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« on: August 29, 2011, 07:57:26 AM » |
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We have prepared a new feature, called KB Books, that helps you find books by KindleBoards authors. You can filter by genre, and sort by title and author. The page includes special features for the books, including: - buying links at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and other outlets like B&N, Smashwords, etc. - links to the book's KB Book profile, book discussion thread, author website, and video trailers - links to online samples Thanks to the mods, and to Jeff, for the help in testing the beta version of this. Here's the page; check it out! And please provide any feedback in this thread. Thanks! http://www.kindleboards.com/booksFAQGeneral questionsWhy does the Author sort do it by first name? Can I sort by last name? Right now we're only able to sort by the whole author field, which means sorting by first name. It's a limitation of how we're querying Amazon's database for that info. We will look into providing a sort by last name in some future Version 2. Author questionsHow do I get my book to appear in this list? All you need to do is customize the KB Book Profile page for your book. To do that, go to your book's profile page, scroll to the bottom and click the Author Control Panel link. From there, you can customize your book's profile. Once you save that, your book should appear in the KB Books page. The URL for your profile page is http://www.kindleboards.com/book/?asin=XXXXXX, where you replace those X's with your book's ASIN. My book doesn't show up when I search by genre. Ensure that your Book Profile displays the genre for your book. If not, use the author control panel to set the genre. As noted above, you get to the author control panel through your book's profile page. The URL for your profile page is http://www.kindleboards.com/book/?asin=XXXXXX, where you replace those X's with your book's ASIN. My KB book page returns an error indicating that the ASIN is valid but that Amazon is not returning any data. Sorry, there is no workaround for this. It happens for some books that are not available through automated queries from Amazon's database. The text within the product description in my book page is repeated. This is a quirk that can occur; we're still tracking down the source of it and seeking to resolve it. I have other questions about the Book Profile page / Author Control Panel. Head to this thread, which has a FAQ specifically for the Book Profile page. And if you still have questions, you can post them in that thread. |
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Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake'
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 08:09:15 AM » |
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Looking good, Harvey.
As far as the sort by author's name thing, Amazon sometimes sorts by first name and sometimes by last name. It's very disconcerting. At least you're consistent.
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mistyd107
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 08:20:52 AM » |
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Looks great, Harvey thx!!
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Harvey
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2011, 09:01:21 AM » |
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Looking good, Harvey.
As far as the sort by author's name thing, Amazon sometimes sorts by first name and sometimes by last name. It's very disconcerting. At least you're consistent.  Thanks, Gertie! |
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2011, 09:28:35 AM » |
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Would this be something that could be in the page header?
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. Edith Sitwell  Located just outside Little Rock, Arkansas Goal for 2012 = 100 books read, read so far = 60 Now reading = Maggie Get Your Gun - Kate Danley |
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Jeff
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2011, 09:30:35 AM » |
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This is a terrific new feature for authors. Thank you for all your hard work, Harvey.
Authors, the genres in the "Master List of Kindleboards Authors" are currently in the process of being redirected to KB Books. It will take several more hours to complete. The Master List by Genre links now point to KB Books.
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Atunah
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2011, 09:35:33 AM » |
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This looks pretty awesome I have to say. I like that I can see the cover, part of the blurb and the other stuff all one one page. Now authors need to get their books in there, I didn't see many in there yet under Romance, and I know there are more where those came from  I guess this also shows how important a short and to the point blurb is as it shows the first part of it. Fantastic job Harvey. And I also want to thank Jeff for keeping the former way of looking for KB authors going the way it did. I had used the thread link method many times and this new page makes it even easier. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2011, 10:13:51 AM » |
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I love it! As an author, do I have to do anything to be mentioned there or is it kind of an automatic thing?
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 A strange collection of flash fiction dealing with the end of the world, or the beginnings of longer stories. A special treat for the fans at just 99 cents. |
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Harvey
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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2011, 10:26:04 AM » |
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I love it! As an author, do I have to do anything to be mentioned there or is it kind of an automatic thing?
Thank you! Signing up happens automatically - when you customize the KB Book Profile for your book(s). Click the "help" link on the KB Books page for more info! |
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Harvey
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« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2011, 10:28:39 AM » |
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Would this be something that could be in the page header?
Yes - will be added to our menu headers shortly (later today). Thanks, intinst. Looks great, Harvey thx!!
Thank you! This looks pretty awesome I have to say. I like that I can see the cover, part of the blurb and the other stuff all one one page. Now authors need to get their books in there, I didn't see many in there yet under Romance, and I know there are more where those came from I guess this also shows how important a short and to the point blurb is as it shows the first part of it. Fantastic job Harvey. And I also want to thank Jeff for keeping the former way of looking for KB authors going the way it did. I had used the thread link method many times and this new page makes it even easier. Thanks, Atunah. There are about 1,000 books in there now but some KB authors haven't set up their genres yet. I expect more results will be appearing in genre searches over the next few days! |
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Lisa J. Yarde
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« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2011, 10:34:14 AM » |
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Thanks, this looks excellent.
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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2011, 10:42:12 AM » |
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I love it, Harvey!!! Thank you for all of the work that went into making this possible |
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Chad Winters
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« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2011, 10:44:38 AM » |
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That is very helpful
I did notice that, for example, when I selected the Genre as Sci-Fi, some books were listed multiple times. Might be an issue with the tagging
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Kerry Greene
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« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2011, 10:56:24 AM » |
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Looks great! It's fun to browse around and see all the variety!
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Harvey
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« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2011, 11:13:08 AM » |
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That is very helpful
I did notice that, for example, when I selected the Genre as Sci-Fi, some books were listed multiple times. Might be an issue with the tagging
Thank you. Can you re-produce that symptom? I'd like to check into it, but haven't seen that occurring. Can you tell me a bit more about where you found that? Thanks! |
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Chad Winters
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« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2011, 11:23:32 AM » |
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For me, when I choose the genre as science fiction,and sort by author, on Page 2 "Ducks and Universes" shows up twice. There were others too. Could be my browser, I'm using Chrome. I don't know how to post a screenshot on here.....
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Now Reading: Star Trek Destiny: Mere Mortals; Battlestations; Walking in the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, Starpilot's Grave
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Harvey
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« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2011, 12:25:02 PM » |
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^ Ah - thank you very much. It looks like that's an instance where an author has a Book Profile for the Kindle edition of his book as well as the print version.
Hmm. Will have to think about how I might be able to filter that.
Thanks again for the heads up on it.
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Chad Winters
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« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2011, 01:06:34 PM » |
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no problem I like it, I've already snagged samples of a few books I hadn't noticed before |
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Now Reading: Star Trek Destiny: Mere Mortals; Battlestations; Walking in the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, Starpilot's Grave
Just Finished: The Price of the Stars, A Wizard Abroad
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Daphne
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« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2011, 01:20:01 PM » |
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I hadn't looked at my book profile pages before, but this made me make the effort - You've made it so easy for us! Thanks so much, Harvey, |
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Sharon Austin
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« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2011, 01:42:05 PM » |
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Thank you, Harvey. This is awesome.
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Harvey
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« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2011, 01:50:25 PM » |
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Thank you all for the kind comments. I appreciate the feedback!
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« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2011, 01:52:49 PM » |
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Thank you all for the kind comments. I appreciate the feedback!
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« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2011, 02:15:12 PM » |
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Looks like I have some work to do in my profile!
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Harvey
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« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2011, 02:28:26 PM » |
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