Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with amazon http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/amazon Questions tagged with 'amazon' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:10:19 -0800 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:10:19 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Is Kindle Unlimited worth it? http://ask.metafilter.com/279120/Is%2DKindle%2DUnlimited%2Dworth%2Dit Mostly what it says on the tin. I read a lot, and I read almost everything on my kindle - I'm missing the part of my brain that makes people attached to print books. I'm curious if anyone has tried Kindle Unlimited, and if you liked it or felt it was worthwhile. Let's bracket for now any concerns about Amazon as a company and its effect on publishing/writing. I'm familiar with those arguments, and they'll factor separately into whether or not I decide to sign up. Thanks! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.279120 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:10:19 -0800 Ragged Richard Book resources for someone learning to play the piano again. http://ask.metafilter.com/278920/Book%2Dresources%2Dfor%2Dsomeone%2Dlearning%2Dto%2Dplay%2Dthe%2Dpiano%2Dagain Haven't played piano in over 20 years, although I was good at it at the time. Looking for recommendations of books to help me learn again. I bought a fancy new digital piano that I've been dying to play so I'm looking for books to help me learn again. I bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0882846167/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">this book</a> used and while I like it, it didn't come with an accompanying CD it was supposed to have. I'd prefer to have books that don't require CDs. I also don't mind going back to the basic basics. Looking through the book I have now, I only recall a few bits of knowledge, otherwise everything is foreign to me. Maybe I'd be better suited for a few piano lessons to get me started, but for now, I'm looking for some books. Thanks in advance. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.278920 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:00:20 -0800 MaryDellamorte "Confessions of a ...?" http://ask.metafilter.com/278269/Confessions%2Dof%2Da I'm a big fan of <em>Kitchen Confidential</em> and other "insider", confessional-type memoirs. After just finishing the rather disappointing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/030794834X/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Heads In Beds</a>, I need recommendations for some really juicy tell-all memoirs about working in the service industry or pretty much anything interesting. I love memoirs in general, and after following a link, I downloaded and quickly consumed <em>Heads In Beds</em> today, but while it was mildly entertaining, it lacked any really juicy stories, horrifying facts, or truly insider tips. It's left me in the mood for some really good "Confessions of..." type books.<br> Browsing Amazon, there are tons of these kind of books, but it's hard to tell which ones have the real deep down dirty goods that are the most entertaining. I see lots of restaurant/hospitality/flight attendant books, but any interesting, quirky or unusual subject is great, I just want to be directed to the best ones.<br> <br> I prefer to download ebooks for Kindle on Amazon, but don't hesitate to recommend books only available in other formats/from other vendors. <br> <br> Please, lay your recommendations for the juiciest, gossipiest tell-alls on me!<br> <br> Bonus: As a lover of memoirs in general, if there are any other quirky, interesting and/or hilarious memoirs, on any subject, that you love, please tell me about them! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.278269 Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:01:56 -0800 catatethebird How do I find out information on an Amazon seller? http://ask.metafilter.com/278149/How%2Ddo%2DI%2Dfind%2Dout%2Dinformation%2Don%2Dan%2DAmazon%2Dseller I work at a small manufacturing company. A number of our products are being sold on Amazon at far below retail. If I can identify the customer who purchased them from us, I contact them and they raise the price. The problem is that I can't always match the Amazon seller to one of our customers. I've tried so many different ways and I'm stuck. ? I've looked into a service that will do this but the few I talked to can only help if the items were purchased from us. I can't guarantee that some of these sellers are buying the products from us. <br> <br> Is there a way to find out who the seller is or at least a city and state where they are located? