Getting Back in Amazon's Good Graces

Last week I mentioned that I had a little tussle with Amazon over a story I'd written several years ago. In short, they believed I didn't write the story, and I believed I did. They threatened to suspend my account over it. This made me sad. Not long after I mentioned the issue, I received emails and comments from authors who had a similar experience with Amazon and shared my frustration. Obviously, Amazon has some work to do in this area. In the end, however, I managed to get back in Amazon's good graces, and my account has been restored. I even received a nice little apology from them. I'm still not entirely sure why Amazon flagged...

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Amazon and the Big Bag of Suck

I wrote a short story a few years back called GARBAGE, INC.  Nothing particularly memorable, but I needed something to read at a convention at the time, so that was what I went with.  This was September 2010, if memory serves.  A few weeks later, I decided to self-pub the story as an e-book, not because I had any dreams of retiring from the profits, but because I was interested in this new avenue of distribution--more or less, I wanted to test the waters.  I published on Kindle and Smashwords, the latter meaning the story would be available at other e-tailers, including Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iTunes, etc. I...

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Monroe County Book Expo 2012

 I'll be signing books (along with a bunch of other fine authors) at Eastern Monroe Public Library on Saturday, July 21 from 10 AM-3 PM.  I'll have plenty of goodies on hand, including, of course, copies of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS.  So if you're in the area, stop on by. Hope to see you the...

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