores the changes Amazon has made to Amazon ads, changes to Author Central and additions to KDP. In all, there are descriptions of 10 changes which authors need to be familiar with and use when appropriate. There are links to specific change areas included in the post.

My work is never finished.

 

Panzer says, "The first thing this little kitty is going to do is update his Amazon Author Central page."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a large glass of lemonade, two chocolate chip cookies and one brownie. If you plan to follow the links included in the post, you decide what else you want to bring.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazon changes

 

 

 

Amazon is Beta-Testing a New Author Portal - The Digital Reader

Only 4 Days Until Christmas

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the The Digital Reader site. There our traveling kitty pilot found a post about Amazon's new Author Portal.

According to the post by The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, Amazon is beta-testing a replacement for Author Central called Amazon Author. The post contains an email Amazon sent to the authors they selected to beta-test the new portal. The email states the new platform makes updating an author bio much easier and faster.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Guess it's time to update my kitty bio at Amazon."

Note: This is a short post. Bring half a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon Author

Amazon's Book Review Policy

Rules are rules.

Panzer was taking a nap when he got woken up by a bunch of hissing and yowling coming from the Catosphere. Our sleepy little kitty hopped in the Panzermobile to see what all the ruckus was about.

Panzer didn't have any trouble following all the noise to the Consumer Affairs site. According to a post by Jennifer Abel, blogger Imy Santiago is up in arms because Amazon wouldn't post a review by her. Amazon said she violated their review policy. Back and forth emails are quoted in the post to show Amazon's "lack of transparency" in regard to why they wouldn't post the review. Basically, it come down to the fact Amazon believes she "knows" the author of the book she was reviewing and, therefore, it couldn't be an honest review. There's a link in the post to Santiago's original post at her blog.

Panzer says "Amazon knows everything about authors, including who your friends are. Have a link to your blog at Author Central (Hi, Amazon!)? They have not only your posts, but the comments. Put a link to your Twitter account (Hi!) and same thing. Have a Goodreads account with a link to your blog? Same thing (Hi, again!). And on it goes.  Everything is tied together. And ... You do know about Amazon and Goodreads, right? There's no place to hide."

To read the post, tootle over to book reviews

How To Setup Your Amazon Pen Name

Pen name?

Today, Panzer was out looking for information on setting up an Amazon Author Central Page for a pen name. My bad boy found a post by L. A. Lewandowski at the Indies Unlimited blog.

Panzer almost didn't stop and read Ms. Lewandowski's post. Although the post is titled "A Suitable Pseudonym" it's actually about setting up your Author Central Page using a pen name. There is quite a bit of information about choosing a pen name before the post addresses the Author Central Page.

After the section on picking a pen name, the post makes the process of the Author Central Page setup easy. It has very detailed instructions and is loaded with screen shots. In fact, this is such a long post you'll need a very large cup of tea while you're reading it.

If you need help setting up your Author Central Page for your pen name, tootle over to your Amazon pen name