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BearMountainBooks · 08-13-2015, 02:47 PM

Edited to add:

The Moon Shadow Boxed Set is now up on kobobooks and Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...E?tag=bearm-20

Both it and the Sedona O'Hala boxed set are available in the blogstore:

http://www.bearmountainbooks.com/store/

Thanks!

Books 1-3!

The cover poll:
Okay, since the boxed set of Sedona went over pretty well, I've decided I may as well do one for the Moon Shadow series. If you want to opine on the cover for the Moon Shadow Boxed set, it's up at Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/maria.schne...8?notif_t=like

That SHOULD be a public link, viewable whether you are on FB or not. Of course, it's FB. They aren't known for consistency.

We shall see how it goes.

BearMountainBooks · 08-20-2015, 04:01 PM

Executive Dirt made Kobo's "Next" list!! Wooooot!!!

Those links were merely affiliate links to Kobo's page. I won't post affiliate links anymore since apparently they are mistaken for browser hijinks. Anyway, I was very pleased that Executive Dirt made Kobo's "up and coming" Next list!

https://store.kobobooks.com/Collection/kobo-next-1

Also, I'll be posting more details next week, but I've started a review/book page on Facebook. This is so that I can review books more publicly than just my blog and also post bargains that I find. I post bargains now, but they are all mixed in with the other stuff. This page will be much more focused on bargain books and reviews. I expect to have at least one guest reviewer. Message me there if you think you'd like to do some reviews.

https://www.facebook.com/BearMountainBooks?fref=nf

BearMountainBooks · 08-27-2015, 10:21 AM

I've started a new page on Facebook to list bargains, new releases and reviews (I'm doing most of the reviews, but I have one other reviewer who is interested in participating. These will be short, pithy reviews for the most part because of the way FB is designed.)

https://www.facebook.com/BearMountainBooks?fref=nf

I appreciate all "likes" and follows and whatnot. For at least the first month, you'll see a lot of my favorite reads being mentioned on the thread!

I also post articles of interest to readers--the Kobo survey, reader surveys and this weekend I'll post a link to the Neil Gaiman interview (which you've probably seen, but there you go!)

Thanks!

cromag · 08-27-2015, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I've started a new page on Facebook to list bargains, new releases and reviews (I'm doing most of the reviews, but I have one other reviewer who is interested in participating. These will be short, pithy reviews for the most part because of the way FB is designed.)

https://www.facebook.com/BearMountainBooks?fref=nf

I appreciate all "likes" and follows and whatnot. For at least the first month, you'll see a lot of my favorite reads being mentioned on the thread!

I also post articles of interest to readers--the Kobo survey, reader surveys and this weekend I'll post a link to the Neil Gaiman interview (which you've probably seen, but there you go!)

Thanks!

Done. I'm not terribly active on Facebook, but I'm figuring it out.

BearMountainBooks · 08-28-2015, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cromag

Done. I'm not terribly active on Facebook, but I'm figuring it out.

Thank you and Welcome! I hope much fun will be had by all!

Kanila G · 08-29-2015, 11:08 AM

officially your facebook follower

BearMountainBooks · 09-07-2015, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanila G

officially your facebook follower

Thanks! Welcome aboard!

Edited to add:

If any of you have read my books and would like to leave a review, I'd appreciate it! I'd like to be able to take out an ad, but many ad sites require 50 reviews these days and none of my books have that many. It's very difficult to get visibility with any book and ads are becoming a necessity in order to continue a series!

For those of you who have done reviews (for me or any author) thank you!

BearMountainBooks · 09-14-2015, 05:14 PM

If anyone wants to read Under Witch Moon in epub, it is currently available for ONE OR TWO LAST DAYS on my blog store. I'm removing it from all other venues to go exclusive with Amazon. No, it's not something I wanted to do, but it is something I have needed to do for a long time. I have resisted exclusivity on any of my books for three years. It has not worked out particularly well. I've marked it down on the blogstore to 1.99. It will come down sometime in the next couple of days (once it has disappeared from Apple and FNAC) and it will then be exclusive to Amazon for 90 days.

It is possible that this will happen with Dragons of Wendal as well. It is not likely to happen to the Sedona series in the short term since that has been selling decently on other retailers. But I can't say "never" any longer.

Here's the link to the blog store:

http://www.bearmountainbooks.com/store/

In order to follow Amazon's rules, I will also have to remove the Moon Shadow Boxed set from my store--so that will also be gone sometime in the next couple of days as well.

Thank you for understanding.

BearMountainBooks · 09-22-2015, 05:37 PM

Sale on Executive Lunch: $1.99 at my blog and Amazon for three days! (The price will revert on Friday).

I've also created a page on facebook for each of my series. (Some fans read all my series; others read only one):

https://www.facebook.com/Sedona-OHal...7484/timeline/

https://www.facebook.com/Moon-Shadow...4729/timeline/

https://www.facebook.com/Dragons-of-...9953/timeline/

I did, foolishly, tell a fan that if I received 100 likes for the Dragons of Wendal series page, I'd write a third in the series...no threat just yet!!!

