11-24-2007, 10:09 PM | #16 |
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maybe i should dust off the old manuscripts
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11-24-2007, 11:33 PM | #17 | |||
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Amazon's forum seems to suggest that the problem might be in cache or cookies building up after multiple edits, but I had the same problem after clearing my cache and cookies and restarting the browser. I think the problem is a glitch in their server... maybe caused by Borders Gremlins, I don't know. |
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11-24-2007, 11:40 PM | #18 |
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i followed my own earlier post here in saying that something broke loose right after i complained. i see your posts on the forum now. they've got me listed as 'accts6' instead of my name.
tks for the response, /guy |
11-24-2007, 11:44 PM | #19 |
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Next Milestone
I just checked my DTP account, and it now lists my 2 e-books as being "live"... however, the e-books are still listed as unavailable, no description, no price. For the record, Amazon reports at the moment that they have over 91,000 Kindle books in their catalog.
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11-24-2007, 11:53 PM | #20 | |
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right now i'm in the 12+ hours publishing loop having just managed to edit my few pages and send them back to the mothership. i've done the publish button at least 4 times now because i was too ignorant to realize that you could download, preview and edit before re-publishing, although, in my defense, not all these features were working in all my browsers and i missed the download and preview buttons. and then i started getting all those conflicting error messages. in any case, each time it has been nearly exactly 12 hours for each publishing cycle. i see where it says 'sign up to be notified' next to your item. i must have been one of the first to 'publish' on nov 20th or 21st and this time i've changed my publication date to today. i guess they take your word for it rather than the date they publish it. /guy |
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11-25-2007, 04:46 AM | #21 |
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11-25-2007, 04:59 AM | #22 |
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anyone who wants to read my humble submission should be able to figure out how to bypass the whopping 99-cent fee just from reading carefully on the amazon page. and i am just joking, please don't buy it, i'm still uploading a few changes which haven't published yet. [g]
i'm so tickled to actually have something i wrote on the largest online bookstore that i could care less if i sell a single copy. this may spur me on to greater production than my current 1-page-per-annum-in-a-good-decade effort: http://www.amazon.com/Chloe-%2526-Th...984440&sr=8-16 /guy |
11-25-2007, 07:34 AM | #23 |
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Good point. I guess no one mentioned it in this thread, but you can upload any Mobipocket file into the Kindle, and my site has Mobi versions of each e-book. Due to Amazon's skimming the bulk of the profits off of any sales I make, I have set the price of my books on Amazon at $3.50, which is $1 higher than they are at my books site. (Consider that the "retail" price, while all MobileRead members can get 'em wholesale, direct from the publisher... me! .)
In fact, now that I've arranged to sell my e-books in bundles, you can save even more money on my e-books through my site. And be aware that if you buy your books from Amazon, you can only read them on your Kindle, whereas if you buy my e-books direct from my site, you can save them on your computer and upload them to your Kindle, your PDA or cellphone, another company's e-book reader, or anything else that will read Mobipocket files. To wit: Amazon is easy, but I give you more choices. (Hey... I should write that down!) |
11-25-2007, 08:22 PM | #24 |
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i posted a comment in between here and got a message that a moderator would have to approve it. i've been too busy, i'm ashamed to say, to read the terms of use, but i had a link in there to my item on amazon and i wonder if that triggered them to not post it.
seems strange because i'm definitely not recommending anyone buy it, it was a pure 'proof of concept' experiment for me and anyone with the least bit of internet savvy can figure out how to read it for themselves for free from the product page. quite the opposite, i explicitly stated i was uploading changes at the time and it was not ready for download. and it can't be because the forum bans posting commercial web sites since i see those urls in signatures (not picking on you, steve!). wonder if a mod would comment on why my post was nixed? it was approx just after harryt's post early this morning. /guy |
11-25-2007, 08:35 PM | #25 |
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I don't know, unless it has to do with your post sounding vaguely like you're inviting people to somehow hack Amazon to beat the fee. This site does not support or allow instructions on hacking software (or web sites), since it's illegal.
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11-25-2007, 08:48 PM | #26 |
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Could be that because you are fairly new to this forum and you had a link in the post, that the post needed to be approved. So you would not see it till it is approved.
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11-25-2007, 09:00 PM | #27 | |
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and the post was not important enough to quibble over. i'd just like to know why it was singled out. [edit: i've found and read the faq. nothing about new users limits nor posting links nor commercial use that i could see] /guy Last edited by gteague; 11-25-2007 at 09:06 PM. |
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11-25-2007, 09:15 PM | #28 |
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Apparently the spam filter is a bit more strict with the new users.
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11-25-2007, 09:53 PM | #30 |
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amazon categories for uploaded items
hey steve, got a question for you.
did you notice the categories to choose from don't match the categories displayed on the kindle book page? i put my item in the following categories: FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology JUVENILE FICTION > Fairy Tales & Folklore > General2 JUVENILE FICTION > Legends, Myths, Fables > Other but i am unable to locate it by category from the kindle books page, nor am i able to discover on the product page the 'category tree' the page is listed under. i did pose this as a question on the forum, we'll see if anyone answer this question. /guy Last edited by gteague; 11-25-2007 at 10:04 PM. |
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