"The Shameless Promotion and Endless Plug-Your-Novel Thread" - Page 40

rhadin · 07-03-2010, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neilmarr

Have you seen some of the scathing mainstream reviews in big newspapers, Richard? Sometimes -- as only this week -- one reviewer will rip apart a book by another reviewer, and the author will respond by ripping apart the review. It's nonsense. But nobody ever cares where a reviewer bought his copy, just that he actually read it.

Neil, don't be sorry to disagree.

No, I haven't seen such reviews in any of my newspapers -- and that is one of my complaints. Next week I'll be publishing (already written) an article on my blog about how poor the reviews are in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The reviews are uninformative and give no guidance to the reader.

Too many reviews are in that class. I think reviews are rapidly becoming excuses for frustrated writers to simply write something that is published somewhere without regard for the literary merit of the review itself.

Donna Callea · 07-03-2010, 01:21 PM

On a previous post, I didn't provide all the info you need to get my two books during Smashwords big July sale. 50 percent off. Coupon Code SWS50:

New Coastal Times:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11066
It's the worst of times. Hurricane Walter has swallowed much of Florida, and things aren't too swell elsewhere. But love, friendship, humor and hope prevail in this tale of post-apocalyptic survival. Narrated by Mia Fine, a former so-so newspaper reporter, the story follows an intrepid band travelers as they traverse a not-so-brave new world in the New Coastal Times Performing Arts Center van.

The Haircut, A New Year's Tale:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11859
Two days after Christmas, 1948, in a city that could be New York, a young barber argues with the strange, beautiful girl sitting in his chair. She wants him to cut off all her glorious, long hair. He refuses. Unbeknownst to him, she's a princess in peril. And before the night is over something much more than a haircut happens between them in this sensual, whimsical fairy tale for adults.

neilmarr · 07-04-2010, 03:34 AM

***Next week I'll be publishing (already written) an article on my blog about how poor the reviews are in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The reviews are uninformative and give no guidance to the reader.***

Thanks, Richard. I'm signed up to your blog, so I'll look forward to that. I share your views on mainstreaming reviewing. I am impressed, though, by some (very few) of the non-partisan online review sites that have cropped up over the past few years to cover the declining standards in major print literary pages. A favourite of mine is http://www.compulsivereader.comwhich reviews commercial releases, releases by small press and even, occasionally, self-published work. Highly recommended. Best wishes. Neil

Steve Anderson · 07-05-2010, 01:40 PM

Howdy all,

Just wanted you to know my three novels The Losing Role, Besserwisser, and False Refuge are all 50% off this month at Smashwords' Summer/Winter Sale. Just use coupon code SWS50 — and enjoy.

Click here for the goods.

Now, back to the World Cup.

Happy reading,
Steve

Simon Wood · 07-05-2010, 09:19 PM

Four of my titles are currently under two dollars thanks to some Amazon discounting.

Working Stiffs is a collection of crime stories set in the workplace - $1.59
http://www.amazon.com/Working-Stiffs.../dp/B002VWKG2C

The Scrubs a supernatural crime thriller set in a prison (& beyond) - $0.99
http://www.amazon.com/The-Scrubs-ebook/dp/B003DQNXTS

Road Rash a supernatural crime thriller - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Rash-ebook/dp/B003DZ1EU4

Dragged into Darkness a collection of Twilight Zonesque stories - $1.59
http://www.amazon.com/Dragged-into-D.../dp/B002HWSLFU

I hope people will check them out because these books could be your gateway to a new reading addiction. :-)

ChrisDolley · 07-06-2010, 06:37 AM

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

Groovy Writer · 07-06-2010, 11:33 PM

-- "A real page-turner!"
-- "I loved this book."
-- "Captures the current global zeitgeist."

Read more reviews for Something Coming, a New Age Thriller at Amazon. This post, however, is for the July sale at Smashwords, where my titles are half off the usual 2.99 price (3.99 for the sequel). Book One, The Sacred Mountain:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/16935

Book Two: The Second Coming of Antiochus:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17100

Thank you for supporting indie authors who publish professional-quality writing!

Delyse · 07-07-2010, 10:44 AM

A fun, light summer read!

What would you do? Would you drop everything and take a chance? Life presents to Kristy a fabulous once in a lifetime opportunity to work in the Bahamas. If she decides to go for it, will it meet, exceed, or fall short of her expectations?

