Lost Book Sales http://lostbooksales.com Every day an author and a publisher lose a sale. These are the stories why. Sat, 04 May 2013 16:07:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris http://lostbooksales.com/2013/05/dead-ever-after-by-charlaine-harris/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/05/dead-ever-after-by-charlaine-harris/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 16:07:26 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/05/untitled_1915/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: OverDrive Buy It Now
Reason for Lost Sale: Other Penguin won’t sell ebooks to libraries, and I buy all my ebooks at my library’s Buy It Now link to support them.
Price of Lost Sale: 14.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I’m a completionist. So I had every intention of buying each book in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, but then Penguin severed its ties with the OverDrive library lending program. All of my ebooks are bought through my library’s OverDrive portal so they get a donation every time I shop. If Penguin won’t sell to my library, then they lose the opportunity to sell to me as well. I found a series published by Sourcebooks that is available through OverDrive. That’s the series I will buy now. Goodbye, Sookie and Penguin.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/05/dead-ever-after-by-charlaine-harris/feed/ 0 After Visiting Friends by Michael Hainey http://lostbooksales.com/2013/04/after-visiting-friends-by-michael-hainey/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/04/after-visiting-friends-by-michael-hainey/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:23:38 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/04/untitled_1914/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 11.04 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I will never buy this book. I may borrow it from the library or a friend, but I was interested today after seeing an interview with the author. The greed by overpricing the digital book means none of the people associated with this book will get my money.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/04/after-visiting-friends-by-michael-hainey/feed/ 0 La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/la-sombra-del-viento-by-carlos-ruiz-zafon/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/la-sombra-del-viento-by-carlos-ruiz-zafon/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:04:28 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/untitled_1913/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon, Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 13.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Brazil
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I prefer to read books in the original language, so I wanted to buy this book in the original Spanish version (even though I don’t know Spanish that well, it would be a way of practicing it). But the original is not available in Brazil; the only options were translations into English and Portuguese.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/la-sombra-del-viento-by-carlos-ruiz-zafon/feed/ 0 Hominids: Volume On of The Neanderthal Parallax by Robert J. Sawyer http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hominids-volume-on-of-the-neanderthal-parallax-by-robert-j-sawyer/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hominids-volume-on-of-the-neanderthal-parallax-by-robert-j-sawyer/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:06:35 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/untitled_1912/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: http://www.amazon.fr
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 3.00 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: France
What you did instead: Pirated a copy

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hominids-volume-on-of-the-neanderthal-parallax-by-robert-j-sawyer/feed/ 0 Sunshine on Scotland Street by Alexander Mccall Smith http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/sunshine-on-scotland-street-by-alexander-mccall-smith/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/sunshine-on-scotland-street-by-alexander-mccall-smith/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:31:55 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/untitled_1911/ Preferred format: Audiobook
Attempted place of purchase: Audible/ITunes/Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 49.00 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: This is the second audiobook by Alexander Mccall Smith that is unavailable to purchase due to restrictions/publishing rights in the the United States. The first one Bertie Plays the Blues was published in August 2011 and this was published in July 2012.
Perhaps an issue with Audible..

Agent: Unknown Caroline Walsh of David Higham Literary, Film and TV Agents

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/sunshine-on-scotland-street-by-alexander-mccall-smith/feed/ 0 Bertie Plays the Blues by Alexander Mccall Smith http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/bertie-plays-the-blues-by-alexander-mccall-smith/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/bertie-plays-the-blues-by-alexander-mccall-smith/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:21:28 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/untitled_1910/ Preferred format: Audiobook
Attempted place of purchase: Audible and ITunes
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 49.00 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I have been waiting for two of Mr. Mccall Smith’s books to become available in audiobook form. They cannot be sold in the US because of the publishing rights. The first book was published in 2011.

