"The Shameless Promotion and Endless Plug-Your-Novel Thread" - Page 83

WilliamVitka · 03-30-2011, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by williemeikle

THE INVASION is featured today
http://www.moreebooksplease.com/2011...y-william.html

Looks awesome. I'll check it out. Makes me think of Creepshow

Tony_A20 · 03-30-2011, 02:50 PM

Now's your chance to visit my website and read my two latest books in PDF, Epub, or MOBI formats.

Let me know what you think. Visit the Editor's Desk and use the Contacts page to send me some feedback.

A Story of Revenge

People think revenge is an emotional reaction. Not true. Any action, taken because of a feeling of emotional hurt, is done in anger, not revenge. Revenge is a carefully calculated, analytical, intellectual response. It takes time and maturity to conceive and plan revenge. A person's soul must be hardened, and a course of justice determined. All anger must dissipate, and be replaced by cold logic. Revenge is a savage memory, thought of time and time again, until satisfied. Warning: this story contains adult language and situations.

Counter-Espionage

Keeping your job is not easy when you're a troublesome, old woman - unless you know everyone's secrets. Miss Whyte, devious Spymaster Emerita, stays on the job by subtle blackmail, controlling information, and playing one superior against another. An avid reader, she studies mystery, detective, and spy novels for new tricks, while searching for deeply buried spies hiding within the government. When management tries and fails to push her into retirement, she retaliates, forcing them to re-equip her one-woman counter-espionage department, and rejuvenates her career with the help of two young assistants.

Free copies: www.katiebooks.ca

painted2010 · 03-30-2011, 10:09 PM

Painted in a Corner is said to be a fun read with lots of twists and turns that keep you wanting more. For only $0.99, you won't be disappointed. Not convinced you want to take a risk on an author you've never heard about? No problem. Sample 25% of my book on smashwords before committing.

Like reading about love rekindled after time apart? Do you like when the heroine is pushed beyond her comfort zone and immerses herself in uncharted territory? Tasteful seduction? Lies, Betrayal, and of course the much anticipated HEA? This is the book you are looking for.

Blurb:
When Bianca Barrett returns to her hometown, she is forced to face dark memories from her past, her unbearable family, and her old flame, Derrick.

Bianca is shocked to find that Derrick has moved on, with the last person she would have expected. Watch how this tangled love affair turns into something beautiful. But, as with anything else, when it seems too good to be true, it often is.
Follow along as Bianca finds a new friend with an electrifying personality that is able to push Bianca to new heights and beyond her comfort zone.

When love is at its peak, mix in a few lies, some betrayal and you have a lover set on getting revenge. In the end, will Bianca be able to forgive those that have hurt her the most, or is it she that will need forgiveness?

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50369

Check out my book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I4RwLJjUq4

Excerpt from one of the chapters:

I headed down the road towards the outskirts of town and stopped at the Get-It-Quik. I got out to pump my gas and dropped my Coach wallet on the ground. As I bent over to retrieve it, I heard footsteps coming closer. Then I saw work boots like Jonah had been wearing that day in the kitchen when he got mud everywhere. I rose slowly to face the one and only Derrick Rogers. He was standing right in front of me so there was no way of getting out of this one. He had aged a little bit, as expected, but he was still hotter than an egg in a frying pan. Yes, definitely sexier now. I swallowed hard when I saw him in the flesh, standing just a foot in front of me. He was tan and a little sweaty (the sexy sweaty) from working outside all day. His jeans were tattered and holey in some spots. He had an old gray t-shirt on under his orange safety vest. He towered above me a few inches and I found myself staring up into his eyes.
“I heard you were back. You look great, Bianca,” he said with a sincere smile on his face. I always said his face was an open book because one look and you could read everything he was thinking. Right now it said how much he has missed me. How awful his life was now. Okay, so maybe I read more into it than was called for. I imagined his life being awful because I knew he was shacked up with Valerie.
But I could see the longing in his eyes. He did miss me. That much was true.
“Thank you, Derrick. That’s kind of you to say. I knew we’d run into each other sooner or later,” though I had hoped for later. I wanted to avoid this reunion. Did he have to look so damn hot? I felt the pace of my heart pick up a few notches. His blond hair was wavy, a little longer than he used to wear it. I felt the urge to run my fingers through it.
“So you’re working for my Dad now too, huh?” Why did I insist on asking a stupid question I already knew the answer to?
“Yeah, can you believe that? I hadn’t much luck with work the past few months and I got a call from your Dad out of the blue one day asking me to come over and talk to him. He made me a foreman. I didn’t think your dad of all people would give me a chance, but...,” and I interrupted with, “Yeah I guess he surprised us all”.
“I hear congratulations are in order. Rumor has it you have a big day coming up in August. Ran into Valerie at the bank,” I added the last part so he knew it came straight from the horse’s mouth.
“Figures she would try to throw it in your face the first chance she got. Sorry about that,” he seemed annoyed with her, his face twisting in a frown.
He looked at the ground and then back up to meet my eyes. “Could have been you and me, Bianca”. I wasn’t about to encourage further conversation in that direction.
“It seems a lot has changed around here for you, Derrick. Good luck with Valerie. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t taken aback by the news, but that is not my business”.
I finished pumping the gas and walked back to the driver side door. I was feeling flush from seeing him again. His very presence did things to me that I couldn’t explain.
“I have cold stuff in the trunk so I better be getting home. It was great seeing you.” And without waiting for him to reply, I was in the car and headed down the road faster than you can say chocolate covered grasshopper.

