Take a proactive approach to the disappearing Amazon review problem

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Penny Sansevieri has found that the question of “how do I restore my Amazon reviews?” is unlikely to stop being...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Penny Sansevieri, Reader reviews

Dave Chesson explains how to pick Amazon ad keywords

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Say you’re looking into using Amazon Ads. You might think that, having done your Kindle keywords research, you can just...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing

Business updates: Amazon ads, print price woes, and OverDrive's sale

Posted on 12/27/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The holiday week has been full of minor and major business moves, so we’re rounding them all up in one...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, E-reader, Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

Amazon UK and Canada reviews are appearing on US listings

Posted on 12/19/2019 at 07:34 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Do you have a “top international reviews” tab on your Amazon books yet? Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader has...

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Tagged As: Amazon, The Digital Reader

Writer Beware shares two issues with Audible's ACX

Posted on 12/06/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Before the Thanksgiving holiday, Writer Beware shared news of two issues with Audible's ACX. If you haven’t heard from any...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Writer Beware

Study: Should you hit the Kindle keyword character limits?

Posted on 10/11/2019 at 10:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Are you among the people who sees a character or page limit and assumes one must use all of the...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Keywords, Marketing

Amazon updates: Giveaways, Kindle Matchbook are going away

Posted on 10/01/2019 at 11:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We hope that you already received emails about two recent Amazon changes, if you’re among those affected. But since we...

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Tagged As: Amazon, The Digital Reader

Mike Shatzkin on what's next for B&N, Amazon, the climate ... and you

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mike Shatzkin is neither a lawyer nor a fortune-teller, but with nearly fifty years in the book industry, he at...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble / Nook, Joanna Penn

Have you tried the KDP royalties estimator yet?

Posted on 05/31/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader shared news right before the holiday weekend that Kindle Direct Publishing’s reports dashboard has added a royalties...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, The Digital Reader

Use these tools to convert EPUB book files into MOBI ones

Posted on 05/30/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Love it or loathe it, Amazon owns 85 percent of the ebook market. So if your books aren’t available on...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Technology