Can't find my stuff on Amazon? Here's why.

  

Armando Ourique

Why your books are not available at Amazon?

Just now

Armando, hi. I don't sell via Amazon for several reasons, but the main reason is their terms and conditions, which are not very friendly to authors and publishers. A friend of mine runs a small-scale poetry press (....). Almost everything they have published in the past ten or so years is commercially available. They try to sell via Amazon, but often their books are listed as 'not currently available.' If they don't like you, they will just cut you off.

You can buy my books from a number of large retailers (including Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, etc. and now even Walmart). The books are distributed to these retailers by my distributor Smashwords, and are always listed as available.

Amazon does not have a monopoly, but they have too much power. They are happy to throw their weight around. I'm well aware that many more people would find my books if they were listed on Amazon, but plenty find them anyway.

Best wishes, Thomas Yaeger.

How to Purchase 'The Sacred History of Being'

Nick Zacharewicz @NickSCZach

"All about how history is built by inclusion and omission. Even written histories have to hang together like a good story."

Around late November 2016, 'The Sacred History of Being' entered the bestseller lists at Smashwords, in the categories of Philosophy and History. 

I've been asked many times about the options for purchasing the book, so I've decided to digest my responses into one blogpost. The text contains active links to the relevant pages. This is all you need to know, in just a few paragraphs. 

Currently the book is available for sale in eBook format from a number of large retailers, including Itunes (click the link on the left which allows you to see the book in your Itunes application), Barnes & Noble, Blio (search on Thomas Yaeger), Kobo (preview available), Inktera, and other retailers around the world. So, if you are already signed up to an account with one of those (and half the planet seems to be signed up with Itunes), you can buy the book in exactly the same way as any other book.

The book is not available from Amazon. Their current terms and conditions are why I chose to exclude Amazon from distribution of the book. Their terms and conditions may change, however.

The eBook is in ePub format, which can be read on Macs, iPads, iPhones, etc, and most other tablets, irrespective of the operating operating system they use. If you have an Amazon Kindle, the ePub formatting of the book can be converted easily to the MOBI format, which the Kindle uses, with the excellent eBook management software Calibre, which can be downloaded free.

The book can be read on a PC, laptop or notebook computer, in ePub or any other eBook format, using the Adobe Digital Editions software, which is also available free, in both Mac and PC formats. Supports conversion to many formats, including PDF. 

The principal distributor of The Sacred History of Being is Smashwords. The book can be downloaded from Smashwords directly, after a signup which takes just a couple of minutes. The book can be paid for using a credit or debit card, or with Paypal, if you have an account with them. After purchase, the book goes into a library space associated with your signup, and it can be downloaded on to your device from there. Just follow the link.

What is The Sacred History of Being about? The preface to the book is available in full, which  answers that question.Further detail is available on the static page for the book. 

Thomas Yaeger, July 24, July 29, July 30,  September 6, 2016, January 5, 2017, February 13, and March 30, 2017.