"The Shameless Promotion and Endless Plug-Your-Novel Thread" - Page 41

nomesque · 07-09-2010, 05:22 AM

(it's either a summer or winter - or maybe wet or dry - sale, depending on where you are, ya see)

Anyhoo, if you're an author participating in the sale, why not list your books and their sale prices - and coupons - in this thread? I saw a similar thread on KindleBoards and now have 8 books in my shopping cart, waiting for payday

Anyone else, seen a bargain in the Smashwords sale that you'd like to share? Feel free!!

Edited to add: DUH! I forgot the self-promotion...

Maisy May is a novella about a teen learning how to be herself when almost everyone wants her to be someone else. She's too goth, too good, too masculine, too bad. Then a boy comes on the scene, and blows her life right out of the water.

You can get 50% off this month at the Smashwords sale! Just click on this link, click on Add to Cart, enter SWS50 in the Coupon Code box, click on Update, then click on Checkout. Unless, of course, you need to sign up for an account first.

First one to buy gets a virtual *MWAH!!* from me!

Edited yet again to add: Only if you want a mwah. Don't let fear stop you buying my uber-awesome book...

Shayne Parkinson · 07-09-2010, 06:48 AM

Dipping my toes in this nice new forum :-) Thanks for starting the thread, nomesque.

During the Smashwords sale, my first book, Sentence of Marriage, is still free.

The other three books are at 50% off their usual $1.99 price.

Mud and Gold
Settling the Account
A Second Chance

Just enter SWS50 in the Coupon Code box to get the discount.

Pier · 07-09-2010, 06:57 AM

"Dipping my toes in this nice new forum :-) Thanks for starting the thread, nomesque.

During the Smashwords sale, my first book, Sentence of Marriage, is still free.

The other three books are at 50% off their usual $1.99 price.

Mud and Gold
Settling the Account
A Second Chance"

Hi Shayne,
Read all 4 in a week and loved them all! Could'nt put them down. Don't miss this offer all you avid readers looking for a great read!

Pier

rhadin · 07-09-2010, 09:55 AM

I just posted a second review of Shayne's books at my blog, An American Editor: On Books: Promises to Keep are Promises Kept and started another thread about the series in the Reading Recommendations forum.

Vintage Season · 07-09-2010, 10:05 AM

All books that are normally free are automatically included in the sale (which means yes, my own "We Don't Plummet Out of the Sky Anymore" is among the free short stories in the sale)... so if you are an author with a free work on the site, you don't need to do anything else to be in the promotion.

If you are normally charging money, then you will need to opt in for whichever works you want included, and specify the promotion level you want applied to each.

- M.

HarryT · 07-09-2010, 11:35 AM

We have now created a forum for self-promotion here. Please post all future promotional material in the new forum. Thanks.

Thread Closed

Shayne Parkinson · 07-09-2010, 03:50 PM

Thanks so much, Pier and Richard!

dreams · 07-10-2010, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

We have now created a forum for self-promotion here. Please post all future promotional material in the new forum. Thanks.

Thread Closed

Thread now successfully moved and reopened in MR's new Author Self-Promotions forum- which is right here).

dreams · 07-10-2010, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisDolley

Here's my shameless plug for French Fried:

Animals behaving badly, other people's misfortunes and the most bizarre true crime story ever. French Fried is the unfortunately true account of Chris Dolley’s first eight months in France and has been described as ‘A Year in Provence with Miss Marple and Gerald Durrell.’

Just when Chris and Shelagh think nothing more could possibly go wrong, they discover that Chris’s identity has been stolen and their life savings – all the money from their house sale in England that was going to finance their new life in France – had disappeared. A bank account had been opened in Chris’s name in Spain to take the proceeds.

Then they’re abandoned by the police forces of four countries who all insist the crime belongs in someone else's jurisdiction. The French say it’s an Irish crime as that’s where the money was held. The Irish say it’s French as that’s where all the correspondence came from. The British say it’s nothing to do with them even though forged British passports were used to open the bank account in Spain. And the Spanish are on holiday – and can’t even think about investigating any bank account for at least four weeks.

