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Tweet Thread of the Day, Let My Keyword Travails Serve As A Cautionary Tale edition.

So, I totally messed up my Amazon book keywords. Which meant I had to go fix them. Fix them all, for each edition. Because when you screw keywords up from the start, you don’t get to have an easy solution.

Don’t let this happen to you!

So, I had to change ALL the keywords on my books tonight, because nobody tells me anything. Here, in no particular order, are the new ones, by book.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) September 3, 2021

So. Amazon has rights to The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

[UPADTE: Patreon!]

That is indeed news. I suspect that many will not see this as good news, but I guess we’ll have to wait until the first episodes become available for review. Reportedly, the nudity that had been reported earlier will not be titillating, but instead be “very dark thematic material suggestive of concentration camp-type visuals of victims, a harrowing portrayal of the corruption of the Elves by dark powers to ultimately become Orcs.” So if you were dreading hot nekkid Noldor-on-Sindar action, that at least might not be actually happening.

Or it might be nothing but elf-orgies* all season. It’s kind of up to Amazon at this point.

Tweet of the Day, Jeff Bezos Says The Quiet Part Out Loud And I Try To Make Money Off Of It edition.

It’s like the Internet, in miniature.

Which MEANS: if you like the idea of increased amounts of space travel, buying my books will help with that! https://t.co/dV79Gm3oJq https://t.co/Rtqy4bGEL1
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) July 20, 2021

The July Patreon Pledge Drive, ‘Amazon is down, so back my Patreon for you content needs!’ edition.

Always. Be. Closing.

So, hey, check your Amazon foreign marketplace prices.

As in, sit down and do the actual calculations for your books. The computer doesn’t actually do that for you. Do your own due diligence.

…Yes, that is what I’m doing right now. Why do you ask?

Quote of the Day, Oh F*CK No edition.

And I say this as somebody who uses Amazon to publish my books.

Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors, and Tile trackers work better at home and beyond the front door. When enabled, Sidewalk can unlock unique benefits for your device, support other Sidewalk devices in your community, and even locate pets or lost items.

Click the link above to see what Amazon products you suddenly don’t want in your house. Although a quick-and-dirty rule of thumb there would be anything with the word ‘Echo’ in the product name.

Amazon buys MGM for 8.5 billion…

…presumably. The antitrust folks are already starting to go a little pop-vein on the subject, and while such issues are beyond the scope of this blog now they’re still there. And understandably: with MGM’s library Amazon can compete in the Streaming Wars, and it’s in an unique place for selling you physical stuff while it’s giving you access to said library. I don’t know how much that’s worth, but it’s probably worth something.

Other than that, my earlier opinion stands: meh. Somebody’s gonna buy MGM’s library, and I already have Amazon Prime.

My chapbooks’ Memorial Day Kindle Countdown deal starts tomorrow!

Reminder: minor e-book sale tomorrow for Memorial Day weekend. Chapbooks, specially priced! Includes original illustrations! What a bargain.

I’ve entered ANAGNORISIS and REVISIONARY in Memorial Day Kindle Countdown deals.

Starts in a few days, so if you don’t want to save a couple of bucks go ahead and buy them now. Otherwise… cheap books! Tell all your friends!

You ever get one of those feelings that an Amazon shipping disaster is unfolding…

…even as you’re watching, but nobody’s listening to your polite warning? Short version: I got that con in two weeks, I ordered books to sell for it a week ago, they’re saying the books will show up next week. So far, so good. A week is fine, it’s plenty of time for me to prep the books for transport to the con.