As of right now all the iU books on Amazon are listed as only available from outside vendors, not on site. Glitch?
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As time goes on this does start to look more like some kind of breakdown between the behemoths. Authorhouse on one side and Amazon on the other. There is a lack of information as to just what is going on. Any information would be appreciated.
This is apparently how iUniverse is answering queries: "This is an issue that we are aware of and it is being addressed ASAP at the highest levels of both companies."
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I got the same results when searching for Authorhouse - they did not seem to be listed as in stock. I did searches on Lulu and Booksurge, and books by those publishing names came out as in stock, so this appears to be limited to iUniverse/Authorhouse.
I am surprised by the general lack of online comment about whatever this is. It remionds me of the time Amazon dropped all non-Mobi ebooks. Authirs barely squeaked, most assuring me they would be back shortly. Which of course was not exactly the case.
From what I understand this is not a glitch, but is the result of some sort of dispute between Author Solutions and Amazon. It may very well be permanent.
Amazon/AuthorHouse/iUniverse issue appears to have been resolved.
Fast forward to this past Thursday and it looks like AuthorHouse, et. al., was the first to be threatened by Amazon/Booksurge's attempted takeover of the industry.
Did they cave and sign the horrible Amazon/Booksurge contract or did Amazon back down?
Why isn't anybody at AuthorHouse talking?
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