This blog tracks my efforts to market my first novel Welcome to Heaven.


It starts at Week 1 just as the final corrections are being made to the PDF manuscript.



Sunday, 9 January 2011

Week 15

Happy New Year   To all those reading this blog.

The festivities are over - now for the long haul to become a best seller in 2011. LOL!!!
I have at last sorted out the 'Amazon' problem. I refuse to pay the exhorbitant 60% commision plus £1.25  postage to be 'In Stock'
This would mean that I would be left with £1.95p which at this stage doesn't cover my printing costs. Later on, if and when I need a longer print run, I will be able to reduce costs below £1.95p, but until then I will have to remain 'Temporarily out of Stock'.
However I have reduced the YPD price to £5.19p plus postage of £2.80p (Total 7.99p) so that this appears on Amazon under 'More Buying Choices' directly competing with the Amazon price of £7.99 with free postage. By the way - Amazon insists that YPD charge £2.80 postage!!
Deliveries through Amazon are taking up to two months - Deliveries through YPD are taking two to three days.
This is what happens when one company has such a powerful hold over the market!!

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