Easter Saturday proved to be a beautiful warm sunny day, a true treat for young and old alike,
who found lots of special activities to do on this special day, so my book signing at this
delightful book and games shop was a rather quiet event but nevertheless a very enjoyable
experience. I was especially pleased to meet young Dylan who took a keen interest in my
series of Nanna Strawberry stories, studying each of them in turn. His Nan told him to choose
one, so he eventually chose Nanna Strawberry Remembers Easter Fun....and egg rolling.
Nan had had a scare about losing her handbag, which was traced back to a picnic bench
and thankfully still there, so she and Dylan returned later carrying two bunches of flowers.
Nan presented hers to Victoria for finding her bag, and Dylan presented his to me which was
a lovely surprise ! Nan told me he had said he would like to buy one for the book lady.
So my quiet restful book signing experience became one of my best ever thanks to Dylan.
I hope Dylan was able to enjoy some of the fun and games described in his new book.
Love and thanks from Nanna Strawberry x
26 Apr 2019
15 Apr 2019
EASTER SATURDAY BOOK SIGNING IN CULCHETH
'FORGET ME NOT' BOOKS, ABOVE SAINSBURY'S STORE.
Author Audrey Wilson will be present from 11am with her selection of
numbers one to eleven of her series of Nanna Strawberry Stories 8 of
which she also illustrated
ABOUT NANNA STRAWBERRY STORIES .....
Audrey was inspired to write these delightful little books by her first
great granddaughter, Sophie, who could not say her name Audrey so
called her 'Nanna Strawberry'. This appealing incident is the subject of
.the first book in the series, when Nanna takes Sophie and her mummy to
New Brighton for the afternoon. Superb llustrations by Vladi Vladamar
has also illustrated books 2 and 3, assisted by 15 year old Caitlin Westall
in book 3. Family circumstances prevented Vladi from completing book 4
in time for Christmas, so new designer, Wayne Stewart, maintained the
original style with some new innovations and Audrey then undertook
illustrating the books herself and continues to do so because children have
clearly liked her naive style which is being maintained up to book 12 to
avoid further changes in style. Each book describes a happy event which
involves all the children in Audrey's life, including her own childhood and
her three children, also nine grandchildren and now four great grandchildren,
in random order. Most children and their readers can happily relate to the
stories, so each book contains two blank pages for them to include their own
story.
Priced £3.99 each, the Nanna Strawberry stories have a number of original
features which are now part of their unique identity and make them very special.
Great to collect the whole series !
Car parking is free at Sainsbury's so chance to do your shopping as well
as starting your collection of Nanna Strawberry stories, which also make
lovely gifts. Especially 'Nanna Strawberry Remembers Easter Fun..and
egg rolling' which comes with a creme egg as a gift from Nanna Strawberry.
Happy Easter with tons of love from Nanna Strawberry xxx
Author Audrey Wilson will be present from 11am with her selection of
numbers one to eleven of her series of Nanna Strawberry Stories 8 of
which she also illustrated
ABOUT NANNA STRAWBERRY STORIES .....
Audrey was inspired to write these delightful little books by her first
great granddaughter, Sophie, who could not say her name Audrey so
called her 'Nanna Strawberry'. This appealing incident is the subject of
.the first book in the series, when Nanna takes Sophie and her mummy to
New Brighton for the afternoon. Superb llustrations by Vladi Vladamar
has also illustrated books 2 and 3, assisted by 15 year old Caitlin Westall
in book 3. Family circumstances prevented Vladi from completing book 4
in time for Christmas, so new designer, Wayne Stewart, maintained the
original style with some new innovations and Audrey then undertook
illustrating the books herself and continues to do so because children have
clearly liked her naive style which is being maintained up to book 12 to
avoid further changes in style. Each book describes a happy event which
involves all the children in Audrey's life, including her own childhood and
her three children, also nine grandchildren and now four great grandchildren,
in random order. Most children and their readers can happily relate to the
stories, so each book contains two blank pages for them to include their own
story.
