Pricing of books for sale at Amazon.com is a deep mystery. I can only conclude it's run by a robot without a brain. An Ordinary Fairy was first posted to Amazon two weeks ago for $15.00, the full list price. The same price as CreateSpace.com and the same price I sell them for by personal delivery. Fine, everyone's on the same page. The books I deliver are the best buy - they're signed, no shipping and I include the sales tax in the $15.00.
So yesterday, the price on Amazon suddenly dropped to $10.80. (28% discount!, whoopee) I admit, the sales haven't been brisk, but I haven't gotten my marketing plan in gear yet, since the book showed up way before I thought it would. I presume that's why they lowered the price. I'll make the same royalty (I think), so I don't care, but I felt I would be remiss not to mention the bargain price.
I wonder if sales increase then the price will go back up? Maybe I'll email robot@amazon.com.
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