Back on July 3rd, 2017 I wrote a review at Amazon.
Now that price I complain about, may have been a mistake, who knows as no response by seller was ever given, So either they reacted to my negative complaint or they fixed an error.
Now just a few days ago, a similar thing has happened with a different author. This time however, Amazon rejected my complaint as inappropriate or something, or maybe just because I linked outside of Amazon to a screenshot.
Now I appreciate, that yes, my response is not an actual review of the novels in question, but a complaint about the seller in regard to those ebooks, but I feel the public has a right to know, and I see nowhere else, especially linked to those ebooks, to discuss things or make a complaint.
In the email sent to me advising refusal of my review, there is a generic response which lists - Feedback on the seller or your shipment experience should be provided at
www.amazon.com/feedback.
Now I guess I kind of did that today, by going to the Author page and giving feedback, but honestly, who is going to read or respond to that? Where is the access to people power and guilt tripping the seller, calling them out for bad behavior? Nowhere it seems. Once upon a time, not long ago, each author had a discussion page at least ... or maybe that is just voluntary?
So here I am, at a more public place, to write my query/complaint/review.
And this time I dig deeper to uncover further bad behavior and unfairness.
I really think this sort of thing should be called out when it happens ... or because one element of it is always happening for us here in AUS.
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The Sorcerer's Daughter: The Defenders of Shannara
I have been waiting for this ebook to come down to a fair price, but just recently it jumped from $12.92 USD to $25.08 USD for me here in AUS. A price increase of $12.16 USD. Why? What is the publisher playing at?
If you look at another ebook in the same series, it is still at $12.92 USD -
The Darkling Child: The Defenders of Shannara
and then visit Amazon using a VPN, pretending to be American, then the price is $7.99 USD.
The Darkling Child: The Defenders of Shannara
Obviously being here in AUS, I have to pay 10% for GST (tax), but that in no way equates to the almost $5 USD difference in price, just because I am Australian. Then if I add in the Exchange rate difference, the $12.92 USD costs me around $16.83 AUD.
So while that is bad enough (having to pay that ripoff ebook price), having to pay $25.08 USD, which is around $32.71 AUD, for a normal recent release novel in ebook form, is purely ludicrous and very insulting. By comparison, Americans are still being asked to pay just $7.99 USD for the same ebook.
The Sorcerer's Daughter: The Defenders of Shannara
I love Terry Brooks writing and the Shannara series, but I get fed up with the games Publishers play, and the way they tell lies about high ebook prices and the way they use huge ebook profits to bolster up physical book losses, etc, etc.
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P.S. For those not in the know, some years ago, I created an Amazon Wishlist program for Kindle ebooks (KindEbook Wishlist). I use it once or twice a day to check on the prices of kindle ebooks I am interested in. So I am well aware of when a price change occurs and by how much.