Welcome back, my lovelies! I’ll get right to the point: I’m doing a thing. A frustrating, time-consuming thing. I’ve decided to try and remove my books from Amazon. Apparently, I have spiraled into full-blown masochism. What fun.
Seriously, though. This has been arduous, to say the least. I spent hours today setting up one book – ONE BOOK – on Barnes and Noble. I had forgotten that each time you set up a book on a distributor’s site, you have to use a different ISBN. I own several, but in order to move my entire catalogue to more than one place, I will inevitably have to purchase more. Lovely.
I had forgotten how expensive it is to be a nobody author. All part of the dream, I suppose. You may ask why I decided to do this. Honestly, I have just grown weary of Bezos along with the other billionaires in the boys club. Supporting anything Amazon-related now feels disgusting to me. I dropped all things Meta; now it is time to break away from all things Amazon. No more Amazon Prime video, no more Kindle Unlimited; I can’t in good conscience continue to give money to companies like this. My move away from Bezos won’t be instant. Unfortunately, there are many parts of my life connected to Amazon right now. I must first find an alternate way to sustain those parts, but once I do, it’s farewell Amazon.
For now, my books are still available on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble online. However, I am uploading my books directly to the B&N platform, rather than having them distributed there via Amazon. Once I get my books elsewhere, I will close down my Amazon Author account. Don’t worry, I will let all (3) of you know when that happens. In the meantime, I am not going to post the purchase links for anything because for now, even buying on B&N puts money in Amazon’s pocket. Yuck. I will just be content if you all subscribe to this blog.
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That’s all I have this time. I will continue to update you on my progress in my Bezos Breakaway. All this is occurring as I am also working on my next book. Things are happening around the cemetery! Stay tuned for more!
Until next time…
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