Amazon can damage your health, wealth and sanity

It’s frustrating that once you’ve spent years producing a product that people might like to buy  but Amazon run out of stock and then spend ages ordering more.

Running out of stock just before Christmas has happened to me for the past four years in a row.  This is despite emails and phone calls. What is frustrating and unfair is that the competitors titles are always shown as in stock. This means that they either don’t sell and run out of stock or that Amazon look after the big publishers leaving the smaller publishers to suffer financially.

Not knowing if you’ll be listed as ‘in stock’ makes it difficult to plan an advertising campaign or stock control.

On the 13th December 2008, the Complete garden plant advice and pruning guide encyclopaedia CD-ROM was number 1 best selling position. Since it’s been ‘out of stock 1-2 months delivery’ our sales rank has not suprisingly fallen.

It might be a coincidence but I see that new garden software titles have been listed on Amazon and I wonder if my titles has been removed to allow the new titles to appear on page one without competition?

Without doubt I’ve lost sales and now question the integrity of Amazon. I’m not being given a fair opportunity to sell my Titles on Amazon and now left waiting and hoping that one day my Titles will be restocked.

Amazon Best selling garden software

I mention this as there might be other small independent publishers wanting to sell their titles on Amazon and from my bad experience with Distributors is, be warned, they don’t care as much about your work as you do. They look after the larger clients and their bonuses.

Gardening gift Christmas 25% discount offer for my blog viewers.

I am offering my blog viewers a 25% discount of our latest multi list plant finder and pruning guide encyclopaedia CD-ROM – PC & MAC compatible.

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The interactive plant database helps find the right plants for every month or season, aspect and soil conditions.

3,500 UK garden plants

Illustrated pruning advice accompanies each plant

Plant care and illustrated pruning advice

9,000 high quality photographs to help with plant identification and seasonal changes

Pests and diseases

Make multiple visual plant lists

Make multiple plants lists with images and names

Plant Lists of Plants I have.  Add notes to individual plants.

Plant Lists plants I want. Print and take with you to the Garden Centre

The Calendar shows you which plants you have and when and how to prune your plants

Plant Finder. Find links UK plant suppliers websites

Garden styles with plants identified

Garden styles for inspiration. The plants are identified to help give you get ideas

Claim your 25% discount for the multi list 3,500 plant advice CD-ROM for PC & MAC

Helping garden birds. A bird bath and drinking hole

Dustbin lid bird bath with mud and leaves

All animals need water and a very easy and cheap way to help our garden birds is to provide a safe birdbath where they can wash and drink.
Simply turn a plastic dustbin lid upside down. Add some mud and leaves and fill with clean water.
Place in a secure location where the lid won’t tip over
The birds will be able to have a good wash and drink in water which is not too deep or slippery. This is particularly important for chicks that have just left their nest and do not realise yet that they can’t land on water and can drown.
Adding a bit of mud will provide a good foothold for the birds as well as nesting material for Thrushes who line their nests with mud.
Hedgehogs will also visit your waterhole for a drink.
Watching the wildlife in your garden can be observed using a video camera linked to your home.

Cleve West writes Independent Review on Garden advice software

RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold winning garden designer Cleve West has written a review in the Independent Newspaper.  Saturday 25th October 2008

Cleve has written a review about the Complete Garden plant advice and pruning guide encyclopaedia CD-ROM.

Being featured in a National Newspaper and written by such a respected Garden Designer will be a big boost in raising the interactive, visual plant database CD-ROM profile.

Cleve West Independent review http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st…ow-969471.html

The only information missing from his glowing review are the contact details where to buy the Complete Gardens CD-ROM and that the software is both PC & MAC compatible.

Many people will be unaware that such a product exists, so Cleve’s review will be a great help.

A CD-ROM is disc that you insert in to your computer. The CD-ROM allows the user to request information that appears within seconds by a simple a click of a button.

A CD-ROM can hold thousands of images plus data and illustrations which is easily accessable.

In addition you can add your own notes and print them with images plus make plant lists of plants you have and plant you want and the unique calendar lists reminds you which plants will be in flower and remind you which of your plants that need pruning and how.

The CD-ROM is designed to help you find plants for every area of your garden and season.

With this simple yet basic knowledge, the CD-ROM can help garden enthusiasts whatever level of experience find the right plants for the right time and place in order to create a garden with seasonal colour and interest.

Pruning apple trees and other pruning advice

How to prune your apple trees

Pruning apple trees can be confusing, but not with the Complete Garden plant advice pruning guide encyclopaedia CD-ROM.

One of the pruning apple tree illustrations from the Complete Gardens CD-ROM.

Each garden plant on the interactive CD-ROM is accompanied illustrated pruning advice and written explanation to help you.

There are over 20 pruning ilustrations for pruning apple trees alone. The CD is the what, when and how to prune resource.

Find the right plants to suit your garden conditions and your garden design needs

The interactive plant database CD-ROM is not only a pruning advice resource. The CD-ROM also helps you plan an attractive garden with seasonal colour by suggesting the right plants for your garden conditions.

 Interactive means that you can select to see plants and advice to answer your questions quickly and easily.

For example you might be looking for plants  to line your path that won’t grow too tall. Simply select a height, the month you want it to be in leaf or flower, a colour, and if the areas is in shade, partial shade or full sun. Click search and the plants to suit your requirements are displayed within seconds.

To be creative you can then find other plants to match your colour scheme and to ensure seasonal change and interest.

In-depth plant care advice accompanies each plant

Each plant is accompanied with photographs to help with identification plus in-depth planting tips, pests and diseases, and garden styles to inspire your creative ideas.