February 26, 2009

Message from Steve O'Brien, author of THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: THE PHOENIX OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES

I have removed the download version of my book from sale thru Lulu. As mentioned earlier, the paperback version was removed several months ago due to Lulu's higher new pricing system and excessive shipping costs to Canada. Potential (especially Canadian) customers are encouraged instead to buy the book from their favourite online seller.

In Canada, the cheapest would be Amazon.ca as Chapter's charges about $8 more and is slower to adjust book's price according to fluctating conversion rates on Cdn dollar. US customers can find the book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble as well as several other sites. The book is also sold through all Amazons worldwide.

May 8,2008

The retail cost for my book will be rising soon by about $2.00 to $31.95. The increase was imposed by the distributor, Ingram. If I kept the price the same, my royalty would drop from $4.90 to $3.12. Of the extra $2 increase, my share is less than half so I'm still losing out on this. But better that than the book going up to $34.95 US)list price

March 6, 2008

Notice to all customers, especially for Canadians.

Last year, Lulu decreed that all authors with retail distribution for their books sell them at the same suggested retail price as listed by Amazon etc.

So I deleted the print version from Lulu because the total cost for Canadians to order thru Lulu was too expensive compared to Amazon.ca or Chapter's.

Even tho the CDN $ is at relative par with $US now compared to last year, the overall situation hasn't changed because of Lulu's excessive shipping charges to Canada.

Therefore, customers in both Canada and U.S should purchase a print copy thru their favourite online retailer. In Canada, you can order direct thru any of Chapter's, Indigo or Coles stores. American customers have a far wider range of retailers to choose from beside Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

I apologize for this action, but I felt it was the best action, especially for Canadians.