Agent: Unknown Caroline Walsh of David Higham Literary, Film and TV Agents

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/bertie-plays-the-blues-by-alexander-mccall-smith/feed/ 0 Hitchcock (Revised Edition) by François Truffaut http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hitchcock-revised-edition-by-francois-truffaut/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hitchcock-revised-edition-by-francois-truffaut/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:22:21 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/untitled_1909/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon(.fr, .co.uk or .com)
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 6.00 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: France
What you did instead: Other I wonder who if I’m motivated enough to take with me the heavy hardcover version.

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/03/hitchcock-revised-edition-by-francois-truffaut/feed/ 0 Magic bleeds (#4) by Ilona Andrews http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/magic-bleeds-4-by-ilona-andrews/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/magic-bleeds-4-by-ilona-andrews/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:49:33 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/untitled_1908/ Preferred format: Audiobook
Attempted place of purchase: iTunes, Audible, Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 35 AUD – Australian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Publishing rights restrict this book from being sold asan audio file directly to Australia but can be purchased via mail. This does not make sense. Sad that this is happening to a lot of books

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/magic-bleeds-4-by-ilona-andrews/feed/ 0 Soulbound by Tessa Adams http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/soulbound-by-tessa-adams/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/soulbound-by-tessa-adams/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:49:24 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/untitled_1907/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Books on Board (restricted), Kobo (unavailable for NZ buyers), Whitcoulls (unavailable)
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 7.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Surfed the web

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/02/soulbound-by-tessa-adams/feed/ 0 Star Wars: New Jedi Order – Traitor by Matthew Stover http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/star-wars-new-jedi-order-traitor-by-matthew-stover/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/star-wars-new-jedi-order-traitor-by-matthew-stover/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:07:08 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1906/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: BooksOnBoard.com
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 7 CAD – Canadian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Pirated a copy

Comments: I would have bought it at this price, even though it is quite expensive for an ebook.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/star-wars-new-jedi-order-traitor-by-matthew-stover/feed/ 0 Several titles (about 5 I would like to purchase) by Wilbur Smith http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/several-titles-about-5-i-would-like-to-purchase-by-wilbur-smith/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/several-titles-about-5-i-would-like-to-purchase-by-wilbur-smith/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:11:31 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1905/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: for all books about $50 – $80 AUD
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 15.00 AUD – Australian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Territorial restrictions are very annoying and frustrating. I can buy all the title in printed form but I cannot carry around printed book like I can digital on my smartphone. I like to have the book I am currently reading in my pocket all the time – and my phone is always with me.

I had read close to 200 eBooks until I found I could no longer purchase eBooks in Australia from Fictionwise.com and stopped reading altogether for about 3 years. That represents a loss of over $400.00 aud that I would have spent on eBooks over that time – not to mention the loss pleasure and learning I get from reading over this time.

I can now buy a reasonable range of eBooks again and I am again reading books. I am still frustrated by not being able to purchase books by some of my favorite writers i.e Wilbur Smith (and others).

I will not purchase books printed on paper as they are inconvenient to carry, paper usage is harmful to the environment, reflections off white pages is tiring on my eyes and cant be read in poor light (or in the dark).

Agent: Unknown Books on Board

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/several-titles-about-5-i-would-like-to-purchase-by-wilbur-smith/feed/ 0 Killing Time by Cindy Gerard http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/killing-time-by-cindy-gerard/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/killing-time-by-cindy-gerard/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:17:41 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1904/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: All Romance eBooks
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available WITHOUT DRM
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I might have bought it anyway, but there was no word count (so I have no idea how much book I’m getting), and there was a very short, vague blurb. I like Cindy Gerard, but I’m not buying a pig in a poke.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/killing-time-by-cindy-gerard/feed/ 0 The Third Option by Vince Flynn http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/the-third-option-by-vince-flynn/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/the-third-option-by-vince-flynn/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:04:48 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1903/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 14.75 AUD – Australian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/the-third-option-by-vince-flynn/feed/ 0 Tierra Dorada by Barbara Wood http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/tierra-dorada-by-barbara-wood/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/tierra-dorada-by-barbara-wood/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:11:32 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1902/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/tierra-dorada-by-barbara-wood/feed/ 0 Flashfire by Richard Stark http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/flashfire-by-richard-stark/ http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/flashfire-by-richard-stark/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:38:21 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/untitled_1901/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 17.29 NZD – New Zealand Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Borrowed a book from the library

