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Maria wrote: "Hi Dianne, your link didn't work, but I've been onto amazon and tagged your book now :)It looks like a fun read, I'll add it to my to-read shelf!
Maria "
Thanks hon! I am going to tag yours. =)...Here I go...
Thank you all for the feedback. Please check these links... These should work. I pray:-)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/list...
http://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Thoughts...
Rowena wrote:"Really, Shalonda? And you are number one in Christian Living?"
Well, it was. I'm still hopeful. It's at number two again.
And thank you Sandy, Yours sound very interesting:-)
Ladies and Gentlemen,I'm proud to announce my first novel, Choices Meant for Gods, has been released in Kindle format! Hooray! http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle (long story why the second went first...but there we are!)
Now I'm waiting for Amazon to copy my reviews over. In the meantime, I'm asking Todd to add this to the list o' books to tag. Anyone willing to help me get a jump-start on that, please do! It looks so sad and sparse at the moment. I'm looking for tags such as:
fantasy
dragons
action adventure
heroine
strong heroine
birthmark
fantasy series
kindle book
suspense
sword and sorcery
ANY of those that you feel comfortable hitting, I'm going to be thankful for. I could only list 15 so anyone who wants to type in my name (Sandy Lender) or "humor" or "integrity" will make me smile. ;)
THANK YOU!
The link: http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle
And happy Monday to all!
From Sandy Lender
Hi Sandy, I've tagged it and added the extra three tags!I've also clicked on 'yes' for the review that you added :)
If you haven't already, can you tag mine please :)
http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Rainbow-...
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Tell-Maria...
Maria
Ah, Maria, Lori, thank you for the help! I had already hit your stuff, but I voted on your good reviews (which I think I had done before, too) to see if that gives you (and your reviewers) some extra help.I don't see a way to communicate this information other than right here in the discussions, so I apologize to the folks who get annoyed by the tagging talk. I didn't realize it was such an annoyance until I saw the thread on the Wordpress blog. I just kinda filter through the stuff that doesn't apply to me and it doesn't bug me, but I can see how some folks could become overwhelmed by too much chatter. I will curb my comments here.
Thank you all for the help!
From Sandy Lender
Authors - the latest books are up on the tagging blog - come tag away - thanks everyone!http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...
Hello Stuart, Rowena, I am back post computer troubles. I am working with a dinosaur right now, and have a job that is classified on call so I will continue to be a sporadic poster, I look forward to starting the tag books page again.
Hey All- I just went through and tagged, tagged, tagged. If you could tag mine that would be great. For many I just tagged all...would appreciate if you did...I only have two listed on tag it, but if you could tag one more, I would appreciate it.
http://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Frogs-C...
Dianne
Kissing Frogs in Cyberspace
William,I modified the link and tested on my computer and all seems to be working correctly now.
Sorry again for the problems!
Todd
Todd, I seem to be having trouble tagging. My old computer died on me on New Year's Eve -- I now have a new one which I am struggling to understand with all its different formats. Today, I thought I was really getting there so attempted to catch up on the latest tagging.But once I get on the Amazon.com page and scroll down to the tagging area, none of the tags have their bracketed number (on the left hand side)which means I cannot add to their tags. Is this something to do with my new set up, or is it something simple to put right?
Exhausted,
Carole
Hi Carole,Good to hear from you. Make sure when you go to the Amazon page that you are signed in to your Amazon account. Otherwise the tagging boxes won't appear.
Likely with your new computer it doesn't recognize you as logged in to Amazon. Your old computer probably had "cookies" so that each time you went back to the Amazon page you were already signed in.
I think once you sign in to Amazon, you should be fine.
Good luck! Hope that worked!
Todd
Todd wrote: "Hi Carole,Good to hear from you. Make sure when you go to the Amazon page that you are signed in to your Amazon account. Otherwise the tagging boxes won't appear.
Likely with your new compute..."
Hi Todd,
Okay did that and was able to do the bulk of the tagging without trouble. Then the Wordpress page came up asking me to sign in there, which I did, but when I returned to the tagging page we had skipped into the past. So, I'm not sure if I have finished the new updated tags, or not. I hate new computers! Why can't the old, comfortable ones go on forever!!
Carole
Hi Friends...Caught up on my tagging, let me know if we can tag each others if you are new. Also, would love it if you became a fan of Kissing Frogs in Cyberspace on Facebook! I am caught up with my tagging to date...any newbies out there so we can tag each others? http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/pa...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url...
for tagging!
Lori wrote: "Hello everyone,My Poetry book Looking to be Seen is now available on Amazon and I would love it if you could tag it as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Be-Seen......"
Just tagged you!
Hi everyone,My mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today is on Amazon. I'd appreciate it if you could tag it.
http://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Five-Yea...
I just submitted my book to Todd's list and bookmarked it to start making my way through tagging others on the list, If anyone here wants to tag each other, let me know. Thanks!
