Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!

Yayyy Annie and Ryan! Those both (all) sound like fascinating reads AND obviously utterly beautiful cover art!

I've said it elsewhere too, Ryan, but I luv'd the glimpse into your world from WotF 27's Black Spires (the concept of "the sorrow" is just such a creative and instantly captivating dramatic brushstroke) and Fred Jordan has painted up a vision as cool as all the Dinotopia things imo (well, actually, moodier and more subtle)

May ALL the worldcreators here have great and continuing success capturing the imaginations of readers in our world!

Congratulations, Patty, Annie, and Ryan! I'm looking them over now.

That looks awesome, Ryan.

Hey, somebody dropped the ball on self-promotion! Look what I just found on Kindle: The Land of OCKT and the Adventures of Peeje, the Kat Herder!

You'd think Meghan would tell us, but noooooo...

Meanwhile, Amazon sent me email saying that "Sense of Wonder" is now for sale here; but an hour later, that page is still 404 for me. Maybe it'll work for you...

If you try this story, be warned: it's quiet and introspective and not for everyone. Maybe not for anyone but me! At a surface plot level, nothing much happens. It's just a guy talking about his life story and his three jobs past and present. But underneath, I like to think it's a story of determination in the face of adversity, the prices we pay and the choices we make to pursue our dreams, and the never-ending nature of those dreams.

Link doesn't work for me, Martin.

Agree with you Scott on how Fred capture the moodiness of the setting; Dinotopia is all clear, sharp, beautiful. But Ahn-Tarqa is soaked in regret and "autumn light," and Fred completely nailed it. I couldn't be happier with the illustration. When the novel Turn over the Moon gets published, I'm going to beg the publisher to hire Fred for the cover. (Yeah, I know I don't have much control over that, but I can try.)

The story is already selling well, and got into two "Top 100" lists on Amazon in the first day. It's all new and somewhat scary . . . I'll have to see how the next few months go. I already have a new ebook project in the works, three whimsical fantasy stories set in a "Halloween Castle." A nice change from Ahn-Tarqa's grimness.

"Sense of Wonder" link is working now (and the cover still looks great!)

I'm going to remember this bit of promotion.

"Oh, I do declare, my link doesn't seem to be working... Can you click it for me?"

I'm going to remember this bit of promotion.

"Oh, I do declare, my link doesn't seem to be working... Can you click it for me?"

Heh. My secret is revealed?

I myself am quite worried that Amazon may not accurately count my millionth sale ... so if you guys can just help out and run it up to a million, that'd be, y'know, helpful!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scott+frederick+hargrave&sprefix=scott+frederick%2Caps%2C191

Whut?

I myself am quite worried that Amazon may not accurately count my millionth sale ... so if you guys can just help out and run it up to a million, that'd be, y'know, helpful!

No prob!

Uh, can you spot me $999,999?

I'm going to remember this bit of promotion.

"Oh, I do declare, my link doesn't seem to be working... Can you click it for me?"

Heh. My secret is revealed?

Oh noes, I'm a dupe!

I myself am quite worried that Amazon may not accurately count my millionth sale ... so if you guys can just help out and run it up to a million, that'd be, y'know, helpful!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scott+frederick+hargrave&sprefix=scott+frederick%2Caps%2C191

Whut?

Well . . . If it's to help a friend . . .

You're not a dupe, Strycher.
I am. I tested the link, then bought the book!

You're not a dupe, Strycher.
I am. I tested the link, then bought the book!

Oh, you're the one, eh? My caveat stands: the story's not for everyone, but it is for me.

Actually, there have been two purchases so far. So my thanks to you and to (I assume) someone else around here.

Well, it isn't e-published in the regular sense yet, but my serialized cyberpunk novel has a new cover and I am showing it off everywhere I can think of:

(the book is free to read and updates on Mondays, resuming this next Monday: http://overactive.wordpress.com/read-my ... ial-novel/)

Well, it isn't e-published in the regular sense yet, but my serialized cyberpunk novel has a new cover and I am showing it off everywhere I can think of:

(the book is free to read and updates on Mondays, resuming this next Monday: http://overactive.wordpress.com/read-my ... ial-novel/)

Wow. I love that!

^ That... IS. AWESOME.

Oooh, pretty...

Agree with you Scott on how Fred capture the moodiness of the setting; Dinotopia is all clear, sharp, beautiful. But Ahn-Tarqa is soaked in regret and "autumn light," and Fred completely nailed it. I couldn't be happier with the illustration. When the novel Turn over the Moon gets published, I'm going to beg the publisher to hire Fred for the cover. (Yeah, I know I don't have much control over that, but I can try.)

