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For Nothing, by Nicholas Denmon

2011-12-27T06:20:00.000-08:00

Undercover cop Alex Vaughn goes deeper than ever into the organized crime family of Buffalo, NY. Motivated by justice and revenge, he seeks out the assassin that laid his friend Jack low.

Professional killer Rafael Rontego traverses the deadly politics of Buffalo’s mafia underbelly. In a city whose winter can be just as deadly as those wielding power, Rontego tries to stay ahead of the game.

Their two worlds collide in this epic thriller that takes the reader on a search for self, justice, and truth.

Baggage Claim

2011-12-19T12:53:00.000-08:00

New Cover!

Same GREAT Book!

Still 99 cents on Kindle and Nook!

Montana native, Rachel Saunders, is looking forward to her all-expense paid weekend trip to New York. But, when her luggage is lost and she is accosted by an infuriating Homeland Security agent named Dawson Tate, events take a dangerous turn. Now, can she and Dawson elude their enemies and prevent a terrorist attack before the bomb in their possession is detonated in the center of Manhattan--all while keeping their obvious attraction to one another in check? Find out in this Romantic Thriller.

BAGGAGE CLAIM is Book One in the TRU EXCEPTIONS series

Book Two: Mirage, coming March, 2012!

The Fine Print of Amazon's KDP Select

2011-12-09T10:16:00.000-08:00

The Fine Print of Amazon's New KDP Select Program

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware

Almost since Amazon'scontroversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library--which allows Amazon Prime members to borrow selected ebooks for free--debuted, there have been rumorsthat Amazon was inviting KDP self-publishers to participate.

Amazon has just unveiled KDP Select, which allows self-publishers to "Distribute books through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library and reach the growing number of US Amazon Prime members." Authors will receive not just exposure, but payment, through a special fund established by Amazon. $500,000 is available in December, and "at least" $6 million in 2012. (See Amazon's detailed FAQ.)

The enrollment term for KDP Select is just 90 days, but enrollment renews automatically unless you opt out (and you can opt out at any time). During each 90-day term, you can promote your book to Amazon customers as free for up to 5 days; during those free days, however, your book won't be available in the Lending Library.

Payment is calculated according to a complicated formula:

Your share will be calculated as the number of times that the Digital Book has been borrowed during the month as a percentage of the number of times all KDP Digital Books have been borrowed, multiplied by the fund amount we establish for that month...For example, if the fund for a particular month is $500,000, your Digital Book is borrowed 1,500 times, and all participating Digital Books are cumulatively borrowed 100,000 times, your Digital Book will earn $7,500 ($500,000 x 1,500/100,000 = $7,500).

It sounds lucrative, but it should be remembered that this is only an example; KDP Select is too new for anyone to predict what the actual borrowing rates will be (according to Publishers Lunch, 129 titles are currently enrolled, from top KDP authors). Also, Amazon appears to have complete discretion in establishing the amount of the monthly fund, and in deciding on "the criteria for determining which borrowing events qualify for this calculation."

Also important to consider, if you're thinking of participating: you must be willing to distribute your work exclusively on the Kindle. Here is the relevant language:

1 Exclusivity. When you include a Digital Book in KDP Select, you give us the exclusive right to sell and distribute your Digital Book in digital format while your book is in KDP Select. During this period of exclusivity, you cannot sell or distribute, or give anyone else the right to sell or distribute, your Digital Book (or content that is reasonably likely to compete commercially with your Digital Book, diminish its value, or be confused with it), in digital format in any territory where you have rights.

This is a grant of rights and a non-competition clause all in one, and authors need to think carefully before agreeing to it. Contrary to what many authors seem to believe, the regular KDP program does encumber rights, and gives Amazon considerable control over intellectual property (see this comment from me on an earlier blog post for an analysis)--but it does so non-exclusively and imposes no burden on other works. KDP Select goes much farther: it makes Amazon, in effect, your publisher while your book is included in the program, and potentially has an impact on other work you are or are planning to publish. (See this post from Passive Voice for a detailed analysis of the dangers of non-competition clauses.)

