Tester Steve C. ran into a problem loading a CreateSpace report file into MagicBakeshop — something that had worked fine in testing.
It turns out that CreateSpace reports come in (at least) two different formats, a shorter form using 8 data columns, and the detailed report with 17 columns, with the extra columns mixed in. This confused the importer.
This is easily fixed. The next (0.3) test release will be able to figure out the difference and import accordingly. Indeed, I think the detailed format is preferred because of the extra data, but it’ll handle both.
By the way, can anyone explain what “Unit Fees” are and their relationship to List Price and Royalty on the CS detailed report? Thanks.
Unit Fee is the cost per item to the publisher.
And hold off on “fixing” that Import issue, I found a way to make a CS Report with more fields. … Kindle seems easy, one size fits all.
Thanks Steve — although looking at the numbers I still don’t quite get the relationship between ListPrice, UnitFees, and Royalty. But at this point I guess I don’t need to.
I saw your email on the CS fields issue and think I’ve got a more general way to handle it. At least until they change the names of the fields, or someone gets hold of a report in some language other than English. (And if CS doesn’t offer that option, I’m sure somebody else does or will. Xinxii, perhaps.)