Book Suggestions Based on Authors You Follow

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I was surprised recently to get an offer from Amazon to be notified via email when one of my favorite author launches a new book, e-book or audio-book. “Now you can have personalized notifications sent to you so you’ll be the first to know when your favorite author has a new release or about the latest reads in your beloved genre.”

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Be the First to Know When Your Favorite Authors Release New Books.
Not sure if it was only my Amazon book search or authors that I am friends with on Goodreads (an Amazon company), but they send me a long list with almost every author I read, or who’s books I ever had ordered.

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Amazon Calls it:
“Suggestions Based on Authors You Follow”
“Popular Authors on Amazon” (well, I did NOT ask for that …)

Would I have clicked on all of them, I would be buried with emails about their new book launches. So I chose only the favorite of the favourites.

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You Are Now Following Fiza Pathan
“We will notify you via email when Fiza Pathan releases new books,” was the answer when I clicked on the first author in this list. Now I will receive an email every time she releases a new book.  Great!

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Amazon Does the Grunge Work
Authors are particularly tough to keep track of, because sometimes they will go for years without releasing a new novel.  On the other hand some are so prolific that it’s hard to keep track of everything they’re doing.  Or they simple did not bother to have an email newsletter to let all their readers or fans know of their books’ news, or what they are up to, or any awards they received (all good reasons to send out a regular “fan” email).  So in a way Amazon supports their authors’ book marketing – and certainly their own sales.  However this should not be an excuse for not having an email newsletter : )
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Other Sites that Offer Tracking:

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/284076-tracking-new-releases-by-favorite-authors

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Reading for Pleasure Offers Free Alerts
http://www.readingforpleasure.net/2012/03/01/4-free-book-alert-websites-all-bookworms-should-know-about/

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Lifehacker Lets You Know More Options to Get Alerts
http://lifehacker.com/5936151/how-to-get-automated-alerts-when-your-favorite-artists-release-new-work

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Make Use Of Explains: How to Track Certain Genres
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-track-your-favourite-authors-new-book-releases-online/

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