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Message:	[quote author=davefragments board=submissions thread=664 post=15296 time=1339017906]Don't think that AMAZON is in any way the brightest bulb in the room. Sometimes it's merely a 3 watt dim... That's a nearly burnt out nightlight... I received an email at 1:21 AM (Eastern time) that said they estimated the delivery to be June 20 to June 26. I received a subsequent email at 10:51 AM (EST) that said delivery was moved up to June 12. OK! I received a third email at 4:51 PM (EST) of that said my copy was shipped and would arrive June 8. That's my requested 2 day shipping. So remember, AMAZON gets a little goofy with POD books. I think they put this on the wrong shelf for a day OR the computer geeks didn't talk to the shipping geeks didn't talk to the guy in the warehouse where all the products are kept. And there's not a D*** thing we can do about it. Grin and bear it. [/quote] Expand
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Posted by dorothyd on Apr 25, 2012, 1:36pm

we have the same problem sometimes, that is, 'we' being my business. If someone says a parcel of 14 books shipped to New York from here haven't arrived, what do we do? replace.

I have ordered Carnival and Monster Behind The Mask from Book Depository UK, thanks to the tipoff from Steven Gepp. I will be keeping a watch on them as well as Amazon. The good thing is, B Depository don't charge for postage, a definite bonus.

Posted by Chris Bartholomew on Apr 25, 2012, 1:38pm

My mistake on Weird City 3, I have just sent them to Pill Hill, I think./we think/ I might never have gotten them sent to her to get them done and on Amazon. Sorry all, it's going to be about a week then they should be there.

Posted by dorothyd on Apr 25, 2012, 1:43pm

as long as we know, Chris.

Posted by johnxgrey on May 13, 2012, 11:38pm

Still no sign of WC3 at Amazon. Slightly troubling (especially since my newest novel The Circle of Light is out now on Amazon and just four days after I approved the proof copy with CreateSpace), but I hope the third installment appears soon enough. I'm anxious to buy a copy.

Posted by geojazz on May 14, 2012, 1:13pm

I don't get why some books show up sooner than others at amazon. Definitely irritating.
Will look for your novel on amazon, John.

Posted by johnxgrey on May 15, 2012, 9:59am

Another thing Amazon can be slow about is cover images on a book's page or author page listing it. Unfinished Business finally has a cover displayed on my page but it took a while. I'll keep an eye out for Weird City 3 as well, George.

Posted by Chris Bartholomew on May 22, 2012, 9:42pm

Don't forget though that there was a problem and I had to resend this. Amazon should have it within the next two weeks. Sometimes things happen. Sorry, but really, soon everyone.

Posted by dave fragments on Jun 2, 2012, 8:56am

Weird City #3 just popped up on AMAZON

http://www.amazon.com/Weird-City-John-X-....38644899&sr=8-3

Don't worry that it needs a picture. Amazon is always slow with the images.
Don't worry that it is marked "out of stock"... again, that's Amazon's problem and not reality.
All of Amazon's quirks have been said before.

Posted by dorothyd on Jun 2, 2012, 9:19am

thanks, Dave. I have given up waiting on Amazon.co.uk and now wait until there are two anthologies on offer on the .com one, then I get free shipping! I have to wait but really, the time factor is the same as waiting for co.uk to get the books listed. My bookshelves are looking impressive and I am dead keen to get this one. I just ordered Dark Dispatches and The Morgue. Waiting on both of those.

Posted by Chris Bartholomew on Jun 2, 2012, 3:50pm

I put the cover up, hope you all can see it.

Posted by johnxgrey on Jun 3, 2012, 12:48pm

I ordered a copy along with nine other books from SM, PHP and WEP, but Weird City 3 was still listed as "out of stock" then and Amazon is shipping it separately.

Posted by Chris Bartholomew on Jun 3, 2012, 4:01pm

I don't know why they do that, a POD book is never 'in stock' in the first place, so it cannot be 'out of stock'. Sheesh, Amazon.

Posted by dorothyd on Jun 4, 2012, 4:37am

just wrote to an author yesterday to say no, it isn't out of stock (one of mine) it's the way Amazon do things!

Posted by dave fragments on Jun 6, 2012, 4:25pm

Don't think that AMAZON is in any way the brightest bulb in the room.
Sometimes it's merely a 3 watt dim... That's a nearly burnt out nightlight...

I received an email at 1:21 AM (Eastern time) that said they estimated the delivery to be June 20 to June 26.
I received a subsequent email at 10:51 AM (EST) that said delivery was moved up to June 12.
OK!
I received a third email at 4:51 PM (EST) of that said my copy was shipped and would arrive June 8. That's my requested 2 day shipping.

So remember, AMAZON gets a little goofy with POD books.
I think they put this on the wrong shelf for a day OR the computer geeks didn't talk to the shipping geeks didn't talk to the guy in the warehouse where all the products are kept.

And there's not a D*** thing we can do about it. Grin and bear it.

Posted by dorothyd on Jun 7, 2012, 11:51am

they are crazy, for sure, even when it comes to listing the anthologies on the author profile. I was told a while ago by one Amazon person that they did not list anthologies. I argued, it was listed.

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