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Research my book's comps on Amazon

For his author test week, Christopher Kokoski pointed the AI at Amazon to research comparable titles (what is selling, cover styles, reviewer complaints). Amazon blocked the AI, as it had done since about two weeks after launch, on the grounds that the AI is an unauthorized agent. Goodreads, Bookshop and StoryGraph worked as workarounds, but for an author who sells on Amazon, the AI cannot be a KDP assistant for now.

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How it works

  1. Send the AI to Amazon for comp research
  2. Amazon blocks the agent
  3. Fall back to Goodreads, Bookshop and StoryGraph

Why it’s worth knowing

The biggest bookstore on earth is a dead end for the agent, so author research has to route around it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on youtube.com. See the original ↗

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