Donde Esta Harry?
We’ve talked about the Spanish language book market in the US as one of the strongest areas in the industry. So the question is, where is the Spanish-language Harry Potter book? One Michigan daily asks the question…
Do Not Host Your Website With Startlogic
We have experienced a variety of problems with this host and pitiful support. Our most recent problem goes something like this… For the past 72 hours many of our emails were getting bounced with a message that Spamhaus had blocked our IP address. It seems we were on a shared StartLogic server with a “professional spammer.” It took Startlogic three days long to resolve the problem. Ok, not their fault necessarily, just unlucky right….? Not according to Spamhaus who wrote us: “Hello Lucas: Since they’ve [StartLogic] hosted him several times, and accommodated him by moving him around, it’s evident where their loyalties lie. Now they tell us they’ve removed him yet again, and we’ve verified it, so SBL23206 has been removed and will expire from the SBL at the next zone update. We regret the inconvenience to you and the other innocent users resulting from StartLogic’s loyalty to Mr XXXX. Given their history, StartLogic may not be your best choice going forward.”
Seller Removal III: ZVAB/ChooseBooks
* Reserves the right to remove “sellers that do not meet … our professional, customer care, or ethical standards…”
* In eight years of operation, 40 sellers have been suspended.
* “… We do consider our sellers as partners we work hard with them prior to kicking anyone off…”
* Has a “careful” selection process for approving sellers which leads to “infrequent” investigations.
* Complaints are accepted and looked into, but it is an entirely in-house removal process.
* Booted sellers are welcome back if they can demonstrate that previously problems have been resolved.
* Neither partner publishes fulfillment rates and has no threshold before an automatic review is put into place.
* “If we see a dip in the fulfillment rate, we contact the seller and try to resolve this.”
