All Discussions Tagged 'amazon' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:58:43Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=amazon&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBarnes and Noble Will Not Stock Amazon Published Titlestag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-02-01:537324:Topic:3299982012-02-01T23:19:44.882ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Just sharing in case someone hasn't heard.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/literature-in-lexington/barnes-noble-will-not-sell-amazon-published-titles">http://www.examiner.com/literature-in-lexington/barnes-noble-will-not-sell-amazon-published-titles</a></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Just sharing in case someone hasn't heard.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/literature-in-lexington/barnes-noble-will-not-sell-amazon-published-titles">http://www.examiner.com/literature-in-lexington/barnes-noble-will-not-sell-amazon-published-titles</a></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p> Check This Out: A Blog That Reviews Reviews?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-01-08:537324:Topic:3268662012-01-08T22:13:08.113ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Or should I say, criticize and make fun of the reviewers. Classy.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://thankyouforyourreview.blogspot.com/">http://thankyouforyourreview.blogspot.com/</a></strong></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!<br/> <a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Or should I say, criticize and make fun of the reviewers. Classy.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://thankyouforyourreview.blogspot.com/">http://thankyouforyourreview.blogspot.com/</a></strong></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!<br/> <a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p> Books Being Stolen Like Jewelry on Amazon!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-06-20:537324:Topic:2956322011-06-20T00:30:19.110ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>A friend of mine's book has just been stolen on Amazon. The person is using my friend's name, stole the content of the book and put up a different title. Yep, even using her name. They have also stolen another one of her books, using her name AND the same exact cover except it's blurry. It's something else. She contacted Amazon, but has little hope. Just a few months ago another friend of mine had some shorts stolen from Amazon and the person put them back up for…</p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>A friend of mine's book has just been stolen on Amazon. The person is using my friend's name, stole the content of the book and put up a different title. Yep, even using her name. They have also stolen another one of her books, using her name AND the same exact cover except it's blurry. It's something else. She contacted Amazon, but has little hope. Just a few months ago another friend of mine had some shorts stolen from Amazon and the person put them back up for sale.</p>
<p><br/>This seems to be spreading fast. I've also read things from folks on forums about people's books being stolen. So far it's people stealing from self-published authors and taking 99 cent or free books then putting them up for sale as their own.</p>
<p><br/>I of course find this disgusting, as well as the reaction some folks say they've gotten from Amazon when they asked for help after their work was stolen. I can't say I am surprised this is happening. With so many people jumping to Kindle publish now, something was bound to happen. I read an article where it's happening over at Smashwords too.</p>
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<p>So for those who are self-publishing through these channels, watch your back. You never know if it will happen to you.</p>
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<p>Here is a blog post on the subject from a few months ago:</p>
<a href="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012933.html">http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012933.html</a><br/>
<p><br/>Best Wishes!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p> No More Kindle Tagging on Amazon. Wow.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-05-31:537324:Topic:2927322011-05-31T19:51:51.636ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>This is one of those cases where the good has to suffer because some folks didn't know how to behave.</p>
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<p> <a href="http://ebooksuccess4free.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/amazon-kindle-tags-whered-they-go/">http://ebooksuccess4free.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/amazon-kindle-tags-whered-they-go/</a></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p>
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<p>This is one of those cases where the good has to suffer because some folks didn't know how to behave.</p>
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<p> <a href="http://ebooksuccess4free.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/amazon-kindle-tags-whered-they-go/">http://ebooksuccess4free.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/amazon-kindle-tags-whered-they-go/</a></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p>
