[CJAnderson]

Amazon lists one of my books (Enter Ruinland) in "Metaphysical and Visionary" category but I selected Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic in KDP dashboard.

Any idea why it shows up in the wrong category? Is this an error Amazon can fix or some other explanation?

See here: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-Metaphysical-Science-Fiction-eBooks/zgbs/digital-text/6809440011/ref=zg_bs_nav_kstore_5_6361471011?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1

 

[SarahCarter]

Possibly down to one of your keywords?

 

[CJAnderson]

Possibly down to one of your keywords?

Good point. Do keywords always affect category?

 

[PhoenixS]

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[Christine Tate]

It could also be a case of one arm doing something independently of the other arm in the big Amazon world.  I called Author Central once to give them my two browse paths for the paperback version on Amazon.  The book all ready had three assigned.  Someone over at Createspace (different and separate than Author Central) had assigned a third browse path for some mysterious reason which I am baffled by, but at the same time extremely grateful for.  Author Central couldn't explain the third browse path other than to say the other entity did it and in order to change the paths, they would have to delete the third path.  Naturally, I left it alone.  Better to have three browse paths of their choosing than two browse paths of my choosing.  This has only happened once and only to one of my titles.  I don't think any of us will ever really understand the Amazon-Createspace-KDP-Author Central beast.

 

[CJAnderson]

It could also be a case of one arm doing something independently of the other arm in the big Amazon world. I called Author Central once to give them my two browse paths for the paperback version on Amazon. The book all ready had three assigned. Someone over at Createspace (different and separate than Author Central) had assigned a third browse path for some mysterious reason which I am baffled by, but at the same time extremely grateful for. Author Central couldn't explain the third browse path other than to say the other entity did it and in order to change the paths, they would have to delete the third path. Naturally, I left it alone. Better to have three browse paths of their choosing than two browse paths of my choosing. This has only happened once and only to one of my titles. I don't think any of us will ever really understand the Amazon-Createspace-KDP-Author Central beast.

They seem to be at odds with each other at times. I was having to email them both back and forth over a page count issue (Kindle VS Paperback). Each one would claim I needed to email the other