"The Shameless Promotion and Endless Plug-Your-Novel Thread"

[williemeikle]

THE INVASION is still going well... still in the top #700, and over 2000 sold in the past 6 weeks.

Amazon currently has it discounted at $1.79 so here's to a continued run for this wee alien invasion story.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Invasion-ebook/dp/B003HS4V8O

[rudykerkhoven]

Well, I'll put my post in here in case you haven't seen it elsewhere on this forum...

The Adventures of Whatley Tupper: A Choose Your Own...
By Rudolf Kerkhoven & Daniel Pitts

Entangle a myriad cast of characters into labyrinthine sets of stories spanning just about every possible genre and you have "The Adventures of Whatley Tupper," an adult and comedic take on those wonderful books from the 80's. Take control of a middle-aged, Magnum PI obsessed janitor at a university and decide his fate. Does he find the deported love of his life? Does he tame the reclusive murderer living in the campus tunnels? Does he enlist the help of the local Denny's night manager? Does he ever get to meet his idol, Tom Selleck? Choose well, and he can do all of this. Choose poorly, and, well, he'll probably end up dead. But let's be honest here, that's the fun part.

Yes, for Whatley Tupper, something is in the air tonight... and it's not just the carbon monoxide leaking from the furnace.

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Wha...2520055&sr=8-1

A 33% sample is available at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22598

"I checked out other interactive fiction ebooks, and this was one of my favorites. Lots of strange stuff happening, some wildly divergent threads, and a healthy dose of WTF keep this ebook interesting even after multiple reads. Will this be the next big trend in ebooks? I sure hope so."
-- J.A. Konrath from review on Amazon.com

"The Adventures of Whatley Tupper is representative of the boundless creativity, raw energy, and just plain sheer fun and entertainment that independent authors are capable of and deserve recognition for accomplishing. There are things done with this story that is only possible through the new digital revolution in publishing that is the ebook. While it follows the Choose Your Own Adventure style of books from when we were kids, in this case by way of embedded hyperlinks which can be selected on your ereader device, the authors take the reader on a wild, wild ride that’s worth every penny you spend for this title."
-- Digital Spotlight Fiction Review 15/09/2010

"A "choose-your-own-adventure" for adults, "The Adventures of Whatley Tupper" is a riot. This ever-changing book lets you decide what choices Whatley makes, and that determines where his adventure leads you. Just like the kid version from the 70s-90s, but with decidedly adult themes, this one book provides you with a plethora of potential storylines... The stories ranged from silly to downright ridiculous, but I was thoroughly entertained the entire way through. I could see the author creating an entire set, and re-igniting the choose-your-own-adventure series fad again, this time for adults."
-- Motherlode E-Book Reviews 29/09/2010

"A very slick and well-done little experiment... 4/5 Rating"
-- E-Finds 18/09/2010

[pigeonweather]

Amazon decided to give away my 'Snapdragon Alley' and 'Zombie Nights' for free this weekend (99 cents regularly, and always free on Smashwords and Feedbooks). The interesting result: more than 5,000 copies downloaded in two days. I guess that Kindle is still where the readers are!

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[rudykerkhoven]

Originally Posted by pigeonweather

Amazon decided to give away my 'Snapdragon Alley' and 'Zombie Nights' for free this weekend (99 cents regularly, and always free on Smashwords and Feedbooks). The interesting result: more than 5,000 copies downloaded in two days. I guess that Kindle is still where the readers are!

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I've been reading about that at KindleBoards. That's insane. Do you know yet why this happened? Have you tried contacting Amazon? It sounds crazy that Amazon would decide to pay out $1000s to self-published authors just... because.

That said, I'm jealous. Even if you don't get paid, that's some great exposure...

[Williamlk]

Might as well through a post up for all the sci-fi adventure/mystery fans out there. I should be sleeping right now, but I'm having an insomnia kinda night!

