Ben Bova 99 cent special on THE WEATHERMAKERS

andrewburt · 11-18-2011, 10:36 AM

Just reporting that we've put Ben Bova's novel THE WEATHERMAKERS on a promotional special for 99 cents on Amazon. It's regularly $7.99 and the promotion will end soon. The link is...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005V55PPE

THE WEATHERMAKERS is a novel about climate change... literally.

"I want an explanation of what happened Friday night," Rossman said.

"Simple," Ted said. "We proved that weather control works."

"Don't say we," Marrett!" Rossman snapped. "It's you; keep your friends out of it." Rossman shuffled through his papers. "Do you know what this is? It's an estimate of the cost to the Department of that plane's flight over the ocean. "And this," he pulled out a paper, "is a formal complaint from the Air Force about unauthorized persons being involved in their highly secret laser operations. Unauthorized. That's you, Marrett!" Rossman glowered at Ted. "And do you realize that you ruined Dr. Barneveldt's experiment?"

"When are you going to realize," Ted demanded, "that we proved we can change the weather! Are you going to open your eyes or stand there blocking the way?"

Rossman nearly turned purple and snapped, "Marrett, I will not have people sneaking be hind my back. And I will not tolerate insubordination. I'll expect your resignation on my desk by the end of the day. You're finished, Marrett. Finished!"

Ben Bova is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award and many other awards, including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel of the Year (2006, for Titan) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. He is the former editor of Analog and Omni magazines, and the author of over a hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction. Bova has served as president of both Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. and the National Space Society. He lives in Florida.

Don't let a monster hurricane or two ruin your plans -- read THE WEATHERMAKERS today!

ATDrake · 11-18-2011, 04:17 PM

I'm interested in this as I don't think I've read anything by Mr. Bova before and this looks like a decent jumping-on point to try.

But I don't suppose you'd be willing to sell it at the same price via your website (maybe using a coupon to discount if you don't want to mess up the regular cart pricing/have to re-do the product pages later)?

All else being equal, I much prefer to buy e-books directly from the publisher (and getting them in ePub) when possible so that the maximum cut of the profits goes to supporting them and the author, and it looks like you've got a good DRM-free MultiFormat + backup copy upon request policy going.

11-18-2011, 10:36 AM	#1
andrewburt Science Fiction Writer Posts: 231 Karma: 124188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Golden, CO Device: several	Ben Bova 99 cent special on THE WEATHERMAKERS Just reporting that we've put Ben Bova's novel THE WEATHERMAKERS on a promotional special for 99 cents on Amazon. It's regularly $7.99 and the promotion will end soon. The link is... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005V55PPE THE WEATHERMAKERS is a novel about climate change... literally. "I want an explanation of what happened Friday night," Rossman said. "Simple," Ted said. "We proved that weather control works." "Don't say we," Marrett!" Rossman snapped. "It's you; keep your friends out of it." Rossman shuffled through his papers. "Do you know what this is? It's an estimate of the cost to the Department of that plane's flight over the ocean. "And this," he pulled out a paper, "is a formal complaint from the Air Force about unauthorized persons being involved in their highly secret laser operations. Unauthorized. That's you, Marrett!" Rossman glowered at Ted. "And do you realize that you ruined Dr. Barneveldt's experiment?" "When are you going to realize," Ted demanded, "that we proved we can change the weather! Are you going to open your eyes or stand there blocking the way?" Rossman nearly turned purple and snapped, "Marrett, I will not have people sneaking be hind my back. And I will not tolerate insubordination. I'll expect your resignation on my desk by the end of the day. You're finished, Marrett. Finished!" Ben Bova is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award and many other awards, including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel of the Year (2006, for Titan) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. He is the former editor of Analog and Omni magazines, and the author of over a hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction. Bova has served as president of both Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. and the National Space Society. He lives in Florida. Don't let a monster hurricane or two ruin your plans -- read THE WEATHERMAKERS today!

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11-18-2011, 04:17 PM	#2
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I'm interested in this as I don't think I've read anything by Mr. Bova before and this looks like a decent jumping-on point to try. But I don't suppose you'd be willing to sell it at the same price via your website (maybe using a coupon to discount if you don't want to mess up the regular cart pricing/have to re-do the product pages later)? All else being equal, I much prefer to buy e-books directly from the publisher (and getting them in ePub) when possible so that the maximum cut of the profits goes to supporting them and the author, and it looks like you've got a good DRM-free MultiFormat + backup copy upon request policy going.