And so the Amazon shenanigans begin!

Yep. Go check this out:



Electric Angel, temporarily out of stock at Amazon!



Yes, the madness started yesterday when the listing came up as, "let us know if you want to be told when this book becomes available at Amazon." LOLROFL Really? By the end of the day it was showing up as "In Stock" which in itself is a lie because no one stocks books that aren't made returnable by "industry standard." They only order them when an order is placed. But it's a lie that Amazon puts up all the time. They aren't singling anyone out. They'll say that since Lightning Source (the distributor) shows there is an availability of 99 books (when there isn't. The books are POD and aren't printed until an order is placed. That's Lightning Sources lie) then Amazon can "claim" the book is in stock at Amazon. And really who does that hurt, I guess.



But today Amazon has gone out of their way, or not, to show Electric Angel as being "temporarily out of stock!" Well, that sort of puts my first theory to rest. I'm laughing so hard now my sides hurt. Oh, yes. You missed out! Electric Angel, which is never stocked by Amazon to begin with is now temporarily "out of stock."



Well believe that lie (or mindless misrepresentation of the facts) if you want to, Electric Angel is available ALL DAY LONG at Black Bed Sheet Books in all DRM free ebook formats including but not limited to: non-Amazon Kindle, non B&N Nook which is also readable on your IPAD etc . . .



Even B&N will order it for you in their Brick & Mortar stores and on-line and for right now at a darn good price unless shipping takes it back up to more than the $10.00 you can get it for at Black Bed Sheet Books.



And keep this in mind, no publisher has a choice about whether their books show up on Amazon. It's an automatic. It's a gift from Bowker that comes when you purchase your block of ISBN's. When you assign the number the book is automatically listed on Amazon on-line and Barnes & Noble on-line. Some gift. Sort of like that Christmas present you just smile an nod at but know that it will go straight in the garbage as soon as the giver leaves.