Other things to note: if you opt out of KDP Select, your book remains subject to the Terms and Conditions until your current 90-day term expires. And if you violate the Terms and Conditions, there are consequences:

we will not owe you Royalties for that Digital Book earned through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Program, and we may offset any of those Royalties that were previously paid against future Royalties, or require you to remit them to us. We may also withhold your Royalty payments on all your Digital Books for a period of up to 90 days while we investigate. This doesn’t limit other remedies we have, such as prohibiting your future participation in KDP Select or KDP generally.

As always, read and be sure you understand the fine print.

2011-12-03T19:08:00.000-08:00

Volcano Lady
vol. 1, A Fearful Storm Gathering
by: T.E. MacArthur
Historical Fantasy
2.99 Kindle

Volcanology is an unseemly occupation for a lady in 1882, but this will not prevent Dr. Letticia ‘Lettie’ Gantry from pursuing her scientific obsession to America, Japan, or all the way to the Dutch East Indies if necessary. Not even the unwanted attentions of extraordinary ‘mad inventors’ such as the legendary Captain Nemo and Robur the Conqueror will stop her. But too many men want to control her and, more importantly, her prediction equation: an exotic foreign agent, a man bent on destroying humanity, and a remarkable, enigmatic Civil War veteran whose moral certainty is running out of steam as fast as his Captain’s airship. What is a lady to do?

Enormous dirigibles, aerial clipper ships, mysterious submarines, and defective locomotives fill a world crammed with steam powered miracles and disasters; yet none can compare with the awesome forces of Nature Lettie knows too well. From the fog shrouded halls of New College of London to the technologically clogged streets of... (Read more) Volcanology is an unseemly occupation for a lady in 1882, but this will not prevent Dr. Letticia ‘Lettie’ Gantry from pursuing her scientific obsession to America, Japan, or all the way to the Dutch East Indies if necessary. Not even the unwanted attentions of extraordinary ‘mad inventors’ such as the legendary Captain Nemo and Robur the Conqueror will stop her. But too many men want to control her and, more importantly, her prediction equation: an exotic foreign agent, a man bent on destroying humanity, and a remarkable, enigmatic Civil War veteran whose moral certainty is running out of steam as fast as his Captain’s airship.

What is a lady to do?

Enormous dirigibles, aerial clipper ships, mysterious submarines, and defective locomotives fill a world crammed with steam powered miracles and disasters; yet none can compare with the awesome forces of Nature Lettie knows too well. From the fog shrouded halls of New College of London to the technologically clogged streets of Paris, even to the depths of the ocean on the fantastic Nautilus, Lettie races to gather the data which could save lives yet cost her own.

A Fearful Storm Gathering is volume one of the exciting new, two part Volcano Lady tale filled with exhilarating historical facts and what ifs, wild steam-powered technologies, and ever-increasing threats to civilization itself.

http://www.amazon.com/Volcano-Lady-Fearful-Storm-Gathering/dp/1617520632/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321649386&sr=1-1

Frequent Traveler

2011-11-30T10:33:00.000-08:00

Frequent Traveler
by: Pandora Poikilos
4.99 Kindle, Smashwords

Product description

Catherine Dixon is everyone's dreamgirl. Girls want to be her. Men want to be with her. From her charming smile to her gentle voice, one always turns to take a second look at Cathy. Wherever she goes there isn't an ill-word spoken about her. Her job as Vice President of Communications at MoonStar, one of the world's top hotel chains is to make sure guests are happy to the point of perfection.

From the blue oceans of Antigua to the bustling streets of Vietnam, the racing adrenaline at the Green Hell, the devastating natural disaster in Japan and the stunning architecture in Germany, Cathy finds herself in a whirlwind of fine dining, plush clothes and sheer extravagance. But is perfection only a mask for untold disaster? In a job that deals so much with people, Cathy goes home to an empty bed. There are no pictures on her wall, no doting phone calls from a tongue tied lover and no family holidays to boast about.

