So, when you click on the Amazon link, you see that my books are available *used* from sellers. I find that weird. Like, did the seller actually read it and is done with it, and is reselling, or did they just buy it to resell (or are they only buying the book - ordering the copy from Createspace - if it sells)? And how are they making a profit if it's the latter. I mean, they're charging more, but no one would buy it at a higher price. Also, I've revised/ corrected typos in my books multiple times, so depending on when they bought it, it could be a "wrong"/ earlier copy.
I know, I think too much. I just want my books to be liked, and also to be PERFECT (no typos, at least. I stand by my [sloppy] Rules of Magic for Piper, the witch babysitter).
And you usually only sell used copies of books that are in demand. So far, mine aren't. I hope they will explode on the scene at some point (even if for being bad, like 50 Shades of Gray... well, I don't have bad grammar/ incorrect colloquialisms in my books, and I don't want to be the bete noir of erotica - they aren't erotic so that's ok - but it does read like fan fiction.... really good fan fiction, I think. I guess what I'm saying is, it would be ok to be popular for being someone's guilty pleasure-reading).
I just threw out two earlier "wrong" copies of my books that were published on Blurb. I didn't want them to exist. I could've recycled them, but I didn't want to chance someone happening upon them by mistake, treating them like real books, and then disregarding them purely for formatting errors/ typos. That was my first try in publishing. Didn't have all the kinks worked out yet.
Yesterday I scoured my defaced-SVT books to find a doodle of Piper (my character in these books) to post on my FB page... but I didn't find one "good" enough.
Typical.
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