Sunday 18 March 2012

Do Not Adjust your Television Sets...


...or maybe that should be 'do not adjust your Kindle.

My story collection, Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits, is currently unavailable to buy as a Kindle eBook (and my publisher's other books have also been removed from Amazon - this also affects the 52 Stitches anthologies). I don't know the full details, but hopefully the situation will be rectified soon...and if not, Strange Men is still available as a paperback in both the US and UK stores.

And paperbacks are prettier anyway.

It was a shock to find the book had disappeared from the store (I thought it a glitch at first and obsessively checked Amazon waiting for it to reappear) and I guess this is a little how it feels when a book goes out of print. Of course, mine is just one little book whereas my publisher is dealing with losing quite a few titles (he must be frantic).

Meanwhile... back to the story that refuses to be.

11 comments:

Robert said...

Whaaaaaat? That's crazy. Maybe Aaron's redoing some stuff?

Cate Gardner said...

I know. Madness.

It's Amazon themselves who removed all the Strange Publications and Aaron's books (something about a change in their policies). Aaron is trying to get them to reinstate them but no joy so far.

I'm only missing one book but I feel sorry for Aaron as he's spent most of the past year getting his catalogue onto Amazon. Hopefully all will be sorted soon.

Robert said...

Wait -- ALL of Aaron's books are gone too? WTF? Yeah, hopefully it will be sorted out soon.

Anthony Rapino said...

That's...peculiar. And he has no idea why they took the books down? I sure hope this all gets settled soon.

Simon said...

All the best to Aaron, hope he gets it sorted. Apart from anything else, everyone in the world needs to own a copy of Strange Men...

Cate Gardner said...

I trust in Aaron, Robert :D

I'm sure they gave him some explanation, Tony. Whether it was one that made any sense or was right is another matter.

Nah, Simon. Everyone in the world just needs to own a strange man.

Deborah Walker said...

How odd. Sorry to hear this for both you and Aaron.

Simon said...

Well, I've been told I'm pretty strange. And it's only a short commute to Liverpool, I suppose... :P

Cate Gardner said...

Thanks, Deborah

Oh, I could never own you, Simon. You're too much of a free spirit.

Simon Kewin said...

Scary. Amazon have too much power.

Cate Gardner said...

True.