FREE (Amazon) 4 titles from Joffe Books

[Fbone]

Joffee Books appears to be a very small press located in London. They currently have 4 books free this week; two mysteries and two romances.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_pr...price-asc-rank

[Dr. Drib]

Many of these are advertised as "gripping...novels full of suspense."



They need a more imaginative copy writer.

Thank you for the listing, but I'm going to go and grip my ebook reader and read something.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Many of these are advertised as "gripping...novels full of suspense."



They need a more imaginative copy writer.
. . . .

True, true.

Unfortunately, if the publisher is "very small," as Fbone suspects, they can't afford to hire someone to do all of the necessary jobs. One or two people wear many different hats--graphic artist, IT guy (or gal), desktop publisher, advertising and other marketing person, public relations specialist, phone-answerer and all around secretary, accountant, "go-fer," janitor, maintenance person, and several other ones that I know that I've bound to have missed.

There is no one person who can do all of the above jobs well. Everyone has different levels of ability in each one. So you just do the best with what you've got. Sometimes the best isn't very good, as the copy writing that Fbone shared reveals.

If it sounds like I know those things from experience, it's because I do. Boy, do I know.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Many of these are advertised as "gripping...novels full of suspense."

Not gripping enough. If they were "full of suspense and intrigue", that would get my attention.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Not gripping enough. If they were "full of suspense and intrigue", that would get my attention.

But, it obviously did get your attention. And that of Mr. D's. And that of mine. ha

Maybe instead of it being poor copy writing, it is brilliance--write something so tired and worn out that people notice it and start talking about it! I think that the great P.T. Barnum said something about there being no bad publicity . . . .

[murg]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

But, it obviously did get your attention. And that of Mr. D's. And that of mine. ha

Not mine, though.

I just click on the link. If it's free, I 'buy' it. Maybe it will get read, maybe not. Maybe my estate has to figure out what to do with 3000+ free Amazon books. Maybe I'll be able to donate them to charity for a fat tax write-off. Maybe Amazon will get hit with anti-monopoly and owe money to everyone who 'bought' a book from them.

[badgoodDeb]

Only two are *still* free, but since they had some reader reviews who actually liked them, I grabbed them. Worse case, I throw them out if I don't like them. Digital bits don't weigh very much!

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Only two are *still* free, but since they had some reader reviews who actually liked them, I grabbed them. Worse case, I throw them out if I don't like them. Digital bits don't weigh very much!

Still 3 left for me

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...ublisher=joffe

http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...ublisher=joffe
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...ublisher=joffe

DEAD LIST a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by HELEN H. DURRANT

D.I. Calladine and D.S. Ruth Bayliss battle a murderer who is working their way through a list of victims. Each murder is meticulously planned and unique, and a tarot card is left at the scene of the crime.

This is book three of a new series of detective thrillers featuring D.S. Ruth Bayliss and D.I. Tom Calladine.

DEAD IN THE WATER a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by PETER TICKLER

Private detective Doug Mullen discovers a body floating in the River Thames. He doesn't tell the police that he knows who it is, and when he is hired to investigate the dead man, matters get very complicated. Mullen is used to tracking down cheating husbands, not ruthless killers. The victim turns out to have been playing a complex game

The author has also published three "Blood in Oxford" whodunnits

BABY ON ST. BARTS a totally addictive romance read (St. Barts Romance Books Series Book 4) by EMME CROSS

Awaiting the birth of their first child in St. Barts, Sunny O'Hara hopes that movie-star bad boy Sven Larsen is ready to be a father.

This is the fourth book in the St. Barts Romance series by Emme Cross. Set on the island of St. Barts, eight square miles of gourmet restaurants, designer shops, yachts . . . and sultry secrets.

[badgoodDeb]

(Sorry - yeah, the romance was free too. I just didn't want that one!)