Operation Rescue This Book

[James]

I'm having trouble finding much information about the new "rescue this book" feature and the rationale behind it. I guess the Amazon data feed is being dropped and books that currently come only through that feed may disappear from the site.

I also understand that the KDP feed is not in place yet, making a lot of e-books look like they need rescuing, when they actually will be fine once the feed is in place. I can tell you that the rescue message is freaking out a lot of authors who currently publish only on KDP. There's a big discussion going on (with much Goodreads bashing) on the KindleBoards forum.

Was this just a mistake in timing? It seems crazy to have rolled out the rescue program *before* you had the new feeds in place.

Or am I missing something here?

[Michael]

We have until january 30th to delete all of the amazon data.


More details are available here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

[James]

Thanks for the reply.

Amazon; I should have expected to find them holding the API leash. I recognized their foul stench when I was brought on board. The more they tighten their grip, the more book systems will slip through their fingers.