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Tag Archives: Amazon Connect
Q&A: How can I blog about my book on Amazon.com?
QUESTION: How can I contact Amazon to get permission to post an author’s blog on my book’s product page? Can I control which of my books the blog posts will appear? ANSWER: It’s fairly easy to enroll in Amazon’s blogging program, Amazon Connect, but it might take a couple of weeks before you’re ready to [...]
Q&A: Can Amazon Customer Discussions boost book sales?
QUESTION: I’ve heard that the “Amazon Forum” is a good place for authors to participate in discussions and help generate book sales. Is this true, and where can I find this forum? ANSWER: Perhaps you’re thinking of the Customer Discussions feature that appears on every book detail page. Since Customer Discussions appears near the bottom, [...]
Amazon buries author content with avalanche of advertising
After a year of experimentation, Amazon.com has killed the “Plogs” that featured author blog posts directly on its home page. In its place is Amazon Daily, which buries author-generated content under an avalanche of marketing blurbs written by Amazon employees. Amazon launched the Plogs feature with great fanfare in February 2006. Its mission was enabling [...]
Q&A: Why did Amazon delete the reviews for my book?
QUESTION: Help! All five of of the Amazon customer reviews for my book have DISAPPEARED. What the? Including a review from a top 50 reviewer. Whom should I contact? Any advice? I’m freaking out and super pissed (you know how much time it takes to send people books and ask for reviews). ANSWER: This might [...]
Amazon yanks author 'Connect' blogs and some customer reviews
On Saturday Amazon.com deleted the Amazon Connect blogs that authors use to post commentary on the product pages of their books, and the company posted a cryptic message that the program was undergoing “changes.” UPDATE: I’ve been informed that Amazon notified some publishers via e-mail last week that Connect would be upgraded and restored by [...]
Amazon warns authors it may censor blogs