Looking for The Dirty Cowboy on Amazon?
February 2, 2010 It's not there. Or rather, you can buy it used. You can buy it from other sellers. But you can't buy it from Amazon. Hopefully this will end soon.
This is the reason why. (FSG is part of Macmillan.) Here's Author Guild's statement. Frankly, I don't like Amazon's stranglehold on e-book pricing and the way it bullies to get its way (reminds me of Walmart). Still, I'd like my book to be available. Someone wrote on some blog that it's going to be a bumpy year with all this ebook stuff going down . . . yup.
Amy Timberlake
You can buy the book through Indiebound.org (the independent bookstore website). This is my preference for you anyway! I find their website confusing when wanting to buy books, but here's how it works: type "The Dirty Cowboy" in the search bubble in the upper-right hand side and my book'll come up!
Amy Timberlake
Buy Button on Amazon is still not up. Apparently, I'm not the only one. I'm taking down any links I have to Amazon on this site. Go to indiebound.org above.
Amy Timberlake
The Dirty Cowboy is back on Amazon. It's done. Good.
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Reader Comments (3)
Sorry to hear you're part of this fight. People sure get funny when it's about money.
I've been watching the Amazon debacle unfold on Twitter. It truly is quite the debacle. Sorry to hear that The Dirty Cowboy was one of those taken out. I thought that Amazon got it resolved and put the books back...
Amazon should not be butting into the digital publishing relationship between publishers and their authors. If they want a piece of the action, they need to negiotiate, not act like a bully.