What is Cathy's secret and how will her world change when the world knows? What is the significance of the blue pendant round her neck? Who is the mysterious man she is seen with every three months? What are the contents of the brown envelope delivered to her on the fifteenth of every month? Will her secrets ever catch up with her or will Cathy continue to sail alongside perfection in the world she has created for herself as a Frequent Traveller?

http://www.amazon.com/Frequent-Traveller-ebook/dp/B0067BKK6K

The Sable City

2011-11-27T17:03:00.000-08:00

The Sable City
by: M. Edward McNally
2.99

Product description

Volume One of the Musket & Magic Fantasy series, The Norothian Cycle (3 books available, $2.99 each)

Tilda Lanai has trained for years to take her place among the Guilders of the Miilark Islands, but now the Trade House she is to serve is imperiled by the absence of a legitimate Deskata heir. Scenting blood in the water, rival Houses begin to circle. The desperate search for an exiled heir takes Tilda across a war-torn continent and to the gates of the Sable City, where centuries ago dark magic almost destroyed the world. Along with a sinister sorceress, a broken-hearted samurai, and a miscreant mercenary long on charm but lousy with a crossbow, Tilda must brave the demon-infested ruins. Only then can she find John Deskata, who may not want to be found at all.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004PLNNLS

Double Occupancy

2011-11-25T20:43:00.000-08:00

Double occupancy
by: Elaine Raco Chase
Contemporary Romance/Erotica
1.99 Kindle, Nook, Smashwords

Product Description

SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE PRICE $1.99!!!

PROVOCATIVE, EXPLICIT, EDGY & SO MUCH FUN!

All Casey Reynolds wanted was peace and quiet and a long vacation from covering the crime beat in Boston. That's why she agreed to borrowing a villa in Mexico to rest, be alone and work on her novel.

But then he showed up -- Travis Craig. He said he was offered the villa to recover from a serious illness. He had just lost his teaching job and had no money to leave.

She agreed with his plan to share the house -- but on her terms. Soon rest and relaxation were a thing of the past when their double occupancy proved too erotic to control.
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"It was a stupid idea, sharing this place. It's not like a co-ed dorm, it's just you and me, not a bunch of people. And it's quite obvious that all this togetherness has just made our hormones go crazy.

"Yes, that's it…we are just two horny people being controlled by hormones. Between you being sick, then playing Tarzan and our trip to the jungle lagoon and all those olives and too much sun, and wet bathing suits. And you getting mad over the seven erotic knights – with a k, and my bad sunburn. Then me being Cleopatra with the perky ass and the milk baths and position number thirty-eight in the Kama Sutra.

"And you playing doctor and all that clinical foreplay and…and our underwear tumbling around in the washer and dryer together and wet bathing suits and you naked with a staple in your navel and –" her words skidded to a halt, she took a breath and realized she wasn't making any sense. "God, I need a frozen cheesecake.

At his snicker, Casey squared her shoulders. "Don't even go there, mister. I am not PMS'ing, contrary to your masculine brain. I never have PMS and the pills I take only give you a period three times a year and I'm not due for another three months." Her hand slapped over her mouth. "Oh, my God, you have successfully driven me insane!"

Links: http://amzn.com/B005FCDT8I

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/elaine-raco-chase?keyword=elaine+raco+chase&store=ebook

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/77703

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/double-occupancy/id455175349?mt=11

The Bride Star

2011-11-23T21:45:00.000-08:00

The Bride Star
by: Tracy Jane Jackson
Time Travel
5.99 Kindle, Nook

Product Description
Rayne Green is a major recording star and on tour to promote her latest album. Sharp-tongued and unapologetic, Rayne doesn't make friends easily and trusts only one person...her best friend, Shaye.

After a concert in Chicago, an old friend from high school lures her to an abandoned building under false pretenses. She's not prepared for what he does next, and in her attempt to escape, her world goes black.

Samuel Powell is the head of an exclusive prison, housing the worst of the worst in the country’s treasonous realm. A night with friends is cut short when the sheriff summons him to the local jail. Sam finds a woman, drugged and scantily-clad, causing a general ruckus.

His heart is lost the moment he meets her, but her refusal to tell him who she is and where she's from raise questions Sam cannot fully comprehend the answers to.

