02-05-2011, 02:20 PM | #1 |
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kindle apps "Pricing information not available"
Hello,
I'm interested in a few kindle apps (a have a K3), but all the app's pages on amazon.com say "Pricing information not available". Is there a regional problem (I'm from Europe)? Is there another way/place that I can have access to kindle apps? Thank you, Alex |
02-05-2011, 02:28 PM | #2 |
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I don't think any apps are available for use in Europe. There's certainly non on amazon.co.uk .
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02-05-2011, 02:41 PM | #3 |
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"Pricing information not available" seems to be an Amazon.com euphemism for "You can't buy this because we don't have the rights to sell it to customers located outside the United States."
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02-05-2011, 02:44 PM | #4 |
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02-05-2011, 03:30 PM | #5 |
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OK. Thank you.
But are there any alternatives? Or am I just stuck with no access to the kindle apps. |
02-05-2011, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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02-06-2011, 01:26 AM | #7 |
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Another, shorter translation goes: "You can't have it, bugger off"
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02-06-2011, 05:14 AM | #8 | |
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02-06-2011, 08:29 AM | #9 |
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OK ... now I wait.
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12-22-2011, 05:28 PM | #10 |
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Well I created and uploaded an e-book Kindle, to Amazon and was notified that it was available, at this link: Through the Mists
I immediately had a look, and for the very first time ever, I noticed it was in fact not available, and the comment was that "Pricing information not available." I waited a day, and went back in and edited it again, and confirmed that pricing was all correct, and then got an email from Kindle on 21st Dec identical to the earlier one, and yet again there is the same listing, not available, "Pricing information not available." I guess I will wait a week or so, but I have never had this problem before, and all territories are offered. I am based in Aus, but have not had any problems buying Kindle books, in fact I bought one yesterday. I would have published 6 or 7 e-books without issue previously. |
12-22-2011, 06:40 PM | #11 | |
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What appears to have happened is that your book "Through the Mists" was uploaded as geographically restricted to United States sales. So you in Australia and, say, residents of Canada will see the message Pricing Information Unavailable. As you may know, not all books are available in all Countries. If the author has sold print and ebook rights separately, say for US, and Australia then Amazon needs to know what rights apply to the edition being uploaded so they don't sell it improperly. So there must be some way at upload time of specifying or some default. You seems to have got "United States Only", perhaps you used a different computer with no cookies or Amazon's wonderful software managed it. I verified this by using my Kindle browser (no cookies !) to go to Amazon.com, search the Kindle store for "Through the Mists" in Publication date order and your book showed up at the top (Dec 2011) at $2.99. Looking at the top left I saw that my region was the default, United States. Changing this to Canada or Australia caused the entry to vanish, replaced by an October eBook. To fix this, if there is nothing in the Author control page, will require you to contact Customer services. Specifying one of your other books as OK may help. |
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12-22-2011, 06:44 PM | #12 |
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Hi Little.Egret,
Many thanks for your efforts. I am 100% sure I flagged all territories. Maybe I should delete the whole entry, and start again. If that fails, then I will try "support". Many thanks again. Geoff |
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