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.278149 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:27:08 -0800 bodgy Novels with dead bodies shown on the cover, available on Amazon. http://ask.metafilter.com/277881/Novels%2Dwith%2Ddead%2Dbodies%2Dshown%2Don%2Dthe%2Dcover%2Davailable%2Don%2DAmazon Please help me resolve an argument about what Amazon will and will not sell. Party A claims that Amazon will not sell any book with corpses shown on the cover art. Party B despairs of the work involved in a late change to their book's cover. My gut feeling is that this is a ludicrous exaggeration of their actual policy and that there should be plenty of blatant counterexamples, but it's not an easy thing to search for. That's where askmefi comes in. For our purposes please ignore zombies or other undead. Skulls and skeletons probably not good enough either.<br> <br> They don't need to be close-ups or gory, it would actually be best if the corpses were only background detail rather than the focal point. A battlefield with visible casualties would be perfect. Someone standing on a pile of fresh corpses? That's great too. The more examples the better.<br> <br> Unfortunately links to Amazon's actual policies will probably not be useful here. Reason has already failed and only blatant counterexamples will sway them. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.277881 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:37:29 -0800 Lorc Best of Netflix and Amazon Originals http://ask.metafilter.com/277719/Best%2Dof%2DNetflix%2Dand%2DAmazon%2DOriginals Amazon and Netflix are now producing boatloads of original content. w00t! Cord cutters rejoice! I love that they are making all this content that cord cutters don't have to get locked out of. I really want to watch and support a lot of these shows. The only thing is, I get the feeling they are producing quantity a bit more than quality. Help me unearth the gems of Netflix and Amazon originals. Maybe I haven't given the shows enough of a chance or stumbled on to the right thing, but I feel like their is a lot of meh and very little HBO type awesomeness. Also it seems like their isn't really a great way to sort out and evaluate all this new online content. I watch primarily on my Roku so I am open original content from other online companies. I did like House of Cards in the beginning, but I feel like it jumped the shark fairly quickly. Some of my personal favorites shows of any type are Breaking Bad, Deadwood, Game of Thrones and The Wire. That being said, I am open to all kinds of online content the hive mind recommends. I really want to get more behind online produced content, for economical entertainment and to support this model of the consumer having more control. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.277719 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:21:16 -0800 fx3000 Excellent mis-priced 99 cent albums in digital stores? http://ask.metafilter.com/277527/Excellent%2Dmis%2Dpriced%2D99%2Dcent%2Dalbums%2Din%2Ddigital%2Dstores I <i>love</i> finding albums that digital music stores fail to price correctly. Some examples: Hildur Gudnadottir's <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hildur_Gudnadottir_Leyfdu_ljosinu?id=Bqf33nq6wcpbmj3frpqvwqmblai"><i>Leyfdu ljosinu</i></a>, James Blackshaw's <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/James_Blackshaw_Lost_Prayers?id=Bl3s2cr3cck5hiufxvhtjrezs5a"><i>Lost Prayers</i></a>, a <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bzstsfkxj4h7656uilbq64zjbdy">concert</a> of <i>In C</i>, and the continuous mixes of Hernan Cattaneo's <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hernan_Cattaneo_Balance_026?id=Bg22g2uarau5iivnrupjo3gfhl4"><i>Balance 26</i></a>). Do you know any great, bargain-basement priced esoteric albums for sale? Do you have a great system for finding them? Please reveal your secrets! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.277527 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:13:56 -0800 Going To Maine Keeping your Kindle libraries separate http://ask.metafilter.com/275585/Keeping%2Dyour%2DKindle%2Dlibraries%2Dseparate What are my options for Kindle privacy/separation of libraries? My father (who lives in another country) has a Kindle which is linked to my account. He's not great with tech so he doesn't know how to do much beyond just read whatever's on it. When he wants to read a book, I buy it for him on the Kindle store and select the 'Deliver to Dad's Kindle' option when checking out.<br> <br> On the Amazon Forums, it says that if you buy a book using your computer you can select which device to send it to. However in my experience I have found this isn't true - Dad's Kindle just appears to download books willy-nilly without my having to select the 'Deliver to Dad's Kindle' option. He visited recently and I saw that his Kindle had a lot of my content downloaded onto it. He didn't want any of it there but not being very good at anything technical he didn't know how to delete them. I spent the better part of an hour trawling through this Kindle painstakingly deleting the books he didn't want. <br> <br> We both want to maintain separate libraries. I want to be able to control what gets delivered to his Kindle. What are my options - particularly seeing as Dad lives abroad and I don't always have access to his Kindle? