Help Needed! Book Links to Amazon etc

[Shalini]

Hi,

Can anyone help me? I have three versions of my book, Hidden, on my Goodreads page. But when you click on 'Buy a Copy', instead of linking to my Kindle page and my B&N page, 2 of them link to some guy who's selling a 2nd hand copy of my book for £27.50! Arghhh! I can't seem to find a way to change the link. In fact, all the links are up the chute, linking to the paperback from my kindle book etc..

Also, does anyone know how to fix it so my Kindle book comes up first? At the moment, my paperback is the one that pops up. And I'd rather the $2.99 kindle page was the main copy.

Thanks!

Shalini x

PS here's the link so you can see what I mean:
Hidden

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The default edition of a book is the most popular one -- the one that has been shelved by the most users. Currently, that is the paperback edition.

For users in the US (like me), the "buy" page shows the paperback for $17.50 and the Kindle edition for $2.99. Users in the UK will see what you see -- the edition preferred by Amazon.co.uk, apparently.

[Shalini]

Thanks for replying! At least it looks like the US users won't get that page.

When I click on the green 'Buy a copy' button, it takes me to the Amazon second hand copy for £27.50. And when I click on 'More' it also takes me to that page. It does this on the kindle version too.

I'd just like for it not to go anywhere near that page - for obvious reasons! *sigh*

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That information is coming from the Amazon API, which GR has no control over.

[Shay]

Shalini wrote: "Hi,

Can anyone help me? I have three versions of my book, Hidden, on my Goodreads page. But when you click on 'Buy a Copy', instead of linking to my Kindle page and my B&N page, 2 of them link to..."

The only other thing I could suggest is to sell the book directly through GR. Then, it appears as if the first "buy a copy" option you are presented with is the GR page.

See example: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...

I don't know how to set up a GR account to sell a book, though. Sorry.

[Shalini]

Thanks so much, Rivka. It's a bummer that GR has no control over it though.

I might try that Shay - I'll wait till I feel techie enough to attempt it though! I'm having a mush-brain day today.