12-24-2011, 05:10 AM | #1 |
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Amazon preview amount now 50% ?
Uploaded the new one last night, downloaded the sample today to see where it cut off, and it's now exactly 50% of the story, and cuts off in the middle of a sentence. This is a good move, giving people a longer sample, but it would be better if you could set your own end-point.
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12-26-2011, 07:42 AM | #2 |
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Really? We'll see how it pans out!
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02-16-2012, 06:32 AM | #3 |
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Here's an interesting thing, it only affects ebooks that aren't enrolled in their KDP Select thing. Ones that are in that still only have a very short sample. So which is better, a short sample or a long one? There's only one way to find out, and it isn't to fight.
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Hrm, I will have to check again, but I believe that was a setting I could pick when I put my books up on Amazon....
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If it is, I'm struggling to find it. All I did was upload new versions with an "also available" type page, I left everything else at whatever it was set at. The sample for the short story I have on KDP Select now cuts out before the story actually starts
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02-16-2012, 11:23 AM | #6 |
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Yeah me too... so either I am remembering wrong, or they took it away. With Amazon... could be either. I already bought both my books so cant see where the preview is I think... so can't say how much it is.
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If you click on the cover image you can "look inside", that shows where the cutoff is. You might be thinking of Smashwords with the variable sample?
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02-16-2012, 03:16 PM | #8 |
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Well assuming that is correct mine is a lot less then 50... might be 10%.
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