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2013/01/flashfire-by-richard-stark/feed/ 0 The Lady Most Willing by Eloisa James http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/the-lady-most-willing-by-eloisa-james/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/the-lady-most-willing-by-eloisa-james/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:40:12 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/untitled_1900/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon Kindle
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 12.82 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Eloisa James the author of the book in question in her newsletter informed that the book could be pre-ordered for electronic delivery on 26 December for USD 5.99. When I clicked to pre-order, the price it was offered to me was USD 12.82. I felt this was too high, especially as I realised that it was available to US purchases for $5.99. So, did not purchase.

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/the-lady-most-willing-by-eloisa-james/feed/ 0 Sleigh Ride with the Rancher by Donna Alward http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/sleigh-ride-with-the-rancher-by-donna-alward/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/sleigh-ride-with-the-rancher-by-donna-alward/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:10:14 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/untitled_1899/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 4.99 AUD – Australian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/sleigh-ride-with-the-rancher-by-donna-alward/feed/ 0 Bringing Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/bringing-up-the-bodies-by-hilary-mantel/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/bringing-up-the-bodies-by-hilary-mantel/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:41:49 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/untitled_1898/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon.co.uk kindle store
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 GBP – British Pound
Country of Lost Sale: United Kingdom
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: kindle edition is more expensive than both the hardback and the paperback.
I will wait and see if the greedy overprice drops or alternatively wait until a 2nd hand paperback copy becomes available for the price of p&p

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/bringing-up-the-bodies-by-hilary-mantel/feed/ 0 after nineteen stories of apocalypse and dystopia by Elen Datlow http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/after-nineteen-stories-of-apocalypse-and-dystopia-by-elen-datlow/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/after-nineteen-stories-of-apocalypse-and-dystopia-by-elen-datlow/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:28:27 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/untitled_1897/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon.com
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 11.35 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Switzerland
What you did instead: Pirated a copy

Comments: Impossible to buy it as it is not sold to my country. Try to pirate it, haven’t find it (yet). Sad because I’m ready to pay for it…

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/after-nineteen-stories-of-apocalypse-and-dystopia-by-elen-datlow/feed/ 0 Behind The Sun by Deborah Challinor http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/behind-the-sun-by-deborah-challinor/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/behind-the-sun-by-deborah-challinor/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:12:17 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/untitled_1896/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 23.59 NZD – New Zealand Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Surfed the web

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/12/behind-the-sun-by-deborah-challinor/feed/ 0 One Good Turn by Carla Kelly http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/one-good-turn-by-carla-kelly/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/one-good-turn-by-carla-kelly/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:32:23 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/untitled_1895/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 2.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Italy
What you did instead: Bought a used copy

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/one-good-turn-by-carla-kelly/feed/ 1 Libby’s London Merchant by Carla Kelly http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/libbys-london-merchant-by-carla-kelly/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/libbys-london-merchant-by-carla-kelly/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:30:08 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/untitled_1894/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon.it
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 2.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Italy
What you did instead: Borrowed a book from a friend

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/libbys-london-merchant-by-carla-kelly/feed/ 1 Cold Days by Jim Butcher http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/cold-days-by-jim-butcher/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/cold-days-by-jim-butcher/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:09:13 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/untitled_1893/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: audible.com
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 34.96 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

]]> http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/cold-days-by-jim-butcher/feed/ 0 Seven Nights in a Rogue’s Bed by Anna Campbell http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/seven-nights-in-a-rogues-bed-by-anna-campbell/ http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/seven-nights-in-a-rogues-bed-by-anna-campbell/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:08:57 +0000 A Reader http://lostbooksales.com/2012/11/untitled_1892/ Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 5.99 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: Italy
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

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