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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
The problem with changing the title is that authors were pulling books, changing the title and making small changes to the book itself and getting a NEW listing--to leave behind bad reviews. So, for example, if "I wrote a book" had 9 bad reviews complaining about typos, formatting etc, the author could just change the title to: No, I REALLY wrote a book and leave behind the warnings (the author could potentially FIX those problems too, but you get the idea.)
The other thing a new title/same material does is it means if you have purchased the old version--you won't be told that when you see the "new" book with the "New title" and Amazon will essentially let you buy the same product twice.
Sorry for the confusion. I mistyped in my original explanation when I said I had to change the title--what I MEANT was that we are not supposed to change the title because the title is what creates a "new" listing. If you had purchased the original--Ghost Shadow/Executive Affairs and I "relisted" it as "Executive Affairs" it would appear to be a NEW book you did not own. Since Amazon requires I charge 99 cents, you would end up buying material you already had if you were a devoted follower who bought everything I wrote.  |
Ok...this raises more questions, then. How can a textbook create a new listing for new editions, then? Most "new editions" of textbooks are mostly the same as the previous version with maybe one or two new entries.
Shari