Books stuck in "in-review" for the past 18 hours...

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Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · Mar 28, 2015

Yesterday around 7:00PM EST I put Episode 2 up on Amazon, and submitted Episode 3 for Pre-Order.

I figured they'd be available when I woke up. They're not.

Anyone know if this is usual on weekends? Getting a bit concerned I screwed something up when I submitted them.

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CJAnderson

· #2 · Mar 28, 2015

I have a book in the same situation

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 28, 2015

CJAnderson said:
I have a book in the same situation

Hm. Glad to know I'm not alone then. Bah.

I have Episode 1 up for free because I thought for sure (mistake) that Episode 2 would be up by now. *headdesk*

CJAnderson

· #4 · Mar 28, 2015

Please let me know if and when your book makes it live.

I will do the same

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 28, 2015

CJAnderson said:
Please let me know if and when your book makes it live.

I will do the same

Sounds like a plan.

CJAnderson

· #6 · Mar 28, 2015

Update:

Mine now says "LIVE:Updates publishing" but when I click on the Amazon links:

"Looking for something?
We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site "

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #7 · Mar 28, 2015

CJAnderson said:
Update:

Mine now says "LIVE:Updates publishing" but when I click on the Amazon links:

"Looking for something?
We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site "

Oh! Well, at least it's making movement. Around what time did you submit it yesterday?

SA_Soule

· #8 · Mar 28, 2015

I have 2 title stuck in publishing limbo, too. I think it has been about 16 hours

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 28, 2015

Sherry_Soule said:
I have 2 title stuck in publishing limbo, too. I think it has been about 16 hours

Welcome to the club, Sherry. We have donuts and coffee on the table.

Hoping things get going here soon, BKnights promo just went out. Bahhhhhhhhlllakdjlkdjfadsfadlfkj. *cries in the corner*

CJAnderson

· #10 · Mar 28, 2015

Waves to Sherry

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 28, 2015

I forgot something... *brings out the vodka and orange juice*

CJAnderson

· #12 · Mar 28, 2015

Update:

Book ,blurg, image etc are now up on Amazon but "Pricing information is not available"

So making progress

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #13 · Mar 28, 2015

CJAnderson said:
Update:

Book ,blurg, image etc are now up on Amazon but "Pricing information is not available"

So making progress

Glad to hear it!

I go to work at 2:30 EST, hoping that it's up before then so I can update all my stuff.

Lady TL Jennings

· #14 · Mar 28, 2015

I updated some of my titles yesterday (around 24 hours ago) and they've started to trickle in one by one now.
Hope that's encouraging for you guys.

Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #15 · Mar 28, 2015

Lady TL Jennings said:
I updated some of my titles yesterday (around 24 hours ago) and they've started to trickle in one by one now.
Hope that's encouraging for you guys.

Thanks for letting us know.

EDIT: Well, I gotta get going to work. Hopefully it'll be up soon. Happy I work from home, but, eesh. Gonna be hard to update everything when it comes out.

Frank Tayell

· #16 · Mar 28, 2015

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Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #17 · Mar 28, 2015

Frank Tayell said:
I came to start a thread, but glad I found this one (you know, in a misery loves company kinda way). I hit publish, Friday 06:30 GMT, and it's still not there.

I emailed them. The response: It's a technical issue. Uploading a new version might not fix it. Do not change/alter the file - this may break it even further. This is issue should be resolved by Wednesday 1st April. (deep sigh at the ruin of a book launch) Still, nil desperandum, I've directed my readers to DriveThruFiction & Smashwords & Libiro for .mobi files, and to Google, Kobo and Itunes for epubs. It'll be interesting to see what sort of sales figures I get from these store. Not sure how I'll use that data, but it'll still be interesting.

Oh my gosh... April 1st?! Hopefully they don't mean that your book will be published that date. Oh man. I have so many launch promos set up the next two days.

Salvador Mercer

· #18 · Mar 28, 2015

Hi everyone,

When I published for the very first time it took forever. Literally like 24 hours for the book info and page to appear and go live and almost 72 hours for the cover to finally show up. I was actually able to borrow my own book to proof it on my kindle in 1 day WITHOUT a cover.

Now when I UPDATE and hit publish it's done overnight or like 8-12 hours max. I think setting up an actual new page and book takes much longer than just updating one. Sorry but that is not a very scientific study, just a study of one, me but I feel your pain as I went through the same thing myself.

Best of luck!
SM

Frank Tayell

· #19 · Mar 28, 2015

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Josh St. John

Discussion Starter · #20 · Mar 28, 2015

Well, since some folks posted that it took around 24 hours for them, and some are getting published now, I'm guessing that they're running at about 24 hours before getting published and will have it fixed, hopefully, by Wednesday. Must be a large backlog of books that got submitted yesterday, or they're having system issues.

That's my hopeful guess... if I have to wait until Wednesday to get it published, then I need to stop the "in-review" on episode 1 so I can stop the free promo. Arghhhhh. I KNEW I should have updated the book details on AC instead of KDP. Stupid stupid stupid.

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