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If you're thinking about publishing something new today...

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...I would advise waiting a few hours.

My new book went live yesterday, but it isn't displaying a cover, and I've heard from several other authors that they're having the same problem, so it appears to be hitting a lot of books.

In the meantime, sit back, twiddle thumbs, eat some prawns, etc.
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smreine said:
In the meantime, sit back, twiddle thumbs, eat some prawns, etc.
have sex, read a good book, go out for dinner and a movie, do some research on the next novel, practice your martial arts kata, lounge in your hammock chair, smoke some doobie...
smreine said:
...I would advise waiting a few hours.

My new book went live yesterday, but it isn't displaying a cover, and I've heard from several other authors that they're having the same problem, so it appears to be hitting a lot of books.
Same here. However, I uploaded an image via the Customer Share link and it is showing that just fine: http://www.amazon.com/Monday-Night-Needlework-Murder-ebook/dp/B00B0FSLM8
have sex, read a good book, go out for dinner and a movie, do some research on the next novel, practice your martial arts kata, lounge in your hammock chair, smoke some doobie.
hmmmm...this or prawns...Wow,is there any doubt (minus the martial arts, of course)?
You're brilliant, Kathleen. I could kiss you, but I have morning breath, and it would be weird.
smreine said:
You're brilliant, Kathleen. I could kiss you, but I have morning breath, and it would be weird.
Yes, it would be weird..... ;)
Yes...right...weird... *shifty eyes*

Alas, it doesn't do anything for the missing cover in search, but at least readers won't be confused by the empty box on the page.
The issue with new books having no covers seems to be resolved. Publish away, prawns!
Yep, mine has fixed itself as well.
Thank God, it just looked weird with that white box.
brinacourtney said:
Yep, mine has fixed itself as well.
Thank God, it just looked weird with that white box.
Mine just fixed itself too. Too bad it gave me a heart attack first with the stupid white boxes so I re-uploaded it and now it's in review. *headdesk*
Twice now I've uploaded new covers and it's taken a couple of days to update. The one I uploaded yesterday morning still isn't showing.
smreine said:
In the meantime, sit back, twiddle thumbs, eat some prawns, etc.
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robin_hart said:
Mine just fixed itself too. Too bad it gave me a heart attack first with the stupid white boxes so I re-uploaded it and now it's in review. *headdesk*
Ohh, those covers are lovely, Robin. :)
Publish away, prawns!
The ones who haven't been eaten, anyway . . .
brinacourtney said:
Yep, mine has fixed itself as well.
Thank God, it just looked weird with that white box.
So what's your new release, Brina? I don't see it in your author profile.
I updated three books today (each with new covers) and all 3 times I hit publish, I got an error message. It took 2-3 more tries...is this normal with Amazon these days?
Yeah, that's pretty typical behavior, at least for the last few weeks. It's a beast of its own, though. I don't think it's connected to the cover snafu.
smreine said:
Yeah, that's pretty typical behavior, at least for the last few weeks. It's a beast of its own, though. I don't think it's connected to the cover snafu.
Thanks, that's good to know. I was wondering if it was my ancient computer or something to do with Firefox.
teashopgirl said:
Thanks, that's good to know. I was wondering if it was my ancient computer or something to do with Firefox.
I've had that problem several times in the last few weeks.

And the new cover is still not showing after about 36 hours.
Well, because SM said it was ok I went ahead and hit 'publish' under a pen name for the first time. Next week around this time I will be hitting it again.
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