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Originally Posted by tompe
For fun I did a search. I thought the title was "Dragon Kin". But it seems to be "DragonKin" which probably makes it harder to find. Also the author names are inconsistent in the different books. Sometimes it is with E and sometimes not.
The old way was that the way the title and the author was written on the title page in the book was how it was cataloged. Regardless of how it was written on the cover. But nowadays I assume that not all books have a title page.
For me that have a register of read books it is very annoying when the authors spelling is not consistent.
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Sorry about the inconsistency. I actually originally used the initial so that I wouldn't be confused with another author and the jazz singer. But readers told me they couldn't find ALL my books when searching (because they were not including the initial). My books did show up on most platforms with just a Maria Schneider search, but it is true that some retailers would not find my name at all UNLESS the "e" was used. So, I started listing books without my middle initial to get them to show up more consistently. Unfortunately, that didn't help. Some search engines (Smashwords) has a fit if the metadata, name on the book cover and author submitted name are not exactly the same. Some search engines now find my name/books much easier with just a Maria Schneider. And, alas, some still only find me with the "e" inserted because that is how I am registered as an author on most sites.
I fear you may be correct and I cannot blame all of this on Amazon. I was actually only trying to make the point that what they showed in a common search a year ago was/is not the same as what they show now and their rules have changed. Their search engine was "Friendlier" to some of my titles (misspelled or partial) and friendlier to variations of my name than it is today.