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Originally Posted by benn600
Let's hope they hurry up and get more up there. I don't like it when I go looking for a book and can't find it! They seem more than willing to help in their response to me. Unfortunately, if they don't have a book I don't think they are likely to go beg the publisher...it's up to the publisher or author to get books up. I should email the author of the book I need and ask him to get the book up...it's sold over 15 million copies. Isn't that enough money? How about you give it away for free now?
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I did e-mail a few of my favorite authors who aren't yet represented at Connect, and they replied in various ways.
One said that she prefers to remain about 25 years behind the technology curve so that I shouldn't expect ebooks from her at any time soon.
Another said that the publisher's contracts these days include e-book rights, so she had no control over such things.
Another one (husband/wife team) that I thanked for having one of their books at Connect and hoping they would put more up there also confirmed the publisher contract / e-book issue and said they have no control over such things and were in fact surprised that one of their books was up there, and that she would have to look into things further.
So it seems that some authors who have great track records may be able to control their publisher contracts and leave off the e-book rights while others may have the e-book rights in their contracts. So contacting the authors is great but won't necessarily get any results. Contacting the authors and the publishers in a two-pronged attack is the best way to go, because then the publishers can go to the authors and show them the potential market that exists and is growing, and the authors can go to the publishers the same way and complain that the publishers' failure to get their books at the Connect store is depriving them of income.
Get them both persuading each other and the whole process will accelerate!