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I'm pleased that today my computer isn't crashing when I access Goodreads! I think the trick is to have only one web page open at a time if one of those pages is going to be Goodreads.Anyway, I'd like to participate in tagging for folks and request tags from others, please.
My two novels are Choices Meant for Gods (http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon) and, the more recent, Choices Meant for Kings (http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon) and its kindle page (http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle). Anything you have time to tag on these pages is great but the ones I'm most interested in are:
fantasy; dragons; heroine; birthmark; medieval fantasy
Thank you for all your help! I appreciate it and understand fully the importance of reciprocating. Let me know what I can tag for you. I'm digging around in here to start tagging now.
Fantasy Author, Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon
http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle
Nina Bennett,I am delighted to see the number of tags you have for the top tags on Forgotten Tears! If that's the success we can see in this group, I'm thrilled to be finally "on line" with everyone.
I've tagged ya, baby!
Fantasy Author, Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
Sandy wrote:and request tags from others, please.
My two novels are Choices Meant for Gods (http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon) and, the more recent, Choices Meant for Kings (http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon) and its kindle page (http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle).
Hi Sandy, Welcome to the tagging team!
I have tagged all three of yours as requested. If you haven't come across mine yet they are: Ferryman:
http://www.amazon.com/Ferryman-Carole...
and And the Devil Laughed:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849...
The tags are already in place, just tick the first few as you please.
Thank you, Carole!I went to the blog and put in my request to be among the taggers. Then I tagged like mad until I think Amazon is going to censor me. He he.
I've got both of yours now, too!
But I've got to stop and get ready for a business trip in the morning...more tagging upon my return...ugh.
Fantasy Author Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
Sandy wrote: "I'm pleased that today my computer isn't crashing when I access Goodreads! I think the trick is to have only one web page open at a time if one of those pages is going to be Goodreads.Anyway, I'd..."
Hi Sandy, I've tagged yours now. Would appreciate tags for 'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools'.
Requested tags: Spain, humor, comedy, Andalucia, animal stories, old fools, chickens, memoirs, village life, or whatever...
Link: Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools.
Thanks!
Victoria
Gotcha, Victoria!Thank you for hitting mine!
Fantasy Author, Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
J.R. wrote: "I think I'm caught up as of the present hour on all requested tags. Happy Halloween all."Hi J.R. I've just tagged your entire list. Please return the favor:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...
Thank you.
Okay, I have been tagging away. I have tagged JR, Sandy, Victoria, Carole, Urena, Kevis, Sandy, Elisabeth, Alice, Jen, Molly, Thomas and of course Todd. Is it weird that I sort of enjoy doing this? I appreciate it when you all include your link for tagging in each post...makes it faster.
http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Right-M...
Kevis wrote: "ARE WE PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES? OR IS BOOK TAGGING A ONE PLAYER GAME?I know some people would rather I not bring this up. But over the past few months, I have noticed a disturbing trend. Peopl..."
I see what you are saying, but I would like to believe the best of people. I know for me, I post tags under another login in amazon. If anyone is worried that I am not tagging your work it will be under my amazon name, Ella Bella. I will tag everyone that leaves a link in their post.
Todd, Is that a problem if I tag is under an amazon name? I didn't think it mattered..a tag is a tag.
Kevis wrote: "ARE WE PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES? OR IS BOOK TAGGING A ONE PLAYER GAME?I know some people would rather I not bring this up. But over the past few months, I have noticed a disturbing trend. Peopl..."
Kevis I tagged your book. I tag under my amazon name Ella Bella...I do this for convenience. Let me know if this is a problem. I had not considered that it might be until I saw your post.
http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Right-M...
Thanks, Brett. I tagged your book too.Regards,
Urenna
How do you do amazon connect friends?
Oh my goodness!I am so new at all of this!
What have I been missing out on???!!!!
Tell me about this tagging thing!!
Where are the "tagging" groups!!!????
How do I tag and get tags on Amazon for my book Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia-A Life in Poems
www.patricianeelydorsey.webs.com
Alice wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I could sure use some tags on my book Medical Humor - Medical Nonsense to Tickle Your Funnybone. I will be glad to reciprocate as well.thanks."
I've tagged your book. Love for y..."
Thanks Alice, I tagged yours and gave you 5 stars.
Free Read. Short Story. Ways of Love by Laurel Lamperd
Sweet Contempory Romance
Beth Herrick had looked after her parents. She had given up on love, then dashing Rob Garfield, mining engineer, arrived and wanted to carry her off to the wilds of Canada. Her siblings didn't think this a good idea, but they didn't plan for young Christopher's strategies.
www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/...
Patricia wrote: "Oh my goodness!I am so new at all of this!
What have I been missing out on???!!!!
Tell me about this tagging thing!!
Where are the "tagging" groups!!!????
