"I'm not a fan of Amazon at all I'm afraid. Kobo are far nice to their independant writers. Amazon's select program is just a money grabbing tool and I really don't like it at all..."

"Oooh, good to know. I like this. As soon as I come out of Amazon Select for a title of mine, I'm going to dive into Wattpad with it. Darn Amazon is so good at favoring its Select titles, it's hard to make the break when you're just…"

"That's right. Caitlin was her name. OK, I'll get on that asap that I have a cover for it I like. Thanks for your tips and info, Gavin. And for helping to make mobile a major format for ebooks. Things are really taking off internationally…"

"I suspect if we started a Steampunk group, we'd then have to start a Dystopian one, a Bieber one, a 'we love tomatoes' one and numerous others =]   You're more than welcome to start a steampunk chat thread in the Sf club…"

"Steampunk is definitely in the ascendence at the moment, there are some great books and films around. It's also good to see some of the more niche punks like Diesel and Clock going up on there too.   I'd love to see Bieber do…"

"I hear you. :-) Y'all need to get that Justin Bieber steampunk-styled video on your site as a reminder to teen girls that steampunk is cool. Better yet, get Justin Bieber to write a steampunk novel. I'll ghost write it for him! (not…"

"You can include any links you like on your profile board, and also within the chapters of your book you can add in an expternal link. This works particularly well with Amazon, as if people search directly for your book, a link to Amazon should also…"

"That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation and tips, Gavin! Are authors allowed to include Amazon or other vendor links on your site or within a book? That could be a way to do some approximate tracking..."