Like many authors, we recently reduced our eBook price for
the holidays. Our price was 99 cents*
until the end of January 2013 or so we thought. It turned out that even after
our new price of $2.99 went live on Amazon; the Kindle price remained 99 cents.
At first we attributed it to being the weekend, yet it continued. So I asked
Amazon why this was happening.
The answer came back that Amazon consulted eBooks connect
website and it showed that the Sony
version of our book was still at 99 cents. So I checked, sure enough it was
at that time. As of the time of this writing, the Sony price is now correct but
Amazon still lists it at 99 cents. I suspect that by the time you read this the
price will be corrected on Amazon.
What did I learn? First don’t say prices are going to be a
certain amount until Amazon updates them on the product page. Second, allow 2
weeks for Sony to process when updating prices through Smashwords. Third,
remember lesson for next time we have a Holiday sale and adjust accordingly.
Hope this has been informative to my fellow authors; it
certainly was an eye-opener for me.
Lynn Hallbrooks
Co-author of Call
Sign: Wrecking Crew (Storm Warning)
Co-owner of Call
Sign Wrecking Crew, LLC
*All prices
quoted are in United States currency.
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