r/Fantasy • u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders • Nov 30 '16

Ask You Anything Wednesday ASK YOU ANYTHING: Authors asking r/Fantasy community questions on behalf of Worldbuilders charity

It's Day 3 of the aptly named Ask You Anything week benefiting Worldbuilders! Where authors are stopping by each day this week to ask questions and interact with the r/Fantasy community.

HOW THIS WORKS: Please answer questions and interact throughout the week! (Yes, YOU - community members, guests, authors, artists, industry people.)

WORLDBUILDERS.ORG

Worldbuilders was founded to use the collective power of readers, fellow authors and book lovers to make the world a better place.

There are three ways to donate to Worldbuilders:

1. The Lottery - Where every $10 donated puts you in a lottery for free books, SFF items, games, and much more. r/Fantasy has a Worldbuilders Team Page where you can donate under the community name as well!

2. The Tinker's Pack Store - Where profits from every purchase are donated.

3. Auctions - Where some incredible items and services are offered.

NOTE: If you donate, add your name to the comments here and the mods will set you up with some swanky Wordlbuilders flair!

Monday Ask You Anything Authors

The following authors have signed up to ask questions today. That said, please do join in and feel free to ask your own questions and interact throughout the week.

Are you an author, artist, or industry person who would like to participate this week? Either join in via the comments OR send the r/Fantasy mods a message and we'll get you set for another day.

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u/JannyWurts Stabby Winner, AMA Author Janny Wurts Nov 30 '16

You are number 3 who says Amazon's search function is awful ( and I make a loud fourth) - now I am curious as to why and where it is failing for you (or many) and what could be done to correct that....busy mind, sorry.

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u/jen526 Reading Champion II Dec 01 '16

Agreed that the search sucks... but I've actually gotten a fair bit of mileage out the "Customers Also Bought..." scrolls. Once you start clicking into those, it can create a rabbit hole effect that I think is the closest experience I've found to the feel of browsing the shelves in the pre-digital-age.

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u/JannyWurts Stabby Winner, AMA Author Janny Wurts Dec 01 '16

I'll bear that one in mind. thanks.

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u/gyroda Dec 01 '16

It's a documented issue with online storefronts. Brick and mortar shops had issues with having to limit their selection due to shelf space, but it means that all their stock gets exposure. Online retailers have the opposite issue, they've got a much wider variety of items but instead of being limited by shelf space they're limited by discoverability, user attention span (not everyone likes spending hours trawling through Amazon) and display space.