GeoffC · 03-31-2011, 11:26 AM

painted2010

Welcome to Mobileread ....

Steve Anderson · 03-31-2011, 03:07 PM

Besserwisser: A Novel, my "odd" book, is featured over at Indie Books Blog, complete with mini interview:

http://indiebooksblog.blogspot.com/2...-anderson.html

I hope you'll check it out.

Besserwisser: A Novel is also currently only 99 cents/71p.

"Confederacy of Dunces but set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Besserwisser is a comical adventure that will keep you guessing."
--The LL Book Review

"Offbeat, dark comedy with a touch of suspense ... if you lean toward literate, witty writers, you may well enjoy this." --Amazon five-star review

Thanks!

WilliamVitka · 03-31-2011, 03:54 PM

If we get new reviews on our books, are we allowed to post them in this thread, or is that overkill?

pdurrant · 03-31-2011, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilliamVitka

If we get new reviews on our books, are we allowed to post them in this thread, or is that overkill?

Just read the title of the thread. Do feel free to post another blurb about you book, either a full description, or just the new review and a link back to your previous post about the book.

Be shameless!

WilliamVitka · 03-31-2011, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Be shameless!

Hahaha.

Another five-star review for The Dangers Of Field Work on Amazon.

Vitka Zone provides shades of Twilight (Serling's)

By Dick Peterson "Red Stick Writer" (Fairway, KS USA)

In The Dangers of Field Work, William Vitka unearthed memories of The Twilight Zone... that place of exquisite terror from the original master, Rod Serling. He would often take you down a path, get you intimate with the scenery there, lull you into a direction of thought, and within a couple of sentences in his script drop you off a cliff on the other end of the island. I can remember being sucked in by such elegant literary baits and switches. Vitka does that. Excellent writing. Even though the brevity and abruptness seals the deal, you want more. A talent to watch.

Get the story: $.99 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

PamelaMary · 03-31-2011, 06:11 PM

The Necromancer was featured on ENT in their bargain books. Here's the link for the page.

http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-...mancer/674437/

DebbiM · 04-01-2011, 11:33 AM

Okay, you want shameless self-promotion? Here's shameless for you!

My self-published hardboiled mystery novel IDENTITY CRISIS made the New York Times expanded ebook bestseller list for April 3. See #27: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html

How about them apples?

DreamWriter · 04-01-2011, 12:05 PM

FREE SAMPLE
The Right Side of the Fairway

This witty and unpredictable adventure is available in two formats: Kindle e-book (DRM-free) and paperback.

Unexpected twists later in the book will keep you wondering what other surprises may be lurking around the next bend. Purchase information is in my signature block below.

GeoffC · 04-01-2011, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DebbiM

Okay, you want shameless self-promotion? Here's shameless for you!

My self-published hardboiled mystery novel IDENTITY CRISIS made the New York Times expanded ebook bestseller list for April 3. See #27: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html

How about them apples?

Good for you, you shameless ......you

WilliamVitka · 04-01-2011, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DebbiM

Okay, you want shameless self-promotion? Here's shameless for you!

My self-published hardboiled mystery novel IDENTITY CRISIS made the New York Times expanded ebook bestseller list for April 3. See #27: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html

How about them apples?

Ye gods, that's awesome.

Scott Nicholson · 04-01-2011, 04:57 PM

That's awesome, Debbi-nothing personal but you gotta make room because Liquid Fear is squirting up the charts...
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Fear-My.../dp/B004U2AW8O

Ten years after a tragic clinical trial testing a new fear-response drug, the subjects realize the experiment never ended...

