I just got a review of Cat and Mouse on Smashwords. So exciting, right? Wrong. What it said was, “It’s supposed to be Cat & Mouse, but it’s just another copy of Seventh Son.” Aaaaaargh!!!
So what happened was that back in July, I uploaded a “new file” to Smashwords (which sends the files to Kobo, Nook, iBooks, etc etc), which had a teaser for Checkmate in the back. But obviously, I grabbed the wrong file. So very embarrassing…
Needless to say, it’s fixed now, and I put a post on Twitter to that effect, to let people know. I guess there’s some advantage to the fact that I’ve not been getting much sales; there won’t be a lot of readers (other than the one who kindly pointed out the mistake) with the wrong file on their e-readers. But still, I feel terrible. I screwed up. I made a big, public mistake. I’m awful, I’m a failure…
I was just going to post another tweet to that effect, how bad I feel about having messed up. And then this popped up in my feed:
If you’re not messing up, then you’re not doing your work. https://t.co/i43f4nYIkx pic.twitter.com/HmmfyCBXEy
— Jeff Goins (@JeffGoins) October 10, 2016
I mean – wow. Yes, yes, I get the message. Thank you, Jeff Goins.
Life, the Universe, and Messing Up. Looks like I am doing my work, indeed.
You’re not a failure and you’re not alone. I’m done that before too. Lot’s of overworked authors have.
Thank you. There’s nothing like a bit of humility…
The bright side is Cat & Mouse is getting extra measures of exposure, and hopefully more sales will follow. Best of luck.
Yes, there’s that… Thanks, Jim!
If I had a dollar for every time I messed up, I’d be a millionaire! Lol. All us writers are a bit “off” anyways, so ah well…
True, that! You’re saying it comes with the territory? I’ll take that. 🙂
Oops! At least it’s not an arm or a leg, and no one’s died! x
No, no limbs involved, thankfully. 🙂
Oh, I saw this when you tweeted it – I can just imagine how horrified you were, it’s an indie’s worst nightmare. But we are none of us perfect – nice of the Universe to send you a little message of cheer 🙂 Glad it’s all fixed now x
Yeah, I couldn’t believe how timely that tweet of Jeff’s was. He’d only posted it a few minutes earlier, too.
I love how stuff like that happens when we need it to 😀 Glad it’s all fixed now
Yes, me too!