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Pieces of a Rainbow is now available on Kindle!
For all you ebook lovers out there I have some great news, I am in the process of publishing my books on Amazon Kindle. I am also intending to make them available for other types of digital ereaders soon.
The first of my books available for digital download is
Pieces of a Rainbow
In the next few weeks, Love and Loyalty and A Time To Tell will also be available on Kindle.
A reminder: The 'Green Group' here on Goodreads are currently reading 'Pieces of a Rainbow'. Now that it is available on Kindle, I hope more of you will be able to read it and take part in the discussions. I look forward to chatting to you all about it.
Here's the link for the Green Group discussions:
Green Group
To buy Pieces of a Rainbow on Amazon.com for $2.99, go here: Amazon.com
To buy from Amazon.co.uk for £2.23, go here: Amazon.co.uk
The first of my books available for digital download is
Pieces of a Rainbow
In the next few weeks, Love and Loyalty and A Time To Tell will also be available on Kindle.
A reminder: The 'Green Group' here on Goodreads are currently reading 'Pieces of a Rainbow'. Now that it is available on Kindle, I hope more of you will be able to read it and take part in the discussions. I look forward to chatting to you all about it.
Here's the link for the Green Group discussions:
Green Group
To buy Pieces of a Rainbow on Amazon.com for $2.99, go here: Amazon.com
To buy from Amazon.co.uk for £2.23, go here: Amazon.co.uk
Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales) now available on Kindle!
Following on from my last blog post, I am pleased to tell you that Love and Loyalty is now available to download for Kindle.
I am in the process of formatting A Time To Tell into Kindle.
Just a reminder that Pieces of a Rainbow is currently being read by the Green Group here on Goodreads. Please stop by and join in the discussions.
Green Group
Finally, a reminder that you have a couple of days left to enter Pinnacle's giveaway to win a paperback copy of Second Chances
Enter to win Second Chances!
I am in the process of formatting A Time To Tell into Kindle.
Just a reminder that Pieces of a Rainbow is currently being read by the Green Group here on Goodreads. Please stop by and join in the discussions.
Green Group
Finally, a reminder that you have a couple of days left to enter Pinnacle's giveaway to win a paperback copy of Second Chances
Enter to win Second Chances!
A Time to Tell now available on Kindle!
I am pleased to announce that my novel 'A Time to Tell' is now available at Amazon as an ebook download for Kindle.
For those of you who don't know, even if you don't have a Kindle ereader, you can install a free app on your iphone, ipad, Mac or for Android via Amazon, so you can read all Kindle books on other mobile device
Here are the links you need for A Time to Tell on Kindle:
Amazon US: A Time to Tell
Amazon UK: A Time to Tell
For those of you who don't know, even if you don't have a Kindle ereader, you can install a free app on your iphone, ipad, Mac or for Android via Amazon, so you can read all Kindle books on other mobile device
Here are the links you need for A Time to Tell on Kindle:
Amazon US: A Time to Tell
Amazon UK: A Time to Tell
Special promotion at Amazon for my kindle short story collections!
To celebrate getting all my books on kindle (well, most of them -- I still have to figure out a way of getting 'Coincidences' on kindle as I don't have a copy of the manuscript on my computer...), I'm offering my two short story collections at a special promotional price for a short time. At Amazon.com you can download 'Pieces of a Rainbow', and 'Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)', for just $0.99! and at Amazon.co.uk for just £0.71!
Here are the links!
Amazon US: Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty
Amazon UK: Love and Loyalty
Pieces of a Rainbow
Remember, you don't need to own a kindle ereader to read kindle ebooks. You can read them on your pc or mac, iphone, ipad, Android or Blackberry... just download the free kindle app from Amazon.
Enjoy!
Also, a reminder that 'Pieces of a Rainbow' is still the current book group read over in the Green Group here on Goodreads, so when you've downloaded your copy, why not head over to that group and join in the discussions.
Green Group
Here are the links!
Amazon US: Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty
Amazon UK: Love and Loyalty
Pieces of a Rainbow
Remember, you don't need to own a kindle ereader to read kindle ebooks. You can read them on your pc or mac, iphone, ipad, Android or Blackberry... just download the free kindle app from Amazon.
Enjoy!