Stacy
Stacy Juba
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, Now Available
Sink or Swim, Coming in December 2010
http://www.stacyjuba.com
I've tagged it, Stacy!If you haven't tagged mine yet, here are the links:
http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Rainbow-...
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Tell-Maria...
thanks :)
Lori wrote: "Dianne wrote: "Lori wrote: "Hello everyone,Sandy, Dianne, and Lori, I got you all tagged.
Stacy wrote: "Hi everyone,My mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today is on Amazon. I'd appreciate it if you could tag it.
http://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Five-Yea...
I just submi..."
Gotcha...that book looks good...we should buy each others...I am intrigued.
Maria wrote: "Thanks, Stacy :)"Stacy wrote: "Hi everyone,
My mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today is on Amazon. I'd appreciate it if you could tag it.
http://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Five-Yea...
Duly tagged, Stacy.
Carole
Author of: Ferryman
And the Devil Laughed
I've been hearing lots about smashwords and was getting ready to dig in and do my book as an ebook on smashmouth...but what about Amazon Kindle ebook upload? Which program is better to turn your book into an ebook with...smashwords or amazon kindle?
Thanks, Lori. I've just tagged you as well :)Lori wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "Hi everyone,
Please tag me when you get a chance. Thanks.
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fur-Coat-..."
I have t..."
Thanks, Maria. I've just tagged yours as well. However, I was only able to tag the first book, the one with Rainbow in the title. I couldn't pull up the tagging section for the 2nd book for some reason.Maria wrote: "I've tagged you Cynthia :)"
Thanks everyone for the tagging. It helped - Google Alerts sent me an alert with the current tags. If anyone else wants to tag each other, let me know.
Whew - just finished adding all January books - enjoy tagging!http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...
Todd,I just went over there and tagged most of the January books. Thanks for making this happen. I've also submitted one of my books and hopefully you'll be able to include it in your list.
Hi Todd,Have just completed tagging January books. When I first start the tagging, I find I have done so many of them before that now I start from the last one on the list and work upwards to the place I last left off. It works very well that way.
But I am puzzled that when I get to that position I get a box from WordPress pop up asking for user name and password. I provide it and it discounts my password saying it is incorrect. The last time I changed it, and they gave me a new password, but again today they say the new one is incorrect.
Should I just ignore the box in the future?
Carole
Hi Todd, I think the problem is only with the book 'Bibliopticon', when I click the picture I get the WordPress 'log in' page, rather than the amazon page for the book. I've tagged most of the other January books without a problemMaria
Interesting idea! Will definately try to utilize it. My new conspiracy thriller is available for $1.99 on Amazon Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/Burden-of-Proof...
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Sorry if I am behind the times but what is the purpose of tagging your books on Amazon? And if anyone wants to tag my newest book you can find it at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI...
Thanks!
Hey Maria,I just tagged your 2 books. Can you please do mine?
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fur-Coat-...
Thanks
Maria wrote: "Hi Sandy, I've tagged it and added the extra three tags!
I've also clicked on 'yes' for the review that you added :)
If you haven't already, can you tag mine please :)
http://www.amazon.com/Piece..."
Maria wrote: "Hi Sandy, I've tagged it and added the extra three tags!
I've also clicked on 'yes' for the review that you added :)
If you haven't already, can you tag mine please :)
http://www.amazon.com/Piece..."
Hi Rick,I just tagged your book. The reasoning behind tagging the books on Amazon is to get your book ranked as high as possible so it will have more chances to be in the top rankings during people's searches. For instance, one of your tags is marriage. If I am looking for a book on marriage then I do a search for marriage books. Most likely there will be hundreds of books on marriage and the ones with the highest number of tags will be the first to show up. So if you only have 3 tags, then your book will be on the last pages in which the person searching will most likly not even get that far therefore not even seeing your book. I think I've explained that correctly...if not then other please chime in.
Could you please tag my book in return for taggin yours :)
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fur-Coat-...
Thanks
Rick wrote: "Sorry if I am behind the times but what is the purpose of tagging your books on Amazon? And if anyone wants to tag my newest book you can find it at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI......"
Hi Lori,I tagged your friend's book. Could you please tag mine.
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fur-Coat-...
Thanks
Lori wrote: "Hello everyone, If you get a chance to tag my friends book I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you,
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Psychic-Clo......"
Hi J.R.Can you tag one more if you hadn't already?
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fur-Coat-...
Thanks :)
J.R. wrote: "Caught up on January tagging."
Hey guys....I've got a question. I'm not too sure if I'm doing this tagging thing correctly. What I'm doing is comming here and tagging people who is requesting to be tagged and then I leave them a message to tag me in return. But then I've noticed people saying that they have done their tags for January. Is there another place I should be going for a list or something?
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It looks like a fun read, I'll add it to my to-read shelf!
Maria