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Last night I published my latest m/m erotic romance to Amazon. This morning I got the usual "Congratulations, you've successfully published on the Kindle store!" email, with a link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZB934I
There's the book, complete with Look Inside, buy button, and description. Great, except when I went to check, the book couldn't be found in any sort of search. Enter title, author, or any combination, either in a general search or in the Kindle store, and the book doesn't exist. This makes it difficult to sell books. So I waited a while, and when nothing happened, I republished. A few minutes ago I got the same email, congratulating me on publishing my book... and the book is still there, but is still completely unsearchable. It's like the book is a private secret between me and Amazon.
This is not an "adult dungeon" problem, as the book is available on Amazon UK (and has already had three sales and one five-star review), and can be found there under both a general search and a Kindle store search. It seems to be just another manifestation of the usual new book glitches, but I've never had one persist this long. Should I wait and see what happens, or contact Customer Service and ask for help?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZB934I
There's the book, complete with Look Inside, buy button, and description. Great, except when I went to check, the book couldn't be found in any sort of search. Enter title, author, or any combination, either in a general search or in the Kindle store, and the book doesn't exist. This makes it difficult to sell books. So I waited a while, and when nothing happened, I republished. A few minutes ago I got the same email, congratulating me on publishing my book... and the book is still there, but is still completely unsearchable. It's like the book is a private secret between me and Amazon.
This is not an "adult dungeon" problem, as the book is available on Amazon UK (and has already had three sales and one five-star review), and can be found there under both a general search and a Kindle store search. It seems to be just another manifestation of the usual new book glitches, but I've never had one persist this long. Should I wait and see what happens, or contact Customer Service and ask for help?