Also, a reminder that 'Pieces of a Rainbow' is still the current book group read over in the Green Group here on Goodreads, so when you've downloaded your copy, why not head over to that group and join in the discussions.
Green Group
Read the first chapter free
I just wanted to let everyone know that there is a button on the physical book page for Amazon kindle books which you can click to read the first chapter of a book for free!
Go to the physical book page and you'll see a green button about a third of the way down the right hand side of the page. Click on that and read the first chapter of the book. This is available for all books that are also in kindle format.
Authors, you can embed the code for these chapters in your website or other blog. There is an embed button which you can click at the top right hand side of the page when you have clicked the 'Read First Chapter free' button.
Go to the physical book page and you'll see a green button about a third of the way down the right hand side of the page. Click on that and read the first chapter of the book. This is available for all books that are also in kindle format.
Authors, you can embed the code for these chapters in your website or other blog. There is an embed button which you can click at the top right hand side of the page when you have clicked the 'Read First Chapter free' button.
Give Kindle books this Christmas
Amazon have now made it possible for customers to buy kindle books as gifts. The books can be sent to your loved one by email. Perfect timing for Christmas.
Gift a kindle
If you have friends who love to read, you can now purchase bargain books on kindle. In these tough economic times it's great that there is now a cheaper alternative for book buying. Many books on kindle are as low as $0.99/£0.72, and you can always find free books listed there as well. All the popular and bestselling books are now available as kindle books, as are many wonderful books by independent authors.
You don't have to worry about your friend or family member not owning a kindle ereader either. They will be able to read the kindle gift book on their pc or mac, ipod, iphone, blackberry or android by downloading a free app from Amazon.
So, when you're looking for gift ideas this Christmas, have a look at all the books available on Amazon kindle. There's something for everyone.
Here are some suggestions (including links to my own books on kindle):
My books Amazon US:
A Time to Tell
Second Chances
Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)
My books Amazon UK:
Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)
Second Chances
A Time to Tell
Here are some kindle books I recommend, written by my author friends:
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
Crooked Moon by Lisette Brodey
The Day The Flowers Died by Ami Blackwelder
Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle
Cry for the Moon by William Woodall
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox
My Schizophrenic Life by Sandra Yuen MacKay
Twenty Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba
The Safety Factor by Jerry Travis and Josephines Mayes
Gift a kindle
If you have friends who love to read, you can now purchase bargain books on kindle. In these tough economic times it's great that there is now a cheaper alternative for book buying. Many books on kindle are as low as $0.99/£0.72, and you can always find free books listed there as well. All the popular and bestselling books are now available as kindle books, as are many wonderful books by independent authors.
You don't have to worry about your friend or family member not owning a kindle ereader either. They will be able to read the kindle gift book on their pc or mac, ipod, iphone, blackberry or android by downloading a free app from Amazon.
So, when you're looking for gift ideas this Christmas, have a look at all the books available on Amazon kindle. There's something for everyone.
Here are some suggestions (including links to my own books on kindle):
My books Amazon US:
A Time to Tell
Second Chances
Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)
My books Amazon UK:
Pieces of a Rainbow
Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)
Second Chances
A Time to Tell
Here are some kindle books I recommend, written by my author friends:
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
Crooked Moon by Lisette Brodey
The Day The Flowers Died by Ami Blackwelder
Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle
Cry for the Moon by William Woodall
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox
My Schizophrenic Life by Sandra Yuen MacKay
Twenty Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba
The Safety Factor by Jerry Travis and Josephines Mayes
All my ebooks are only $0.99/£0.72 for December!
I have reduced the price of my kindle books on Amazon to just £0.72 (UK) $0.99 (US) for the Christmas period.
Hopefully this will ensure that anyone who wants to read my books can get them at an affordable price (I know how tight money is these days for most of us).
Also, kindle books can now be given as gifts. So because it's an expensive time of year, I'm offering my books at a lower price to help out if you want to buy them as gifts.
Remember that kindle books can still be read without a kindle ereader. There are free apps on Amazon which anyone can download so that they can read kindle books on other devices: ipad, iphone, android, blackberry, mac or pc.
Here are the links to my Amazon author pages:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Hopefully this will ensure that anyone who wants to read my books can get them at an affordable price (I know how tight money is these days for most of us).