Maria

BearMountainBooks · 09-29-2015, 10:47 AM

Review of the Mark Knopfler concert on the blog! The long and short and in between of it: FABULOUS. Some absolute genius playing by every member of that band. Gives me more music to look into buying (enablers, every single one of them).

www.BearMountainBooks.com

They put on a great show.

BearMountainBooks · 10-08-2015, 08:16 PM

Soul of the Desert is on kindle countdown this week -- $2.99 for today and tomorrow, $3.99 for two days, and then $4.99 (original price). If you liked this book, remember you can gift it for Christmas by selecting the delivery date.

http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Desert-Ma...t&tag=bearm-20

It's only available at Amazon for s 90 day period. After the 90 days it will probably go to wider distribution again.

BearMountainBooks · 10-19-2015, 09:24 AM

Under Witch Moon is on countdown this week-- 1.99 for two days, 2.99 and so on until it goes to 3.99, the regular price. Tell all your friends!

http://www.amazon.com/Under-Witch-Mo...s&tag=bearm-20

In unrelated news, this week the blog will feature cozy reads (more than normal, that is) starting with the review from Elisabeth that she submitted Sunday!

www.BearMountainBooks.com

There will be a giveaway for an audio book by Jonathan Kellerman next week!

BearMountainBooks · 10-27-2015, 12:15 PM

Win a Jonathan Kellerman audio book (Killer) US only at the blog today or--Worldwide, win any of my books, your choice!

Check the blog:

www.BearMountainBooks.com

BearMountainBooks · 11-04-2015, 01:12 PM

Some new cover reveals this week (Tracking Magic has been remodeled and is on the blog today). Soul of the Desert will get a bit of a facelift this week too.

Coming Up:

Some exciting giveaways! Teresa, who has an etsy shop, has agreed to make a book bag for the launch of Executive Dirt (because Sedona learned to sew in that book. Weeeelll, "learned to sew" might not be quite right. "Tried to sew" is more accurate.) Anyway, she is making a book bag to go with a copy of Dirt for a giveaway this month.

As some of you may know, I make my own soaps, lotions and shampoos. I've looked into making my own deodorant, but frankly I've not been too impressed with the ingredient list. I want natural and harmless, but not "cover up smells with lots of other smells." I think I may have found a company that makes a product that will work--and I am planning a giveaway/review soon.

There will also likely be books and music in the mix of giveaways, but things are still being lined up there!

Maria

BearMountainBooks · 11-11-2015, 09:20 AM

Deodorant giveaway starts today (one week, US only). Tell all your friends and colleagues...!

Heh-heh. It's for a subscription so you can smell nice ALL YEAR!

We've been testing it and I'm pleasantly surprised to report that the stuff is really quite nice. I like it AND it works.

On Sunday there will be a giveaway for a book bag (with pockets!) and a copy of Executive Dirt. The book bag is US AND international shipping. You can choose Dirt or Executive Lunch if you haven't started the series. US entries, I will ship a paper copy if you prefer.

EDITED TO ADD: All the giveaways are up, including the free Year of the Mountain Lion over at Kobo books (for one week) Enjoy!!!
Toodles,
Maria
www.BearMountainBooks.com

08-13-2015, 02:47 PM	#106
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Edited to add: The Moon Shadow Boxed Set is now up on kobobooks and Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...E?tag=bearm-20 Both it and the Sedona O'Hala boxed set are available in the blogstore: http://www.bearmountainbooks.com/store/ Thanks! Books 1-3! The cover poll: Okay, since the boxed set of Sedona went over pretty well, I've decided I may as well do one for the Moon Shadow series. If you want to opine on the cover for the Moon Shadow Boxed set, it's up at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.schne...8?notif_t=like That SHOULD be a public link, viewable whether you are on FB or not. Of course, it's FB. They aren't known for consistency. We shall see how it goes. Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 11-17-2015 at 01:46 PM.

08-20-2015, 04:01 PM	#107
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Executive Dirt made Kobo's "Next" list!! Wooooot!!! Those links were merely affiliate links to Kobo's page. I won't post affiliate links anymore since apparently they are mistaken for browser hijinks. Anyway, I was very pleased that Executive Dirt made Kobo's "up and coming" Next list! https://store.kobobooks.com/Collection/kobo-next-1 Also, I'll be posting more details next week, but I've started a review/book page on Facebook. This is so that I can review books more publicly than just my blog and also post bargains that I find. I post bargains now, but they are all mixed in with the other stuff. This page will be much more focused on bargain books and reviews. I expect to have at least one guest reviewer. Message me there if you think you'd like to do some reviews. https://www.facebook.com/BearMountainBooks?fref=nf Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 11-17-2015 at 01:47 PM.

10-08-2015, 08:16 PM	#116
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Soul of the Desert is on kindle countdown this week -- $2.99 for today and tomorrow, $3.99 for two days, and then $4.99 (original price). If you liked this book, remember you can gift it for Christmas by selecting the delivery date. http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Desert-Ma...t&tag=bearm-20 It's only available at Amazon for s 90 day period. After the 90 days it will probably go to wider distribution again. Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 10-09-2015 at 09:58 PM.