Priced £3.99 each, the Nanna Strawberry stories have a number of original
features which are now part of their unique identity and make them very special.
Great to collect the whole series !
Car parking is free at Sainsbury's so chance to do your shopping as well
as starting your collection of Nanna Strawberry stories, which also make
lovely gifts. Especially 'Nanna Strawberry Remembers Easter Fun..and
egg rolling' which comes with a creme egg as a gift from Nanna Strawberry.
Happy Easter with tons of love from Nanna Strawberry xxx
16 Mar 2019
COURT H EY M C TABLE SALE MARCH 2019
Nanna Strawberry was present to sign books and very pleased
that she had the opportunity to do so. Best wishes to the daughter
who hopes to become an illustrator one day. Go for it !!
that she had the opportunity to do so. Best wishes to the daughter
who hopes to become an illustrator one day. Go for it !!
4 Mar 2019
WORLD BOOK DAY 2019 BOOK SIGNING at SMATTS DUO
Nanna Strawberry will be at SMATTS DUO Cafe, Main Street, Sedbergh,
on Thursday 7th March from 10am, happily signing books for enthusiastic purchasers.
Opportunity to bring your collection up to date, at Book 11, the latest to be published.
NANNA STRAWBERRY REMEMBERS SHETLAND PIP..and his young friends.
An anecdotal tale involving her own children when she was Mummy, when Pip joined
their family in rather unique circumstances.
Also popular at this time of year, as Easter approaches:
NANNA STRAWBERRY REMEMBERS EASTER FUN...and egg rolling
A box of hard boiled eggs would go well with this gift, to re-enact the fun described.
on Thursday 7th March from 10am, happily signing books for enthusiastic purchasers.
Opportunity to bring your collection up to date, at Book 11, the latest to be published.
NANNA STRAWBERRY REMEMBERS SHETLAND PIP..and his young friends.
An anecdotal tale involving her own children when she was Mummy, when Pip joined
their family in rather unique circumstances.
Also popular at this time of year, as Easter approaches:
NANNA STRAWBERRY REMEMBERS EASTER FUN...and egg rolling
A box of hard boiled eggs would go well with this gift, to re-enact the fun described.
9 Feb 2019
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
Amazon offers alternatives for collection of books from authors, such as collection
from given address at higher cost, or delivery to a collection point at a lower rate, with
a small handling fee and a template for labels containing their own barcode, which has
to be printed by seller to go over the printed isbn barcode on back of each book
The following collection rates are sub-divided between carrier and Amazon:
Collection point rates to Warrington: Return rates, Warrington base to Huyton?
No particular order, some boxes mixed:
Book 11 (Shetland Pip) I T fee 3.29 Quantity ? £ -16.56
1.81
Amazon 5.10
Book 10 (Key fishing) IT fee 3.29 100 ? 243.36
9 (Crabbing) 1.81 ? 9.36
Amazon 5.10
Book 8 (Billy) IT fee 3.28 100? 72.00
P/G 1.80
Amazon 5.08
Book 7 (Easter Fun) ? 159.12
6 (Queen) IT fee 6.53 ? 0.72
3,51
Amazon 10.12 ?
Book 5 (Stories) IT fee 3.28 ? 150.00
4 (Christmas) 1.80 ? 35.28
Amazon 10.12
Book 3(Riding) IT fee 6.50 ? 51.12
2 (Stories) 3.58 ? 19.44
Amazon 10.08
Book 1 (Magical Naming) IT fee 3.25 ? 29.42
Amazon 1.79 Less total of 10 sold.
Totalling £91.20 Totalling £606.96
to be drawn from bank a/c
by Amazon, without invoice
or information, just notice given
prior to completion of delivery of
returns.
Many in damaged packing boxes.
