Forum: Bug Report and Feature Requests

And a few minutes later they're all happening again. The home page changed then reverted. Very odd.

Thanks! That works but I do still get the popup warning on the main page.

So should I add the x into all the bookapy URLs I paste to advertise my book?

Malcom

I believe it's a Chrome popup warning about a lookalike site. It's probably related to the bookapy vs. bookapyx links.

I can't replicate it now since my Bookapy ad is now going to the Bookapyx site.

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/security/lookalikes/lookalike-domains.md

Did the URL for Bookapy change?

My bookmarked URL is "bookapy" but the SOL link is "bookapyx".

What is the cut-off for Bookapy? Would e.g. Mario Puzo's The Godfather land on Bookapyx? Is Bookapy strictly PG-13 now? It would be helpful to post those rules somewhere.

But Bookapy doesn't show the adult stuff now.

I don't understand.

I use the URL without the "x" and when I go to my author's page it shows all my novels. All but one is adult.

If it's erotica, it should be for 'older than 17'

Didn't know that.

But Bookapy doesn't show the adult stuff now.

I really don't understand.

I click on one of my Bookapy ads at the end of an SOL story and it takes me to Bookapy with the x. But one of those novels (Last Kiss) is Young Adult with no sex.

Now if I go to Bookapy (without the x) and search on "Last Kiss", it's there. But if I do a search on my adult novel, it's also there.

I'm really confused.

Wouldn't it be better to have two completely different names?

Yes.

Asolutely.

I think that the way it is set up right now works best. We just have to embrace Bookapyx as mothership for all our stories, and Bookapy as sub-category for our decaf books.

That's fine, for SOL readers, but with 1M+ active followers online, they'll think ALL of my books have been deleted. So, my only option, is to publicly list the new address (no html, just the name to search for). So, maybe we could put an additional link/message on the OLD Bookapy site, so at least MY most active followers will know what happened? As I'd really prefer not create any active links to the site.

I don't currently have anything publisher there, but as a SOL reader I like the similarity of the names. Once you realise the purpose, the rest seems obvious. As the Ford advert used to say, 'simple is efficient'.

AJ

Just tried the bookapyx link to link my book from SOL and it won't accept it.

This may be related, but I'm not sure how things work yet. I made a blog post about half an hour ago to announce my first book being available on ZBookStore and included a link to it. It never showed up on the Home page stream, even though it had been 24 hours since my last chapter post was on the stream. Does the Home stream usually filter blog posts with outside URLs?