My book The Voice has recently recieved quite a few positive reviews.

I would say it falls under the category of a sci-fi mystery. If that is a topic that interests you, just check out my website in my sig below.

I have a new book coming out in December that I am very excited about. If you like The Voice, I really think you'll enjoy the new book as well.

[P.A.Woodburn]

http://www.amazon.com/Cries-in-the-D...6167305&sr=1-1

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/pawoodburn

Cries in the Dark is an animal rights mystery/suspense novel available on Kindle, Smashwords and Barnes and noble Nook. It has a paranormal twist to it.

Two prostitutes vanish.
Chimps are mysteriously disappearing from a sign language laboratory. Is there a possible link to a biomedical research facility?

While premed student Alex Buchanan confronts her newfound ability to telepathically communicate with animals, the body toll mounts.

When her boyfriend disappears with a dangerous secret Alex knows a serial killer is stalking her.

Can she solve this dilemma before becoming the next victim?

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by SteveHawk

Hi all,

I would like to offer my new novel Peace Warrior for your consideration. It is Military Science Fiction, with a time travel element. It is available via for e-readers of all types for just $2.99 at the links below:

Links:

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Smashwords

B&N


Pages: 264

Book Description/Blurb:

It’s the mid-21st century when Sergeant First Class Grant Justice is killed during an ambush on an enemy tank column.

Six hundred years later, his body is retrieved from the frozen, arctic lake where he perished. Re-animated by a team of scientists, Grant awakens to a civilization that has abolished war. A civilization that has outlawed violence and cherishes Peace above all else. A civilization that has been enslaved by an alien race called the Minith.

Grant is humankind’s final hope against the alien menace. He must be the... Peace Warrior.



Review Excerpts from Amazon:

"Well written, well-paced, legitimate crisis, and a likeable old soldier..."

"From the moment I started reading this book, the author reeled me in..."

"A very good first offering from the author, and I would recommend it to fans of military sci-fi. or even just sci-fi. "


I hope you enjoy the book. Feel free to let me know if you have questions, comments, or just want to chat.

Thanks,
Steve

Now that's how I like to see a promotional post!
Start with the genre and then the links.

Originally Posted by pigeonweather

Amazon decided to give away my 'Snapdragon Alley' and 'Zombie Nights' for free this weekend (99 cents regularly, and always free on Smashwords and Feedbooks). The interesting result: more than 5,000 copies downloaded in two days. I guess that Kindle is still where the readers are!

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Why don't you put a smashwords link in your signature. And then post all over MR?

[Valmore Daniels]

Debra Martin has interviewed me for her wonderful blog, Two Ends of the Pen:
http://twoendsofthepen.blogspot.com/...e-daniels.html

[durkinrobinson]

In honor of Domestic Violence Prevention Month, I am donating 100% of my profits this month from the sales of Olivia's Kiss ($3.99) to The Spring, a local Domestic Violence Prevention and Emergency Shelter Agency.

Olivia's Kiss is contemporary fiction and my first novel.

Reviews include:

"The book held me interested, engaged and, quite frankly, pissed off to no end at all men who decide molestation is reasonable and can get away with it."

"I had a streak of choosing good books going and I didn't want it to end with Olivia's Kiss. Fortunately, it didn't disappoint. I read the first 7 chapters the first night when I should have been in bed after the first!"


Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Olivias-Kiss-e...3906021&sr=1-1

Blurb:

Olivia Foster is a beautiful, headstrong killing machine, shocked to find herself yearning for something different.

Olivia discovered a talent for killing men while in her teens, after shooting her abusive father in the head and watching him die. Unapologetic and dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence fight back, she built a wildly successful business. Now, a sophisticated young woman, Olivia travels the world pursuing bad men and making them pay.

When an unexpected vacation leads her home, Olivia reconnects with childhood friends and finds herself envying them. Like so many women approaching their thirties, and despite her most-wanted status, Olivia is startled by the unfamiliar urge and intrigued with the idea of settling down.

