Author spotlight and books in the bookstore
I have a quick question about a book that I recently published on Lulu.com. Initially, the public could purchase it from the Lulu bookstore and the Author Spotlight page had the book listed. I then "Revised" the book, assigned an ISBN number to it then opted for the extended reach distribution. Now, my book not for sale on the book store nor is it linked to my author spot light page. I tried going through all of the FAQ's...can you please advise?
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I have just created an A5 version of one of my books and have not yet Approved it (it has an ISBN) but it's listed on my Spotlight.
If you are set to General is should be on the Spotlight even when not logged in.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-lomas/lilium-saffron-dewbell-part-one/paperback/product-21276297.html
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kevinlomas
How long ago did you launch your new edition with an ISBN? It will take 8 weeks for your book to be distributed by Amazon if it is accepted.
Well, the problem is that the Author Spot light says "you have no published works" even I do. And you cannot search for the book by name nor author name within the Lulu Marketplace....BUT...I can take the link that Lulu shows in the settings page and copy and paste it into the URL field and it works...
Sounds like time for a help ticket.
R.F.G. Cameron a.k.a. Sphinx
My work can be found at:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/antiqua_sphingehttps://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00DDZJOT2
https://antiquasphinge.wixsite.com/booksPoof! And like magic - your book is now available.
There is a bug in the machine!
For some reason, every day there are 2 or 3 books that when they are revised, our indexer fails to detect the new publication. We are working on tracking down the cause of this.
It would be much easier if the problem were occurring on all titles or revisions, but since it is so random, we are trying to narrow down the cause as each case is reported.
We apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this is causing, but you can be assurred we are doing our best to track down and eradicate this bug.
Glenn,
It sounds like a particular sequence of events is causing the glitch.
R.F.G. Cameron a.k.a. Sphinx
My work can be found at:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/antiqua_sphingehttps://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00DDZJOT2
https://antiquasphinge.wixsite.com/booksPoof!
Who?
Now, now - be polite!
That was!
I hope that means that my recently revised book BEYOND FEAR will soon show up on my spotlight page and in search. I cannot promote it until I know it is available when people follow my links.
It really depends on what you mean when you say "I hope that means", because this is an old thread and what is in it may now be out of date.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kevinlomas