Last of the shipping updates and a curious third-party price increase

OK, as of the other day the last of the mailed Kickstarter rewards (the book/T-shirt/CD packages) are out and have either arrived on people’s doorsteps or, in the case of overseas supporters, are on their way there. On to other things:

As you might now, Resonant Blue has been turning up in the places I’m expecting it to turn up (check TGML Press’s post on the book for updated links to where to get it if you want to turn friends on to the book). One of those places is, of course, Amazon, which has both the Kindle edition and the hardcover edition.

Curiously, a few third-party sellers have, at least according to their tings, copies of the book for sale through Amazon. Nothing wrong with that in general. As of this writing, six third party sellers are offering the book, which is somewhat odd given that I’m a new author with a first book on a small independent label.

Here’s the kicker… some of the book sellers are tacking on a couple of bucks onto the list price of the book (before shipping costs) which is their right. One of them, a Canadian firm, is offering a copy of Resonant Blue for the simple price of… wait for it… $888. No, that’s not in Canadian dollars.

Now, keep in mind, this is the same, non-signed, non-hand-numbered copy of the book that you could order direct from Lulu.com, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble for a more reasonable price… Barnes & Noble is selling new copies for cheaper than anyone else online, to tell the truth, and anyone that wants one of the remaining signed/numbered copies from the original 50-copy Kickstarter-funded pressing can get one directly from me for $25 postpaid US (and I personalize these copies and throw in a Resonant Blue guitar pick as well!). Why would this Canadian firm use a US Military tactic and price the book so goddamned sky high? I did write them a few minutes ago before I wrote this blog post, but I’m not expecting an answer… but if I do get one, I will post appropriately. Has any other independent book publisher or self-published author had this happen with their releases?