Sexy, handsome Dave is wary and jaded about women. He likes his life in the beautiful Bahamas where his romantic encounters are fast and fleeting. Gorgeous Kristy catches his eye but refuses to play by those rules. In fact she has studiously avoided men like him! David is intrigued by her resistance and so relentless in his pursuit, that much to her astonishment, Kristy finds herself agreeing to go out with him.

They end up having a sensational first date, but then it all turns to shambles. Could it be that David isn’t everything he appears to be? Could it be that Kristy isn’t everything David assumes her to be? Read Wrapped in a Rainbow to find out!

Brimming with luscious descriptions of Nassau and Paradise Island Wrapped in a Rainbow (Published by Club Lighthouse Publishing) is only $3.19 in Amazon’s Kindle store and is also available in paperback!

http://www.amazon.com/Wrapped-In-A-R....../B00313Q1JW

EllenFisher · 07-07-2010, 01:47 PM

Christmas in July! I'm pleased to announce that Unwrapped is now available in Kindle format on Amazon, priced at 99 cents. This is an anthology of two short contemporary Christmas novellas.

Unwrapped (15,000 words): She thinks he's an irresponsible, womanizing jerk incapable of settling down. He thinks she's a cold-hearted coward who dumped him over the phone on Christmas Eve. But when they meet again, three years later, their simmering passion heats up and before they know it, they're getting unwrapped....

Christmas Carol (20,000 words): When Jackson Parker returns to his small hometown during the holidays due to his father's death, he finds himself falling for the girl next door... and suddenly he doesn't hate Christmas or his hometown quite as much as he thought he did.

As always, thanks for taking a look!

neilmarr · 07-08-2010, 08:05 AM

The summer edition of Twisted Tongue magazine for readers and writers came out today (issue #16).

I notice in there a big picture feature on MR's very own Nick Spalding, plus extracts from his book, A Life With No Breaks.

There's also an interview with one of my own BeWrite Books authors in the US, Michael McIrvin, and extracts from his exceptional (I don't use the word lightly) The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time.

There's a paid-for paper copy of Twisted Tongue, of course, but you can download all 80,000 words with pictures and other graphics as a free PDF here: http://www.lulu.com/twistedtongue.

The magazine is run by a friend of mine in the UK, hence the shameless plug. Hoots toots. Neil

PS: Any MR pals here who want to take a look at The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time, just email me over the next twenty-four hours or so or at the weekend and I'll send it along in the format of your choice with our compliments. It's without a doubt one of the most brilliant novels I've ever had the pleasure to work on. You can read about it and the author if you pop into our publishing site's bookstore section (link below). Do take a look at the reviews. This novel is extraordinary. Cheers. Neil. ntmarrATbewrite.net (but use the @ sign).

Dr. Drib · 07-08-2010, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neilmarr

The summer edition of Twisted Tongue magazine for readers and writers came out today (issue #16).

I notice in there a big picture feature on MR's very own Nick Spalding, plus extracts from his book, A Life With No Breaks.

There's also an interview with one of my own BeWrite Books authors in the US, Michael McIrvin, and extracts from his exceptional (I don't use the word lightly) The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time.

There's a paid-for paper copy of Twisted Tongue, of course, but you can download all 80,000 words with pictures and other graphics as a free PDF here: http://www.lulu.com/twistedtongue.

The magazine is run by a friend of mine in the UK, hence the shameless plug. Hoots toots. Neil

PS: Any MR pals here who want to take a look at The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time, just email me over the next twenty-four hours or so or at the weekend and I'll send it along in the format of your choice with our compliments. It's without a doubt one of the most brilliant novels I've ever had the pleasure to work on. You can read about it and the author if you pop into our publishing site's bookstore section (link below). Do take a look at the reviews. This novel is extraordinary. Cheers. Neil. ntmarrATbewrite.net (but use the @ sign).

MobileRead should market your graphic as a bumper sticker OR as one of those thingies with a REAL THIN MAGNET attached to the back, so it can be attached to an ebookieuse without any damage.

(I am not speaking for MobileRead. This is my own view, and also not as a Moderator.)