How do I tag and get tags on Amazon..."
Patricia, Go to www.tagmybookonamazon.com and submit your book for tagging. Once you're listed let us know and we'll help you out. Meanwhile you might help me out by tagging all the tags for Becoming Alice at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...
Thank you and good luck.
Here's a question: How does the admin of the Wordpress tagging site (Todd) know that I'm participating if I don't typically log in as "me" each and every freaking time I click on book images/links in the "Tag You're It!" section?And...if I go to Amazon and log in as if I'm about to purchase something or update images, etc., it merely kicks me out and asks for my password again when I go back to the Wordpress blog to click on the next book.
Does everyone actually re-log on each time they tag? That's insanity. I literally spent more than two hours tagging May and June this evening. I cannot imagine how much longer it would have taken if I had to log in for each book just to alert Amazon that it was me making the tag sugestions. I won't do that. Ya'll are just going to have to believe that it's me when you see a new number roll up on the tag. (Well...you folks in the July list can believe it in the morning. My tired little eyes want me to rest right now. :) )
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
Hi Sandy - I can tell what you are tagging by looking at your amazon profile tagging section:http://www.amazon.com/gp/tagging/cust...
This shows all the books you've tagged!
All,I've updated the tagging site with all of the latest editions (except those that did not provide tag requests which are noted in my comments). Happy tagging - click here:
http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...
Hi Todd,I tagged your new edition for you. Good job on getting so many tags already, and great job on the book sales! Do you think most people find your book through the tags?
-Vince
Vince,Hard to know how they find it. I think the "amish" "childrens books" "books for boys" and "time travel" tags have been the most useful - these are the ones folks tell me they were "surfing" when they found my book...
T
I tagged you're it! Ha ha ha! Thank you Todd for providing the ease of accessability to do this.Smiles, Kathy
Holy cow! It's scary, isn't it? He he he. But I guess lots of folks in this group have a huge list they've tagged.From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
Mod
Thank you for explaining how to check up on a person. It took me a while to figure it out, but I seem to have 44 pages of books that I've tagged.
Hi, RowenaI tagged you (2 books)and Todd Fonseca on "Tag My book."
Urenna
To: Jim ChambersThank you for tagging my book. I tagged yours too.
Regards,
Urenna
Hi Todd,THANK YOU so much for putting up the latest load of tagging. It is so much easier to tag things this way than do everybody individually as and when they ask.
I am aware it must mean a lot of work for you, so I am truly grateful for your time. I have just run through them all and tagged everyone I've not already tagged.
BTW I like your new cover.
Cheers
Carole
Mod
Thank you. Thank you, also, for mentioning 2 books. I should have four on Amazon (and in Todd's lists). I need to look into that:
Forced Mate , Insufficient Mating Material , Knight's Fork Mating Net the latter is a Kindle/ebook.
All books: sfr, futuristic romance,
Mod
A question about tagging. I always assumed that it was redundant to tag a colleague by their own name (unless they asked specifically)... but when a friend of mine said she couldn't find her own tag cloud, I took a look around.
It looks like it shows up on an author's page who has tagged for one by name.
http://www.amazon.com/tag/charlotte%2...
Mod
Is there a Spammer community? Can we vote this sort of nastiness down?
Rowena
Todd wrote: "I don't know how many folks are using the "tagging" feature on Amazon to help raise their visibility, but I started a blog to leverage this feature.
A number of authors who have participated are..."
Rowena wrote: "Is there a Spammer community? Can we vote this sort of nastiness down ."Rowena,
I, too, saw the word "Spammer" on a few of the books in the earlier months (I'm in the process of catching up because I'm so new to the group). Because I click as many tags as I can for a book while I'm on the page (why not, right? I'm already on the page.), I noticed it and thought "this is not a positive word." Because it's not a positive word and I didn't really understand it, I didn't click it. Now I see the scoop and I'm horrified.
A) Why would people spend as much time as it takes for tagging to be negative and hateful? (Karma's gonna catch up to somebody there!) Truly...think of the HOURS it takes to sit down and tag our group...I'm only up to August 2009 and it's taken me HOURS of my time. But I'm doing it because it's important to my fellow authors in this group. Pay it forward, I say, and that's pretty freakin positive.
B) Does the "spammer" tag with a mere 4 to 10 clicks truly matter? If someone comes to Amazon looking for a book...what are the chances the average book reader/buyer will think, "I sure don't want to accidentally buy a book from a spammer, so I'll type that in as a search word and make sure it's one of my filters." 100% of the people I talk to about tagging have NO CLUE what it is until I explain it.
Having said all that, it would be nice to know how to delete that tag...
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
Mod
I think Amazon's filters prevent some of the more scurrilous epithets that a disaffected reader might want to throw at an author, thank goodness. But I'm not daring anyone....
