Black Ops: Libya - The First Instant Thriller

mattlynn · 09-03-2011, 06:47 AM

The Kindle is a huge opportunity for writers. It is not just a new way of distributing our work. It is also an opportunity to tell stories in a new way. I’m just launching a new series of e-book only novellas called Black Ops. The first one is called Black Ops: Libya, so it is fairly obvious where it is set. The idea, however, is to tell stories ripped straight from the headlines, and put them out instantaneously.

The e-book allows us to do that. Traditional publishing takes a year at least to get a book to the market. So the instant thriller, which is what the Black Ops series aims to be, takes advantage of the technology to tell a story that has the advantage of immediacy. It is real-time story-telling.

In the first one, an ex-SAS guy called Alex Marden and a former Navy Seal called Jack Rogan are dropped into Libya by NATO to retrieve a document in the hands of the old regime that would be hugely embarrassing to the British and American governments if it fell into the wrong hands.

But they soon get themselves caught up in the fighting and chaos as Tripoli falls to the rebels.

It is a cracking adventure story. And the first time anyone has taken advantage of the e-book to try something like this.

TGS · 09-03-2011, 06:51 AM

I think it is tasteless to try to make money off the back of this tragedy. I hope you do not sell any.

jhempel24 · 09-04-2011, 08:11 AM

Is it going to be available in the US store? Or in ePub? O would prefer to buy ePub, but I'll buy it if it is.

mattlynn · 09-04-2011, 03:00 PM

Yup, it's available on Amazon at $2.99. Also on Smashwords.

You'll find it here

mattlynn · 09-04-2011, 03:03 PM

I don't see how you can describe it as tasteless when you haven't read it. Is it tasteless to write about WWI. It's just what is happening in the world.

jhempel24 · 09-04-2011, 03:14 PM

Thanks...are your other books listed there?

TGS · 09-04-2011, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattlynn

I don't see how you can describe it as tasteless when you haven't read it. Is it tasteless to write about WWI. It's just what is happening in the world.

It's an opinion - to which you presumably agree that I am entitled.

OtterBooks · 09-04-2011, 09:32 PM

It may not be fair to deem it exploitative without knowing the content. Makes the opinion rather uninformed. Nobody thought The Kite Runner was exploitative.

But it sure sounds exploitative. I mean the Libya book, not the kite runner.

09-03-2011, 06:47 AM	#1
mattlynn Member Posts: 21 Karma: 63854 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kindle	Black Ops: Libya - The First Instant Thriller The Kindle is a huge opportunity for writers. It is not just a new way of distributing our work. It is also an opportunity to tell stories in a new way. I’m just launching a new series of e-book only novellas called Black Ops. The first one is called Black Ops: Libya, so it is fairly obvious where it is set. The idea, however, is to tell stories ripped straight from the headlines, and put them out instantaneously. The e-book allows us to do that. Traditional publishing takes a year at least to get a book to the market. So the instant thriller, which is what the Black Ops series aims to be, takes advantage of the technology to tell a story that has the advantage of immediacy. It is real-time story-telling. In the first one, an ex-SAS guy called Alex Marden and a former Navy Seal called Jack Rogan are dropped into Libya by NATO to retrieve a document in the hands of the old regime that would be hugely embarrassing to the British and American governments if it fell into the wrong hands. But they soon get themselves caught up in the fighting and chaos as Tripoli falls to the rebels. It is a cracking adventure story. And the first time anyone has taken advantage of the e-book to try something like this.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Six J. Carson Black Books $.99 each [Suspense/Thriller/Horror](US) [Amazon]	NightBird	Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links)	1	08-27-2011 10:25 PM
Free novel from All Romance Ebooks - Immortal Ops (Book 1)	Susan Crealock	Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links)	1	12-16-2010 06:40 PM
Adobe InDesign CS3 adds support for OPS content	Alexander Turcic	News	1	04-29-2007 12:53 AM
Cell phones radiation unharmful (say Japanese mobile ops)	Colin Dunstan	Lounge	0	04-28-2005 04:56 AM

09-03-2011, 06:51 AM	#2
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	I think it is tasteless to try to make money off the back of this tragedy. I hope you do not sell any.

09-04-2011, 08:11 AM	#3
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Is it going to be available in the US store? Or in ePub? O would prefer to buy ePub, but I'll buy it if it is.

09-04-2011, 03:00 PM	#4
mattlynn Member Posts: 21 Karma: 63854 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kindle	Yup, it's available on Amazon at $2.99. Also on Smashwords. You'll find it here

09-04-2011, 03:03 PM	#5
mattlynn Member Posts: 21 Karma: 63854 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kindle	I don't see how you can describe it as tasteless when you haven't read it. Is it tasteless to write about WWI. It's just what is happening in the world.

09-04-2011, 03:14 PM	#6
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Thanks...are your other books listed there?

09-04-2011, 09:32 PM	#8
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	It may not be fair to deem it exploitative without knowing the content. Makes the opinion rather uninformed. Nobody thought The Kite Runner was exploitative. But it sure sounds exploitative. I mean the Libya book, not the kite runner.