Aaaand I am giving away $200 in gift cards to Amazon or BN at 11 cool book blogs:
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/contest.htm

thanks! See you in a few, Debbi!

Scott

Carmen W B · 04-01-2011, 09:09 PM

Hi, all! If there spec fic fans out there looking for an inexpensive, character-driven science fiction novel mine is available! The book is called The Sixth Sense, and it's on Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords for 99 cents.

Is there a place to post suggestions? I was thinking it would be good to have genre-specific threads, and maybe price-specific threads in this forum. Assuming anyone is looking at this thread besides other self-promoting authors, I mean. -)

Carmen Webster Buxton (aka, Shameless)

03-30-2011, 02:50 PM	#1232
Tony_A20 Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 25000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 3	Two New Free E-books to Read Now's your chance to visit my website and read my two latest books in PDF, Epub, or MOBI formats. Let me know what you think. Visit the Editor's Desk and use the Contacts page to send me some feedback. A Story of Revenge People think revenge is an emotional reaction. Not true. Any action, taken because of a feeling of emotional hurt, is done in anger, not revenge. Revenge is a carefully calculated, analytical, intellectual response. It takes time and maturity to conceive and plan revenge. A person's soul must be hardened, and a course of justice determined. All anger must dissipate, and be replaced by cold logic. Revenge is a savage memory, thought of time and time again, until satisfied. Warning: this story contains adult language and situations. Counter-Espionage Keeping your job is not easy when you're a troublesome, old woman - unless you know everyone's secrets. Miss Whyte, devious Spymaster Emerita, stays on the job by subtle blackmail, controlling information, and playing one superior against another. An avid reader, she studies mystery, detective, and spy novels for new tricks, while searching for deeply buried spies hiding within the government. When management tries and fails to push her into retirement, she retaliates, forcing them to re-equip her one-woman counter-espionage department, and rejuvenates her career with the help of two young assistants. Free copies: www.katiebooks.ca

03-30-2011, 10:09 PM	#1233
painted2010 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 20000 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle	Painted in a Corner Painted in a Corner is said to be a fun read with lots of twists and turns that keep you wanting more. For only $0.99, you won't be disappointed. Not convinced you want to take a risk on an author you've never heard about? No problem. Sample 25% of my book on smashwords before committing. Like reading about love rekindled after time apart? Do you like when the heroine is pushed beyond her comfort zone and immerses herself in uncharted territory? Tasteful seduction? Lies, Betrayal, and of course the much anticipated HEA? This is the book you are looking for. Blurb: When Bianca Barrett returns to her hometown, she is forced to face dark memories from her past, her unbearable family, and her old flame, Derrick. Bianca is shocked to find that Derrick has moved on, with the last person she would have expected. Watch how this tangled love affair turns into something beautiful. But, as with anything else, when it seems too good to be true, it often is. Follow along as Bianca finds a new friend with an electrifying personality that is able to push Bianca to new heights and beyond her comfort zone. When love is at its peak, mix in a few lies, some betrayal and you have a lover set on getting revenge. In the end, will Bianca be able to forgive those that have hurt her the most, or is it she that will need forgiveness? http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50369 Check out my book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I4RwLJjUq4 Excerpt from one of the chapters: I headed down the road towards the outskirts of town and stopped at the Get-It-Quik. I got out to pump my gas and dropped my Coach wallet on the ground. As I bent over to retrieve it, I heard footsteps coming closer. Then I saw work boots like Jonah had been wearing that day in the kitchen when he got mud everywhere. I rose slowly to face the one and only Derrick Rogers. He was standing right in front of me so there was no way of getting out of this one. He had aged a little bit, as expected, but he was still hotter than an egg in a frying pan. Yes, definitely sexier now. I swallowed hard when I saw him in the flesh, standing just a foot in front of me. He was tan and a little sweaty (the sexy sweaty) from working outside all day. His jeans were tattered and holey in some spots. He had an old gray t-shirt on under his orange safety vest. He towered above me a few inches and I found myself staring up into his eyes. “I heard you were back. You look great, Bianca,” he said with a sincere smile on his face. I always said his face was an open book because one look and you could read everything he was thinking. Right now it said how much he has missed me. How awful his life was now. Okay, so maybe I read more into it than was called for. I imagined his life being awful because I knew he was shacked up with Valerie. But I could see the longing in his eyes. He did miss me. That much was true. “Thank you, Derrick. That’s kind of you to say. I knew we’d run into each other sooner or later,” though I had hoped for later. I wanted to avoid this reunion. Did he have to look so damn hot? I felt the pace of my heart pick up a few notches. His blond hair was wavy, a little longer than he used to wear it. I felt the urge to run my fingers through it. “So you’re working for my Dad now too, huh?” Why did I insist on asking a stupid question I already knew the answer to? “Yeah, can you believe that? I hadn’t much luck with work the past few months and I got a call from your Dad out of the blue one day asking me to come over and talk to him. He made me a foreman. I didn’t think your dad of all people would give me a chance, but...,” and I interrupted with, “Yeah I guess he surprised us all”. “I hear congratulations are in order. Rumor has it you have a big day coming up in August. Ran into Valerie at the bank,” I added the last part so he knew it came straight from the horse’s mouth. “Figures she would try to throw it in your face the first chance she got. Sorry about that,” he seemed annoyed with her, his face twisting in a frown. He looked at the ground and then back up to meet my eyes. “Could have been you and me, Bianca”. I wasn’t about to encourage further conversation in that direction. “It seems a lot has changed around here for you, Derrick. Good luck with Valerie. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t taken aback by the news, but that is not my business”. I finished pumping the gas and walked back to the driver side door. I was feeling flush from seeing him again. His very presence did things to me that I couldn’t explain. “I have cold stuff in the trunk so I better be getting home. It was great seeing you.” And without waiting for him to reply, I was in the car and headed down the road faster than you can say chocolate covered grasshopper. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by painted2010; 03-30-2011 at 10:12 PM. Reason: need to add pic

