Amazon has once again thrown independent authors into uncertainty with changes to its bestseller ranking algorithm to update once per day rather than every hour, creating confusion among writers who have spent years mastering the platform's previous system.
Well, it might not be a popular opinion, but it sounds like a good thing.
Although Zon is under a tidal wave deluge of new authors and fake books, the strategies for overcoming the launch being buried are just as fake. Coordinating a belly-flop splash with a manufactured sales push and ARCs to get a boost of exposure is about as fake as AI to me.
On the other end of the spectrum, Zon has removed the ability to provide email addresses in the author's bio. If an author has one in there, don't edit your bio!
Authors need to engage readers via a different method than "visibility" and should rather more communicate with followers. Tougher to generate, but cleaner.
Well, it might not be a popular opinion, but it sounds like a good thing.
Although Zon is under a tidal wave deluge of new authors and fake books, the strategies for overcoming the launch being buried are just as fake. Coordinating a belly-flop splash with a manufactured sales push and ARCs to get a boost of exposure is about as fake as AI to me.
On the other end of the spectrum, Zon has removed the ability to provide email addresses in the author's bio. If an author has one in there, don't edit your bio!
Authors need to engage readers via a different method than "visibility" and should rather more communicate with followers. Tougher to generate, but cleaner.
Could the system be better? Oh, without a doubt.
Repeat after me: Amazon is evil