Amazon Cracks Down on Bogus Keywords

josephHarris <joe9438-/[email protected]> Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:32:34 +0000
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http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/amazon-cracks-down-on-bogus-keywords

The warning--which some authors claim they did not actually receive 
before their titles were removed from sale--pertains to authors who've 
used titles of other books in the keyword searches for their titles.

Interestingly, comments from authors on sites like The Passive Voice 
<http://www.thepassivevoice.com/11/2013/amazon-making-big-changes-authors-beware/#comment-148724> 
and Author Marketing Experts 
<http://www.amarketingexpert.com/amazon-making-big-changes-authors-beware/> 
have demonstrated that self-published authors, at least ones who see 
themselves as professionals, are siding with Amazon on this rule,