Q – 

I have been checking on Amazon recently and the audiobook price has been at zero dollars, and then today it was at 14.99. I don’t understand why it seems to be bouncing back and forth.

David

A – 

Amazon gives credits to customers for a variety of reasons. For example, I chose a slower delivery time for an order, and they gave me a credit. (I do that often.) So, when I have an outstanding credit in my Amazon customer account, when I look up a book on Amazon that has an audiobook option, it shows up as priced at $0.00. If I click to “get” that audiobook, Amazon then assigns my credit toward that “free” book.

Authors still earn their full royalties on those purchases.

You also had a credit at some point in your Amazon account, which is why your audiobook was priced at $0.00. After that credit was used, you saw the actual price for the audiobook on your book’s page again.

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