So Chris has to solve the crime himself. But unlike fictional detectives he has an 80 year-old mother-in-law and an excitable puppy who insist they come along if he's going anywhere interesting - like a stakeout.

Available (DRM-free) in the following formats: PDF, ePub, Kindle, lit, lrf, prc for $3.99 from:

Book View Café

Amazon

Smashwords

**Shamelessly helping by quoting entire post

***

The title grabbed my attention and I was even more intrigued by "the most bizarre true crime story" of the identity theft.

**off to check this out now

**

nomesque · 07-10-2010, 08:09 PM

W00t!!! Sales of Maisy May!! Was it anyone here? Are you waiting shyly for a MWAH!! ??

Steve Anderson · 07-17-2010, 06:39 PM

Hi all,

The New Podler Review of Books reviewed The Losing Role last week. Reviewer David Drazul calls the novel "an excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don't have to be a history buff to enjoy."

http://thenewpodlerreviews.blogspot....-anderson.html

I hope you'll give it a look. It's 50% off at Smashwords this month, by the way. Thanks, and happy reading.

Shamelessly,
Steve

Shayne Parkinson · 07-17-2010, 11:50 PM

Reading my books can be used as part of a weight-loss plan. From a review on Barnes & Noble this week:

I loved these characters; good...bad and ugly. I cried my eyes out and laughed my butt off.

nomesque · 07-18-2010, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Reading my books can be used as part of a weight-loss plan. From a review on Barnes & Noble this week:

I loved these characters; good...bad and ugly. I cried my eyes out and laughed my butt off.

(working already, and I haven't even started reading Mud and Gold!)

(non-chuckling pause to check that I correctly matched title with author - yes! miracle!)

Dr. Drib · 07-18-2010, 08:07 AM

Welcome back, everyone.

Have fun!

Don
(Moderator)

Shayne Parkinson · 07-19-2010, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomesque

(working already, and I haven't even started reading Mud and Gold!)

(non-chuckling pause to check that I correctly matched title with author - yes! miracle!)

Well-matched.

And

07-09-2010, 05:22 AM	#601
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Smashwords Extreme-Season-of-Your-Choice Sale!! (it's either a summer or winter - or maybe wet or dry - sale, depending on where you are, ya see) Anyhoo, if you're an author participating in the sale, why not list your books and their sale prices - and coupons - in this thread? I saw a similar thread on KindleBoards and now have 8 books in my shopping cart, waiting for payday Anyone else, seen a bargain in the Smashwords sale that you'd like to share? Feel free!! Edited to add: DUH! I forgot the self-promotion... Maisy May is a novella about a teen learning how to be herself when almost everyone wants her to be someone else. She's too goth, too good, too masculine, too bad. Then a boy comes on the scene, and blows her life right out of the water. You can get 50% off this month at the Smashwords sale! Just click on this link, click on Add to Cart, enter SWS50 in the Coupon Code box, click on Update, then click on Checkout. Unless, of course, you need to sign up for an account first. First one to buy gets a virtual *MWAH!!* from me! Edited yet again to add: Only if you want a mwah. Don't let fear stop you buying my uber-awesome book... Last edited by nomesque; 07-09-2010 at 06:17 AM.

07-09-2010, 06:57 AM	#603
Pier Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 12084 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: sony ereader PRS700	Sentence of marriage "Dipping my toes in this nice new forum :-) Thanks for starting the thread, nomesque. During the Smashwords sale, my first book, Sentence of Marriage, is still free. The other three books are at 50% off their usual $1.99 price. Mud and Gold Settling the Account A Second Chance" Hi Shayne, Read all 4 in a week and loved them all! Could'nt put them down. Don't miss this offer all you avid readers looking for a great read! Pier

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Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Thanks so much, Pier and Richard!

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nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	W00t!!! Sales of Maisy May!! Was it anyone here? Are you waiting shyly for a MWAH!! ??

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Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	Hi all, The New Podler Review of Books reviewed The Losing Role last week. Reviewer David Drazul calls the novel "an excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don't have to be a history buff to enjoy." http://thenewpodlerreviews.blogspot....-anderson.html I hope you'll give it a look. It's 50% off at Smashwords this month, by the way. Thanks, and happy reading. Shamelessly, Steve

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