I got $100 rebate from Fictionwise to dispense with my buywise membership and some remaining subscriptions. I spent about $85 of it on some needful things from ebay, and currently have about $16 left. Kobo does not allow payment by Paypal and I don't want the fees of transferring the balance back to my bank account. So---anyone want to recommend some good Smashwords stuff? No fantasy or hard sci-fi plase, but paranormal is fine, as are mystery, general fiction or non-fiction.
Some stuff from Smashwords which I have either enjoyed in the past, or have downloaded already and expect to enjoy based on the sample:
- The Connie Shelton mysteries
- Shayne Parkinson's novel about New Zealand
- Nearly all of the BeWrite books
- 100 Stories for Haiti
- Learn me Good by John Pearson (stories from a teacher)
- Life, with No Breaks (it seems a little too 'guy' for me so far though...)
- The Purification Ceremony by Mark Sullivan
- That new one about writing media tie-in novels
- Vampire Shrink by Linda Hillburn
I am not interested in spending money on something forgettable---genre stuff only if it's very good and comes personally recommended by you, please
Ideally, I'd like another like a) the Shelton books where it's a series and if I like the first one, there are several more that I can buy or b) some really interesting non-fiction or historical fiction where I can get immersed in a world and maybe learn something (Shayne, your book is next on my list and if I like it, I plan to promote the heck out of it on Teleread and on my own blog!).
I figure I can do pretty well with my $16-18 compared to what I could buy at Fictionwise these days
I am avoiding Big Publishing right now because I am mad about the agency issues and the HST so I would *love* to discover some cool new indie authors.