Is Amazon one of the primary sales outlets for your books? Do you find that it’s kept reasonably well-stocked, or do they constantly under-order and run out, leading to long delays for your customers (and perhaps discouraging overall sales with some)?
After my last post, Aaron Christensen had mentioned to me that it’s not unusual for Amazon to be out of stock of his book (because I mentioned ordering from the official site when I couldn’t order from Amazon). He’s not the first person I’ve heard that from.
I’ve heard that several authors have “gotten around it” by acting as their own seller through Amazon, not only selling new copies, but also as a way to sell used or returned copies that they otherwise might have a harder time selling. Do you? What’s your experience with this method if you do?
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I’ve set up an Amazon Advantage account where I sell my books through Amazon. When Amazon is taking forever to order from Ingram to restock my book, I usually pick up the missed sales via the Advantage program.
I was most annoyed with Amazon a few weeks ago. My novel twice climbed into the contemporary romance best selling list in Canada. The second time it hit 25, but sold out ….
I wonder what it would have reached had it not sold out? As we all know, hype builds hype. It’s faded into obscurity now, so maybe it was just one of those coincidences – a handful of people buying at the same time for some obscure reason – but I’ll neve know.