Notification of books sold
It would be nice to have an option that when book has been sold blurb notifies you. A simple tick box and an automated email saying you sold another book. It might be nice to have an option for the buyer to give their email address so we can send a thank you note.
What do you think?
Matt
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That is a great idea. I was notified by a friend that she purchased a copy of my book about 3 days ago, and it has not yet shown up in my sales box. I was wondering how long it takes for that? This is my first book, so I have no idea. Diane
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I agree. We should be made aware of sales, even those of us non-US users who can’t use the markup for profit feature. I see lots of activity in the views section, and I always wonder if anyone out there acutually buys them. Dale
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just sold my first two books and would ove to know who it is…theres got to be a way to find out. has anyone asked the moderators?
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Matt and all - This is a great idea. Currently, we report how many book are sold to members enrolled in SYP. But they aren’t notified who specificaly purchased the book, just how many books were sold so they can reconcile against their profit payments. Allowing all members to see how many books have been purchased is something we plan to implement very soon. We take everyone’s privacy very seriously at Blurb, so its important that both authors and book purchasers only share the information that they’re comfortable with. Displaying specifically who purchased your book (and allowing the author to contact the buyer) is something that will take a little more work, but we will definitely address it in the not to distant future. Thanks,
Jack
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Just and idea, but could you allow the person who is purchasing a book to leave a message only visable to the original owner? This way the purchaser could leave a name, message or some form of identification of their own chose. john
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Yes, what a great idea. I would like to contact the author of a book that I just purchased or be alerted that I had sold a book or two or three. Communication, communication, is what we all need. The more informed the better off we are. I am still working on my first book. I was going to make a culmination of all of my work but, now that I have seen some posts about books being sold. I think I will make few books instead of just one. Marin marinchipcarving.com
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I agree to a point. I think they should give the buyer the option to speak to the author. I don’t necessarily think all buyers want to be having their e-mail addresses published. What do you think?
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As a buyer, I really disagree with this idea. I understand that the author might want to thank you. But I take my privacy very seriously, and would be very unhappy if someone knew my email and that I had bought something from them personally. Maybe this would work if it was given as an option, and not posted automatically.
thanks
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Sorry, I just noticed that it is being discussed as an option and not an automatic disclosure of information.
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I’d simply like to know how many have been sold – especially as I am not in the US and can’t participate in SYP. I have heard that a several orders have been placed for my (only) two public books. It would be good to know
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Definitely Yes, we should know when books are sold, even the ones that are not enrolled in the "for profit". I have books with profit and books without and I really want to know when my books sell. As for knowing the buyers… If they feel compelled to contact us, our info is on our profile. Maybe there should be a box checked if they want their contact to be seen by us but I do think some people just want the book without us asking for a compliment or comment. Don’t we get enough unsollicited emails asking us to rate our experience? Let the buyer come to you.
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hear hear. I do not want to conatct customers but it would be nice to know if anybody bought my book. As non-US-resident I cannot enroll in the profit-system. But I can see that over a 1000 people have looked at my book. I would SO want to know if somebody actually wanted to pay money for it.
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I agree. I really, really WANT to know if anyone will be buying the books I make, and I can’t see what the problem is at ALL?!?
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I have sold a number of books that I know of, and sent a larger number of invites. I would like to know, how many of these invites are getting responded to. Thus is not unreasonable seeing as how blurb.com don’t even give me, as a non-US author, the basic commercial respect of a "THANKYOU, YOU SOLD A BOOK TO …an anonymous buyer.." e-mail. I made them money with my two books, and they didn’t even send me a Chhristmas Card!!!
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EXO, I thought you removed your book from the bookstore in a fit of pique.
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