Amazon simply informed Emma that they would be drawing £606.96 from my account 6 February,
(four days later). I contacted my bank to prevent this until discussed. Amazon then attempted to
draw this sum from Emma's account, which her bank informed her of, having declined payment..
This is disgraceful. The unauthorised return fee is disgraceful too. Treating the book account as
their personal pot of gold. If Amazon contact me, as the responsible person, then I would hope
we can reach agreement about a more realistic return fee. I could have collected from Warrington.
However, details provided inside the return boxes, most of which are only taped along the lid and
not around the box, which allows box and contents to sag, and tearing corners to reveal contents
pushing through the tear. Most boxes only half full, packed with lengths of brown paper to fill
gaps. Different to criteria demanded by Amazon for despatch to them, which included masking
tape along, across and around whole box, which was complied with on each monthly delivery.
Over the course of four days, returns were shipped from Warrington Quays, Hemmel Hampstead,
NE Yorkshire, Dunstan in Scotland, and other far reaching addresses, so no wonder storage charges escalated and return costs are so expensive.
UPDATE AT 2ND OCTOBER 2019
A letter addressed to Emma arrived at my home address at the end of September.2019.
On 1st October, at Emma's request, I telephoned the company Arvato, which had been instructed
by Amazon to collect the unpaid monies from me, to which Amazon had now added £133.00 it
claimed for ongoing storage fees and cost of returns of further books. So 'debt' now £741.61 !!
I had not requested prolonged storage, delayed return. My request had been for return of ALL.
I again requested recognition by Amazon that I was the responsible person they should be
communicating with, being author, illustrator, publisher and copyright owner. Emma was my
IT assistant and NOT responsible for finances relating to Nanna Strawberry Stories.
Eventually Aravato agent called Margaret was allowed to speak to me. After much
discussion and analysis of terms of agreement, I emphasised that the books were
returned to my home address from many far corners of UK, most in poorly secured
large cardboard boxes into which packing paper had been stuffed to prevent books
from moving about, but some had and been creased in the process. Others were damp
from heavy rain which had soaked and damaged some books between their carrier
and my front door. I believe these could have been delivered to Amazon HQ in
Warrington where I could have collected them without facing exhorbitant costs.
Margaret asked how much was I prepared to pay Amazon. My preference was £100,
slightly more than cost of delivery books to Amazon's collection points in Liverpool.
However, as Emma was still being held as the financially responsible person, I 'surrendered'
and paid 50% of the original charge of £606.86, equal to £303.48. Far more than Amazon's
return service deserved . Absolute exploitation to charge ANY author for costly long
distance return deliveries beyond their control in poorly packed cardboard containers
resulting in damage to some of the contents, making them unsaleable. I regret that I
paid so much but did not want to prolong this matter any further.
I would say to other authors, that they would be ill-advised to have anything to do
with Amazon for sales promotions of their precious books. I wrote and published my
Nanna Strawberry Stories from the age of 80 and was so proud of my achievements
in doing so. The bullying manner in which Amazon announced to me, without a statement
of return costs, that they would be taking the sum of £606.96 from my NS a/c the following
Tuesday, is absolutley disgraceful. To add £133 for Sept deliveries of further books
which should have been included in original returns, February 2019, is also disgraceful.
I just wish I was younger and had the energy to take Amazon to Court for their abusive
system of management for return of unsold prized book entrusted to them by authors.
Audrey Wilson
Author Nanna Strawberry Stories.
Copyright @ Audrey Wilson
Audrey Wilson, Author and Publisher, Nanna Strawberry Stories.A
from given address at higher cost, or delivery to a collection point at a lower rate, with
a small handling fee and a template for labels containing their own barcode, which has
to be printed by seller to go over the printed isbn barcode on back of each book
The following collection rates are sub-divided between carrier and Amazon:
Collection point rates to Warrington: Return rates, Warrington base to Huyton?
