by Anura Guruge
on May 20, 2023
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1st example from just 3 days ago!
In the last few weeks Amazon has been all over the media claiming that they are using AI to make their shipping smarter.
I am NOT convinced.
I ordered TWO copies each of two of my ‘Bold Coast‘ books. I am all out of books & wanted to take some with me to the Bold Coast next week. Ordering author copies, though cheaper, takes two weeks. So, I just ordered two each online. {I will get royalties on them so it is not too bad in the end.}
THEY SPLIT THE ORDER.
Two copies were delivered a few minutes ago.
The other two haven’t even SHIPPED!
OK. There is an explanation. Though they are NOT supposed to, Amazon often pre-prints a few copies of each title so that they can ship them faster. So, it is possible that they had these two copies already printed & the other two needed to be printed. That makes some sense.
But, I think it would have been better if they PRINTED ALL FOUR together & did ONE shipment.
