Monday, September 12, 2016

What's Up With the Ridiculously Inflated Price of Books on Amazon by self-published authors?

I am a little bit confused about something. I have set up my Amazon Author Central Page and uploaded my books with all the prices on kindle and for the paperbacks.

However, I have noticed that within days all the prices or close to all of them have been randomly changed.

What is up with this?

So for example, some of my books are showing a list price on Amazon for $111.00 or more! It is absolutely insane.

Have you had this happen to you and if so what can I do to get this addressed by Amazon?

I mean obviously if someone comes across a paperback by an unknown author for $111.00 they are going to balk and not buy the book. So this seems to be injurious to authors that Amazon would allow people to go in an jimmy with the prices of people's books. It annoys me, I have to say.

So my latest book is my memoir called When Jeannie Went to Paris. It has a list price of $9.99. I have listed it on Create space here. And it will be live on Amazon in a day or so. But the price is $9.99. I repeat: $9.99. If you ever see it for more, just know that it is not the price I requested. This book is $9.99. And you can get it on createspace (an Amazon store) as well as on directly on Amazon.


Things to do in Paris: The Memoir is Done!

So I have finished the memoir. It chronicles my first month in Paris. It will be available on Amazon on September 13, 2016.

Enjoy! https://www.createspace.com/6504011


Friday, September 2, 2016

BULLY: Recommended Book About Bullying and How to Handle Being Bullied

"BULLYING HAS BECOME A GLOBAL PANDEMIC"


The other day, I had dinner with a friend who told me that when he was a youngster, he used to be mercilessly bullied by other kids. Turns out that is something with which I could personally relate because I have been affected by bullying throughout my life. So we chatted about that and we even talked about how Donald Trump, the 2016 US presidential nominee is supposedly the biggest bully ever.

It was an interesting talk for what it was worth and after, I put it out of my mind for the rest of the evening but the next day, I found myself writing about this topic and within 24 hours, I had completed a book called BULLY: It's Not Just Trump.


Because guess what? I realized that the world has become (as my friend Elizabeth so elequently put it when I subsequently spoke with her about the matter) "A cesspool" of intimidation.

Bullying is a problem not just on school yard playgrounds but even in close interpersonal relationships like marriage. On Divorce Saloon, a recent post poses the question about DIVORCING A BULLY.


I don't know what number book this makes in my "write 100 book challenge" but BULLY is now live on Amazon.  Be sure to pick up  a copy on Kindle or in paperback.