Amazon Kindle discussion

Hi all,

New to the forum and new to self-publishing. I am releasing a series of short stories this year, of which, two are out now.

I look forward to reading posts and participating in the group. (I've already read through the Kindle vs. and the Kindle paperwhite thread as I am trying to decide on purchasing my own device.)

For more information you can visit me on Goodreads: Bernard M. Cox

Or you can visit my blog: The Space Within These Lines

Thanks for your time.

The Memory of a Salt Shaker, a short story.



Bert discovers the salt in an ordinary salt shaker gives him the power to see his life through the eyes of his deceased wife. This magical realist story is first in The Space Within These Lines collection exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

The Memory of a Salt Shaker first appeared November 2011 in issue 15 of Up the Staircase Quarterly and was nominated by the editorial staff for the 2012 Million Writers Award.

The story is currently on both the Kindle Top 100 Free Books for Fantasy -> Contemporary and Romance -> Short Stories.

Available for FREE at Goodreads and Amazon.

The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated , a novelette



Lucy is having a bad day at work and to top it off a cicada named Lenny just told her she has three days to live. Thus begins a surreal journey of self-discovery where animals talk, bears play polka, and spiders tango. Over the course of three days Lucy must care for her alcoholic mother, come to terms with the loss of her father, and confront her feelings for her best friend Faye, all while trying to understand what her "potential" is and why a cicada wants it before she dies.

For fans of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, Haruki Murakami, The Alligator Report, and TV series like Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies. The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated is the second in The Space Within These Lines collection of romantic, magical realist, fantasy, and science fiction stories exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

The novelette is now available at Amazon for $2.99.

The short story e-book I'm releasing in February, La Chanson de l'Observation, was just chosen by author Gina Ochsner for A cappella Zoo's 5-year retrospective "Best of" issue.

The short story e-book I'm releasing in February, La Chanson de l'Observation, was just chosen by author Gina Ochsner for A cappella Zoo's 5-year retrospective "Best of" issue.

The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated is currently on sale for $1.49 through 2/14 at Amazon.

La Chanson de l'Observation is out now!



It’s never a good idea for sociologists to fall in love with someone they’re studying–especially if they’re alien sociologists.

Node AR1x40 lives his life on Earth as human Javier Flores, observing and reporting on human behavior as part of The Commonality’s sociological study. When he meets Theo Zedek, a pastry chef and owner of the La Chanson Cafe, Node AR1x40 violates the main parameter of the experiment—he falls in love. And their love may ruin far more than his career.

Told in the style of a scientific research paper, La Chanson de l’Observation is the third in The Space Within These Lines Collection of romantic magical realist, fantasy, and science fiction stories exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

This romantic Science Fiction short story was first published in Issue 8 of A cappella Zoo and was chosen by guest editor Gina Ochsner for Issue 10, The Best of A cappella Zoo: A Five Year Retrospective.

If you're interested, you can purchase the story for $1.99 at the following retailers:

Amazon US
Amazon Brazil
Amazon Canada
Amazon France
Amazon Germany
Amazon Japan
Amazon Spain
Amazon UK
Kobo Books
Smashwords
XinXii

Thanks!

I've lowered the price for La Chanson de l'Observation and The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated to 0.99. The Memory of a Salt Shaker is still free.