tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post8082845859057101664..comments2024-03-27T13:16:32.943-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: Changing a Title and Cover After PublicationWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-74472330132607898012014-04-02T07:39:26.151-05:002014-04-02T07:39:26.151-05:00Covers are definitely vital to sales. I'm qui...Covers are definitely vital to sales. I'm quicker to change a cover than I am a title, but sales more than doubled in the short time this book was changed. Amazon has a easy return system, but if you return too much, you get a letter explaining you are banned for life. With no warning you lose all gift cards, all books on kindle, etc. No notice. It stops abusers permanently, but wow. Yes, being banned from Amazon would kill a career. So abusers take notice, Amazon does not mess around. Livia J Washburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-31154598802228180022014-04-01T17:10:25.847-05:002014-04-01T17:10:25.847-05:00Covers are vital to sales.Sometimes you just don&#...Covers are vital to sales.Sometimes you just don't know if there's something amiss with a cover until it's already out there. I imagine this is a rare situation. If it happened too often, readers would start getting confused.<br />Yikes! Getting banned for life from Amazon would probably kill your career.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-49012740986385256052014-04-01T11:21:36.606-05:002014-04-01T11:21:36.606-05:00I do worry about offending readers, so I don't...I do worry about offending readers, so I don't make changes like this often. But when an author has one book that's not selling, it says something needs done. Thankfully booksellers make it fairly easy to return ebooks, as long as the reader doesn't do it too often. Make too many returns to Amazon, and you can get banned for life with no warning. Can you image being banned from Amazon forever? Yikes!Livia J Washburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-7859614677462022682014-03-31T14:27:42.540-05:002014-03-31T14:27:42.540-05:00Something to be said for the shorter, more compact...Something to be said for the shorter, more compact title, too. <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-55314536631692328922014-03-31T14:26:40.449-05:002014-03-31T14:26:40.449-05:00Yes, I can see that in this case, the 2nd cover wo...Yes, I can see that in this case, the 2nd cover would be more appealing to western readers. Smart thinking! <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-78566350676387165262014-03-31T13:32:07.084-05:002014-03-31T13:32:07.084-05:00Livia,
Very clever!
CharlieLivia,<br /><br />Very clever!<br /><br />CharlieCharlie Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992330591519249699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-45611562129987455702014-03-31T11:13:40.453-05:002014-03-31T11:13:40.453-05:00You pose an interesting question. We don't alw...You pose an interesting question. We don't always get it right, so reworking is a given in this writing and other professions. If a person buys a book because of the authors name, they may be offended when purchasing a second copy. (Sometimes the blurbs don't always make it). Still overall, I believe it is acceptable. (This from a readers perspective, for with new or newly acquired writers on their list I will buy from the cover.) DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.com