What a crazy three weeks it's been! To cut a long story short, I decided I wanted to make my book WEIGHTING TO LIVE into a paperback using the Amazon company CreateSpace. After formatting etc, CreateSpace sent me a proof of what my book would look like and I was overjoyed with the quality and end result - my little novel turned into a book front of my eyes ... AN ACTUAL BOOK! Somehow, being able to hold a copy makes it all suddenly feel so very real. Because of the time it takes to have your books sent from CreateSpace, I decided to buy the finished copies via Amazon UK and that is where the hilarity started: my books arrived looking completely different from the proof I originally received via CreateSpace. First, the cover itself was not only wonky as if it had been drinking too much alcoholic ink, it also had a purple colour scheme (when it should have been grey) and the inside pages were such a lurid peachy colour that it made me feel like my eyes were melting. I contacted Amazon customer services with this matter which I thought would be pretty simple to rectify but instead it turned into a situation that has made me, at times, question my sanity.
An abridged version of a typical Amazon scenario I have experienced over the last few weeks:
ME: 'Hello, I have been waiting 2 business days for a response from the fulfillment centre as to why these issues happened with my book and I haven't heard back from you so was wondering what was going on.'
AMAZON CUSTOMER SERVICES: 'Oh I am sorry about that, I will send your query to the fulfillment centre and we will get back to you within 2 business days.'
***2 business days later***
NO ANSWER FROM AMAZON CUSTOMER SERVICES - repeats earlier dialogue TEN TIMES.Luckily in the end I was forwarded onto CreateSpace - where I should have been forwarded to in the first place - and they were brilliant and this morning I received perfect copies of WEIGHTING TO LIVE - THE END. CASE CLOSED!
In these last few ridiculous weeks, like a madwoman, I also decided to make CHANGES: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION into to a paperback and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out, so ... CUE ALL THE PICTURES OF MY BOOKS AT EVERY ANGLE IMAGINABLE:
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| Baby 1 |
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| Baby 2 |
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| My babies together in the grass |
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| Babies turned over to get an even tan in the sun |
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| Artistic splayed books |
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| DAZZLING SPINES!!!! |
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
I am going to be giving away on Goodreads one signed copy of my book WEIGHTING TO LIVE and it is open internationally.
To enter the Goodreads giveaway, click here (or click the widget on the top right hand side of this page).
Giveaway ends on Sunday 6th September 2015.
Links to buy the paperbacks
WEIGHTING TO LIVE: here (UK) and here (US)
CHANGES: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION: here (UK) and here (US)
***Also available at all worldwide Amazons too***
If you enter my giveaway, good luck!
I'm off to look at, stroke and cuddle my books then tuck them in for the night because they have had a very long day.
Until next time.
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