Five star review for THE GREAT ROCK N ROLL DOOMSDAY TOUR

Just got a five star review on Amazon for The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour. Considering that this has bee available free on Smashwords for a while now, I am disappointed by the number of reviews that have been left. This one makes up for that, however.

 

 

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant humour, 12 Dec 2011

This review is from: The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour (Kindle Edition)

Darren Humphries has recently become my favourite author of humorous stories. Again, he has produced another rollicking good funny story. The opening chapter sets the tone. Hilarious! Read the sample and you'll see what I mean. You'll want the rest of the book as the laughs don't stop.

Fantastic Way to Spend Some Time - Five Star Review For The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour

The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour just received a five star review on Amazon. Since this is one of the books to have received the least interest, much to my surprise(I was wondering if it was the title), it is nice to know that someone appreciates it.

The review:

5.0 out of 5 stars  

Fantastic Way to Spend Some Time, October 30, 2011

Basically I read to escape from life, from its mundaneness, its stress and all its other annoyances...
This book was absolutely perfect to escape into... amazingly colourful characters and a twisty, turny, convoluted (but perfectly followable) storyline peppered with amusing comparisons left me laughing out loud on more than one occasion...
A gem of a book which is totally delightful but doesn't take itself too seriously. i am off to seek out more of this guy's stuff...

First Review for The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour

The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour has been pretty much unregarded amongst the books that I've put onto Amazon and Smashwords. Maybe it's something to do with the title, or the cover or the blurb. I don't know.

Still, I finally got my first review for it on Amazon.co.uk

"If you like a good laugh read this.
Full of whacky characters like a gunman from a western, to the devil and a guardian angel who doesn't act very angelic!
Never a dull moment and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A great romp and a bargain as well."

There is nothing better than knowing that someone liked what you've produced and I'll be able to float on this for a while.

Slightly overpriced

Last night I was surprised to find two listings on Amazon.com for two of my printed books. A company called Origin were selling The Great Rock N Roll Doomsday Tour and The Sci Fi Freak's Guide To The Televisual Galaxy in hardback and paperback form for over $100 each! This is something of a retail markup since these are currently only available from lulu.com in these formats at not even a third of this price.
Now I happen to think that my work is pretty good. I very much enjoy writing it and reading it afterwards, but even I'm not going to suggest that it's worth a whopping $130.
I did complain to Amazon customer services who said that Origin are well within their rights to buy and sell my book at whatever price they wish on the Marketplace and therefore that's the end of it as far as they are concerned.
I also emailed Origin directly asking where they had bought the books that they were planning to sell at this ridiculous markup and they have not, as yet, responded.
Interestingly enough, however,  the listing for The Sci Fi Freak's Guide To The Televisual Galaxy has since disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared.

I don't have problems with people reselling my books and making money off them if they buy them legally in the first place and Origin do appear to have a very good feedback history, but the listing is really rubbish with no image, no description and this stupid price and I would hate to think that I was being linked to it through being the author.
I will give it another couple of days and then I might leave a review saying that I think it's wonderful, but people should look elsewhere on price.