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.275585 Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:02:53 -0800 Ziggy500 What's up with ecommerce these days? http://ask.metafilter.com/274383/Whats%2Dup%2Dwith%2Decommerce%2Dthese%2Ddays This is obviously a big question to which I don't expect simple or succinct answers. But as I'm probably going to be doing some work soon for some fairly established hi-tech types (the focus of which will be some "disruptive" ecommerce solutions) I feel compelled to ask it. To be clear. This is not job interview stuff. I just wish to be a little better informed about the world I'm stepping into. So, assuming I'm not a complete idiot on the topic, please school me on what I need to know to be more up to date on my overall thinking as to the current state of ecommerce. Things like:<br> <br> - Who are the main players? <br> - Who are the up and comers? <br> - And perhaps most important, who are the "outside-the-boxers"? <br> <br> Links to stuff like comparative critiques would be much appreciated. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.274383 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:31:18 -0800 philip-random Is there an app that will let you mirror an iphone screen? http://ask.metafilter.com/273892/Is%2Dthere%2Dan%2Dapp%2Dthat%2Dwill%2Dlet%2Dyou%2Dmirror%2Dan%2Diphone%2Dscreen Is there an app that will let you mirror an iPhone screen on a Kindle Fire? I swear I heard of one the other day but I can't for the life of me find it now. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.273892 Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:05:58 -0800 Drinky Die Data Scraping for Private Kindle Collection http://ask.metafilter.com/273462/Data%2DScraping%2Dfor%2DPrivate%2DKindle%2DCollection I need some kind of script that can comb through my Amazon emails, extract the titles of books I have downloaded, then visit Amazon to create a database of titles, ISBNs, genres, blurbs, reader ratings and reviews for my collection of Kindle books. With a concordancer I can search through the resulting corpus of reviews to create my own annotated catalog. I currently have several thousand mostly non-fiction Amazon titles in my private library, some paid for plus lots of freebies. Unfortunately, unlike my first Kindle, the paperwhite, my Kindle Fire does not provide even a rudimentary way to categorize these books. I know about Calibre, but it doesn't provide the level of detail I require.<br> <br> I doubt I will find anything ready-made: I am familiar with corpus linguistics, but my data scraping skills are extremely rudimentary. I've looked at Beautiful Soup, Scrapy and Yahoo Pipes, but I don't have the time or energy to hack out my own script. Where would I be most likely to find somebody with the appropriate set of skills? If the data is for my own private use and i only download a few hundred titles per day, would I need to apply for an Amazon Associates Account? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.273462 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 03:41:08 -0800 juifenasie Amazon won't ship certain items to me in China.How do I get around that? http://ask.metafilter.com/273277/Amazon%2Dwont%2Dship%2Dcertain%2Ditems%2Dto%2Dme%2Din%2DChinaHow%2Ddo%2DI%2Dget%2Daround%2Dthat There are certain items I cannot buy in China. So I tend to use Amazon for cases like this. But there are some items they refuse to ship to me here. I buy my sneakers on amazon and zappos. The shipping cost hurts but size 13 or 14 in China is next to impossible to get. And recently I wanted to purchase a few Levis 501 from there because again, my size isn't exactly common here. But Amazon told me they cannot ship this item to me. I suppose that's a legal contract they have but I can't come to my friends yet again and ask them to repackage something. I feel that doing such would be a good way to lose friends, just like asking them to help you move too many times. <br> <br> Is there a forwarding service that I may not know about? Any ideas? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.273277 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:27:13 -0800 krautland Getting started selling erotic fiction. http://ask.metafilter.com/273073/Getting%2Dstarted%2Dselling%2Derotic%2Dfiction New to selling erotic fiction, looking for guidance and suggestions. Mostly likely an nsfw thread. I've written erotic fiction for quite some time, mostly just for fun and exploration. Recently I actually had a dream that included the sexiest most amazing bits that I'd never even considered before, and it's been driving me nuts, so I started writing a series of short stories with the dream as the opening book. It's...pretty good, and the serial nature of it I think would make people want to keep reading it.