tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post8156648531694916677..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Kindle Tips: Amazon has upgraded Kindle book samples ... Overdrive fixed its Kindle public library books problem ... 3M's library access - how it's done on Kindle Fires ... Today's specials on computer items and accessories, up to 50% off March 2 only ... March's free Kindle books (contemporary). Updated.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-48074913454697664312015-07-24T04:54:39.275-07:002015-07-24T04:54:39.275-07:00Are you asking as a reader or as an author? If th...Are you asking as a reader or as an author? If the latter, you should ask at Amazon's publishing forums. Somewhere on their publishing forujms -- <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/community/index.jspa" rel="nofollow">https://kdp.amazon.com/community/index.jspa</a>.<br /><br />Otherwise, the samples are what Amazon and the author have chosen, and you will have seen the other question and response here Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-35656206052002444022015-07-23T15:38:07.380-07:002015-07-23T15:38:07.380-07:00IS THERE NO WAY TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SAMPLE...IS THERE NO WAY TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SAMPLE FOR A KINDLE BOOK?doctorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352873383529828798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-11767604368103348232015-03-03T12:42:51.813-08:002015-03-03T12:42:51.813-08:00Okay, it's just the first 10% of your book. C...Okay, it's just the first 10% of your book. Can you structure the beginning to show, in some kind of introduction, what you want brought to the attention of prospective readers? I realize it's the first10% of images and first 10% of text that will make it through to a sample. I have seen really effective samples. Amazon's automated system still decides what, in the first 10%, gets in -- but after the writing of the body is completed, can you make the approximate first 10% be what you want? Can you have a long intro with highlighted items followed by table of contents? I realize there's a serious lack of freedom here, but their automated processes apparently are due to the volume of what can be published. ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-762750525081509152015-03-03T12:04:50.904-08:002015-03-03T12:04:50.904-08:00Yes. Thanks, Jim. I think I'm refreshed :-) ...Yes. Thanks, Jim. I think I'm refreshed :-) Lots to cover, I see.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-85938383542739037852015-03-03T08:01:41.545-08:002015-03-03T08:01:41.545-08:00Making Kindle samples "more useful" by s...Making Kindle samples "more useful" by simply making them available in the cloud and thus on more of a reader's devices? I think not. Amazon's samples, the mindless grabbing of the first portion of a book, are often worthless. Some barely extend past the dull front-matter. Being able to notice that failing on more devices won't change that. In fact, readers are now stuck with the hassle of going online with a web browser and deleting them.<br /><br />Amazon's sampling process illustrates two features of Amazon's book culture:<br /><br />1. Contempt for authors. Writers are not allowed to create their own sample text as with Apple's iBookstore. Control-obsessed Amazon grabs what they think best and, as usual, does it badly.<br /><br />2. Amazon's cluelessness about the world of books. Amazon still can't grasp that all books are not novels or trite little celebrity biographies that might be adequately captured by a sample that's simply the first part of a book. The idea that for more complex and richer books, a sample should be a well-chosen selection is beyond its worldview.<br /><br />Executives at large, mainstream publishers are right that, after some 20 years in the business Amazon still doesn't understand books or publishing. Arrogance cripples any ability to learn.<br /><br />Inklinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272203500649628022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-43368268552665249212015-03-02T23:09:25.263-08:002015-03-02T23:09:25.263-08:00Glad to see you back. Hope all is well.Glad to see you back. Hope all is well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637664915134185113noreply@blogger.com