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

Settlement has been reached in the Audible Captions copyright lawsuit

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon and the publishers objecting to its new Audible Captions feature have reached a settlement in their copyright-infringement argument. The...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

Amazon's First Reads for January 2020

Posted on 01/02/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for January 2020's First Reads. First Reads provides early access to editors' picks from Amazon...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

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...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Amazon's First Reads for December 2019

Posted on 12/02/2019 at 07:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for December 2019's First Reads. First Reads provides early access to editors' picks from Amazon...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Which books are headed to the screen?

Posted on 11/19/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We all know Little Women is being turned into (yet another) movie, but if you’re among the book lovers open...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Fantasy, Science fiction, TV adaptation

"Dopesick" author talks about her latest book on the drug crisis

Posted on 11/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America came out last year, it was an instant hit,...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Amazon, Author interview, Nonfiction