Amazon and The Vanishing Tags

I know some of you have been concerned about the missing Tags on Kindle books - and, yes, it happened universally to all Kindle editions. I sent some angry emails to Amazon and I did get a very nice reply.

Let me start by saying they did not do this on purpose. This was not an intentional corporate decision, it's a glitch.

Here's the bulk of the answer they sent:

"I have contacted our technical support team and they are currently working on the issue with Tags not appearing on the Kindle pages. I'm very sorry for any concerns this has caused and I can understand your frustrations.

They were not able to provide an exact date or time when they expect this issue to be resolved, but I will continue to monitor the situation with the technical support team until the problem is fixed. I will send you another email when I've received notification that the Tags are back on the Kindle products and have confirmed this myself. We appreciate your patience in this matter."

I'll keep you guys posted if I hear more. We'll have to see if the Tags return or if we all need to start over *groan*

Thursday Tag Party for 5/26/11!

Bacteria Use Caffeine as Food Source. Scientists recently discovered bacteria that can survive solely by consuming caffeine.*snort* Silly scientists. Writers have been doing this for decades.

For our Tag Targets this week, we have someone who I'm pretty sure is not a bacterium - Jennifer Hart!

First time Tagging? We promise to be gentle. (No! Put that down! I said gentle!):

* Go to the Amazon buy page (I've included the links below)

* Scroll down to the Tags Customers Associate with this Product header

* Look for these tags: SFR, Scifi Romance, SF Romance, Science Fiction Romance and Paranormal Romance - please feel free to add any extra tags you feel are appropriate to the work (i.e. Space Opera, Military SF, etc.)

* Don't forget your SFR Brigade Tag!

* If the tags are already there, just click on them to add your 'vote'

* If not, type them into the 'your tags' box to add them (no need to save the page, just type and add)

* Don't forget the "Like" button at the top of the page!

For a list of past Tag Party books, come on over to the Book Launch and Tag Party Books page. Tagging is always welcome.

On to our Tag targets for this week!



Stellar Timing by Jennifer L. Hart
















No Limits (Coming December 27, 2011!) by Jenna McCormick (Jennifer's other name :) )








Please, please, please (I can make with the big eyes if i need to) - the Tag Party is searching for your work, old or new. If you'd like your work featured in the weekly Tag Party, or if you just want to help me drool over the new Thor, please drop me a line at ravenesperanza@yahoo.com

Laurie Green's Golden Heart finalist manuscript wins the Write Stuff

One of Laurie Green's TWO 2011 Golden Heart finalist manuscripts, The Outer Planets, has won the paranormal category of the Write Stuff contest (Connecticut chapter of RWA).

Congratulations, Laurie!

Love that their contest logo has a little rocket shooting out of the top...

I Do Another Guest Blog about Steampunk

At Novel Reaction. I was asked to try to explain steampunk and why readers might want to give it a try. If you have more suggestions, please stop by and comment!