No particular order, some boxes mixed:
Book 11 (Shetland Pip) I T fee 3.29 Quantity ? £ -16.56
1.81
Amazon 5.10
Book 10 (Key fishing) IT fee 3.29 100 ? 243.36
9 (Crabbing) 1.81 ? 9.36
Amazon 5.10
Book 8 (Billy) IT fee 3.28 100? 72.00
P/G 1.80
Amazon 5.08
Book 7 (Easter Fun) ? 159.12
6 (Queen) IT fee 6.53 ? 0.72
3,51
Amazon 10.12 ?
Book 5 (Stories) IT fee 3.28 ? 150.00
4 (Christmas) 1.80 ? 35.28
Amazon 10.12
Book 3(Riding) IT fee 6.50 ? 51.12
2 (Stories) 3.58 ? 19.44
Amazon 10.08
Book 1 (Magical Naming) IT fee 3.25 ? 29.42
Amazon 1.79 Less total of 10 sold.
Totalling £91.20 Totalling £606.96
to be drawn from bank a/c
by Amazon, without invoice
or information, just notice given
prior to completion of delivery of
returns.
Many in damaged packing boxes.
Amazon simply informed Emma that they would be drawing £606.96 from my account 6 February,
(four days later). I contacted my bank to prevent this until discussed. Amazon then attempted to
draw this sum from Emma's account, which her bank informed her of, having declined payment..
This is disgraceful. The unauthorised return fee is disgraceful too. Treating the book account as
their personal pot of gold. If Amazon contact me, as the responsible person, then I would hope
we can reach agreement about a more realistic return fee. I could have collected from Warrington.
However, details provided inside the return boxes, most of which are only taped along the lid and
not around the box, which allows box and contents to sag, and tearing corners to reveal contents
pushing through the tear. Most boxes only half full, packed with lengths of brown paper to fill
gaps. Different to criteria demanded by Amazon for despatch to them, which included masking
tape along, across and around whole box, which was complied with on each monthly delivery.
Over the course of four days, returns were shipped from Warrington Quays, Hemmel Hampstead,
NE Yorkshire, Dunstan in Scotland, and other far reaching addresses, so no wonder storage charges escalated and return costs are so expensive.
UPDATE AT 2ND OCTOBER 2019
A letter addressed to Emma arrived at my home address at the end of September.2019.
On 1st October, at Emma's request, I telephoned the company Arvato, which had been instructed
by Amazon to collect the unpaid monies from me, to which Amazon had now added £133.00 it
claimed for ongoing storage fees and cost of returns of further books. So 'debt' now £741.61 !!
I had not requested prolonged storage, delayed return. My request had been for return of ALL.
I again requested recognition by Amazon that I was the responsible person they should be
communicating with, being author, illustrator, publisher and copyright owner. Emma was my
IT assistant and NOT responsible for finances relating to Nanna Strawberry Stories.
Eventually Aravato agent called Margaret was allowed to speak to me. After much
discussion and analysis of terms of agreement, I emphasised that the books were
returned to my home address from many far corners of UK, most in poorly secured
large cardboard boxes into which packing paper had been stuffed to prevent books
from moving about, but some had and been creased in the process. Others were damp
from heavy rain which had soaked and damaged some books between their carrier
and my front door. I believe these could have been delivered to Amazon HQ in
Warrington where I could have collected them without facing exhorbitant costs.
Margaret asked how much was I prepared to pay Amazon. My preference was £100,
slightly more than cost of delivery books to Amazon's collection points in Liverpool.
However, as Emma was still being held as the financially responsible person, I 'surrendered'
and paid 50% of the original charge of £606.86, equal to £303.48. Far more than Amazon's
return service deserved . Absolute exploitation to charge ANY author for costly long
distance return deliveries beyond their control in poorly packed cardboard containers
resulting in damage to some of the contents, making them unsaleable. I regret that I
paid so much but did not want to prolong this matter any further.
