So, I've been skating around the decision to pull everything from wide release the past week or so. I had one book sale on Apple this month and none on Kobo or Barnes and Noble. But to be fair with B&N I only had two books listed there to begin with. I was waiting for the Kobo plus report for September to come out to make the decision but....
Sighs.
Yeah, okay when Kobo paid royalties from August last week the wire transfer service they used charged me a twenty dollar fee for the wire transfer. Instead of the 98 and change that I was owed, I got 78. I contacted Kobo. They said it was a mistake and they would send the refund this past week. They did not. I did contact them again early Friday morning (yesterday) and I do realize that it will probably be Monday before I hear back, but honestly, I'm not expecting much here. And coupled with the 38 dollars Kobo Plus statement that isn't even enough to meet their payment threshold... yeah, I pulled everything from Wide.
Before we all say I'm jumping the gun and inventing trouble where there is none... I'm not. I promise. I do believe that it was a mistake. I do believe that they will fix it. Eventually. But honestly, I'm just not in the mood to wait. It will now be two months before I get another payout from them, IF I made enough in page reads this month.
Not that I'm doing any better over on Amazon. I might accidentally hit the two hundred dollar mark this month but I'm not holding my breath.
And with the rumblings of an Amazon boycott brewing... BIG SIGHS!
I'm not about to sink those five remaining titles back in KU while the rest of my books are doing nothing there. So, they will not be available in wide release or in Kindle Unlimited. They will still be for sale on Amazon and in my Payhip store.
Except for Under a Crescent Moon.
And that's the Welp part of this story.
REALLY BIG SIGHS!!!!
I think there's been maybe 10 sales on Moon this year. It's done okay in Kobo Plus but not that okay. Maybe 10 more equivalent units.
Oh sure, I have worse performing books. Need You Now has never done well. Shift in Time has never done well. All of the newer books don't do well.
So why is Moon any different?
Because Moon is the only book of mine that is locked out of Kindle Unlimited, permanently. Since 2016.
And that's been an issue. A big issue. I did nothing wrong to cause the blocking. It was the original publisher not pulling it from all of their sales venues. I've tried to get it un blocked. Amazon will not budge on the block. Hell, the original publisher almost got my Amazon account banned, not once, not even twice, but three times.
I just don't know what else to do. Moon doesn't sell. I was doing okay in KU when it was blocked. It's been nearly a decade. Why does it matter at this point?
I don't know. Maybe it's one I should just completely pull and pretend never existed. Lord knows I've been on that kick lately.
So, as of right now Under a Crescent Moon is only available in my Payhip store.
Again, why?
Why bother pulling it off Amazon?
ANOTHER BIG SIGH!
I'm going to revise, recover, and retitle the story. Not that I can afford to do that right now. So, I'm going to keep it off Amazon for at least six months.
I've changed book titles before without any issues. But honestly, I'm afraid that if I try this with Moon that it might cost me my account. So really, I don't know what I'm doing. Or going to do. I can't get any more strikes. But it's been years since that final Moon strike.
So yeah, that's where I am. I hate that cover. I kinda want just a dark romance cover with no people on it. I don't know what I'd retitle it to. I just know that I want to pull the book from obscurity. And I don't know if it's even worth bothering with.
So that's where I am.
And if you're wondering where to find Moon and other books I've pulled from sale check my Payhip link below.
And as always,
Peace,
Mercy
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