I’ve spent much of this year creating an online store with Shopify called Deborah Cooke’s Books, but this month, I’m shutting it down.
I had an online store years ago with Selz and found that readers preferred to buy ebooks at their portal of choice. Print books didn’t sell that well because of the high cost of postage from Canada. I had thought that things might have changed in the intervening years, but not so much. Not enough to keep mucking with the store. As with my previous store, the developers roll out new features and themes and updates all the time, and maintaining the store has been more time-consuming than I’d like.
I’m trying to clear my desk so I spend less time on admin and have more time to write.
So, the store is going away this month.
You will still be able to buy ebooks directly from me, using buy links here on the website. These will be PayPal buy links, and once you pay, you’ll get an email from BookFunnel to download your book. I have to rebuild these, so will start with the digital boxed sets.
Print books will be available directly from me at in-person events and booksignings. You’ll find a schedule of those on the Booksignings page on my Deborah Cooke website. There will be a pre-order form 60 days before each event, so you can be sure to get whatever books you want.
Also, the exclusive editions created at Kickstarter will be available in future Kickstarter campaigns for that subgenre. You can follow me at Kickstarter here to see what’s in the works.
You can also, of course, send me an email anytime you’d like to buy a signed book. We’ll work out the postage, I’ll send you a Paypal invoice, and your books will be sent on their merry way to you.
Claire Delacroix 