When Max, her longtime love, proposes marriage, Olivia dares to wonder: Can she really trade guns and glory for gold bands and bath towels?

[TC Beacham]

A great big THANK-YOU to all of you who have read LEAVE ME GASPING or ESCAPING CELIA!

Added up sales recently and found that I reached 5000 a few weeks ago.

[Simon Wood]

First off, congrats to TC for breaking the 5,000 barrier. That's awesome.

Amazon has discounted a couple of my creepier books (apt for Halloween) to 99cents.

The Scrubs
http://www.amazon.com/The-Scrubs-ebook/dp/B003DQNXTS
Description: James Jeter, the notorious serial killer with a sixth sense, holds court inside London's Wormwood Scrubs Prison. He's the focus of the "North Wing Project." Under the influence of a hallucinogen, Jeter can create an alternative world known as "The Rift" containing the souls of his victims. Pardons are on offer to inmates who'll enter The Rift. Michael Keeler has nothing to lose and little to live for. He's sent into The Rift to learn the identity of Jeter's last victim. It's a mission where the guilty can be redeemed, but at a price...

Road Rash
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Rash-ebook/dp/B003DZ1EU4
Straley might think his life is cursed, but it doesn't compare to what lies ahead of him on life's highway. He's on the run with the proceeds of a botched bank robbery. It's all he has. His crew is dead and his getaway car just died on him. He's on foot with the cash when he comes across a two-car pileup. There's no saving the drivers, but he can save himself by stealing one of the wrecked cars. Unfortunately, he boosts the wrong set of wheels. Within an hour of driving off, he develops a rash that eats away at his flesh. No doctor can help him—only the car's original owner. If Straley wants his skin back, he must journey on the road to redemption, which ends in the heart of Central America.

[William Campbell]

Past Life Space Opera
AWAKENING - William Campbell
93K words/270 pages $0.99

Awakening begins an epic tale of immortals who reincarnate, battling a conformist enemy that seeks to erase the memory of past lives and sentence rebels to a lonely corner of the galaxy. The Dead Forever trilogy follows the adventures of a reluctant hero who is far more than he believes, having suffered the enemy's process of amnesia the rebels call 'dead forever.' The hero fights to conquer the empire through space battles and deception, and in the sequel, Apotheosis, he travels to a distant system in search of banished rebels, only to discover a primitive culture that worships him as a god. The mission falls apart and all hell breaks loose, including a journey into that dark underworld. By the third and final episode, Resonance (coming early 2011), the hero is reborn on Earth where he is joined by friends and foes from the past, reincarnated along with him, and the battle to conquer his nemesis continues in our world.

Highlights from recent reviews:

"Awakening is a professionally written and solidly edited book that I feel is well worth the price and time you'll spend on it." --Clayton Bye, the Deepening World of Fiction

"Each character has a unique personality and Campbell does a great job of bringing them to life." --Charline Ratcliff, Rebecca's Reads

"The personal voice is the strength of the novel in that you feel as if you really live in the main hero's body with him." --Teri Davis, Reviews by Teri BlogSpot

"A fascinating science fiction adventure, highly recommended." --Midwest Book Review

Kindle $0.99 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0034G6628/

Book 2, Apotheosis, is now available. 128K words/368 pages $2.99 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003R4ZOD4/

Both are also available from Smashwords, Mobipocket, B&N, Apple iPad and many other e-book retailers.

[Valmore Daniels]

Forbidden The Stars reached the top ten in High Tech Science Fiction on Amazon US!

[GlennGThater]

I'm happy to report that the Harbinger of Doom saga has now sold over 9,500 copies! It's currently on the amazon best seller lists for fantasy, epic fantasy, magic & wizards, and horror.

