Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder - $0.99

[candytx]

Soul Survivor (and Sole Survivor) are so overly done, in my opinion, for various things. I like the idea of sticking with Sole I"something" :-)

[Dr. Drib]

Unable to buy "Soul Identity" - price is not high enough.

Unfortunatley, the author has priced his ebook too cheaply.

Amazon will not accept a penny purchase. Or perhaps it's my bank that will not follow through on a charge card price of one penny.

I recommend the author increase the price to reflect the current state of ebook prices -- and not rock the boat with such cheap pricing.


Don

This story is true: I'm unable to buy this title.

[lilac_jive]

I just grabbed "Soul Identity" for my iPhone

[candytx]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Unable to buy "Soul Identity" - price is not high enough.

Unfortunatley, the author has priced is ebook too cheaply.

Hmmm... I've always been able to, but recently I started purchasing a set gift card each month so I didn't have all those little charges hitting my card here and there... maybe purchase yourself an Amazon gift card and try again?

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by candytx

Hmmm... I've always been able to, but recently I started purchasing a set gift card each month so I didn't have all those little charges hitting my card here and there... maybe purchase yourself an Amazon gift card and try again?

I currently live in Peru, although I have a bank account and a U.S. address and purchased my Kindle on one of my recent visits to the U.S.

In other words, I took care of everything I needed to do while there; but now, for some reason I'm unable to buy this one title. No problem with purchasing books at .99 cents or above - but can't spend a penny. I'll wait until Christmas or later; or perhaps when the price goes up.

I want to read this one before buying the second title in the series.


Don

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I want to read this one before buying the second title in the series.

Don

I am about 1/2 way through Soul Intent, and while it is ok, I thought Soul Identity was much much better. So, yes, read it first. But, buy the second one... I was silly and didn't get Boyd Morrisons books when they were available... then he went and got a contract with a publisher and had to pull the books from their current distribution.

Now I have to wait to read The Ark. Oh well, plenty of books to read in the mean time.

BOb

[KevisHendrickson]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I currently live in Peru, although I have a bank account and a U.S. address and purchased my Kindle on one of my recent visits to the U.S.

In other words, I took care of everything I needed to do while there; but now, for some reason I'm unable to buy this one title. No problem with purchasing books at .99 cents or above - but can't spend a penny. I'll wait until Christmas or later; or perhaps when the price goes up.

I want to read this one before buying the second title in the series.


Don

Dr. Drib,

Last time I checked, Dennis still has a 99 cent version of his book available for Kindle at Amazon. You may want to visit this link to get a copy of his book:

http://bit.ly/1QME7W

[denbatch]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Unable to buy "Soul Identity" - price is not high enough.

Unfortunatley, the author has priced his ebook too cheaply.

Amazon will not accept a penny purchase. Or perhaps it's my bank that will not follow through on a charge card price of one penny.

I recommend the author increase the price to reflect the current state of ebook prices -- and not rock the boat with such cheap pricing.


Don

This story is true: I'm unable to buy this title.

dr. drib: you can try smashwords.com - it's available in mobipocket format from there, and there you can pay as much or as little as you'd like.

dennis

[cbell]

I started reading Soul Identity last night and I couldn't stop! I'm nearly half-way through it now. (It's the Smashwords ePub version and the formatting's fine.)

This is a book I'll definitely finish and I'll be buying the second one.

Thanks for the sleep deprivation, denbatch!

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by KevisHendrickson

Dr. Drib,

Last time I checked, Dennis still has a 99 cent version of his book available for Kindle at Amazon. You may want to visit this link to get a copy of his book:

http://bit.ly/1QME7W

Thank God I found the book for more money - thanks to your link! I just now bought it and the 2nd one in the series.

I'm going to start this one soon, like probably tonight.

Thanks, everyone who offered help on this one.


Don

[denbatch]

Originally Posted by cbell

I started reading Soul Identity last night and I couldn't stop! I'm nearly half-way through it now. (It's the Smashwords ePub version and the formatting's fine.)

This is a book I'll definitely finish and I'll be buying the second one.

Thanks for the sleep deprivation, denbatch!

cbell: the pleasure is all mine :-)

[koland]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Unable to buy "Soul Identity" ..
Amazon will not accept a penny purchase. Or perhaps it's my bank that will not follow through on a charge card price of one penny.
...
This story is true: I'm unable to buy this title.

Unfortunately (and in violation of their agreements with Visa/Mastercard), some banks refuse all small transactions (some at a penny, some at a dollar), claiming it is part of their fraud detection system. They can, if you persist, mark the merchant (Amazon.com) as one where such small transactions are allowed (but won't like it, since it costs them more than the charge to process it),

The easiest solution, of course, is to get yourself a gift certificate. It also cleans up your CC statements not to have all those tiny charges on it.

[Elsi]

Originally Posted by koland

Unfortunately (and in violation of their agreements with Visa/Mastercard), some banks refuse all small transactions (some at a penny, some at a dollar), claiming it is part of their fraud detection system. They can, if you persist, mark the merchant (Amazon.com) as one where such small transactions are allowed (but won't like it, since it costs them more than the charge to process it),

The easiest solution, of course, is to get yourself a gift certificate. It also cleans up your CC statements not to have all those tiny charges on it.

Yeah -- although I haven't had a charge rejected, my hubby is growling at the large number of small charges on the credit card. I wish that Amazon would allow me to accumulate a bunch of Kindle books into one "order" and submit it all at once. I'd still like to take advantage of the "Buy it now" option directly from the device, but it's rare that I buy just one book when I'm roaming on the web site.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Elsi

Yeah -- although I haven't had a charge rejected, my hubby is growling at the large number of small charges on the credit card. I wish that Amazon would allow me to accumulate a bunch of Kindle books into one "order" and submit it all at once. I'd still like to take advantage of the "Buy it now" option directly from the device, but it's rare that I buy just one book when I'm roaming on the web site.

The normal click-one on Amazon does this... if you click-once buy several things within a certain time of each other (maybe even the same day) they are combined into one charge. At least, that is IIRC how it used to work.

I'm not sure why they don't do the same thing for click-once Kindle purchases.

Elsi.... that said, I think I read somewhere that the Gift Card balance is used first when buying with click-once. So, you may want to buy a gift card, apply it to your account and see how that goes.

BOb

[koland]

Originally Posted by Elsi

Yeah -- although I haven't had a charge rejected, my hubby is growling at the large number of small charges on the credit card. I wish that Amazon would allow me to accumulate a bunch of Kindle books into one "order" and submit it all at once. I'd still like to take advantage of the "Buy it now" option directly from the device, but it's rare that I buy just one book when I'm roaming on the web site.

Yes, this is how the music works and it's much the same issue - lots of tiny charges, you get the product up front, but they charge you at the end of a day (or a certain charge amount or number of titles, seems a lot of triggers exist). I really wish they would fix the Kindle charges to do the same, although sometimes I really do only buy one a day. Perhaps they want to send a notice to the primary account holder as early as possible, just so you'll notice if your kids (or hubby) are buying books they should not (or a do-it-yourself divorce kit, LOL!).

Another solution would be to let me one-click a Kindle only gift balance that they put on my account and hit my stored CC with, without all the hassle that is entailed currently. They already can separate out promotional balances by which store/product they can be used on (or all those MP3 credits I get would be used for books, here). Of course, making easy for people to set a budget might not be in their best interests.....