Evil Twin still coming & Amazon is a mess
Hi all! I knew I’d be a bit late releasing Evil Twin and it wouldn’t be the planned day (May 15th) but recent issues at Amazon have made me a little bit glad of that. A whole bunch of books went missing from Amazon’s author pages and the Amazon searchable catalog (for example, Teacher’s Pet Wolf) — and you can link them directly, but except for sponsored books, they can’t be searched from the Amazon search bar and they don’t show up on the ranking lists…which honestly, is how we get a lot of visibility and sales.
Two of the books that disappeared were Ella’s BAD GIRL and Ruby’s BAD GUY (which are the other books in the series before Evil Twin), so if you’re looking for those, the direct links are on my Villains In Love page! https://katiwilde.com/villains/
No word yet on when this glitch will be fixed. Hopefully pretty quickly, but until then, if you are looking for/searching for a certain book on Amazon and can’t find it, I suggest going to the author’s website and using a direct link!
DiscoDollyDeb
May 16, 2021 @ 4:07 pm
Earlier this morning, I was on Amazon searching for a book but I couldn’t remember the title, so I searched by the author’s name—and half of the author’s backlist didn’t show up. What a mess! I hope Amazon resolves the situation soon. Meanwhile, I will keep checking for EVIL TWIN and download it as soon as it’s available. Good luck!
Kati Wilde
May 16, 2021 @ 10:01 pm
Theoretically, it’s fixed? But I might push back the release anyway, just because I know a lot of authors who released in the past few days went into panic mode. They think it was related to some updating for the Author Central section of Amazon (where we can control what shows up on our author pages at Amazon) but god knows if it’s all done or if the updating is over.
So I’d rather push it out to the end of the month than get caught up in that release panic (and also to make sure there aren’t any more glitches as Amazon fiddles with their backend). I feel terrible for the authors — to have your new release go out, and not show up on the store, and miss that all important sales window is pretty devastating.
Gloria Hansen
June 2, 2021 @ 4:05 pm
Maybe the books are missing only in different geographical areas, because I have not been having trouble finding the books. I am a voracious reader and don’t miss too much when following certain authors. Just sayin’ .
I realize sometimes the books may be late, but I also follow Author Comments too. Plus, I watch the dates these books are available. If they are “out” early, then it’s a nice surprise!