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Yesterday, I uploaded a manuscript to Kindle, and instead of the typical message which says that your book will be available in the store in 24 to 36 hours, it now says that books are being "reviewed" and to check back in 5 business days to see IF my book was published.
I'm not sure what they could be reviewing exactly. I do know that formatting for the Kindle is a royal pain in the butt. Maybe they're going to make sure your book doesn't look like crap (which is what happens if you upload anything but html to it.) Maybe they're looking for things like copyright pages or ISBNs or something. ???
Anyway, I was a bit annoyed at the delay. Several of my readers really prefer Kindle, and they now have to wait to buy the book. It makes me look bad too, because I had announced a date the book would be published, and it's not going to be published on that date.
I wish they would have let me know they were doing this before they did it.
I'm not sure what they could be reviewing exactly. I do know that formatting for the Kindle is a royal pain in the butt. Maybe they're going to make sure your book doesn't look like crap (which is what happens if you upload anything but html to it.) Maybe they're looking for things like copyright pages or ISBNs or something. ???
Anyway, I was a bit annoyed at the delay. Several of my readers really prefer Kindle, and they now have to wait to buy the book. It makes me look bad too, because I had announced a date the book would be published, and it's not going to be published on that date.
I wish they would have let me know they were doing this before they did it.