Don

neilmarr · 07-08-2010, 12:37 PM

Agreed, Don. My tech partner, Tony Szmuk in Canada, ran it up from an old 'rejection' rubber stamp (deliberately not pristine). No copyright claimed and free for all to copy and use as they will. There are several versions -- some purely generic, some (like the one I use here quite often when DRM is the subject of conversation) with a tiny BeWrite Books bee logo, and some blatantly BeWrite Books. I'll attach the three basic versions here. Use 'em as you see fit -- we're in this together, after all. This, by the way, is not promotion or advertising; this is a campaign that involves us all and is close to our hearts as ebook readers and writers. Hoots. Neil

MmavisO · 07-08-2010, 12:41 PM

Quote:

MobileRead should market your graphic as a bumper sticker OR as one of those thingies with a REAL THIN MAGNET attached to the back, so it can be attached to an ebookieuse without any damage.

Dr Drib, I agree! A bumper sticker or a refrigerator magnet for the DRM-free way of life!

JoelArnold · 07-08-2010, 03:09 PM

My newest novel, Northwoods Deep, is now available on Smashwords. If you use the coupon code SWS25, you can save 25% on it through the end of July!

A little about it:

Five children and their adult chaperone set off on a hike along the Mesaba River. All vanish without a trace except for one, too traumatized to speak. Local Ojibwe claim the Maymaygwayshi - mischievous spirits who live in the rocks along the river - stole the children.

Six years later, Carol and Brenda Gunderson embark on a canoe trip on the same river. When their canoe capsizes, they discover a cabin in the woods occupied by an old man hiding a terrible secret.

Augustus Meyer has become complacent as the guardian of an ancient evil that resides below his cabin. In a cavern piled high with the bones of its victims, it feeds off the souls of the living and rewards Meyer with mind-blowing hallucinations.

Carol's ex-husband Mitch has been secretly following her, and will stop at nothing to possess her once again. Their brother Jack searches for them while battling his own demons. Allen Gunderson reluctantly accompanies his son in an attempt to stop the remnants of his family from falling apart.

All of them merge in the deep north woods at Meyer's cabin, brought together by a calculating evil whose hunger grows as it seeks out a new guardian.

It's also available for the Kindle.
Thanks for checking it out!
Joel Arnold

UntreedReads · 07-08-2010, 03:13 PM

Those of us who struggled through high school were always told the same thing:

"You have to study really hard so you can get into a great college. With a college degree, all doors open up to you to have a successful career."

So what happens when those promises turn out NOT to deliver? Such is the case with the protagonist in Julian Adorney's "Deals," a new literary short story available today from Untreed Reads. In "Deals," James is determined to provide a comfortable life for his family, but when his college degree fails to provide the goods he finds himself making deals he hadn't ever imagined.

"Deals" is part of our Nibs literary short story line. It's available for $1.50 from The Untreed Reads Store at UntreedReads.com, and Untreed Reads GreenPass members save an additional 15% off. "Deals" is also available at Smashwords (25% off with coupon code SWS25 through July 31st), OmniLit.com, CoffeeTimeRomance.com and at Amazon for the Kindle. You can read an excerpt by visiting http://www.scribd.com/doc/33867242/Deals.

07-06-2010, 11:33 PM	#592
Groovy Writer Scribe Posts: 23 Karma: 30000 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Francisco Device: Kindle	-- "A real page-turner!" -- "I loved this book." -- "Captures the current global zeitgeist." Read more reviews for Something Coming, a New Age Thriller at Amazon. This post, however, is for the July sale at Smashwords, where my titles are half off the usual 2.99 price (3.99 for the sequel). Book One, The Sacred Mountain: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/16935 Book Two: The Second Coming of Antiochus: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17100 Thank you for supporting indie authors who publish professional-quality writing! Last edited by Groovy Writer; 07-06-2010 at 11:35 PM. Reason: Say thanks

