Silver linings...

[charlie_cochrane]

The Amazon fiasco has had lots of them.

GLBT romance getting £££s worth of free publicity, including product placements on mainstream TV. alex_beecroft, markprobst and erastes (and me a bit) getting their names all over the shop, and appearing dignified and sensible in the process.

And, as I searched for non Amazon UK sites to put on my website, I found that my books are listed at both Blackwell's and Waterstones.

Comments

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Yes. I was accused on a German forum of "viral marketing for my friends" - so that's an accusation we'll hear more of.

But congrats! I'm happy that The List was linked all over the world.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

And well done you for getting on the case.

I'm waiting for someone to say we did it all for publicity, so the above post is more than a little tongue in cheek. I think the way the protags handled it will be greatly to 'our' (meaning m/m readers and writers) credit.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

I do think so. And - all the post are visible, so people can follow how *our* discussion developed, too. That's the good thing about the Internet - you can leave a paper trail like that.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Anytime someone succeeds - especially when it's against an adversary that others shy away from - there will be somebody sneering. In this case it's quite obvious that the "glitch" occurred first and we waited until we had clear evidence that something was up before reacting.

M/M writers know that it's not good to go off half-cocked.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

*groan*

I should have known you couldn't resist that sort of line.

And you're right about the sequence of events and we have the audit trail to prove it.

[kittysorceress.livejournal.com]

Hah! Take that Amazon! *pokes it and pushes the stunned thing over*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Suspect it might fall over at a light tap from a feather...

[just-jac7.livejournal.com]

Trust me to be AWOL and miss the whole damn show - do so hope it's all sorted now ( via despatches from Adelaide South Aust)

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I missed it all, too. Just got the post match report. :)