Wedding Sale: The Fairy Tale Bride for 99 cents

I bow to the Karmic weight of the universe.

History: The Fairy Tale Bride was listed at 99 cents for a Backlist Ebooks sale just before Christmas, and when the sale was over, I attempted to put the price back to $2.99. Amazon has (typical) kept it at 99 cents and so has B&N (not so typical). iTunes (respectfully typical) changed it when I asked them to.

Background: All e-retailers have an agreement with author/publisher that the book will not be listed elsewhere for lower than the price the publisher sets.

This seems perfectly fair until you realize that they all have their own procedures for changing the price, and that procedure includes looking to see what everyone else does. It can become a game of Price Chicken, with the poor author/publisher squashed no matter what happens.

Philosophy: When life gives you lemons, make a big pitcher of lemonade and sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

Sesame Place. We nearly lost her forever in the climbing nets.

As I’ve blathered on about quite a bit here, my daughter is getting married. This year! (Last year it seemed so far away, but now…ahh!). It hardly seems possible, as she is still so young.

Because the proceeds from this book go directly to support her wedding, and I’m busy doing lots of wedding promotion and angsting type things, I don’t really want to have to monitor price changes every so often. The perfect solution is a wedding sale that lasts until she gets married (and a little beyond, as I will be very tired).

So, I’ve changed it back to 99 cents everywhere (although iTunes may take a day or two to update the price).

Yo – Universe! You hear me? That’s 99 cents until the end of August. A super bargain.

Word.


Posted in About a Wedding, My, How This Business Has Changed, My, How This Business Has Not Changed - January 17th, 2012. Tags: , , , , , ,



2 Comments to “Wedding Sale: The Fairy Tale Bride for 99 cents”

  1. pooks Says:
    20 de January, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    I was one of your .99 readers and the book is charming and romantic, perfect for such a purpose!

  2. Kelly McClymer Says:
    20 de January, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Thank you Pooks! And to think, I started to write the first book in the series when she was 9…and she still hasn’t read it. Hmmm. Maybe I could do some impromptu readings during the ceremony. Yes, I’m sure she’d *love* that :-)

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