
Your readers won’t be happy to discover that they’ve been overcharged.
Unfortunately, you can’t control who sells your books or what they charge, but if you find a bookseller is being dishonest, let the company know.
The top screenshot from HotBookSale, a company that promises “great discounts,” lies about the list price of one of my books (it’s really $29.95 not a stupid $36.54). It offers a phony 26% discount (which they strangely call 10%) if you join their BestBrandValues plan for about $240 per year.
Amazon.com will sell it for even less ($26.95) without joining anything.
Be aware of wacky ripoff prices from independent booksellers on Amazon. Another one of my books has a list price of $15.95 and that's what Amazon itself sells it for. Strangely, other dealers sell it for as much as $49.18 -- more than THREE TIMES the normal price.
I can't imagine why anyone would buy from Booksbylab, or how they stay in business. These thieves even offer a used copy of the book shown above for $53.25. Amazon sells it new for about half of the used price.
Booksby lab is not even the worst of its breed. Woody's Books is offering a used copy for $72.02! That's almost enough money to pay for three new books.
I can understand why a used copy of a rare out-of-print book has a higher price than when the book sold for new, but it makes absolutely no sense for used versions of current books to be priced so high.
I too am mystified. I expect these con artists hope someone will accidentally hit the submit key or look at the site while stoned out on chemicals.
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