The latest Storybundle e-mail arrived and looks interesting
https://storybundle.com/indie?utm_so...=immerseordie2
minimum spend $3 dollars for 5 books or $12 for 9 books
Spoiler:
''Curated by Jefferson Smith
So here we are with the second annual ImmerseOrDie StoryBundle collection. Indie writing gets a bad rap for being full of poorly executed dreck, but hidden in that firehose of sludge, there are occasional gems. ImmerseOrDie's mission is to hunt those down so you don't have to.
If you don't already know how it works, the premise is simple. Every morning, I get on my treadmill, open a new indie fantasy or science fiction ebook, and start my morning walk. Every time I read something that breaks my immersion in the story—bad grammar, inconsistent worldbuilding, illogical character behaviors, etc.—the book earns a red flag, called a WTF. If I find three WTFs before I finish my 40-minute walk, the clock stops, the book closes, and I go off to write up a report about what went wrong, for the benefit of both readers and authors alike. (Check out the archived reports at immerseordie.com.)
But this StoryBundle is not just the few books that were clean enough to squeak past my 40-minute guard dogs. After that first round, survivors were then run through a second gauntlet in which they had to do more than simply avoid WTF triggers. This time they had to grab my attention, hold it, and deliver a complete and satisfying story. Not just clean production, but an entertaining read. And not just for 40 minutes, but for the entire book.
The result? Seven glorious books plucked from the indie firehose of suck, plus two of my own so you can judge the judge for yourself. These are not high schoolers trying to score cash for their rambling first drafts, nor are they trunk novels written by established writers padding their revenue streams with weaker work. These are great stories from truly unknown writers who have all kinds of game and are now hunting the savannah in search of you, their audience. If I've done my job right, this StoryBundle will be just the break you've both been waiting for. – Jefferson Smith
The initial titles in the 2016 Immerse or Die Bundle (minimum $3 to purchase) are:
Strange Places by Jefferson Smith
Rust: Season One by Christopher Ruz
The Vampire of Northanger by Bryce Anderson
Dark Matter by Brett Adams
Colt Coltrane and the Lotus Killer by Allison M. Dickson
If you pay more than the bonus price of just $12, you get all five of the regular titles, plus four more:
Oath Keeper by Jefferson Smith
Pilgrim of the Storm by Russ Linton
The Girl at the End of the World by Richard Levesque
Catskinner's Book Vol 1: The Book of Lost Doors by Misha Burnett
The bundle is available for a very limited time only, via
http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub and .mobi) for all books!"