PSA: Errors in bookseller listing for The Crystal Variation

[rolanni]

Edited to Add:  Marvelous and efficient Baen editor Laura Haywood Cory (laurahcory1 for those on LJ) has the matter in hand.

Since these alerts are getting more frequent as the release date for The Crystal Variation comes closer, I thought a general posting might be in order.

Steve and I are aware that there are several infelicities in the listing on Amazon and on BN and on Webscriptions for The Crystal Variation, the most notable being the misspelling of the heroine’s name. We do very much appreciate that people are concerned enough about these things to write to us. Our fans are the best.

However! Amazon no longer allows authors to change the listings for their books, even to correct an error. I don’t think BN ever allowed authors to amend things in their catalog. Possibly one might write to Baen Management, as we have done, (infoATbaenDOTcom) and ask them to correct the errors. Possibly they have attempted to do this and the bookstores are ignoring them.

In any case, thank you! for your advertance and your interest, but — hands tied, here.

Thank you.

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You rock, Laura
I'm looking at my website, which like all ABA websites is based on
Ingram's database ----and voila the problem is there too. I'll
talk to somebody Tuesday. I know they aren't there today or Monday.

Thanks for bringing this up - I never would have checked it if you
hadn't.
Lauretta@ConstelaltionBooks
PS I'm amused that they have it listed as under ONLY Sharon Lee.
Even though Steve is mentioned in the Bio. Ah well. Someone probably
wanted their vacation faster than their fingers could type.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

@Lauretta -- I'm not amused ... there are a number of these databases that list a single author only, that refuse to find me at all, and I find myself feeling like the man who wasn't there. For years Powell's couldn't find me or list me -- I stopped going to their site or suggesting it to folks.