07-26-2010, 02:32 AM | #16 |
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Most of my backlist is out through E-reads. But I'm planning to add my books that are currently free to the Kindle store, for a low price. Maybe Smashwords, too, just to broaden the exposure. My current thinking is that they'll remain free on my website.
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07-26-2010, 02:56 AM | #17 |
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07-26-2010, 10:03 AM | #18 |
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I just finished At Wick's End. Quite a good read for the price. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series. Not today, though; staying up way past my bedtime reading one book is enough for one day.
Pro: There is a likable protagonist who is in an interesting situation, along with some really great minor characters (the bean sprout sandwich incident is a classic). Also a guest cat. Recipes in the back. Con: Some glaring errors a copy editor should have caught ("pour" for "pore", for instance), the villain violated Rule 7 of the Evil Overlord rules, rather blatantly, and the ending felt very rushed. The recipes are all for things I don't like. Over all, 3 out of 5 stars. |
07-26-2010, 11:35 AM | #19 | |
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This is a good topic of conversation, Ficbot. Several times recently I've read comments online about what a good idea it would be to post a list somewhere of authors digitally republishing their backlist. If I didn't have so much on my place, I'd do it myself. I'm as eager as any reader to get my hand on good, professionally vetted, reasonably priced ebooks. Pat patricia-ryan.com |
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07-26-2010, 01:13 PM | #20 |
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Regency Reads is a group of authors of Regency romances who have republished their backlist in digital.
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07-27-2010, 09:43 AM | #21 |
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I just finished the fourth (and, sadly, the last) Candlemaking mystery. I was hugely disappointed with the quality of the text. The story was great, but the text showed every sign of being an un-proofread OCR.
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08-01-2010, 09:14 PM | #22 |
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I think, new author member, Tim Myers , heard phenomshel.
As she said he has some of his back list on smashwords. He also writes under the following names: Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, and more. Last edited by dreams; 08-01-2010 at 09:35 PM. |
08-01-2010, 09:27 PM | #23 |
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Kevin J Anderson just recently put up his backlist on smashwords.
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08-01-2010, 10:12 PM | #24 |
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MR member author, Paul Levine, has put up some of his novels on smashwords. It includes the 1990 "international bestseller '"To Speak for the Dead"' (book 1 of the Jake Lassiter novels). Night Vision, book 2 is also there.
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08-03-2010, 06:55 PM | #26 |
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I think the great think about the growth in eBooks is that it's allowed me to re-release backlist. So far everything I've released has been previously published, even down to articles I wrote for Writer's Digest.
Currently, I'm wrangling the e-rights back to some out of print works to make sure my entire backlist is out there and affordable. |
02-22-2011, 12:40 AM | #27 |
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Ficbot, Many of us are posting our backlists. I'm so grateful to Dreams for including me on the MR list of authors. I write legal thrillers and have posted a backlist on both Amazon and Smashwords that includes the bestselling Witness series, Keeping Counsel which was a USA Today Bestseller, Before Her Eyes, a new for digital novel that's garning great reviews. There are quite a few of us who are doing this and so happy to find interested readers. Currently, I'm readying my women's fiction but it's not up yet. Love to have you take a look at my work. All my books are on my website or any of the e-reader stores.http://www.rebeccaforster.com
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02-22-2011, 02:25 AM | #28 |
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Kathryn Shay has some of her backlist on Smashwords.
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02-22-2011, 10:30 AM | #29 |
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Steve Perry has been doing this at his blog for a while now:
http://themanwhonevermissed.blogspot.com/ William |
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Another backlist author
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