other Amazon mishaps

After reading about the theft of 3 books by Ruth Ann Nordin on Self Published Authors Lounge, I thought I'd do a search for my name on Amazon, even if I have a Google alert on both my name and my books. And here are the results. My jaw dropped. A couple even ended on my Author Central page but those paperbacks are from my Lulu shop. The guy NEVER purchased them (I know my Lulu sales), how did he put them on Lulu? I don't care if he wants to sell for over a hundred buck those books, nobody will buy them, but how could he do it without purchasing them in the first place?

First thing I did is writing to Lulu, asking them how could this happen. Then I thought telling Amazon about lower prices on the official, real page, and that those books were there without my permission. Noticing the addition to the  Amazon profile, I contacted the Author Central help for those two "unautorized" paperbacks added… Amazon was the first to answer, saying sellers are free to set their price – of course, but considering how much cheaper they are on Lulu… I asked them NOT to associate my paperbacks to my Author Central profile, I don't want to have anything to do with that guy. I'll be a Kindle Author for them, and that's all.

They say that they want to keep my bibliography full, though, and if I have an issue with the seller, to report him. Should I? Am I over-reacting? Probably, but I've been sick with the heat for two days and my stomach refuses to settle. I sure hope it will go away soon. But in the meantime I'm over sensitive and only want to curl up into a ball, shut off the PC and sleep until it passes or the weather cools down. What would you do? Lulu hasn't replied so far. And I'm so sick and tired, that I'll probably just leave it as is. That guy can't make much money from me at those prices anyway… and I have titles on Amazon without paying Lulu the distribution fee…

On a happier note, read the first chapter of Fire on IndieBookList! Yes, it's FREE!