Amazon Author Central NOT author friendly.

I've sort of been back and forth with the advantages and disadvantages of Author Central on Amazon and as of now the disadvantages heavily outweigh the advantages. I did ask them to link the reviews associated with my now defunct hardback of Never Ceese with my republished version of Never Ceese and have the paperback be the default book that shows up and they did this--well, sort of. On my book page for Forever Richard they show a bundle with the hardback as if they didn't have a clue. Yes. Why would I want my paperback bundled with a book I've told them I make no money off of when there's the republished version I do make money off of. Hmmm . . . .

Then there's the matter of Amazon creating bundles themselves without asking the author if they think the bundle is actually helpful or even caring what the author thinks. They bundled my book with a book from a publisher who excludes authors such as myself. What is that about? I asked them and they removed the title, after saying they couldn't. Now the book is back and I'm being told it can't be removed from the bundle.

So once again I have to ask, please don't by the bundle. If you want to buy affiliated Christian fiction do so separately. I won't support an industry that doesn't support non-affiliated Christian authors. Also on Forever Richard the bundle includes the hardback version of Never Ceese and not the paperback. It's as if they never said to me, "yes, will fix that right away."

They're relentless, I'll give them that. But helpful, not really.

That's all the rant for today. Thanks for listening. It's for sure Amazon doesn't listen.