Also, kindle books can now be given as gifts. So because it's an expensive time of year, I'm offering my books at a lower price to help out if you want to buy them as gifts.
Remember that kindle books can still be read without a kindle ereader. There are free apps on Amazon which anyone can download so that they can read kindle books on other devices: ipad, iphone, android, blackberry, mac or pc.
Here are the links to my Amazon author pages:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Happy New Year!
I'm just popping in to wish all my blog followers a very happy and peaceful 2011. I hope you will all be successful at whatever endeavours you are undertaking this year.
The new year is always a time when we take stock of what we have achieved thus far and it's also a time when many people make resolutions to do or not do certain things. It's quite natural for us to use this changing of the year to set new goals for ourselves and leave behind whatever has not been working for us. I hope you will all be able to look to this new year as one which holds opportunities for you to accomplish whatever it is that you wish for.
A quick update on what I'm planning for 2011:
1. I have a new collection of short stories being published this month. The title is: 'Fusion'. You can find an excerpt from the first story in the collection 'Only Time can divide us', in the 'Maria's Writing' section of my Goodreads author page.
2. I co-wrote an online novella at BestsellerBound with author Jason McIntyre. We are planning to publish the book as a free ebook. It's called 'Cutting The Fat'. I'll post more when I have the details. I believe it is going to be published this month.
3. I'm currently revising and editing my first novel Coincidences so that I can publish it as an ebook. 'Coincidences' was first published in 2001 as a hardback. It is currently out of print, but I hope this new revision will mean that more people will be able to read it. I didn't have an electronic version of the book, so I've taken the opportunity to re-type it and edit as I go along. I've learnt a lot about editing in the past 10 years as a writer, and will be using that experience to polish the text and update the book. I will keep the story the same, but I'm sure there will be some extra scenes added as I go along. If you wish to read my first novel as a hardback, I am currently offering them for sale through the Amazon.co.uk marketplace. You can find a link on my website
4. I have finished writing my fourth novel 'The Dream', and am currently editing it. It's a fantasy/paranormal/timeslip novel, so a bit different to my usual writing, but I had fun writing it, and it does contain many of the same themes as my other books: relationships, secrets, betrayal, forgiveness, love. It's also quite humourous.
I'm pleased to announce that I had some success with sales of my kindle titles in December. I sold a staggering 102 copies. I'm hoping that the popularity of my books will continue in this vein.
Thanks to everyone who has read any of my books this year, and for all your support.
The new year is always a time when we take stock of what we have achieved thus far and it's also a time when many people make resolutions to do or not do certain things. It's quite natural for us to use this changing of the year to set new goals for ourselves and leave behind whatever has not been working for us. I hope you will all be able to look to this new year as one which holds opportunities for you to accomplish whatever it is that you wish for.
A quick update on what I'm planning for 2011:
1. I have a new collection of short stories being published this month. The title is: 'Fusion'. You can find an excerpt from the first story in the collection 'Only Time can divide us', in the 'Maria's Writing' section of my Goodreads author page.
2. I co-wrote an online novella at BestsellerBound with author Jason McIntyre. We are planning to publish the book as a free ebook. It's called 'Cutting The Fat'. I'll post more when I have the details. I believe it is going to be published this month.
3. I'm currently revising and editing my first novel Coincidences so that I can publish it as an ebook. 'Coincidences' was first published in 2001 as a hardback. It is currently out of print, but I hope this new revision will mean that more people will be able to read it. I didn't have an electronic version of the book, so I've taken the opportunity to re-type it and edit as I go along. I've learnt a lot about editing in the past 10 years as a writer, and will be using that experience to polish the text and update the book. I will keep the story the same, but I'm sure there will be some extra scenes added as I go along. If you wish to read my first novel as a hardback, I am currently offering them for sale through the Amazon.co.uk marketplace. You can find a link on my website
4. I have finished writing my fourth novel 'The Dream', and am currently editing it. It's a fantasy/paranormal/timeslip novel, so a bit different to my usual writing, but I had fun writing it, and it does contain many of the same themes as my other books: relationships, secrets, betrayal, forgiveness, love. It's also quite humourous.
I'm pleased to announce that I had some success with sales of my kindle titles in December. I sold a staggering 102 copies. I'm hoping that the popularity of my books will continue in this vein.
