My most recent efforts are in the marketing area again. I have now added Smashwords to my efforts. This is because Smashwords like Goodreads puts a lot of focus on helping new authors and authors that don't mind making their works free. It's important to get your name out there in order to build your brand. Smashwords has some nice programs to do that. Another one is bookbub. I believe Smashwords will distribute my book to several other entities like that but I will have to do some checking to see if that actually happens. The next big advantage of using Smashwords and Goodreads and Bookbub, is that they will allow you to list it as free. Amazon doesn't mind you doing this so long as you are not enrolled in KDP Select. That program requires you to agree to Amazons exclusivity rules so that you can't sell int anywhere else for less. So I removed my original Restoration from the KDP Select program after it's last 90 day cycle. Now it's still on Amazon but just not in that particular program. I also have the Patriotic version of the book up on Amazon still so that covers my presence there pretty well and I can still do the 5 days free on Amazon for that version of the book. The Partriotic version only has a few differences in the text and it has some teaser chapters for book 2 Revenge in the back. It also sports a collectors edition Patriotic cover. So now that my book Restoration is free on smashwords and will soon be free on Goodreads and others like Kobo and Bookbub, Amazon will most likely allow a price match on their site to free as well. That is my goal, Permafree of the first book in the series. If I can give away a million free copies of book 1 then maybe if I'm lucky about twenty percent of those readers will come back at some point and pay anywhere from 0.99 to 3.99 for book two. At least that's the idea. Happy reading!