07-07-2010, 10:44 AM	#593
Delyse Member Posts: 17 Karma: 20000 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle	Wrapped in a Rainbow A fun, light summer read! What would you do? Would you drop everything and take a chance? Life presents to Kristy a fabulous once in a lifetime opportunity to work in the Bahamas. If she decides to go for it, will it meet, exceed, or fall short of her expectations? Sexy, handsome Dave is wary and jaded about women. He likes his life in the beautiful Bahamas where his romantic encounters are fast and fleeting. Gorgeous Kristy catches his eye but refuses to play by those rules. In fact she has studiously avoided men like him! David is intrigued by her resistance and so relentless in his pursuit, that much to her astonishment, Kristy finds herself agreeing to go out with him. They end up having a sensational first date, but then it all turns to shambles. Could it be that David isn’t everything he appears to be? Could it be that Kristy isn’t everything David assumes her to be? Read Wrapped in a Rainbow to find out! Brimming with luscious descriptions of Nassau and Paradise Island Wrapped in a Rainbow (Published by Club Lighthouse Publishing) is only $3.19 in Amazon’s Kindle store and is also available in paperback! http://www.amazon.com/Wrapped-In-A-R....../B00313Q1JW

07-08-2010, 08:05 AM	#595
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	The summer edition of *Twisted Tongue* magazine for readers and writers came out today (issue #16). I notice in there a big picture feature on MR's very own Nick Spalding, plus extracts from his book, A Life With No Breaks. There's also an interview with one of my own BeWrite Books authors in the US, Michael McIrvin, and extracts from his exceptional (I don't use the word lightly) The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time. There's a paid-for paper copy of Twisted Tongue, of course, but you can download all 80,000 words with pictures and other graphics as a free PDF here: http://www.lulu.com/twistedtongue. The magazine is run by a friend of mine in the UK, hence the shameless plug. Hoots toots. Neil PS: Any MR pals here who want to take a look at The Blue Man Dreams the End of Time, just email me over the next twenty-four hours or so or at the weekend and I'll send it along in the format of your choice with our compliments. It's without a doubt one of the most brilliant novels I've ever had the pleasure to work on. You can read about it and the author if you pop into our publishing site's bookstore section (link below). Do take a look at the reviews. This novel is extraordinary. Cheers. Neil. ntmarrATbewrite.net (but use the @ sign). Attached Images

07-08-2010, 12:37 PM	#597
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Agreed, Don. My tech partner, Tony Szmuk in Canada, ran it up from an old 'rejection' rubber stamp (deliberately not pristine). No copyright claimed and free for all to copy and use as they will. There are several versions -- some purely generic, some (like the one I use here quite often when DRM is the subject of conversation) with a tiny BeWrite Books bee logo, and some blatantly BeWrite Books. I'll attach the three basic versions here. Use 'em as you see fit -- we're in this together, after all. This, by the way, is not promotion or advertising; this is a campaign that involves us all and is close to our hearts as ebook readers and writers. Hoots. Neil Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

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Donna Callea Author Posts: 47 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Florida Device: kindle	On a previous post, I didn't provide all the info you need to get my two books during Smashwords big July sale. 50 percent off. Coupon Code SWS50: New Coastal Times: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11066 It's the worst of times. Hurricane Walter has swallowed much of Florida, and things aren't too swell elsewhere. But love, friendship, humor and hope prevail in this tale of post-apocalyptic survival. Narrated by Mia Fine, a former so-so newspaper reporter, the story follows an intrepid band travelers as they traverse a not-so-brave new world in the New Coastal Times Performing Arts Center van. The Haircut, A New Year's Tale: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11859 Two days after Christmas, 1948, in a city that could be New York, a young barber argues with the strange, beautiful girl sitting in his chair. She wants him to cut off all her glorious, long hair. He refuses. Unbeknownst to him, she's a princess in peril. And before the night is over something much more than a haircut happens between them in this sensual, whimsical fairy tale for adults.

07-04-2010, 03:34 AM	#588
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	*Next week I'll be publishing (already written) an article on my blog about how poor the reviews are in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The reviews are uninformative and give no guidance to the reader.* Thanks, Richard. I'm signed up to your blog, so I'll look forward to that. I share your views on mainstreaming reviewing. I am impressed, though, by some (very few) of the non-partisan online review sites that have cropped up over the past few years to cover the declining standards in major print literary pages. A favourite of mine is http://www.compulsivereader.comwhich reviews commercial releases, releases by small press and even, occasionally, self-published work. Highly recommended. Best wishes. Neil

07-05-2010, 01:40 PM	#589
Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	Howdy all, Just wanted you to know my three novels The Losing Role, Besserwisser, and False Refuge are all 50% off this month at Smashwords' Summer/Winter Sale. Just use coupon code SWS50 — and enjoy. Click here for the goods. Now, back to the World Cup. Happy reading, Steve

