Yesterday I had an online sale for a Pauline Gedge book.

Sold to Pauline Gedge.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, but is definitely the first time for a bestselling author (6 million worldwide sales!). It was a strange feeling. I felt like I should include a note of apology for selling her something that kind of already belonged to her.

What do you think? Is it humiliating for an author to have to buy back their own book, even if they have sold millions of copies? Or do they really not care? They’re moved on to other things, and just need a copy…

Opinions?