Once the truth is revealed, will he be able to convince her to stay?
Will she be willing to give up the old life she knows for the new love she has found?

http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Star-Civil-Brides-ebook/dp/B005YFBYN8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321642259&sr=8-1

Two Moons of Sera

2011-11-22T22:51:00.000-08:00

Two Moons of Sera

by: Pavarti K Tyler

Fantasy/Romance

99 cents Kindle, Smashwords

Product Description

In a world where water and earth teem with life, Serafay is an anomaly. The result of genetic experiments on her mother's water-borne line Serafay will have to face the very people responsible to discover who she really is. But is she the only one?

All the Fun of YA written for Adults

**Priced is currently set at $0.99. Anyone who purchases it will receive all future volumes for free. However if you wait to get it until later, the price will go up with each addition.

http://www.amazon.com/Two-Moons-of-Sera-ebook/dp/B005U81SCQ/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321642098&sr=1-1-catcor

Arms of an Angel

2011-11-22T07:54:00.000-08:00

Arms of an Angel
by: Linda Boulanger
Contemporary Romance
99 cents *Ends 11/30/11
Kindle, Nook
Product Description

Brief synopsis: Being wealthy and beautiful doesn’t promise an automatic ticket for happiness. Sometimes you need the angelic touch of someone who needs you as much as you need him… Sometimes it’s hard to tell where one set of wings ends and the other begins. Claire is alluring, sensual – called an angel by some, though the woman she’s become is anything but celestial. Her heart is filled with pain so deeply embedded she doesn’t want to live any longer…until fate puts her into the hands of the most virtuous man she’s ever met; a man who needs someone like Claire to help him piece together the shattered bits of his own life.

"I still like happy endings, and Linda never fails her readers on that! It's good to know you can count on authors to deliver a good story with a good ending."

Where it is sold: Paperback: Amazon.com, TreasureLineBooks.com

eBook: Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, Apple iBooks, Sony, Kobo, Diesel

Link to book on Amazon:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Arms-of-an-Angel-ebook/dp/B004J4VW78

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Arms-Angel-Linda-Boulanger/dp/1617520373

Price of Book: 99 cents through the end of November

Vampyre Kisses

2011-11-19T14:12:00.000-08:00

Vampyre Kisses
By: Elizabeth J Kolodziej

Paranormal Romance
99 cents
Kindle, Nook, Smashwords

Product Description
Vampyre Kisses is an enthralling story about a young woman named Faith, who was content with her life, but deep down craved more excitement. Then a mysterious man named Trent enters her life and everything changes. Surprising to Faith, Trent is a green-eyed vampire from Ireland. She is even more surprised to find out that she is a witch, and the last of her kind.

Faith finds out that she is destined to restore her witch line and becomes more powerful as she gains confidence and knowledge, but danger lurks everywhere. Especially when unknown assailants steal the most important gems from the vampire master and werewolf royalty.

Now surrounded by a world full of mystifying vampires and werewolves, can Faith gain enough power to help her friends and rescue the stolen gems?

B&N
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vampyre-kisses-elizabeth-j-kolodziej/1102079064?ean=2940012565648&itm=1&usri=vampyre+kisses

AMZN
http://www.amazon.com/Vampyre-Kisses-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B0049B2FSQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321628407&sr=8-1

SMSHWDS
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/27943

Hedgeland

2011-11-18T06:02:00.000-08:00

HEDGELAND
By: Ann Nyland
Time Travel/Urban Fantasy
99 cents
Kindle, Nook, Smashwords
http://www.amazon.com/Hedgeland-Paranormal-Hedgecraft-Sequence-ebook/dp/B004SHU4D4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1321624668&sr=1-1

Product Description

Hedgeland, an urban fantasy of time travel. Dr April Neuland, a Professor of Ancient Languages turned non-fiction writer, has been plagued by dreams all her life, dreams of her past life in the Otherworld. Meanwhile, in a parallel dimension of April's past and Caridwen's future, Worthing, a Future History Professor, has allied with the Military to access Future Internet communications and use new technology to influence April to write an ebook novel revealing where she, in her past life as Caridwen, hid the Kiste, a device to travel through time and space. Hedgeland weaves all three time/space frames: Caridwen, Worthing, and April. Hedgeland is the first in the Hedgecraft Sequence, but is a fully self contained novel with no cliff hangers.
Author Dr Ann Nyland was on Faculty at the University of New England, Australia. She is a grammar pedant, ancient languages translator, and best selling non-fiction author of such books as The Complete Books of Enoch; Angels, Archangels and Angel Categories: What the Ancients Said; The Book of Jubilees; A Devil of a Job to Find Satan in the Bible, among others.

