Phishing / Spam Emails
I received an email regarding a Moderna Vaccine
Survey. It was addressed to an email address I don’t actually have, but
copied to one of my Gmail addresses. There were at least 3 different
Unsubscribe buttons. I didn’t click anything (don’t even click the
unsubscribe buttons on these things!). I just marked it as Junk/Spam and
deleted from my computer.
https://rogerpacker.com/amazon-adding-transparency-codes-to-kdp-book-covers-to-boost-engagement
And, in keeping with Amazon wanting to add a QR
code and track physical books (and people who scan them), if you don’t want KDP
to generate your bar code (and include their own transparency code), you can
now generate a bar code to give to your cover artist and have them incorporate
it into your cover art. On KDP, there’s a box to click to let them know
that you’re including a bar code in your cover art so they don’t generate their
own.
Free ISBN Bar Code Generator, courtesy of
Kindlepreneur:
https://kindlepreneur.com/isbn-bar-code-generator/
Apple Holiday Delivery Times
As they always do, Apple is reminding you to upload
books well in advance during the holidays. Apple still tends to close
down for the Christmas holidays, so remember that their could be a few days
where processing is slow or the iTunes Connect dashboard goes offline.
Basically, starting in early November, work toward
uploading your eBooks or pre-programming price changes 2 weeks in advance.
If you plan to release a book during the first week of January, you
should upload that content 3 weeks in advance so it doesn’t sit on a server
while the Apple Books staff is off enjoying the holidays.
Draft2Digital Promotional Pricing — all currencies,
start and end dates.
If you’re logged in as the admin/owner of the
account, you can preset promotional pricing in advance, just as you do at
Apple, Kobo and BN.
All retailers are encouraging you to order NOW if
you need printed books by Christmas.
Expect the delivery delays to be real this holiday season.
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