03-31-2011, 06:11 PM	#1239
PamelaMary Guru Posts: 686 Karma: 1352286 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	The Necromancer The Necromancer was featured on ENT in their bargain books. Here's the link for the page. http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-...mancer/674437/

04-01-2011, 12:05 PM	#1241
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	FREE SAMPLE - The Right Side of the Fairway FREE SAMPLE The Right Side of the Fairway This witty and unpredictable adventure is available in two formats: Kindle e-book (DRM-free) and paperback. Unexpected twists later in the book will keep you wondering what other surprises may be lurking around the next bend. Purchase information is in my signature block below. Last edited by DreamWriter; 01-21-2014 at 02:22 AM.

04-01-2011, 04:57 PM	#1244
Scott Nicholson Scott Nicholson, author Posts: 363 Karma: 2029337 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Boone NC Device: Kindle	Liquid Fear gift card giveaways That's awesome, Debbi-nothing personal but you gotta make room because Liquid Fear is squirting up the charts... http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Fear-My.../dp/B004U2AW8O Ten years after a tragic clinical trial testing a new fear-response drug, the subjects realize the experiment never ended... Aaaand I am giving away $200 in gift cards to Amazon or BN at 11 cool book blogs: http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/contest.htm thanks! See you in a few, Debbi! Scott

03-31-2011, 11:26 AM	#1234
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	painted2010 Welcome to Mobileread ....

03-31-2011, 03:07 PM	#1235
Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	Besserwisser: A Novel, my "odd" book, is featured over at Indie Books Blog, complete with mini interview: http://indiebooksblog.blogspot.com/2...-anderson.html I hope you'll check it out. Besserwisser: A Novel is also currently only 99 cents/71p. "Confederacy of Dunces but set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Besserwisser is a comical adventure that will keep you guessing." --The LL Book Review "Offbeat, dark comedy with a touch of suspense ... if you lean toward literate, witty writers, you may well enjoy this." --Amazon five-star review Thanks!

03-31-2011, 03:54 PM	#1236
WilliamVitka Word Puncher Posts: 35 Karma: 40001 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New York City Device: Sony eReader, Kindle	If we get new reviews on our books, are we allowed to post them in this thread, or is that overkill?

04-01-2011, 11:33 AM	#1240
DebbiM Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	Okay, you want shameless self-promotion? Here's shameless for you! My self-published hardboiled mystery novel IDENTITY CRISIS made the New York Times expanded ebook bestseller list for April 3. See #27: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html How about them apples?

04-01-2011, 09:09 PM	#1245
Carmen W B Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Maryan Device: Kindle 3	Hi, all! If there spec fic fans out there looking for an inexpensive, character-driven science fiction novel mine is available! The book is called The Sixth Sense, and it's on Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords for 99 cents. Is there a place to post suggestions? I was thinking it would be good to have genre-specific threads, and maybe price-specific threads in this forum. Assuming anyone is looking at this thread besides other self-promoting authors, I mean. -) Carmen Webster Buxton (aka, Shameless)

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