Tuesday Tirade: Amazon returns.

Leon Stevens

Nov 14

It's murky, turbid, full of piranhas and alligators, and it can't make up its mind of the path it takes. Yeesh, quit your winding...

Oh, wait. Not that Amazon. That Amazon is alright*.

A sale of on of my books yesterday netted a royalty of $1.96. Yet, a sale of the same book a few days ago paid me a royalty of $2.05:

So, which one is right? The higher one. I set my book price at $2.99, Amazon takes 30%, and then takes $0.06 as an eBook delivery fee (that's a whole other side tirade, can't they take the six cents from their thirty percent?)

So I email the CSR who informs me:

"I can see that you are looking at the Royalties estimator , when using the Royalties Estimator, please keep in mind that this is a data analysis tool. Everything is an estimate and won't match your actual royalty earnings... I hope that clarifies and proves helpful."

Umm. No. Not really, Nadia.

So, I'll wait and see if it corrects itself in a few days and get back to you.

-Leon

*Hey, kids! Here's why the real Amazon is cool:

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/