BAG A FREE VAMPIRE TV SHOW GUIDE

It's freebie time!

Having just thrown in with Amazon's exclusive programme that allows books to be free for a few days in return for exclusivity on Amazon (sorry but the other platforms have failed to yield any interest in my books whatsoever with Amazon shifting more in a day than Smashwords ever!) I am going to be using the programme for a giveaway starting September 10th (ie tomorrow).

The book of choice is a guide to television shows that feature vampires. It's a themed chapter taken from THE SCI FI FREAK SITE GUIDE TO THE TELEVISUAL GALAXY, a book that has been a project of mine for a couple of years now, providing information on science fiction, fantasy and supernatural horror shows on TV. I needed such a book, but the only available one was well out of date, so I did my own. It's available on the Kindle and at lulu.com.

If vampires are your thing, though, then you have five days to get your free kindle download from when it goes live tomorrow.

Printed book on Amazon.com

In an attempt to stop anyone getting caught out by the people selling my books at outrageous markups, I've entered the two titles into the Lulu.com marketing scheme and they have now both gone live.

This means that people who order from amazon.com will be able to see and order the Sci Fi Freak's Guide To The Televisual Galaxy in printed form.

It's retailing at about $22 dollars which is better than the $150 dollar price tag that Origin have been quoting.

It's a shame that it doesn't also cover Amazon.co.uk. For UK readers you'd have to go to Lulu.com direct to order.

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.