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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:39 am | |
| When you upload a book to Amazon, do you pick out the three categories you want it to be in? And how often can you change it? Just wondering. I'm referring to the categories that show up when you see "Best Seller In These Categories" under its overall ranking.
My first textbook was in three categories, two of which made sense (the third seemed random). But now it's listed in three completely different categories. They're all kind of random, and it doesn't stay long in any of them, whereas in the last set it stayed a long time in a couple of them.
Seems like this would hurt sales. Does the publisher choose these categories, and why would it change them? |
| | | Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:58 pm | |
| Amazon's category choices are difficult to understand. Yes, you do have a choice of two categories (with sub-categories) but the book doesn't always appear under those cateogories. There isn't an army of elves hard at work changing book categories; it's all done electronically and we all know how reliable computer software is at this kind of thing! |
| | | joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:59 pm | |
| 8/12/2011
LC...
I think Amazon chooses the categories. What is your book about ?
Cheers..Joe |
| | | Betty Fasig Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4334 Registration date : 2008-06-12 Age : 81 Location : Duette, Florida
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:14 pm | |
| I think that your publisher has something to do with it.
Wooffer is under Horror. No matter how often I requested it be changed to children's books, it never did get done.
Love,
Betty |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:25 pm | |
| Betty,
Horror takes on a new meaning--Wooffer is a most loving tale.
Ridiculous classsification! |
| | | LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:01 pm | |
| Betty -Woofer in horror? lol That's funny and sad at the same time.
I've never dealt with Amazon except as a customer. I'm surprised that categories aren't a simple issue of telling them where to put it and them doing it. |
| | | Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ? on book placement in Amazon categories Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:36 pm | |
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