Subtitled: I Hope You Downloaded In Time
My books have all been taken off Amazon. I'll leave this as the top post for at least a day or two, since people need to see it. This is part of my canceling my contracts with Curiosity Quills for not paying me royalties owed. When the official releases arrive, I will begin seeking new representation for my books. So far, no luck on the Rag Doll book, but it's so exotic I figured it would be a hard sell.
In the UK at least, if you bought it you can re-download it but you now can't buy it.
ReplyDeleteSame with my US copy. Amazon would have a significant PR issue on its hands if an author or publisher could revoke access to content someone paid for.
DeleteThey can't, they can't even update it without your permission. I suppose they could upload an empty page as an update, but who'd do that XD
DeleteI missed it by 2 days!!! Do you know if/when they can be available again?
ReplyDeleteOH no. I hope it all gets cleared up soon.
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to get on a mailing list when it becomes available?
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I would also appreciate knowing when availability returns ...
ReplyDeleteI have read the 5 Penny Akk and recommended them to our local library and came back for the Spider one and ... pfft!
So sorry to hear that your publisher was being bad.
I'm so glad I put them on my non-networked e-reader before this happened.
ReplyDeleteYou might look into a place called Mountaindale Press, a new publisher founded by an author to help out other new authors. While you’re not new, he might be a good fit for you. I have no connection to the business, but am acquainted marginally with the author(I’m a Patreon of his). Anyway, I hope it all works out and you eventually get your back royalties.
ReplyDeletePlease get the final Penny book back up, I really want to get it...
ReplyDeleteProbably a dumb question, but why are you relaunching the penny series with a new publisher? Future books make sense, there are clear advantages in terms of marketing and support, but the penny series is already written, edited and marketed by your former publisher.
ReplyDeleteSince you are free of your publisher, why not self-publish it, perhaps after an editor helps you iron out the last wrinkles in book 5. Unless of course there is a paper version in book stores (do those still exist in the US?), then it might be useful. Just my five cents.
Great books by the way :)
Horrible thing to see, as I was just coming by to see if anything new was on the way. Good luck in getting your rights back.
ReplyDeleteYou might look into self publishing if you're not set on getting a publisher. Get physical copies on bookshelves is doable at a cost, but the ebooks already exist after all, and the editing and art have already been done. Once you've got the rights back, you should be able to put them up yourself through Amazon (among others) - either permanently or as a stop gap until you find another publisher to work with.