Shape Shifter: The Demo Tapes, Year 3

2011-11-16T04:20:00.000-08:00

Shape Shifter: The Demo Tapes
by: Susan Helene Gottfried
2.99 ebook, 9.99 paperback
Rock Fiction/Short Stories
For sale at:
Amazon
B&N
Smashwords
Powells (print only)
Sony
Kobo
Diesel
iBooks

Product Description
The popular Demo Tapes series continues with The Demo Tapes: Year 3. It's the same format you've come to know and love: short fiction previously posted on The Meet and Greet at West of Mars, and intros to each that let you, the reader, look into the mind of the author and creator of the indomitable Trevor Wolff. Trevor and his best friend Mitchell Voss are in fine form in these stories, first published online between March 2008 and April 2009. From Thanksgiving to Halloween and a few new characters who help round out The Musical Hanukkah Celebration, we once again get to watch the guys go from kids into the men who ride the wave of being rock's biggest band: ShapeShifter.

http://www.amazon.com/ShapeShifter-Demo-Tapes-Year-ebook/dp/B0055LHX86/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Little Wild Flower series

2011-11-10T20:45:00.000-08:00

Little Wild Flower series
by: Samantha Bayarr
Amish Fiction
99 cents to 2.99
Kindle or Nook

Product Description
Book One: Jane Abigail Reeves was raised as a city girl. In 1977, at only fifteen, Jane and her family moved to a farmhouse in a rural Amish community in Indiana as a respite for her alcoholic mother. Jane hates farm life, until she stumbles upon Elijah, the Amish boy next door. As she slowly ventures out of her comfort zone, she begins to mimic her family’s acceptance of Amish living and realizes it’s a practical solution for squelching the dysfunction of her family’s past. Can a hippie-chick like Jane find friendship with a sixteen-year-old Amish boy, despite their cultural differences? Will their feelings for each other change as they grow up?

Book Two: Just when Jane thought her life in the Amish community couldn’t get any better, tragedy strikes the Zook farm. Jane suddenly feels lost in the world she created with Elijah, and flees to her home town in search of her childhood friends. Will coming face-to-face with the pain of her childhood send her running back to the farm, or will she cling to the life she left behind as a teenage girl? What she discovers as she reunites with friends she left behind in her teen years will make her stronger, and bring joy to her life again…

Book Three: When the new doctor turns out to be none other than Bradley, Jane's childhood sweetheart, she struggles with his new affections, feeling as though she is betraying the memory of her life with Elijah, her deceased husband; the very life that caused her to blend with the Amish community. As she comes to terms with her life without Elijah, she quickly begins to reject some of the Amish traditions, yet keeps others. When she slowly lets go of the life she lost, she discovers that starting over doesn't have to be as difficult as she feared.

Book Four: WARNING: contains some mildly unsuitable language and disturbing situations in order to maintain the authenticity of the story of Jane's stormy childhood. Find out what events brought her family to the Amish community so many years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Flower-Amish-Romance-ebook/dp/B0047DWYOG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1320986172&sr=1-1

Tall Tales with Mr. K

2011-11-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

Tall Tales with Mr. K
by: Kathy Rygg
2.99 Kindle or Nook
Middle Grade (ages 7-10)

Product Description
The third-graders at Coyote Run Elementary thought the teacher's lounge is where teachers eat candy out of vending machines, watch TV and get to play video games. They didn't expect it to be a tropical island where they are kidnapped by pirates, a circus where they learn the flying trapeze, or a crime scene where they solve a jewelry heist.