Thank you Todd for offering this opportunity! I have added my book and already begun tagging! Great idea. Thank you again!K.M. Johnson author of "Knowing The Struggle Is Over!"
Hi K M Johnson, I've just tagged your book. would appreciate your returning the favor:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...
Thank you.
Hello Stuart Ross McCallum,I just received your book, Beyond My Control, from Amazon. Looking forward to reading it.
Best,
Alice
There is a lack of balance in this tagging thing.I have tagged 23 books by members of this group in the last few days. In return I now have up to eight (8) tags for my most recent book The Trouble With Lions. Some of these were there before I joined.
My writing is in the creative non-fiction category and only one of the folks on the list writes in the genre. She has tagged my work on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (thanks Victoria). What are the rest of you doing? A ratio of 3 tags out to one tag in is pretty unbalanced.
Interesting R.I agree that there are two levels of activity. I also wonder if some folks want their own books tagged at the expense of others. This might make some sense if they were writing in the same genre and wanted to out-do you, but none at all otherwise. As for the friends thing, you are right, but some don't want to, and others (many) do not like to use Amazon at all. Of course if they lack an Amazon account they cannot tag. They only need to buy one toothpick and they are in, but for some, that is not an option.
Alice wrote: "Hi K M Johnson, I've just tagged your book. would appreciate your returning the favor:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...
Thank you."
Thanks Alice! I just tagged your book as well! Have a great day.
R. wrote: "Dr. wrote: "There is a lack of balance in this tagging thing.I have tagged 23 books by members of this group in the last few days. .."
To Dr. and R.,
It takes a long while to get caught up on the tagging. I would say "be patient." I'm fairly new to the group as well and haven't seen much progress in the numbers. Did you add your book info to the Wordpress blog? What I'm doing is (slowly) getting through all the months there. It's taking forever, but I'm doing it. When I get to November, I'll get to your book and tag it. (I'm at August right now so not much longer to wait!)
The idea of reaching out to friends is a good one. I had a "Tagging Party" over the weekend as a facebook event. I only have 211 friends on facebook, but I invited all the relevant ones to this event, explained briefly what tagging is--where the tags are--what to do--etc., and sent the invitation out. I used my hardcover page and my kindle page as links on the event's page...etc. You probably get the idea. By the end of the weekend, my numbers had increased by 12.
Was it worth it? Sure.
The trick is in the "explaining," of course. ;)
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
Carole wrote: "Hi Todd,THANK YOU so much for putting up the latest load of tagging. It is so much easier to tag things this way than do everybody individually as and when they ask.
I am aware it must mean a lot ..."
Carole, would you please explain where I can find this list of Todd's. A list would be a much easier way to tag. Sometimes, it is hard to find the right link. Do you have a url for the list? Brett
Brett wrote: "Carole wrote: "Hi Todd,THANK YOU so much for putting up the latest load of tagging. It is so much easier to tag things this way than do everybody individually as and when they ask.
I am aware it..."
Hi Brett,
The Tagging list can be found here:
http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...
The site opens with Todd's new cover -- It is easy to work from this list.
Click on the book cover
That takes you to the amazon.com site for that book
Scroll down until you find the Tag display
(If you have already tagged this book, you will see it ticked. Don't tick it again, as that deletes it.)
Tick the tags the author has asked for, (if not mentioned I always tick the first four.)
Once you've ticked the tags, goto the 'return to last page arrow'(top of the screen) and that will take you right back to the Tag my book List, and after a few seconds drops down to your next bookcover.
Do the same all over again, tick the new cover, find the Tag display, tick and return to last page. It is so quick and easy once you get into a rhythmn.
Let me know how you get on,
cheers
Carole
Carole, Oh My gosh...this is such a big help! I have been on the site tagging, but I did not know about the cover...I must have not read the directions...so I have been looking them all up and it takes so long. Thanks Carole you are the best!!! Double tags for you! (me and my amazon alias) Brett
Brett wrote: Double tags for you! (me and me amazon alias)."Oooooooo...Brett, how did you get away with that? Amazon has refused to let me play that game. I think it recognizes my IP address. I can even move from computer to computer in my house and it knows who I am...cyber stalking by Amazon...
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."
For some reason although I have already started tagging, I can't seem to find my listing on the tag my book site. Am I missing something?
Alice wrote: "Hello Stuart Ross McCallum,I just received your book, Beyond My Control, from Amazon. Looking forward to reading it.
Best,
Alice"
A huge hello to you Alice,
Your wonderful book: 'Becoming Alice' is on its' way to my house. Yes, also coming from Amazon. I truly believe (writers) are their best customers. :)
Hope you enjoy: Beyond my Control!
Thank you, Stuart aka http://twitter.com/writer99
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J.R., I tried to tag your book but couldn't find your tags. Sorry.
My book is Becoming Alice:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...