07-05-2010, 09:19 PM	#590
Simon Wood Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 400001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California Device: none	Four of my titles are currently under two dollars thanks to some Amazon discounting. *Working Stiffs* is a collection of crime stories set in the workplace - $1.59 http://www.amazon.com/Working-Stiffs.../dp/B002VWKG2C *The Scrubs* a supernatural crime thriller set in a prison (& beyond) - $0.99 http://www.amazon.com/The-Scrubs-ebook/dp/B003DQNXTS *Road Rash* a supernatural crime thriller - $1.99 http://www.amazon.com/Road-Rash-ebook/dp/B003DZ1EU4 *Dragged into Darkness* a collection of Twilight Zonesque stories - $1.59 http://www.amazon.com/Dragged-into-D.../dp/B002HWSLFU I hope people will check them out because these books could be your gateway to a new reading addiction. :-)

07-06-2010, 06:37 AM	#591
ChrisDolley Author Posts: 26 Karma: 40000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Normandy Device: none	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

07-07-2010, 01:47 PM	#594
EllenFisher Member Posts: 10 Karma: 20016 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle	Christmas in July! I'm pleased to announce that Unwrapped is now available in Kindle format on Amazon, priced at 99 cents. This is an anthology of two short contemporary Christmas novellas. Unwrapped (15,000 words): She thinks he's an irresponsible, womanizing jerk incapable of settling down. He thinks she's a cold-hearted coward who dumped him over the phone on Christmas Eve. But when they meet again, three years later, their simmering passion heats up and before they know it, they're getting unwrapped.... Christmas Carol (20,000 words): When Jackson Parker returns to his small hometown during the holidays due to his father's death, he finds himself falling for the girl next door... and suddenly he doesn't hate Christmas or his hometown quite as much as he thought he did. As always, thanks for taking a look!

07-08-2010, 03:09 PM	#599
JoelArnold Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1036914 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Savage, MN Device: Kindle 3	My newest novel, Northwoods Deep, is now available on Smashwords. If you use the coupon code SWS25, you can save 25% on it through the end of July! A little about it: Five children and their adult chaperone set off on a hike along the Mesaba River. All vanish without a trace except for one, too traumatized to speak. Local Ojibwe claim the Maymaygwayshi - mischievous spirits who live in the rocks along the river - stole the children. Six years later, Carol and Brenda Gunderson embark on a canoe trip on the same river. When their canoe capsizes, they discover a cabin in the woods occupied by an old man hiding a terrible secret. Augustus Meyer has become complacent as the guardian of an ancient evil that resides below his cabin. In a cavern piled high with the bones of its victims, it feeds off the souls of the living and rewards Meyer with mind-blowing hallucinations. Carol's ex-husband Mitch has been secretly following her, and will stop at nothing to possess her once again. Their brother Jack searches for them while battling his own demons. Allen Gunderson reluctantly accompanies his son in an attempt to stop the remnants of his family from falling apart. All of them merge in the deep north woods at Meyer's cabin, brought together by a calculating evil whose hunger grows as it seeks out a new guardian. It's also available for the Kindle. Thanks for checking it out! Joel Arnold

07-08-2010, 03:13 PM	#600
UntreedReads Addict Posts: 270 Karma: 500000 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Belmont, CA Device: iPhone	Those of us who struggled through high school were always told the same thing: "You have to study really hard so you can get into a great college. With a college degree, all doors open up to you to have a successful career." So what happens when those promises turn out NOT to deliver? Such is the case with the protagonist in Julian Adorney's "Deals," a new literary short story available today from Untreed Reads. In "Deals," James is determined to provide a comfortable life for his family, but when his college degree fails to provide the goods he finds himself making deals he hadn't ever imagined. "Deals" is part of our Nibs literary short story line. It's available for $1.50 from The Untreed Reads Store at UntreedReads.com, and Untreed Reads GreenPass members save an additional 15% off. "Deals" is also available at Smashwords (25% off with coupon code SWS25 through July 31st), OmniLit.com, CoffeeTimeRomance.com and at Amazon for the Kindle. You can read an excerpt by visiting http://www.scribd.com/doc/33867242/Deals.