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I have a two books on Kindle - Living Cruelty Free (A guide to compassionate living) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Cruelty-Free-Compassionate-ebook/dp/B0083ILV2M/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_1
& Bullying A Parent's Guide http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bullying-Parents-Guide-Need2Know-ebook/dp/B009EVITR2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5 which has just been put on Kindle
(To be honest, I think the publisher has stopped trying to sell books, because I got a royalty statement in today showing -4 books sold for the paperback (Yep, sales were actually minus, which I think means bookshop returns). I wish I'd never given them ebook sales rights, as I think I could have sold the book better myself, but it was back in the days when there was no Kindle and if anyone had suggested ebooks, people would have howled with laughter.
Thankfully, my book with Greatest Guides is selling a lot better. The publisher is very professional and easy to deal with.
My new novel for adults, 'Alexa's Song', is now available for Amazon Kindle, price £2.54. (First few chapters are free, so you can download a taster and see if you like it.)
I have just launched the sixth book of the 'Commandments' series on Kindle. Paperback version will be available next week.
'Love your God' is based on a New Testament commandment. Kindle £1.03, paperback £2
Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-your-God-Commandments-ebook/dp/B00A3X2KMK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1352460105&sr=8-3
Any help in spreading the word is much appreciated. Target audience: church homegroups, new christians, and people who are enquiring about Christianity.
Thanks everyone.
~An adventure through time for readers aged 8 12
All children make mistakes, but what Bayonie did years before resulted in not one, but two tragic consequences.
When the twins, Lily and Ollie, are stranded at Great Hawkesden Manor over Christmas with their mother, Stella, they have no idea what will happen when they find an old glass snow globe.
Inside it not only is there a miniature model of the manor house, but there is magic.
My book's a collection of short stories - I've not put it on Amazon (yet?), but it's available via Smashwords in Kindle-compatible format, as well as ePub files and the like for other e-readers. Almost all the stories are previously published, and/or have won prizes or been shortlisted in various competitions. It's available for the bargain price of $1.55, which should work out at less than a quid.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/262944
Here's the blurb:
Somewhere to Start From: In this anthology of twenty-two short stories, some published, some prizewinning, and some making their first appearance in print, an eclectic host of characters discover no matter where life takes them, its only ever somewhere to start from.
Here are stories of redemption, revenge, and unrequited love. Relationships fail, new ones are kindled, existing ones shift and change. There are stories about gods, monsters, angels, robots, hellish hotels, body-builders and body-snatchers, and ordinary people just doing whatever they can to get by.
The collection includes stories published in print and online, in Writers' Forum and on The Guardian website, and stories that have won prizes or been shortlisted in a variety of competitions, including the H.E. Bates Short Story Competition, Brighton Community of Writers (COW), TxtLit, and The James White Award.
My zombie novel is out on Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Bastards-ebook/dp/B00AM0OI0G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358106974&sr=1-1 My parents were not happy about the title using the B word:)
Out of interest, what does anyone think, if you have self-pubbed on Kindle and you subsequently sell your idea to an agent, does that cause a problem for them? Is it easy to unpublish from Kindle and then you would have a new edition going up later (because presumably if your agent sold it into a paper-publishing house, there would be a complete redesign anyway, including new cover)?
It depends on the publisher/agent. Some do take already published books, but not many. Mine doesn't. People might buy the same book twice by mistake. Try agents and publishers first if you'd like to use that route.
I'm reading your other book PM, really enjoying it, and that's a great cover on your new book!
And if people don't mind me putting this up for those who like romance.
'Anyone For Murder' http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Maggie+Cobbett is my first venture into the world of e-publishing and is selling quite well, although I'd appreciate more reviews. Amusingly, if just my name is put into Amazon, I find myself sharing a page with one of my husband's distant ancestors!
I don't know how often self published books get picked up by agents or publishers, but it does happen (you may have heard of a trilogy called 50 Shades of Grey) It doesn't seem to be a problem.
Glad people like the cover. It's my husband's work.
Just published my first e-book.
One Day For Me : Eight Award-Winning Stories
All the stories have either won or been short-listed in UK national writing competitions
- and it's a bargain at 77p.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Day-Me-Award-Winning-ebook/dp/B00B4XCYJC/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359284711&sr=1-10
Trying to get Oy Yew off the ground with a giveaway this weekend. Free today and tomorrow 2-3 Feb. Appreciate all downloads even if you don't read it. It all helps with the algorithms.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oy-Yew-ebook/dp/B00B2JV1OM/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358689871&sr=1-3
My ebook How to Solve Cryptic Crosswords (by Vivien Hampshire) has gone to the number 1 slot today in the Kindle listings for crossword books! That means people are buying, which is great as the paperback version is now being prepared for publication in May.
Secrets, Lies & Vodka Parties
Poppy sleeps with her boss for a promotion, and then finds out her mum's having an affair with him. Daisy's husband thinks she's a punch bag, and Colin has to tell his homophobic parents he's gay.
A heart-warming story about three twenty-something's trying to make sense of life.
[quote=ana s]Trying to get Oy Yew off the ground with a giveaway this weekend. Free today and tomorrow 2-3 Feb. Appreciate all downloads even if you don't read it. It all helps with the algorithms.
Old Friends - 13 Coffee Break Stories.