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<p> </p> No More Amazon Author Blogs?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-01:537324:Topic:2445162010-08-01T06:42:06.560ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hi All,</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't know why but Amazon has decided to cancel their Author blogs section. I uploaded a blog the other day, the first since January and I got an email saying they are discontinuing their blog service but that you can put feeds up for blogs you have on other sites.…</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hi All,</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't know why but Amazon has decided to cancel their Author blogs section. I uploaded a blog the other day, the first since January and I got an email saying they are discontinuing their blog service but that you can put feeds up for blogs you have on other sites.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's the point of that? I wonder why they decided to discontinue it but hey, just letting you guys know in case you hadn't heard.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Wishes!</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></span><br/> IMPORTANT UPDATE ON AMAZON REVIEWS!! Authors CAN have book titles in signature!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-06:537324:Topic:1918822009-04-06T23:58:54.046ZCheryl Kaye Tardifhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/cherylktardif
So much has happened in the past 24 hours. I have been contacted by authors, author organization reps, reporters, book marketers, bloggers and finally, someone from Amazon. Amazon has been bombarded by emails from authors, orgs, marketers etc, and last night I noticed that Amazon in Seattle had checked out my blog posts. ;-)<br />
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Today I received an email from a senior member of the Amazon Communities team. He apologized and stated that my reviews had been reinstated.<br />
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I began my reply with a thank…
So much has happened in the past 24 hours. I have been contacted by authors, author organization reps, reporters, book marketers, bloggers and finally, someone from Amazon. Amazon has been bombarded by emails from authors, orgs, marketers etc, and last night I noticed that Amazon in Seattle had checked out my blog posts. ;-)<br />
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Today I received an email from a senior member of the Amazon Communities team. He apologized and stated that my reviews had been reinstated.<br />
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I began my reply with a thank you and how I knew they'd been reinstated 2 days ago. It wasn't until I got to the end of writing my reply that I had a strange thought. I immediately went to check my reviews on Amazon. Guess what I found??<br />
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All my reviews have "author of Divine Intervention" added to them! It's not how I signed them exactly, but it's a start.<br />
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I am now gong to notify the dozens of sources who are following this story.<br />
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To those who edited their review signatures, I'm sorry but I gave you the info that Amazon reps told me, that we had to remove our book titles and any product links to our own books. At this time, by reinstating my reviews to include my book title (not linked), I think it's safe to say that they are not going to reinforce this policy, so we can relax and add this info without worry.<br />
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I am trying to get an official statement from someone in Amazon on this.<br />
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Anyways...lots of people to contact...I'll be blogging about this later when I have time to breathe.<br />
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Cheryl Kaye Tardif<br />
<a href="http://www.cherylktardif.com">http://www.cherylktardif.com</a> Amazon is deleting reviews written by authors who include their book titletag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-06:537324:Topic:1917592009-04-06T00:12:52.733ZCheryl Kaye Tardifhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/cherylktardif
(I'm posting this both on my blog and in the Forums because this is important information that every author needs to know.)<br />
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Since breaking the news yesterday about my battle with Amazon over reviews (ones I wrote on books I'd read) that they deleted (85 reviews) because I included <i>author of Whale Song</i> in my signature line, I've received emails and phone calls from concerned authors, many who tracked me down via the Internet after reading about me on Twitter, The Write Type or John…
(I'm posting this both on my blog and in the Forums because this is important information that every author needs to know.)<br />
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Since breaking the news yesterday about my battle with Amazon over reviews (ones I wrote on books I'd read) that they deleted (85 reviews) because I included <i>author of Whale Song</i> in my signature line, I've received emails and phone calls from concerned authors, many who tracked me down via the Internet after reading about me on Twitter, The Write Type or John Kremer's Marketing Tips email. Some authors have already discovered missing reviews; some have gone through the same hassle I did.<br />
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The fact that Amazon is now going through reviews written by authors and deleting them if they reference the author reviewer's book title has created a huge stir. People are talking about it, blogging about it, and there could be authors out there wondering why their reviews are all deleted, since Amazon gives no warning before the axe comes down.<br />
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<b>To read the entire story, please go to:<br />
<a href="http://writetype.blogspot.com/2009/04/update-on-my-battle-with-amazon-over.html">An update on my battle with Amazon over deleted reviews</a></b><br />
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~Cheryl Kaye Tardif<br />
<a href="http://www.cherylktardif.com">Author</a> & <a href="http://www.shamelessbookpromoter.com">Book Marketing Coach</a>