10-19-2015, 09:24 AM	#117
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Under Witch Moon is on countdown this week-- 1.99 for two days, 2.99 and so on until it goes to 3.99, the regular price. Tell all your friends! http://www.amazon.com/Under-Witch-Mo...s&tag=bearm-20 In unrelated news, this week the blog will feature cozy reads (more than normal, that is) starting with the review from Elisabeth that she submitted Sunday! www.BearMountainBooks.com There will be a giveaway for an audio book by Jonathan Kellerman next week! Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 10-22-2015 at 04:23 PM.

11-11-2015, 09:20 AM	#120
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Deodorant giveaway starts today (one week, US only). Tell all your friends and colleagues...! Heh-heh. It's for a subscription so you can smell nice ALL YEAR! We've been testing it and I'm pleasantly surprised to report that the stuff is really quite nice. I like it AND it works. On Sunday there will be a giveaway for a book bag (with pockets!) and a copy of Executive Dirt. The book bag is US AND international shipping. You can choose Dirt or Executive Lunch if you haven't started the series. US entries, I will ship a paper copy if you prefer. EDITED TO ADD: All the giveaways are up, including the free Year of the Mountain Lion over at Kobo books (for one week) Enjoy!!! Toodles, Maria www.BearMountainBooks.com Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 11-15-2015 at 03:38 PM.

08-27-2015, 10:21 AM	#108
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I've started a new page on Facebook to list bargains, new releases and reviews (I'm doing most of the reviews, but I have one other reviewer who is interested in participating. These will be short, pithy reviews for the most part because of the way FB is designed.) https://www.facebook.com/BearMountainBooks?fref=nf I appreciate all "likes" and follows and whatnot. For at least the first month, you'll see a lot of my favorite reads being mentioned on the thread! I also post articles of interest to readers--the Kobo survey, reader surveys and this weekend I'll post a link to the Neil Gaiman interview (which you've probably seen, but there you go!) Thanks!

08-29-2015, 11:08 AM	#111
Kanila G Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 2143852 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: kindle	officially your facebook follower

09-14-2015, 05:14 PM	#113
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	If anyone wants to read Under Witch Moon in epub, it is currently available for ONE OR TWO LAST DAYS on my blog store. I'm removing it from all other venues to go exclusive with Amazon. No, it's not something I wanted to do, but it is something I have needed to do for a long time. I have resisted exclusivity on any of my books for three years. It has not worked out particularly well. I've marked it down on the blogstore to 1.99. It will come down sometime in the next couple of days (once it has disappeared from Apple and FNAC) and it will then be exclusive to Amazon for 90 days. It is possible that this will happen with Dragons of Wendal as well. It is not likely to happen to the Sedona series in the short term since that has been selling decently on other retailers. But I can't say "never" any longer. Here's the link to the blog store: http://www.bearmountainbooks.com/store/ In order to follow Amazon's rules, I will also have to remove the Moon Shadow Boxed set from my store--so that will also be gone sometime in the next couple of days as well. Thank you for understanding.

09-22-2015, 05:37 PM	#114
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Sale on Executive Lunch: $1.99 at my blog and Amazon for three days! (The price will revert on Friday). I've also created a page on facebook for each of my series. (Some fans read all my series; others read only one): https://www.facebook.com/Sedona-OHal...7484/timeline/ https://www.facebook.com/Moon-Shadow...4729/timeline/ https://www.facebook.com/Dragons-of-...9953/timeline/ I did, foolishly, tell a fan that if I received 100 likes for the Dragons of Wendal series page, I'd write a third in the series...no threat just yet!!! Maria

09-29-2015, 10:47 AM	#115
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Review of the Mark Knopfler concert on the blog! The long and short and in between of it: FABULOUS. Some absolute genius playing by every member of that band. Gives me more music to look into buying (enablers, every single one of them). www.BearMountainBooks.com They put on a great show.

10-27-2015, 12:15 PM	#118
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Win a Jonathan Kellerman audio book (Killer) US only at the blog today or--Worldwide, win any of my books, your choice! Check the blog: www.BearMountainBooks.com

11-04-2015, 01:12 PM	#119
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Some new cover reveals this week (Tracking Magic has been remodeled and is on the blog today). Soul of the Desert will get a bit of a facelift this week too. Coming Up: Some exciting giveaways! Teresa, who has an etsy shop, has agreed to make a book bag for the launch of Executive Dirt (because Sedona learned to sew in that book. Weeeelll, "learned to sew" might not be quite right. "Tried to sew" is more accurate.) Anyway, she is making a book bag to go with a copy of Dirt for a giveaway this month. As some of you may know, I make my own soaps, lotions and shampoos. I've looked into making my own deodorant, but frankly I've not been too impressed with the ingredient list. I want natural and harmless, but not "cover up smells with lots of other smells." I think I may have found a company that makes a product that will work--and I am planning a giveaway/review soon. There will also likely be books and music in the mix of giveaways, but things are still being lined up there! Maria

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