There are tales with a twist, stories about the ups and downs of family life plus, of course, a little romance.
All the stories have previously appeared in UK magazines such as My Weekly, The People's Friend and The Weekly News.
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& Bullying A Parent's Guide http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bullying-Parents-Guide-Need2Know-ebook/dp/B009EVITR2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5 which has just been put on Kindle
(To be honest, I think the publisher has stopped trying to sell books, because I got a royalty statement in today showing -4 books sold for the paperback (Yep, sales were actually minus, which I think means bookshop returns). I wish I'd never given them ebook sales rights, as I think I could have sold the book better myself, but it was back in the days when there was no Kindle and if anyone had suggested ebooks, people would have howled with laughter.
Thankfully, my book with Greatest Guides is selling a lot better. The publisher is very professional and easy to deal with.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alexas-Song-ebook/dp/B009LKHBF2/
Alexa wrote the song for Jake, but can it save him?
(This book is going to feature in a special blog for World Mental Health Day - more news soon.)
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243277
'Love your God' is based on a New Testament commandment. Kindle £1.03, paperback £2
Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-your-God-Commandments-ebook/dp/B00A3X2KMK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1352460105&sr=8-3
Any help in spreading the word is much appreciated. Target audience: church homegroups, new christians, and people who are enquiring about Christianity.
Thanks everyone.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Dragon-Queen-ebook/dp/B006SH34VG
http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Word-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00A5W0OAY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353237025&sr=8-1
Thanks, Rosemary.
Thanks, Rosemary.[/quote]
Oh, spill the beans.
A children's book called The Secret of Pooks Wood
~An adventure through time for readers aged 8 12
All children make mistakes, but what Bayonie did years before resulted in not one, but two tragic consequences.
When the twins, Lily and Ollie, are stranded at Great Hawkesden Manor over Christmas with their mother, Stella, they have no idea what will happen when they find an old glass snow globe.
Inside it not only is there a miniature model of the manor house, but there is magic.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Secret-Pooks-Wood-ebook/dp/B00AOP0PJM/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_2
And a collection of funny poetry for adults called A Bellyful of Laughs
~Life getting you down?
Cheer yourself up with this collection of endorphin-inducing, some may say, 'hilarious' poetry. Some may not.
Yes, step aside, Pam Ayres. Theres a new kid on the block . . .
Warning: those with a weak heart should refrain from indulging in such frivolity.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Bellyful-of-Laughs-ebook/dp/B00AP6USU6/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355743212&sr=1-12
That makes a grand total of 12 books!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/262944
Here's the blurb:
Somewhere to Start From: In this anthology of twenty-two short stories, some published, some prizewinning, and some making their first appearance in print, an eclectic host of characters discover no matter where life takes them, its only ever somewhere to start from.
Here are stories of redemption, revenge, and unrequited love. Relationships fail, new ones are kindled, existing ones shift and change. There are stories about gods, monsters, angels, robots, hellish hotels, body-builders and body-snatchers, and ordinary people just doing whatever they can to get by.
The collection includes stories published in print and online, in Writers' Forum and on The Guardian website, and stories that have won prizes or been shortlisted in a variety of competitions, including the H.E. Bates Short Story Competition, Brighton Community of Writers (COW), TxtLit, and The James White Award.
Leaving Gilead is here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AMNB39C
And Bunderlin is here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AN273E6
...and good luck!
If the b word adds atmosphere, you have to use it. Writers' prerogative.
Just finishing Blackfeather's and then I need to do some 'proper' reading before I get to do some more fun stuff.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Year-Day-ebook/dp/B00B0OWHQU/ref=la_B004O08LRQ_1_9_title_0_main?ie=UTF8&qid=1358179357&sr=1-9
Has anyone had to deal with this situation?
I'm reading your other book PM, really enjoying it, and that's a great cover on your new book!
And if people don't mind me putting this up for those who like romance.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Storms-Crimson-Romance-ebook/dp/B00AWWZVBY/ref=sr_1_95?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358184008&sr=1-95
Glad people like the cover. It's my husband's work.
One Day For Me : Eight Award-Winning Stories
All the stories have either won or been short-listed in UK national writing competitions
- and it's a bargain at 77p.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Day-Me-Award-Winning-ebook/dp/B00B4XCYJC/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359284711&sr=1-10
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oy-Yew-ebook/dp/B00B2JV1OM/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358689871&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crack-Cryptic-Crosswords-Short--ebook/dp/B00934K74I/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1347224884&sr=1-1
What an achievement, Viv.
And Ana s too.
Secrets, Lies & Vodka Parties
Poppy sleeps with her boss for a promotion, and then finds out her mum's having an affair with him. Daisy's husband thinks she's a punch bag, and Colin has to tell his homophobic parents he's gay.
A heart-warming story about three twenty-something's trying to make sense of life.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oy-Yew-ebook/dp/B00B2JV1OM/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358689871&sr=1-3 [/quote]
I'm 25% in and loving it.
Old Friends - 13 Coffee Break Stories.
There are tales with a twist, stories about the ups and downs of family life plus, of course, a little romance.
All the stories have previously appeared in UK magazines such as My Weekly, The People's Friend and The Weekly News.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Friends-Coffee-Stories-ebook/dp/B00BJIKIBI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361624531&sr=1-1