The story is already selling well, and got into two "Top 100" lists on Amazon in the first day. It's all new and somewhat scary . . . I'll have to see how the next few months go. I already have a new ebook project in the works, three whimsical fantasy stories set in a "Halloween Castle." A nice change from Ahn-Tarqa's grimness.

I just bought this, and I'm having sent to my son's Kindle as well as my phone. Before I tell the kid it's there, do you think it's too dark/moody or otherwise not appropriate for a 12 yr old?

Thanks!

Kary

Such a pretty cover, Nobu. I'm still drooling over it.

I love the cover, Annie!

I just bought this, and I'm having sent to my son's Kindle as well as my phone. Before I tell the kid it's there, do you think it's too dark/moody or otherwise not appropriate for a 12 yr old?

No, not too dark for a 12-year-old. It's a lead in to a young adult novel. The main violent moment happens "off-screen" and is not given in detail. It does deal with painful loss issues, but nothing more horrific than what you would find in standard YA works.

Thanks for buying it!

Cool. I enjoyed your story in the anthology, so I was happy to see more.

And not to ignite the ol' "how should I price my ebooks" debate, but I'd have paid $2.99 for it without hesitating. (It irks me that Amazon takes 2/3 of that buck.)

I just bought this, and I'm having sent to my son's Kindle as well as my phone. Before I tell the kid it's there, do you think it's too dark/moody or otherwise not appropriate for a 12 yr old?

No, not too dark for a 12-year-old. It's a lead in to a young adult novel. The main violent moment happens "off-screen" and is not given in detail. It does deal with painful loss issues, but nothing more horrific than what you would find in standard YA works.

Thanks for buying it!

That's definitely an UBER-COOL cover, Annie!

There is an amazing depth to that image, rich in so many ways. It really suggests a WORLD inside your book, not just "oh, here's a genre image" Real characters will be alive inside, etc.

Uh, can you spot me $999,999?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZHEkU__Ijw

And not to ignite the ol' "how should I price my ebooks" debate, but I'd have paid $2.99 for it without hesitating. (It irks me that Amazon takes 2/3 of that buck.)

Wow, you're the third person today who has told me about the $2.99 possibility. I really have to debate this. Life is sooo confusing.

Ryan,

For whatever it's worth, I'm following Dean's suggested pricing. So 99 cents is how I would price a 9,000 word story.

I'd personally price a 9k story at 1.99 or possibly just go for 2.99.

Thanks, soulmirror. Hopefully this trilogy will turn out as awesome as the covers are going to be. I've re-drafted the first book from scratch three times since 2006. I think this final time is the charm. I had to wait until my skills caught up to the kind of book I wanted to write.

Here's one that's not exactly sci-fi or fantasy genre ... but a little ditty of a comix from years ago ...

(A sample of my goofy cartoony style ... I coloured it in anew, and added the borders to fit an e-reader using the grunge-band-flyer tradition of under the rug/fast-and-dirty google/copy/filter/collage)

http://www.amazon.com/LYSISTRATA-IN-GANGLAND-2012-ebook/dp/B006YVKFU4/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326872376&sr=1-6

LYSISTRATA IN GANGLAND ...

Make Love, Not War ... or else!

We've all heard the story of the Ancient Greek women who decided the only way to keep their men from making war year after year ... was to unite and agree that there would be NO LOVEMAKING unless an END came to Man's endless WAR MAKING!

Here's a short SEXY, MODERN TWIST on that ancient story -- updated to the year 2012 and told in the streets (and bedrooms) of America's gang-infested big cities!

Huh. Maybe it is 'fantasy' after all!

I was planning to post it for FREE (it's only 17 panels long) ... but does the price ALLOW a no price number?

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I just mentioned it over in the "HOW TO E-PUBLISH" thread ... in this case it's a "How NOT to ..."

Remember that if you lay out anything on its side so you can benefit from the "landscape" format (wider-than-tall) that the Amazon "Look Inside" window will mangle it sideways. I'll keep it as an example of the format (I've read other authors advising readers of the "sideways" lay-out ... is there a reason that needs to be said though? anyway, folks will see what they're buying. I sometimes worry about that because I add things in the pop-ups that aren't always in the item they're buying ... but a friend commented that if I'm giving it for FREE in the pop-up, it's given, it's not like they didn't get what they paid for, they got EXTRA)

So many great new e-books, so little time!

Congratulations, everyone!