Speaking of Titles

kennyc · 08-10-2016, 02:19 PM

FYI

I had a very weird thing happen with my recent release at Amazon.

It is my second collection of eclectic flash fiction/prose poetry/stories

The first from a year ago was Prosthetic Amalgams and I almost went with a completely different name (as I think it may have confused things). Almost chose just the name of one of the included stories but in the end went with Prosthetic Amalgams II.

And here's the problem, the Amazon publishing system somehow decided that the new collection was a "Version" of the previously released collection and linked them together.

Now you might not think this is an issue, but it caused all kinds of problems with the separate collections showing up in my Author page and in searching.

Everything showed up under the OLD collection and the Old Cover and you had to choose from a selection/dropdown in order to select the appropriate book.

Nothing I did (with the publishing setup) made any difference. There are provisions to indicate that a particular book is a Version of another book, but nothing to "unlink' them.

I had to contact Amazon support and they somehow 'unlinked' the two collections. After that all was good.

The moral of the story is to be damn careful about how you Title your Amazon self-published books!

Cinisajoy · 08-10-2016, 02:59 PM

You are not the first I have heard that from.
IIRC: Wool had the same problem until he added subtitles.
But then those subtitles led to knitters buying the books.

kennyc · 08-10-2016, 03:29 PM

I tried different subtitles.....that didn't work either in my case.

08-10-2016, 02:19 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Speaking of Titles FYI I had a very weird thing happen with my recent release at Amazon. It is my second collection of eclectic flash fiction/prose poetry/stories The first from a year ago was Prosthetic Amalgams and I almost went with a completely different name (as I think it may have confused things). Almost chose just the name of one of the included stories but in the end went with Prosthetic Amalgams II. And here's the problem, the Amazon publishing system somehow decided that the new collection was a "Version" of the previously released collection and linked them together. Now you might not think this is an issue, but it caused all kinds of problems with the separate collections showing up in my Author page and in searching. Everything showed up under the OLD collection and the Old Cover and you had to choose from a selection/dropdown in order to select the appropriate book. Nothing I did (with the publishing setup) made any difference. There are provisions to indicate that a particular book is a Version of another book, but nothing to "unlink' them. I had to contact Amazon support and they somehow 'unlinked' the two collections. After that all was good. The moral of the story is to be damn careful about how you Title your Amazon self-published books! Last edited by kennyc; 08-10-2016 at 02:23 PM.

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08-10-2016, 02:59 PM	#2
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	You are not the first I have heard that from. IIRC: Wool had the same problem until he added subtitles. But then those subtitles led to knitters buying the books.

08-10-2016, 03:29 PM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I tried different subtitles.....that didn't work either in my case.

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