<br> <br> I understand that I can sell on Amazon, I actually already have a seller account from when I sold my textbooks. I have no idea where to start, and I'm hoping someone here can give me some advise.<br> <br> I'm not interested in submitting to places like literotica or xnxx, it isn't just pure hardcore gonzo gross, I don't want to link or show banner ads to sketchy porn sites. I do manage like 15 other (business) websites, so I definitely have the skill to roll my own...but I feel like driving traffic to it (save maybe from Amazon interested folks) is nearly impossible.<br> <br> I'm not looking to make much money at all, happy with ~99 cents a copy. I dunno, people may hate it. I'm happy to receive feedback on it too. I've got enough unique kink interests that I suspect I could succeed at making several different kinds of folks interested in my work.<br> <br> Anyway...talking too much as usual. If you have insight, please share. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.273073 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:20:59 -0800 TomMelee What are the objections against Amazon? http://ask.metafilter.com/273038/What%2Dare%2Dthe%2Dobjections%2Dagainst%2DAmazon Some of my favorite writers have spoken out against Amazon, and Amazon does seem to be in the news more frequently over the past year or so, but I don't know enough about the publishing business to understand what the issues are. The whole situation seems rather complicated to me, and I can't tell if the complaints are about Amazon's philosophy or about it's business practices. Will someone please explain? I know MeFi has quite a few members who are in this field, so I thought this would be a good place to ask this question. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.273038 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:55:16 -0800 sam_harms Where to review a product that's not sold by Amazon, and not Yelp-able? http://ask.metafilter.com/272595/Where%2Dto%2Dreview%2Da%2Dproduct%2Dthats%2Dnot%2Dsold%2Dby%2DAmazon%2Dand%2Dnot%2DYelp%2Dable Several times I've wanted to post a review of a product, to alert people to simple issues that the company isn't addressing, but if it's not something Amazon would list, and Yelp wants to tie it to a specific city, where's the place to post the review? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.272595 Sat, 06 Dec 2014 10:20:48 -0800 Baeria Fixed Layout epub to amazon kindle format http://ask.metafilter.com/271929/Fixed%2DLayout%2Depub%2Dto%2Damazon%2Dkindle%2Dformat I have a fixed layout book in Indesign that I want to publish as an ebook on amazon. I need to export it as a fixed layout epbub and then amazon converts it to their format. It looks fine in indesign and when I export and view on my ipad as an epub, it looks fine, but something in the conversion to kindle format is screwing everything up. I've read the <a href="http://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf">guidelines for kindle</a> and a lot of other stuff online but I just can't figure this out.<br> <br> The main problem is that the text is all jumbled, like the kerning is super out of wack. Sometimes there's lots of space between words, sometimes no space at all. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/dHxpR8Y.png">Example</a>.<br> <br> It's a photography and novella ebook so it has to be fixed layout. <br> <br> I've seriously spent dozens of hours trying to figure this out and would really appreciate any help or advice from people with experience with fixed layout epubs and amazon, on this specific problem or general export advice. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.271929 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:30:13 -0800 saul wright What happens to returned products that are in almost new condition? http://ask.metafilter.com/271641/What%2Dhappens%2Dto%2Dreturned%2Dproducts%2Dthat%2Dare%2Din%2Dalmost%2Dnew%2Dcondition Say I bought some fancy electronic gadget on Amazon. I took off all the fancy protective packaging, unwrapped the cables, etc. Then after using it for an hour or two, I decided it was actually a piece of junk they never should have released, and I returned it for the cost of shipping. It's virtually new, but not in factory condition. What happens to that item now? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.271641 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:46:34 -0800 smackfu Received Chinese-language version of phone ordered on Amazon http://ask.metafilter.com/270603/Received%2DChinese%2Dlanguage%2Dversion%2Dof%2Dphone%2Dordered%2Don%2DAmazon I recently ordered the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Ascend-P6-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Black/dp/B00DI7S8P6">Huawei P6 mobile phone</a> on Amazon (UK). I received it this morning, and it is clearly the Chinese version of the phone with a UK adapter included in the packaging. Will this be a big problem? Can I return it and get a refund easily? Some details:<br> <br> The full product title on the Amazon page is "Huawei Ascend P6 SIM-Free Smartphone - Black - Genuine UK Stock". However, when I ordered the phone (from same link) the title was "Huawei Ascend P6 SIM Free Smartphone UK - Black (discontinued by manufacturer)".