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Sword of Kings…free not much longer

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“… a short medieval tale that is well written and skillfully told.”
– Ray, Top 1000 Amazon reviewer, 4 star review

Sharpen your swords and buckle your magical belts…my short fantasy tale Sword of Kings is free for one more day! Take it!

If you’ve already availed yourself, would you mind writing a short review? Quick, painless, and a huge help to me. For your convenience (flourish)…the direct links for Sword of Kings review sites!

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sword-of-Kings-ebook/product-reviews/B00758JRAY/
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13556735-the-sword-of-kings
Librarything http://www.librarything.com/work/12351974/reviews/85867266
Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/books/27043965/Sword-of-Kings

And don’t forget, Assassin is free for four days coming up!

September 6 – 9       Assassin

2 Stories + 8 days = More Free Fantasy Swag!

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A thousand year old sword loses its magic and a kingdom hangs in the balance…

A young prince must make a terrible choice to stop a war…

If you didn’t avail yourself of my Six Day Fantasy Swag back in June, here’s your chance to clean up, once again (minus the horrifying and soul-crushing Seven Into the Bleak...though even that’s only $.99!).

For a limited time, Sword of Kings and Assassin and will be free on back-to-back four day runs:

September 2 – 5       Sword of Kings
September 6 – 9       Assassin

Get lost in these tales of high fantasy—Sword of Kings and Assassin—both FREE over the next eight days on Amazon, starting tomorrow, September 2.

My only request: if you like what you’ve read and I managed to take you away from the cares of this dimension for even a short time, please consider writing a review and sharing the story with one other person. Handy links direct to review sites will be provided in a few days when I announce the closing of the sale.

Your support is hugely appreciated!

Mark your calendars and happy reading!

The magic of Amazon sub-lists

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This is less of a deeply informative post than a quick observation, really. I’m off for Southern France–I’ve always wanted to say that!–for two weeks and things are hectic here.

Thanks to a KDP Select “free” bump, I’ve sold almost 600 copies of A Reason to Live since August 6. Besides making me giddy and a little delirious, it’s also demonstrated some interesting things about that little-known self-pubbed writer’s friend, the Amazon sub-list.

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Amazon opens its doors in India

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Interesting news today from Amazon: KDP authors can now reach the world’s largest English-speaking democracy. Amazon announced that, in partnership with Croma retail stores to sell the Kindle, Amazon’s digital bookstores have thrown their doors open to the 1,000,000 books available for the Kindle e-reader at www.amazon.com/kindlestoreindia.

“We are proud to launch this new Kindle store for Indian customers — offering Kindle book purchases in rupees and the ability to buy and read the work of many great Indian authors,” said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle Content, Amazon.com. “In addition, we are excited to work with Croma to make Kindle available at retail outlets across India.”

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Hi Friends –

Just wanted to throw out a quick note about A Reason to Live. Thanks in large part to your support, I’ve been on a great sales run this week, averaging about 2-3 per hour on Amazon. Those kinds of numbers have resulted in some great results:

#2,674 Paid in Kindle Store (as high as the #1,700’s)
#15 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Hard-Boiled (as high as #6)
#20 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Genre Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery > Hard-Boiled (as high as #12)

I’m looking into various strategies to try and keep the energy going, including some ad space on Goodreads. I’ll try to do a post-mortem for everyone once the dust settles (assuming it does!).

I hope to have Part II of my book cover primer out tomorrow. This time I’ll talk about cover images . Keep an eye out!