I would say to other authors, that they would be ill-advised to have anything to do
with Amazon for sales promotions of their precious books. I wrote and published my
Nanna Strawberry Stories from the age of 80 and was so proud of my achievements
in doing so. The bullying manner in which Amazon announced to me, without a statement
of return costs, that they would be taking the sum of £606.96 from my NS a/c the following
Tuesday, is absolutley disgraceful. To add £133 for Sept deliveries of further books
which should have been included in original returns, February 2019, is also disgraceful.
I just wish I was younger and had the energy to take Amazon to Court for their abusive
system of management for return of unsold prized book entrusted to them by authors.
Audrey Wilson
Author Nanna Strawberry Stories.
Copyright @ Audrey Wilson
Audrey Wilson, Author and Publisher, Nanna Strawberry Stories.A
8 Feb 2019
UPDATE AMAZON
My granddaughter who helpfully assisted me with lodging books with Amazon
is now being hounded by them as the 'responsible person' despite all claims
and evidence to the contrary. I am the responsible person, the author and
publisher, the person who delivered books to Amazon collection points, the person they
were returned to, at my home address.
AMAZON, STOP PERSECUTING EMMA, DEAL WITH ME.
AUDREY WILSON, AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER.
I have provided you with my contact details and they are included in each book.
I object to paying £606.96 for the return of books by carrier, which I could easily have
collected from the Amazon depot in Warrington and paid a smaller handling charge.
Their method of self payment is simply to notify you it is coming out of your outcome in
a few days time. No statement with this notice how this huge amount was reached. No
opportunity to make arrangements for collection rather than expensive delivery. No-one
to speak to at Amazon.
The quality of emails sent to Emma by Amazon is appalling. A robort must have written
them. Despite the seriousness of situation their letters conclude with trite sentiments
such as 'have a nice day' and hopes we have enjoyed the experience. Quite insulting in
the circumstances/
My love and thanks to Emma for her excellent email responses to Amazon, which are
clearly not being addressed by appropriate responses. Robotic would best describe them.
Amazon still intend to treat Emma's personal bank account and the special book account
as their own private pot of gold which they can dip into whenever they think of a number,
making several random withdrawals without authorisation to do so.
Audrey Wilson Author and Publisher.
is now being hounded by them as the 'responsible person' despite all claims
and evidence to the contrary. I am the responsible person, the author and
publisher, the person who delivered books to Amazon collection points, the person they
were returned to, at my home address.
AMAZON, STOP PERSECUTING EMMA, DEAL WITH ME.
AUDREY WILSON, AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER.
I have provided you with my contact details and they are included in each book.
I object to paying £606.96 for the return of books by carrier, which I could easily have
collected from the Amazon depot in Warrington and paid a smaller handling charge.
Their method of self payment is simply to notify you it is coming out of your outcome in
a few days time. No statement with this notice how this huge amount was reached. No
opportunity to make arrangements for collection rather than expensive delivery. No-one
to speak to at Amazon.
The quality of emails sent to Emma by Amazon is appalling. A robort must have written
them. Despite the seriousness of situation their letters conclude with trite sentiments
such as 'have a nice day' and hopes we have enjoyed the experience. Quite insulting in
the circumstances/
My love and thanks to Emma for her excellent email responses to Amazon, which are
clearly not being addressed by appropriate responses. Robotic would best describe them.
Amazon still intend to treat Emma's personal bank account and the special book account
as their own private pot of gold which they can dip into whenever they think of a number,
making several random withdrawals without authorisation to do so.
Audrey Wilson Author and Publisher.
6 Feb 2019
GREETIMGS TO HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II ON 6 FEBRUARY 2019
On the 67th anniversary of HM succession to the throne, 1952, following
the death of her beloved father, King Geore VI.
Audrey Wilson MBE
the death of her beloved father, King Geore VI.
Audrey Wilson MBE
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