<br> <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3H7MKSZYFR8M6/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00DGJ6E34">This review</a>, which I didn't notice when ordering, mentions receiving a Chinese version of the phone, but there are no other indications on the page that this would be the case. The reviewer states that although the phone works, "there are several areas where the default Chinese cannot ... be overcome. Also had the odd email attatchment open in Chinese even though it was written in english." I do not want to have to deal with this!<br> <br> Although I bought the phone on Amazon, it was actually sold by <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aag/main?ie=UTF8&asin=&isAmazonFulfilled=&isCBA=&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&orderID=&seller=A10LRP455KR7ZV">this company</a>, which has reasonably good feedback.<br> <br> Weirdly, before receiving the phone, I was sent via email scanned copies of what looked like customs documentation. The phone was sent from Singapore, and is described on the forms as a "generic large button kids mobile" worth $20! I presume this is to escape paying import tax or something, but I resent being implicated in this kind of fraud. I am even concerned that if a company is doing things like this, it might also not be above sending me a completely fake product.<br> <br> I have torn open the generic box packaging, but the box for the actual product is completely untouched. I have not opened it at all - I can see from the packaging that it's the Chinese version of the phone though.<br> <br> The worst thing is that this phone is actually for my girlfriend, not for me. She was nervous about the idea of ordering something like a mobile phone online in the first place, but I reassured her. I know that she would be irritated beyond belief to have bought something that has the big flaw of displaying random stuff in Chinese from time to time. I don't want her having to put up with the manual being in Chinese etc!<br> <br> Basically I just need to get a refund on this thing, which I've never had to do before. So my question is, how do I get this phone returned and myself refunded as quickly and efficiently as possible? Is the phone being a Chinese one a valid reason for returning it? I'm pretty sure that it was not mentioned in the description.<br> <br> I'm particularly interested in knowing what to watch out for in this process. I don't want to make a mistake that could see me getting ripped off further. I have not contacted the seller yet (and will not until I read the advice here), but one thing I am concerned about is that they might ask me to post the phone back to Singapore, which would be a big hassle, involving customs etc. I'm also worried that they'll just say, "What's the big deal? Just change the language to English." This is really stressing me out! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.270603 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:46:28 -0800 cincinnatus c Fish-themed alternate URL for amazon.com http://ask.metafilter.com/270492/Fish%2Dthemed%2Dalternate%2DURL%2Dfor%2Damazoncom I vaguely recall there being a domain name involving the word "fish" (or something similar and ridiculous) that would redirect to amazon.com. Was this a dream? I can't find any information about it anywhere. Thanks for humoring me here on this super-important issue. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.270492 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:52:41 -0800 caaaaaam Order from an Amazon wishlist and have it delivered to their address http://ask.metafilter.com/268079/Order%2Dfrom%2Dan%2DAmazon%2Dwishlist%2Dand%2Dhave%2Dit%2Ddelivered%2Dto%2Dtheir%2Daddress I just tried to purchase something for someone from their Amazon.co.uk wishlist. I pressed the ‘Add to Basket’ button next to the item, which then turned into a ‘Proceed to Checkout’ button. I pressed this, then it asked me to log in, then it prompted me to select a delivery address. Which is stupid, as I clearly want it to be delivered to whatever address the person who set up the wishlist specified. But that’s not an option. What am I doing wrong here? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.268079 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:01:18 -0800 kyten I am in the UK. Recipient is in the US. How to send her Amazon books? http://ask.metafilter.com/267626/I%2Dam%2Din%2Dthe%2DUK%2DRecipient%2Dis%2Din%2Dthe%2DUS%2DHow%2Dto%2Dsend%2Dher%2DAmazon%2Dbooks I am in the UK and have a UK amazon account. My recipient is in the US. How should I send her books? The books are available on the US website - can I save money and shipping by having them sent from the US? if so how can I do that from my UK amazon account? Thanks, I fail at googling this! