There has been one copy of Havenstar on sale at Amazon.com for ages now, not surprising seeing as the price was a colossal $US 107 for a paperback. (See my remarks on Feb 19th ). The sales ranking was well over one million.
Well, the darn thing has sold. The sales ranking is now 300,000 plus, and there are no more on sale - and my bottom jaw is down near my knees somewhere. Someone paid $107 for a book of mine? I am beginning to eye my two copies and wonder...
About Me
- Glenda Larke
- Malaysia
- My life has been described by one of my editors as “impossibly exotic” – although really it is not my life, but me, that’s the exotic. I’m the uprooted plant, the exotic who doesn’t belong, always living in someone else’s backyard...
An Australian living in Malaysia. Writer, traveler, environmentalist. Author of The Isles of Glory trilogy (The Aware, Gilfeather, The Tainted); The Mirage Makers trilogy (Heart of the Mirage, The Shadow of Tyr, Song of the Shiver Barrens) and, writing as Glenda Noramly, a stand-alone book Havenstar. The latest trilogy is called The Watergivers in Australia and the Stormlord trilogy elsewhere: THE LAST STORMLORD, STORMLORD RISING, STORMLORD'S EXILE
Havenstar
You can buy my first published book (now out of print) as an eBook for your kindle, most ereaders, iPad etc.
CLICK ON THE COVER for the link to buy.
7 comments:
Do you get royalties for those ? :)
Glenda, I hope you've told HC about this. They really ought to re-publish Havenstar, if the rights thing can be sorted out. Do the rights revert to the author when a publisher goes belly-up?
I just ordered a copy for 14 pounds plus 6 pounds shipping to the US. About $36 us dollars. That's an indulgence, but one I could manage. Upwards of $100? Never, not worth it.
Anon 1 - I wish!
Satima - HC has a copy of the book. But I have to prove myself as a best seller before they'll think about it. And I do have the rights. I have been thinking quite seriously about PoD - perhaps in a year or two if no one will re-publish it. I know it would sell.
Anon 2 - Lord, I do hope you think it's worth $36 once you've read it. Or hey, maybe you will be able to sell it for $USD 100 afterwards!
Actually, there's a copy on abe.com for $ 242.28 USD right now. That's really excessive. While I do tend to hoard my books, If I can make $200 reselling something I bought for $36 that might almost be tempting. I liked the sample chapter and The Aware and Gilfeather quite a bit. I'm not worried that I'll think my money wasted.
Ye gods. $242? Gulp. Maybe I had better keep those two copies I have under lock and key...
I have a copy of Havenstar now (didn't pay silly money, either.)
Now all I have to do is line up a signing ;-)
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