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carbonelSometimes coincidence works very pleasantly.
A couple of weeks ago, I decided a wanted to reread Lifelode. I own the print book, but the text is just a bit small for my aging eyes, so I checked if there was an e-book version available for a reasonable price. There wasn't one listed, nor was it available from the library in e-book version. So I figured that it had just never happened, sighed a bit, and went on.
Several days ago, I bought something from Amazon and said that I didn't need it in a hurry, and was willing to wait, for which Amazon said it would give me a $3 digital credit.
Yesterday, the digital credit notification showed up.
Today, the package arrived. And since I have a bad habit of forgetting to use credits, I pulled up Jo's list of books at Amazon, intending to pre-order her forthcoming book Or What You Will. But instead, at the top of the list, was Lifelode with a $2.99 price tag and a publishing date of March 24, 2020 by Is There A Green Iguana? So I now have a $.01 credit at Amazon and a copy of Lifelode that I can read in whatever size and font I want.
And I'm posting about it, since I assume I'm not the only person who is very pleased with this opportunity.
(The icon above is the "F" one I received from Jo a few years ago. I don't use it often, but it's certainly appropriate here.)
A couple of weeks ago, I decided a wanted to reread Lifelode. I own the print book, but the text is just a bit small for my aging eyes, so I checked if there was an e-book version available for a reasonable price. There wasn't one listed, nor was it available from the library in e-book version. So I figured that it had just never happened, sighed a bit, and went on.
Several days ago, I bought something from Amazon and said that I didn't need it in a hurry, and was willing to wait, for which Amazon said it would give me a $3 digital credit.
Yesterday, the digital credit notification showed up.
Today, the package arrived. And since I have a bad habit of forgetting to use credits, I pulled up Jo's list of books at Amazon, intending to pre-order her forthcoming book Or What You Will. But instead, at the top of the list, was Lifelode with a $2.99 price tag and a publishing date of March 24, 2020 by Is There A Green Iguana? So I now have a $.01 credit at Amazon and a copy of Lifelode that I can read in whatever size and font I want.
And I'm posting about it, since I assume I'm not the only person who is very pleased with this opportunity.
(The icon above is the "F" one I received from Jo a few years ago. I don't use it often, but it's certainly appropriate here.)
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Date: 2020-04-01 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-01 08:18 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2020-04-01 08:58 pm (UTC)Please tell me that you did some kind of search on the Amazon platform that tipped them off...
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Date: 2020-04-01 09:14 pm (UTC)I went to Jo's author page on Amazon because that was the easiest way to find her upcoming book (Or What You Will) because I wasn't positive of the title.
But Lifelode is her most recent book, so that was at the top of the list, with the forthcoming book the next one under it. Apparently existing books have priority over potential books.
The Kindle version of Lifelode is from a different press than the hardcover (Jo self-published the Kindle version), and the hardcover version isn't new, so that's why that format.
All very straightforward.