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Is there an easy way I can update my links? I've got at least one dead one. I looked for a copy and paste, or link update option...
On your goodreads book page Jamie?Could you post a link to it, please?
Hmm.So your author page is missing?
I *think* a librarian can help with that.
Janet?
That's a generic link - it takes me to my own author page.It won't work for Patti as she doesn't have one.
Ah. So can someone with their own author page walk me through changing links/amending broken ones?
Hmm, I can't even find the option to change them!
Actually, try this - https://www.goodreads.com/book_link/c...I don't think you can change them on an actual book-by-book basis as such.
Actually, I think you just need to make sure that your books have the correct ISBN and ASIN information filled in.
they did - in fact most do. I suspect the issue is because I've released an updated edition of a book so in effect amazon treats it as a new book i.e. with a new ASIN. When I go to the edit book details bit on my author page and type in the new ASIN, it sees it as an error so won't let me alter it. I might end up having to delete the book with the dodgy link and start from scratch.
Think I've sorted it but good grief it's a clunky system. Went into edit book details and tinkered with the combine/separate options. Still haven't stumbled across an option to delete though I'm sure it's in there somewhere. I hotly anticipate a flurry of sales!
Only one of mine (Treespeaker) has a link at all and that goes to Amazon US. I can't work out where to add a link. They all seem to have the same details put in as Treespeaker, but it has a link and the others don't. :(
All my books that are still available seem to have a working Amazon UK link. Thank goodness, it sounds like a fair bit of admin to sort it out.Thanks for the heads up!
Some links may not work because the books have been unpublished and GR doesn't/won't delete books that no longer exist, as it were.I'm unpublishing a few of my older books - the collections of funny* blog posts from yesteryear and so on - so the GR links for those will no longer lead anywhere, which I do find somewhat irritating.
*For certain values of funny.
Goes to show how important it is to include Amazon.uk links in your promo posts, eh?
Only one of mine is unpublished, so why are there no links? Is there a way I can fix it?I shouldn't be surprised. For years I'd had books that I'd illustrated in 'my' books, then they vanished. Months later they reappeared. Goodreads seems to have a mind of its own.
I think a librarian can fix them. Not sure.You could contact Goodreads help desk.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Goes to show how important it is to include Amazon.uk links in your promo posts, eh?"Amen - and thanks for the reminder; I'm going to put a link to every country directly, or go figure out how to use the universal links I keep bookmarking.
Katie wrote: "They have a help desk?"There's a 'help' link at the bottom of every page. :)
*Leans forward and peers at the tiny print at the bottom of the page*...Ooooooh, yes, so there is!
Thanks, Patti. :)
You look pretty when you squint. :D
It's a good idea to check the links on your book pages and contact goodreads admin if they're broken.
I'd hate for anyone to lose sales because of a broken link.