It appears erotica lost its store-wide rankings. Does anyone have thoughts on why Amazon decided to do this? I understand it happened on Amazon Germany some time ago.
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I'm currently in contact with KDP and I'm trying to move my Gay Romance titles into the romance categories (where they actually belong). I've been meaning to do this for quite some time, but never got around to actually doing it until now...
I write both romance and erotica (my short stories are more erotica, while my novellas and novels are romance).
I want to be fair and keep my erotica short stories into the erotica, but to be honest the Amazon erotica categories are quite messed up (Victorian erotica 100 list is now filled with modern stories about hot mothers or stepsiblings, etc.).
On a brighter note, my latest novel that I just released has increased in ranking and my free erotica short story has had an unusual high number of downloads.
I write both romance and erotica (my short stories are more erotica, while my novellas and novels are romance).
I want to be fair and keep my erotica short stories into the erotica, but to be honest the Amazon erotica categories are quite messed up (Victorian erotica 100 list is now filled with modern stories about hot mothers or stepsiblings, etc.).
On a brighter note, my latest novel that I just released has increased in ranking and my free erotica short story has had an unusual high number of downloads.
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Yes, sometimes I wonder how on earth Amazon's algorithm (or gremlins?) works. It is clear that some people are trying to game the system, but then again sometimes things just go wrong...KelliWolfe said:I miss the old days when you could see all the categories a book was in, and you'd see the same one listed under Victorian/Western/action/urban/poetry/science fiction.
I've recently published a new book and I added a handful of keywords to my new book that seemed relevant (e.g. romance, historical, gay, Victorian, London, LGTB fiction) and the two categories: Romance> Historical and Romance>Gay.
I honestly don't know what went wrong, because although the book is listed:
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Gothic (which is correct), it's also listed:
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender eBooks > LGBT Studies > Gay Studies
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Special Groups
Gay studies? Non-fiction? Social science? It's clearly Historical Romance!
Needless to say, I've been in contact with KDP and they've said they're going to change the categories within 72 hours. :-/
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My Victorian erotica and romance short stories are still available on Apple, too.Mercedes Vox said:
(They're published through Smashwords.)
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