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.267626 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 05:54:51 -0800 Mistress Looking For Best Entertainment Solution http://ask.metafilter.com/267196/Looking%2DFor%2DBest%2DEntertainment%2DSolution With all of the technology and information at our fingertips, I am having finding the best way to watch movies. There are no longer any video stores near me. I have amazon prime, HBOgo and Netflix &amp; my cable company on demand. It seems like every time that I want to see a movie it is not on Netflix or HBOgo, but is on Prime. I wanted to watch This is the End, but don't want to pay $10.00 for a movie that I am going to watch once. Am I missing something? Is there another option? Ideally I wouldn't have apple tv, netflix, hbogo prime and have to get apple tv too.<br> <br> I'd like a one stop shop that is reasonably priced - extra points for streaming video.<br> <br> I also know that Amazon Prime is increasing in cost at the end of this year. I don't know if that changes the equation.<br> <br> Thanks in advance. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.267196 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:45:40 -0800 kbbbo Free Amazon Kindle Book Listing? http://ask.metafilter.com/266704/Free%2DAmazon%2DKindle%2DBook%2DListing Is there a way to get a plain text list of the free books available for Kindle on Amazon.com? Recently I got my 89 year old mother a Kindle. I'd like to be able to print out (hard copy) a list of free titles available on Amazon.<br> <br> Except for actually being able to read eBooks, she is generally very intimidated by the whole eBook thing. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.266704 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:37:10 -0800 imjustsaying As a Kindle eBook author, how terrified should I be of Kindle Unlimited? http://ask.metafilter.com/265260/As%2Da%2DKindle%2DeBook%2Dauthor%2Dhow%2Dterrified%2Dshould%2DI%2Dbe%2Dof%2DKindle%2DUnlimited A few months ago I started selling kinky eBooks for the Kindle, and it's been great. I'm paying my rent doing something I enjoy! But tonight I read <a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/07/16/will_publishing_take_another_hit_amazon_reportedly_testing_kindle_unlimited/">this Salon.com article</a>, and it's scary as hell. Amazon is reportedly testing Kindle Unlimited, a service allowing readers to download unlimited books for a flat monthly fee. I've spent hours tonight trying to determine how this will affect self-publishers. Can anybody walk me through the likely scenarios, and talk me down from this panic attack? I'm encountering <a href="http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,189900.225.html?PHPSESSID=R2whm2qCANLgwlVkPOalT1">all sorts of speculation</a> about what the KU will do to self-publisher royalties, but I'm hoping some calm, knowledgeable soul can give me a real idea about what Amazon is planning here, and what it means for indie types like me. I hear people grousing about how we're going to end up like musicians, getting 15 cent royalties, and it is genuinely terrifying.<br> <br> Right now I'm earning 70% on each sale, and that's enough for me to survive. It's a nice, relatively stable amount, every month. But if those numbers take a steep drop, I will be in real trouble, real fast. Some people are speculating that self-publishers will earn the same amount we'd earn for borrowed books. I can't find anything on Amazon about the actual royalties for borrowed books. What freaking percentage of the cover price are we talking about, here?<br> <br> I also worry that as a self-published erotica writer, Amazon is going to make it extra hard for me to earn a living. For instance, maybe their subscription service won't even list self-published erotica. So, that's one more worry to aggravate my ulcer.<br> <br> Over and over again in my life, I've thrown myself at a career, started to make some real headway... and then the whole industry collapsed overnight and I had to crawl out of the wreckage. Is this that, yet again? As an eBook author, am I headed for yet another Epic Fail? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.265260 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:39:56 -0800 Ursula Hitler Amazon Prime Gourmet finds? http://ask.metafilter.com/265087/Amazon%2DPrime%2DGourmet%2Dfinds Help me find some really great gourmet foods that are available through Amazon Prime. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.265087 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:43:03 -0800 dougiedd
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