THE HARBINGER OF DOOM SAGA

The Harbinger of Doom saga centers around one Lord Angle Theta, an enigmatic warrior of unknown origins and mystical power. No mortal man is his match in battle. No sorcery can contain or confound him. No scholar or sage can outwit him. But for all his skills, he is but one of us; a man, a human, who shares our faults, our dreams, and our ambitions. He boldly strides across the land, fearless, peerless, and cloaked in mystery, all his will bent on righting such wrongs as he deems fit.
Until the day the Gateway opened and turned the world on its head. On that fateful day, Korrgonn came and washed away our dreams. And his outre realms of chaos set their unholy mark upon our world and claimed it for their own.
Only Theta and his companions see the enemies aligning against us. Only they foresee our end coming – the end of civilization, the end of the world of man. Only they can hope to turn the tide of madness and preserve all that we hold dear.
But no man, not even our greatest hero, can stand against the Lords of Chaos and the dark armies of Nifleheim at their command. Fiends that infiltrate unseen within our ranks, that tear down our temples and our traditions; that devour us from within, unseen, unknown, unheralded, and unopposed until the hour grows far too late.
Through the murk and mist that hangs before our eyes, one man only sees true. One man pierces the veil of magic that blinds us all and marks the world as it truly is, revealing secrets, secrets of Angle Theta, so horrifying as to shatter a man’s mind and call into question the very nature of good and evil.
Join us now on our journey back to the days of high adventure.

The Harbinger of Doom Saga
Book 1: The Gateway (.99 cents on kindle; $5.99 paperback)
Book 2: The Fallen Angle ($2.99 kindle; $5.99 paperback)
Book 3: Knight Eternal
Books 1 & 2 combined: Harbinger of Doom
Book 4+ (forthcoming)
harbinger of doom, kindle


regards,
glenn g. thater
author of harbinger of doom
www.glenngthater.com

[catherinecondie]

Multi-format free download
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7707

And I'm thrilled to announce a recent review at Smashwords by Suzannah Burke:

"The musty smell of wood and chalk dust hit Connie’s nostrils. She fell forward onto a sloped wooden desk, knocking hard into her funny bone.

‘What on earth . . ?’ exclaimed Charlie-Mouse, his voice echoing around the empty room. He slid off the back wall and into a seat behind her, scraping hard at her combats. But she didn’t move a muscle. She couldn’t – even though her elbow ached madly and she wanted to shake away the pain ricocheting through her body. Neither could she make a sound  her mouth was sealed tight and her tongue glued to the back of her teeth. She moved only her eyes. Hanging portraits of kings, queens and prime ministers glowered back. The background scream of the overhead gas lighting, the whipping of the wind and the shrieks from outside added their challenges to her senses.

Stay calm, breathe, and relax. Everything’s fine.

Someone came into the room. Startled, she nodded and smiled politely, clicking her heels in perfect time across the polished floor. The outside noise built to crescendo as the lady opened the door and blew sharply on her whistle. At once the shrieks fell and the playing children – with small boxes dutifully strung across their bodies – hurried into line. ‘Be quick about it,’ the lady instructed.

The room filled – they moved along the lines of desks – shoes plain and practical, laced and buttoned, and polished in black or brown. Two to a bench seat – their backs a combination of coloured cardigans, pinafores, pullovers, shirts and tanktops."

An excerpt from this lovely book, children and the young at heart will all enjoy the tale. A mini history lesson easy to digest and the adventures a three delightful characters suddenly caught in a time and place unfamiliar and frightening.

Author Catherine Condie is to be applauded, she has researched her book well, and anyone reading can be safe in the knowledge that her portrayal of War ravaged 1940's England and the evacuation of its young people is accurate.

The three central characters are a delightful cross patch with the volatile Connie, her brother Charlie-Mouse and the much misunderstood nasty character of Malcolm all coming to grips in a world they have no way of being prepared for.

Magic, time travel and adventure all entwined in a clever fast-paced and most enjoyable book. A five star book to be sure."


Multi-format free download
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7707