Each chapter of this young middle-grade fantasy tells the story of a different student's adventure in the teacher's lounge accompanied by their mysterious new teacher, Mr. K. Only one student, Sam, decides to boldly go into the teacher's lounge by himself where he discovers something completely different yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Tales-Mr-K-ebook/dp/B005IB5WF4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320259277&sr=8-1

Anna Kippling, Book One: The Key

2011-11-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

Anna Kippling
Book One: The Key
Paranormal Romance
99 cents Kindle/Nook
FREE on Smashwords

Product Description

Anna Kippling has discovered a skeleton key, that ironically only opens her attic door from the inside. When she opens it, instead of the stairway leading down, she finds another world awaiting her on the other side! A world called Tatania.

No one really knows their true potential...until it is tested. No one really knows love...until they almost lose it. And no one really knows death... until they face it.

http://www.amazon.com/Kippling-Paranormal-Romance-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B005DURBW2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319473794&sr=1-1

WIN THIS BOOK!

2011-11-04T14:23:00.000-07:00

A Very English Revolution
by: S. G. Norris
2.99 on Kindle

Product Description

Joe Barker a journalist receives a message from a long forgotten girlfriend. When Joe replies he discovers Jenny has been killed in a tragic accident. He returns to Manchester to attend the funeral, where he finds Jenny’s younger sister Sarah and a mystery connecting a thirty year old body to the rise of a new pressure group reasserting the Christian faith on an apathetic nation. Convinced that Jenny’s death may not have been an accident Joe and Sarah question why someone might not want the story told.
Across the Pennines in Leeds, a bi-election opens an opportunity for Lucy Sayers, a radical new-look nationalist candidate to win a seat in parliament. Rachel Lancaster, a legal researcher skilled in exposing corruption in local institutions, is suspicious of how far Sayers is prepared to go, to win.
A terrifying incident tears open the social and political fabric of multi-cultural Leeds. The dramatic fallout plummet’s Joe and Rachel into the firing line, now the only ones who can see the real story and stop the unthinkable from happening.
A thrilling fictional story of murder, betrayal, and corruption in its own right but also a stark warning of how the realities of the immigration debate, could plunge the UK into a dangerous revolution.

To Win an autographed copy: Leave a comment at the bottom of this post with your email address so you can be notified if you are the winner!
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Ends 11/30/2011

Winners chosen using Random.org

Affairs of the Heart

2011-11-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

Affairs of the Heart
by: Borislava Borissova
Romance
9.99 Kindle, Nook

Product Description
In "A Love In Time of War” first they faced the war… the love followed later. Peace was somewhere in between. One day he could have killed her on the other side of the front, on the next day he fell in love and what would happen in the day after it? All efforts to remain enemies appeared to be in vain. The borderline between their ability to hate or to love appeared a thin one. Differences abound in cultures, religions, languages, traditions and so on but a young Bulgarian girl and a Turkish officer met many more obstacles to overcome. Kidnapping her or escaping together provoking political scandal between the warring countries? His life had become like a Byron’s passionate poem and he entered in it madly and bravely. The war became past, the past became history and through the years only love is still alive in a very beautiful tale to remember.

In "The Last Secrets of The Ancient Island" series of mishaps in an old town casts suspicion on a number of residents. Provoking changes in an adopted practice of the underground world to put hands on the worthy relics, a young graduate of a university proves the last mysteries of ancient sights in the nearby National Park are yet unexplored by historians and archaeologists. Facing professional adventure he comes along personal secret of his older brother, along whom appears an unknown driver, who has a tragic motivation to take his and another life. We were born alone, we die alone, but life is our chance to live in love. If we don’t lose the chance, if know why love is the most desired legend in our life.

http://www.amazon.com/Affairs-of-the-Heart-ebook/dp/B0058JE9VY/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2

Twin-Bred

2011-11-02T06:25:00.000-07:00

Twin-Bred
by: Karen A. Wyle
Science Fiction
2.99 Kindle or Nook

Product Description

Can interspecies diplomacy begin in the womb? After seventy years on Tofarn, the human colonists and the native Tofa still know very little about each other. Misunderstanding breed conflict, and the conflicts are escalating. Scientist Mara Cadell’s radical proposal: that host mothers of either species carry fraternal twins, human and Tofa, in the hope that the bond between twins can bridge the gap between species. Mara lost her own twin, Levi, in utero, but she has secretly kept him alive in her mind as companion and collaborator.

