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Grand Sorcerer
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Promotional content added to the actual TITLE of a book
What are your thoughts on the Author and/or the Publisher promoting a book by adding promotional content to the TITLE of the book?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088WF2TGJ?tag=mr061-21 |
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Yuck.
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If it's only on Amazon's page and not in the book itself...who cares. Amazon exists to make money; authors are there to sell their books and make money if it helps generate a sale then it's all good. Don't like it, don't look or buy the book.
This isn't rocket science or anything to get bent out of shape about. |
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HUMOR ALERT: Ok, but what if it had actually BEEN a book on rocket science? ![]() ANOTHER HUMOR ALERT: Maybe some authors should take photos of themselves in their underwear to sell their books. ![]() ![]() I don't like it. But your binary solution doesn't add anything to my accepting this idea. YUCK, INDEED! |
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It's extremely annoying. Especially when they also make it part of the filename for Downloads, including a ":", which is legal in Linux filenames, but not Windows. Makes backup on Linux fail. There is even a place for the blurb just down the page. It also makes Amazon's search even more broken. Only one of a few annoying things about Kindle. Others are: * No shopping basket * difficult to get updated version * "in your face" promotion of KU with actual price shown 2nd. * "misleading" includes free Audible * Search on title or Author in Kindle store is nearly useless * Things that are not actually reflowable ebooks sold as Kindle * Reviews from unrelated formats or different editions * One edition each shown of ebook, paperback and hardback, even if there are more, and may not be from same publisher. * Locked to a Marketplace that might not be your own currency or country (but only for Kindle, not DVDs, CDs, paper books etc). Kobo does that better. This list is not complete. |
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I suspect the publisher is doing it, not Amazon, but I'm not sure. Also series data is often wrong. |
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Triple YUCK!
Same goes for loading the description with all the OTHER work by the Author. This is Amazon, you can click on Series, Author and get this. ![]() ![]() |
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents became: Caste (Oprah's Book Club and Wilminton's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy became Wilminton's Lie (WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy |
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That will keep me from even considering the book.
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Reminds me of the infamous box art to the Game of the Year Edition boxart for Batman: Arhkam City:
(The game's title is not, in fact, "10 out of 10!", despite what the font size and placement would have you believe) Last edited by issybird; 08-12-2024 at 07:41 PM. Reason: Oversize image attached as thumbnail. Please read the guidelines for limits on image size. |
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Any screens on how it looks? I'm getting nothing here.
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I've attached an image of what the book title looks like when you download it. And yes, they seem determined to have you realize that it is a Xuya Universe romance.
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I hate it. Calibre is your friend.
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