Thanks to everyone who has read any of my books this year, and for all your support.
Cutting The Fat -- new novella -- now available on Kindle!
Cutting The Fat, the novella that I co-wrote with author Jason McIntyre is now available to purchase at Amazon!
The book, which was originally an impromptu online novella, written online at BestsellerBound, is about Nestor Maronski, a book reviewer who writes scathing reviews of self-published books. 'Cutting The Fat' is a sometimes gruesome, sometimes humourous, compelling thriller about a plot to kill Nestor Maronski.
The character, Nestor Maronski, can be found on Twitter: Nestor Maronski -- Twitter and also on Facebook: Nestor Maronski -- Facebook
Some of the members of BestsellerBound.com also featured spoof interviews with some of the characters from 'Cutting The Fat' on their blogs. You can read those here:
Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick: The Tale's The Thing
The Secret Writer
Jaleta CleggThe Far Edge of Normal
Darcia Helle A Word Please
Susan Helene Gottfried West of Mars
The ebook of Cutting The Fat also features some bonus material:
An Excerpt from Thalo Blue a novel by Jason McIntyre
The short story 'Only Time Can divide Us' from my latest short story collection, Fusion.
Jason and I are due to be interviewed about the book on author Darcia Helle's blog and she will be giving away an exclusive 'Nestor Maronski Must Die' t-shirt and some pdf copies of the book. More news on that soon.
Here's a link to Amazon, where you can purchase the book on kindle for just $0.99/£0.71
Amazon UK
< a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cutting-The-Fat... US
The book, which was originally an impromptu online novella, written online at BestsellerBound, is about Nestor Maronski, a book reviewer who writes scathing reviews of self-published books. 'Cutting The Fat' is a sometimes gruesome, sometimes humourous, compelling thriller about a plot to kill Nestor Maronski.
The character, Nestor Maronski, can be found on Twitter: Nestor Maronski -- Twitter and also on Facebook: Nestor Maronski -- Facebook
Some of the members of BestsellerBound.com also featured spoof interviews with some of the characters from 'Cutting The Fat' on their blogs. You can read those here:
Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick: The Tale's The Thing
The Secret Writer
Jaleta CleggThe Far Edge of Normal
Darcia Helle A Word Please
Susan Helene Gottfried West of Mars
The ebook of Cutting The Fat also features some bonus material:
An Excerpt from Thalo Blue a novel by Jason McIntyre
The short story 'Only Time Can divide Us' from my latest short story collection, Fusion.
Jason and I are due to be interviewed about the book on author Darcia Helle's blog and she will be giving away an exclusive 'Nestor Maronski Must Die' t-shirt and some pdf copies of the book. More news on that soon.
Here's a link to Amazon, where you can purchase the book on kindle for just $0.99/£0.71
Amazon UK
< a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cutting-The-Fat... US
My short story collections only $0.99/£0.70 on kindle!
For a limited time, I am offering my short story collections, Love and Loyalty, and Pieces of a Rainbow for just $0.99 or £0.70 on Amazon kindle.
Remember, you don't have to own a kindle ereader to download and read the books. Amazon offers free apps for iphone, ipad, mac, pc, blackberry, etc.
I am hoping to make my new collection Fusion available on kindle in the next couple of months.
At the moment I am also working on formatting my books as epubs so that I can offer them for sale more widely. Bear with me while I try to get to grips with the formatting!
As a free short read - because I love you all so much :) I have uploaded a story from my new collection to fReado. The story is aptly titled 'The Valentine's Card' so I thought it would be the perfect gift to you all this Valentine's Day.
Click here to read the story: The Valentine's Card Enjoy!
Remember, you don't have to own a kindle ereader to download and read the books. Amazon offers free apps for iphone, ipad, mac, pc, blackberry, etc.
I am hoping to make my new collection Fusion available on kindle in the next couple of months.
At the moment I am also working on formatting my books as epubs so that I can offer them for sale more widely. Bear with me while I try to get to grips with the formatting!
As a free short read - because I love you all so much :) I have uploaded a story from my new collection to fReado. The story is aptly titled 'The Valentine's Card' so I thought it would be the perfect gift to you all this Valentine's Day.
Click here to read the story: The Valentine's Card Enjoy!
