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Apr 02, 2013 12:47PM
How will Amazon's purchase of Good Reads impact independent publishers? http://t.co/TfdFGaDOT3
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If you've published books through CreateSpace which is also owned by Amazon, I would expect that your book icons which are currently based on ISBN numbers would click through to Amazon.
Given that GR took down my books that were exclusive at Amazon, and removed the cover from a book on sale at Amazon, B&N, and Kobo, I expect things to look up a bit. Amazon knows about putting readers together with books, and that's a good thing for indies, I think.
Bridget, why did GR take down your books and from where? How did they remove your cover? I'm new to GR and don't understand what you're saying.
After GR's disagreement with Amazon, they removed half a dozen titles from my author page--books that were exclusive with Amazon. One book remained, that was available on Amazon, B&N, and Kobo, but it has a generic Goodreads cover that doesn't exactly recommend it to new readers. They also continue to list my out-of-print paperbacks.This isn't about me--it's about the fact that Goodreads isn't designed for authors, and doesn't make it easy to find particular books. I think it's possible that Amazon's leadership in discoverability may help that.
Thank you for sharing that Bridget. Amazon's goal is selling books so I expect they will be more supportive of authors on GR. I have three books on Amazon I'd like to be able to sell through more outlets like GR.
