Lynn Perretta's Blog
November 17, 2014
The Big Day!
The Shulim Cycle Book of Susan is available!
“Ur Shulim rises from the mists of the past. It spins its web and calls them. The general, the queen, the broken prince, the estranged goddess. They heed its call, not even hearing the siren song of their doom.”
Enjoy!
“Ur Shulim rises from the mists of the past. It spins its web and calls them. The general, the queen, the broken prince, the estranged goddess. They heed its call, not even hearing the siren song of their doom.”
Enjoy!
August 11, 2014
Blog-Linky - Amazon and the Independent Author
So, I'm sharing this because it really bothered me. I'm not going to tell any other authors what to think or do. I'm just going to share my thoughts about what I found in my email.
Anyway, here's the start of the article from Writer's Manifest. Please link back to read the rest and feel free to share your thoughts.
I received a disturbing email yesterday evening, one that makes me very happy that I have diversified my publishing platforms.
The email – and any other Indie Authors out there probably know exactly what email I am talking about – was from Amazon, asking me to step up and support them in their war against Hatchette.
As you may or may not know, Amazon has been at war for a little while with the Big Publishers over the pricing of e-books. The BPs like to price their e-books at prices comparable to paper-back prices while Amazon prefers lower price models to keep sales flowing.
It’s an age-old pricing concept. If you sell items at $14.00, people looking to limit their spending may only purchase one or two. If you sell items discounted at $10.00, consumers recognizing the discount will purchase more items. Consumers who before only spent $14 or $28 will now spend $20 to $40 (those buying one more likely to buy two, those buying two more likely to buy three or four).
What Amazon wants me to do is email Hatchette and tell them to stop being big, mean, bad people and stop trying to bully a big company like Amazon.
Yes, I’m being up on the melodrama, but it is not undeserved.
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Anyway, here's the start of the article from Writer's Manifest. Please link back to read the rest and feel free to share your thoughts.
I received a disturbing email yesterday evening, one that makes me very happy that I have diversified my publishing platforms.
The email – and any other Indie Authors out there probably know exactly what email I am talking about – was from Amazon, asking me to step up and support them in their war against Hatchette.
As you may or may not know, Amazon has been at war for a little while with the Big Publishers over the pricing of e-books. The BPs like to price their e-books at prices comparable to paper-back prices while Amazon prefers lower price models to keep sales flowing.
It’s an age-old pricing concept. If you sell items at $14.00, people looking to limit their spending may only purchase one or two. If you sell items discounted at $10.00, consumers recognizing the discount will purchase more items. Consumers who before only spent $14 or $28 will now spend $20 to $40 (those buying one more likely to buy two, those buying two more likely to buy three or four).
What Amazon wants me to do is email Hatchette and tell them to stop being big, mean, bad people and stop trying to bully a big company like Amazon.
Yes, I’m being up on the melodrama, but it is not undeserved.
More
Being Cross-Posty - Amazon and the Independent Author
So, I'm sharing this because it really bothered me. I'm not going to tell any other authors what to think or do. I'm just going to share my thoughts about what I found in my email. I originally posted this on my blog, and you can link back there if you'd like. I actually update it FAR more o
March 17, 2013
Bay Side Stories
We have a new episode of Bay Side Stories up on our website at www.streetwraith.net. We interview fellow self-published author Ryll Paul about her book Pebbles in the Road. We also look at From Grief to Celebration, an inspirational and educational memoir about a family coming to terms with Down Syndrome.
Please join us.
Please join us.
March 7, 2013
Promoting my Novel
Hello my fellow Goodreaders.
Please check out my excerpts for The Shulim Cycle: Book of Dahlia. I have the first six chapters available to read on my website at www.theshulimcycle.com/bookofdahlia.
If you'd like to read the rest, you can download it for free at Amazon.com for three days from Friday March 8 - Sunday March 10 (starting at 12AM PST and ending 11:59PM PST on the respective days). Just go to http://amzn.com/B00ASDCVHYand download your free, complete copy of my novel.
And thank you for taking time to share in my imagination.
Lynn Perretta
Please check out my excerpts for The Shulim Cycle: Book of Dahlia. I have the first six chapters available to read on my website at www.theshulimcycle.com/bookofdahlia.
If you'd like to read the rest, you can download it for free at Amazon.com for three days from Friday March 8 - Sunday March 10 (starting at 12AM PST and ending 11:59PM PST on the respective days). Just go to http://amzn.com/B00ASDCVHYand download your free, complete copy of my novel.
And thank you for taking time to share in my imagination.
Lynn Perretta
February 4, 2013
StreetWraith.Net
My husband and I have started a website that is focused on discussing the literary aspects of self-published work. We will feature weekly literary reviews of self-published works and a weekly podcast. Please come and check it out at www.streetwraith.net.
November 17, 2012
The Shulim Cycle: Book of Dahlia available for pre-order
The Shulim Cycle: Book of Dahlia is now up for pre-ordering. You will be able to get your copy in time for Christmas/other major holiday that I fail hard as spelling/ and we are offering it at a pre-ordered 20% off the list price. On December 22, 2012, the book will go back up to it's full price, but until Dec. 15th you will be able to get that 20% off.
Thus far the reviews have been really good and we are hoping this series will have some legs, but for that we need the support of people that want to help out small businesses. Even if after looking at the site you decide the book might not be for you, odds are very good that you know someone that would like this book. Twitter, Facebook, re-posts of this are how we are going to get the word out. We don't have the $4900 laying around to get the 3 months of publicity, so we are going to use our networking.
Thanks for all the help!
http://www.theshulimcycle.com/bookofd...
Thus far the reviews have been really good and we are hoping this series will have some legs, but for that we need the support of people that want to help out small businesses. Even if after looking at the site you decide the book might not be for you, odds are very good that you know someone that would like this book. Twitter, Facebook, re-posts of this are how we are going to get the word out. We don't have the $4900 laying around to get the 3 months of publicity, so we are going to use our networking.
Thanks for all the help!
http://www.theshulimcycle.com/bookofd...
