When I went to pick up my teddy bear pumpkin entry in a local pumpkin decorating contest, he was gone!
That's nothing compared to what happened to my online eBook pricing!
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My daughters and I were excited to enter two local pumpkin decorating contests. The good news is we all won prizes in one of the contests, yay!
The bad news is that when I went to pick up our pumpkins from the other place, my teddy pumpkin was gone! Nobody knew what happened to him so they took my name and phone number and I waited to hear if they found him. Luckily, my daughters' pumpkins were still there.
About a week later, to my surprise, I was told that my teddy pumpkin had been found! It was raining the day of the outdoor festival where the pumpkin contest took place, so the ladies likely cleaned up very quickly. One of the ladies ended up putting teddy in her bag and took him home. Oops! Luckily she finally realized she had him and returned him.
But that's nothing compared to what a major online book retailer just did to me! Small businesses can remedy their mistakes and go out of their way to find a little lost teddy bear pumpkin. Big businesses don't care and do whatever they want without even telling you what they are doing!
I requested a price match on two of my eBooks to set them as free across all countries. It takes some work and convincing, but they price matched two eBooks to free. Authors often do this to reach more readers and it sometimes helps to gain some reviews or purchases on other books.
Everything seemed fine since I got the price match in August.
A few days ago, one of my contacts on Instagram asked for books to read on her account, so I asked her if she could read my Christmas-themed story that was free to download. Apparently, it was not free for her! It was still showing free in the US and AU, but in the UK where she was located, it was no longer free!
The huge problem with this is that I've been sharing and sharing on social media that my books were available for free downloads! Oops! This big online book retailer made me out to be a liar because they took away my price match without warning or notice! Thanks a lot! I have no idea how long ago the price match disappeared!
So, I've had it with them. Well, not really because that's where it seems most people want to leave reviews. It's very frustrating because it's so hard to stand out anymore. I barely got downloads on my free eBooks anyway. A few new reviews came in so at least that was a benefit.
I figure there is no point in trying to request another price match. Two books are still price matched to free in the US, but all other countries have reverted back to paid. The books appear to still be free to download in the US, so if you want a free eBook, click the titles here but please double check the price first: The Underground Toy Society *
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If you would consider leaving reviews, I would be so grateful!
Instead of relying on large online retailers, now I'm going to give my wonderful subscribers more freebies! You are the best for being here and listening to me ramble on, so you deserve the free stuff! No more sending my traffic to other platforms!
Small business and building relationships with people is key. I can't rely on the big corporations to care as much as I do about my customers.
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Jessica is the author of the children's books about The Underground Toy Society. She decided to begin a blog about her experiences and opinions of being an author, as well as a mother and Occupational Therapist. Please note all information on her website and her blog posts are her opinions and her personal experiences. Individual results may vary and her results may not be your results or experiences. This website is meant to be general information, not specific advice. Circumstances and results may vary. The Underground Toy Society children's books aim to teach children to love and appreciate what they have. Hopefully children will want to clean their rooms after learning about The Underground Toy Society. However, all children are different and results may vary. The books are for entertainment purposes only. Thanks for reading!