Ok. This may sound a bit crazy but for 2 days in a row I have received bad ratings with no review attached. Just thought it was a bit suspicious that this is happened all of a sudden, as it had never happened before. Also normally people that are so disappointed leave a bad review, not only a bad rating? Just wondering - is this a thing? Is it just a coincidence? Have you ever heard of attempted rating manipulation in order to harm a book title?

Have anyone tried converting their book cover from ebook to paperback, hardback, acx using AI? If so, what tool did you use? And what was the result?

Just wondering if someone had some good information on this... I would like to experiment adding video ads, but what do you think is a good way to go about it? Just a flip-through the book, or showing the book being used in action? This is for a children's book, by the way

Hello all, I just wondered why my bestselling book (a LC journal) doesn't sell as good as I want it to. Some research found, that actually someone copied my cover and a+ content almost 1:1. How would you procede in such a case? My book was published in June 24, the copycat on Jan 8, 2026.

For experienced publishers, formatting mistakes rarely come from ignorance. They come from assumptions. Assuming a file that worked once will work again. Assuming Amazon specs have not changed. Assuming a clean PDF on screen will behave the same in print. Most production delays I see happen at the handoff point. The manuscript is final, but trim size, margins, bleed, or image resolution were decided too late. Fixes then cascade across the interior and force re-exports, rechecks, and resubmissions. At scale, formatting is not a design task. It is a systems decision. Here’s the question I’m curious about: When something goes wrong at the print stage, where do you usually see the breakdown happen first? File setup, spec assumptions, or final QC?