Breath of Life Now on iBooks…Finally!
After waiting almost two weeks for hate mail from Apple telling me that I don’t know how to format an .epub file, I just found out today that Breath of Life is now available in the iBooks store (and through iTunes). I can’t really provide a link, since you can only find it by searching within the app, but I swear it’s there. Of course, it would have been nice to have Apple inform me that it had been accepted (Amazon KDP always sends an email once a book is live on the...
Read MoreBad Vibrations is FREE!
That’s right — now through Friday, December 30th, you can download Bad Vibrations from Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle app absolutely free! Get it here. I’m testing the waters to see how this whole freebie through KDP Select goes, but right now it’s looking pretty good, as the book has only been up since around midnight and is already #33 in the Romantic Suspense category. We’ll see how it goes. I’m planning another giveaway with this title some time in...
Read MoreAmazon’s New KDP Select and My Moral Quandary
Today, Amazon sent out an email to all its indie authors announcing the KDP Select program. In a nutshell, this program allows authors to get a percentage of a fixed “pot” if they enroll in the program, which dictates exclusivity to Amazon for 90 days. (After the 90 days are up, you’re free to distribute the book where you wish.) The advantages, according to Amazon, are that you’ll get increased exposure because of being included in the Kindle Owners’ Lending...
Read MoreAmazon, You Are Plucking My Last Nerve
Yes, I know Amazon is the place for selling books. This isn’t going to make me boycott them or anything, but… A few weeks ago I put “The Queen of Frost and Darkness” up for free on Smashwords, since what I really wanted was for it to be a free download on Amazon, and apparently the only way to make that happen is to offer it for free someplace else. So I did, even though I have serious issues with the whole Smashwords “meatgrinder” you have to use to convert...
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