Mara succeeds in obtaining governmental backing for her project – but both the human and Tofa establishments have their own agendas. Mara must shepherd the Twin-Bred through dangers she anticipated and others that even the canny Levi could not foresee. Will the Twin-Bred bring peace, war, or something else entirely?

http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Bred-ebook/dp/B005VDVHQ2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319307745&sr=1-1

Spooktacular Giveaway Winner!

2011-11-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

CONGRATULATIONS!

Lanna K. (Books Plus)

Winner chosen using Random.org

Wanted: Dead or Alive

2011-10-22T06:47:00.000-07:00

Wanted: Dead or Alive
by: Samantha Bayarr
Christian/Historical Romance
2.99 Kindle or Nook

Product Description

Logan Fisher arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in the spring of 1885, to bury his estranged father after he was gunned down during a robbery of the Wells Fargo stage.
An experienced bounty hunter, Logan is determined to join the posse that will help bring the outlaws responsible to justice.

Daisy Mae Pinkerton is the beautiful school teacher and the preacher's daughter, who turns Logan's head and reminds him of his faith-inspired upbringing, hoping it will melt the ice that's formed over his heart and convince him to give up his gun-slinging ways.

From the best-selling Author of Amish Romance series: Little Wild Flower

http://www.amazon.com/Wanted-Christian-Historical-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B005XRPPCI/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header

The Dashwood Haunting

2011-10-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

The Dashwood Haunting
by: Ann Nyland
Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
99 cents Kindle, Nook

Product Description

Amy Stuart is a journalist and blogger for a paranormal magazine.
She doesn't wear black leather; she can't kick butt; she doesn't have supernatural powers.
But she does have one skill: while wearing shapewear and with her reading glasses perched on her nose, she can out-research the best of them, especially when her caffeine levels are high.
When sent to England to write articles on Sir Francis Dashwood's Hellfire Club, Amy uncovers a link between the alchemist Nicholas Flamel, the nineteenth century occultists and the Hellfire Caves which endangers her own life. Can her research skills save the world from at least one dastardly killer?
The Dashwood Haunting is the first book in the Amy Stuart, Paranormal Blogger series.

About the Author

Author Dr Ann Nyland spent her time on Faculty at the University of New England, Australia, teaching ancient grammar and drinking espresso. She is a grammar pedant, ancient languages translator, and best selling non-fiction author of such books as The Complete Books of Enoch; Angels, Archangels and Angel Categories: What the Ancients Said; The Book of Jubilees, among others. The background information about the Hellfire Club, the Hellfire Caves, Paul Whitehead, Aleister Crowley, Nicholas Flamel and the alchemists presented in this 35,000 word novella is accurately researched and factual.

http://www.amazon.com/Dashwood-Haunting-Paranormal-Suspense-ebook/dp/B005EH5VGC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319239604&sr=1-1

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2011-10-21T14:16:00.000-07:00

"What other sites besides Facebook and Twitter are good for promoting Indie Authors? I'm just getting started, and I want to be able to do a LOT of marketing the minute my book is posted for sale on Amazon and B&N."
Andrea, from Austen, TX

Andrea,
Here are a number of different sites that you can use to promote your book.

Smashwords
Book Blogs
Goodreads
Shelfari
Librarything
Youtube
Booktour.com
She Writes
Blog Frog
Stumble Upon
Lady Blogger Society
Networkedblogs

Some of these sites are more helpful than others, but this will give you a good head start on your marketing efforts.

If anyone knows of any other sites that Andrea and other members may not know of, please leave a comment with your suggestions. We'd love to hear from you!

2011-10-21T10:34:00.000-07:00

Allow us to introduce ourselves...
Three friends (Dakota, Zoe, April) have started this blog to help Indie authors to have their work displayed in a neutral environment (free from bad reviews!), and to find resources that will help them improve their readership and marketing skills as writers.
Please feel free to email us with any ideas you want to share on this site regarding marketing and promoting as an Indie Author. Other Indie Authors will appreciate your sharing!
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