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.

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.

Add colour and interest to create a good impression

First impressions count.

It’s very important that when the viewer looks at your property they get a good impression. You might not want your garden to look like this one but even this style is easy to create if you know  what plants to use.

Tidy up the garden and add some colourful plants.

Finding the right plants that look great at the right time of year when you want to sell your property isn’t difficult.

The interactive Complete garden plant selector and planting guide CD-ROM has 3,500 garden plants for every aspect of a garden, size, soil type and seasonal need.

Finding the right plants is quick and easy. The best plants are displayed within seconds

The plant database is aimed for the UK market yet has been sold to many parts of the world.

The interactive plant database is very easy to use. You simply select any combination of month/season, flower colour and or leaf colour, height, soil type, aspect or name. Click search and the software searches your requirements and displays the best plants to suit your needs within seconds.

A choice of titles costing less than £50.00. With the simple knowledge of the right plants, right time and place, you can easily add value and interest to your property and use the plant selector and pruning guide to add colour, value and enjoyment to your next home.

In-depth plant care advice and pruning guide plus photographs accompany each plant

Each plant is accompanied with plant care and illustrated pruning advice.

In the Calendar, make your own visual plant lists

You’re reminded what plants you have that need pruning and what to do. The result are healthy looking plants

Add your own notes and print with images

Make visual, printable plant lists

 Print out the visual list plants you want and take it with you to the your local Garden Centre.

The Complete Gardes CD-ROM is both PC & MAC compatible. See the demos to get an idea how the interactive plant database works. The demos on our web site runs much slower than the CD-ROM but give an idea how it works and how easy it is to use.

There are an increasing number of garden related software products and garden advice websites on the market – but how can you tell which ones are the ones to choose?

Some are genuine updated and improved titles. However, some are just repackaged and sold to the unsuspecting buyer. This is a disgrace and shold be exposed to prevent this hapening.

How can you find out which are good products and which are the bad ones to avoid?

The answer is:- Find independant, unbiased reviews.

 The Review Centre has reviews on all sorts of products, sent in by genuine users. To find garden software simply search for ‘garden software’ and a list of Titles will apear. You can read about independent garden software reviews and add your own review, if you’ve tried and tested any of the products.

Amazon has product reviews fromcustomers who have bought the Titles. To see the Complete Gardens reviews see garden advice software on Amazon

Garden Magazines and Computer / IT Magazines also do product reviews.

There all sorts of garden design software, landscape design, plant database, plant encyclopaedia to be found to suit your needs. Weed out the bad ones by doing a bit of research before hand and you’ll save yourself some money.