Some of you will have noticed KDP’s switch to a new interface:
The new dashboard offers several advantages over the old one. The tabbed browsing allows you to access historical data. It also breaks down royalties and sales by marketplace, author, title, and format.
The Real Change
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The real change, however, lies behind the scenes — and it’s not a good one: Amazon has now integrated script-blocking on the Reports page. I recently advocated using the free Book Report bookmarklet to make sense of Amazon’s insufficient data. Well, Book Report (and any similar tool, like John Logsdon’s ReaderLinks, currently in its beta stage) will no longer work on the Report page.
BookReport is currently getting around this by making a new version of their tool that works from you starting from the KDP Bookshelf page. This is a quick hack, but Liam is presumably working on…
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It will not be for the benefit of authors. None of their decisions ever are. Hopping over to Nick’s now to read the rest…
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“We are not amused!” I am still playing catch-up from the last changes and also from being without a computer for over three months. This old dog is having to change from MAC to PC and it gives me a whole new appreciation for that British expression, something like “Chalk and Cheese?” 😉 Now you warn us they are changing the playing field again… 😦
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‘Fraid so, Lea 😳
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Well said, Lea. The field is ever-changing, I’m afraid.
Many thanks for sharing, Chris 🙂
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Welcome, Nicholas 😃
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