THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Please post your giveaways in this folder.

I have a Kindle giveaway on the 26th for The Master of Verona. As I have a new novel coming out next month, I thought I'd offer up my first one for free for a couple days. Swashbuckling and backstabbing galore. Enjoy!

Hi, all. I have a Goodreads giveaway in progress for my upcoming crime thriller HIGH CRIMES. But the giveaway ends TOMORROW. It's for the mobi ebook version. It's my 5th Georgia Davis book and it's set 14 months after the 2016 election. (Yes, it's political...) It will be released in November in print, audiobook, and ebook.
Thanks!
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i used to do a lot of giveaways but since Goodreads started charging for it, I had to stop. it's a pity, I found it very helpful to engage with readers

Hi. I am currently running a Kindle giveaway for my epic UFO story "Watch the Skies".

Thanks and hope you enjoy,
James

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Hi All,

Pelican Book Group, my publisher, is having a terrific giveaway at My Book Cave.

Details are here: https://mybookcave.com/retailer-group...

Free Kindle Download – September 17 through September 20
Lady Justice and the Mysterious Box
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A mysterious box left by a dying man falls into Walt’s hands.
He learns, much to his dismay, that the box is being sought by agents from four countries.
Walt has no idea what the box contains but is told that in the right hands it could be a blessing to mankind, but in the wrong hands, a curse.
Walt is charged with the safekeeping of the box, but at what expense? Others who have come in contact with the box are dead.
At some point, Walt must decide whether the contents of the box are worth risking the lives of those closest to him.

Michael wrote: "i used to do a lot of giveaways but since Goodreads started charging for it, I had to stop. it's a pity, I found it very helpful to engage with readers"

I agree, Michael. It's sad goodreads now charges authors to do giveaways. Bad enough we have to give our hard-earned works away for free, now they have to charge authors a fee to be charitable. So much for charity.

Enter for a chance to win a Mean Little People Kindle.

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Good Luck!!
xo~Paige

My book Tsar Wars, Book 1 in my space opera series "Agents of the Imperial Special Investigation Service," is available for free in EPUB, MOBI and PDF formats at https://payhip.com/b/0bxL. The series has been called "the first great space opera decalogy of the 21st century."

Hi, my first spy novel is free through October 4, 2018, at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view....

The code is BP72R. You'll have to sign in at the site but it won't cost anything. (Writers should know about this site anyway!)

Please leave a comment or review if you can! Thanks.

Hello, All,

There is only 12 hours left on my giveaway, but I just learned about this folder.

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Thank you!
Shaindel

I have a new release free Kindle novella: Title - Cathouse Photographer 11-13 Oct. 2018 (borderline erotica, LGBT, historical humorous). A free historical novel - Atlantic City Nazi - 5-9 Oct. A free humorous novella - Tango Boat Dancers - 10-14 Oct. 2018.

Michael wrote: "i used to do a lot of giveaways but since Goodreads started charging for it, I had to stop. it's a pity, I found it very helpful to engage with readers"

I totally agree, Michael. Authors already put out the price of the book and the postage to mail it to the winner, not to mention the costs of publishing in the first place. Seems like Goodreads has followed the practice of many other companies who want to fleece writers.
None of these companies would even exist without writers to write the books...

I have a giveaway until the 21 October for a print copy of MC Romance Snatched.
Enter:
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USA only
Best
Cathleen Ross

Hi , I have a Kindle give-away today. If you love history, adventure and romance - it's fun.



hope you enjoy!

PS: not suitable for children!

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy



Just a note that the giveaway for CODE NAME: LISE is now active! My publisher is giving away 50 copies.

Cheers,
Larry

Hi, all. I have a MEGA romance (any subgenre) giveaway (170+ donations from 42 authors) going on this week from December 13th to the 20th. Don't miss it! http://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/

Want to WIN a FREE COPY of Vocation of a Gadfly?

A romance with a chilling, supernatural / paranormal / horror thread running through...

Click here to find out how to enter the draw / giveaway. Last date for entries is March 7, 2019

For those interested, Martin Crosbie has a newsletter with information about free and almost-free books. Here's the link:

https://bookdoggy.com/

Free on Kindle 19-22 February 2019. TRUMP FANTASY WALL ROMANCE by Charles Frankhauser -- humor genre -- novella (short read). Fence builder from Texas moves to Washington where he meets girl from hometown that works on White House Staff. They fall in love and she gives him a contract to build the greatest wall ever built anywhere by anyone. They get married in the Rose Garden.

Instant winner giveaway, not many more chances to win! https://www.amazon.com/ga/p/4ddf41886...

Check this one out too! Winner winner, chicken dinner!
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Dragoneer Saga: Confliction Compendium, a complete trilogy "Digital Box Set" is FREE thru 4/28/2019 in an attempt to gain Goodreads and Amazon book reviews.

Book one is a Locus Poll nominee, dubbed by Fantasy Book Critic as a top 10 fantasy, and was also featured in the first ever Publisher's Weekly - Indie Showcase.
This collection contains The Dragoneer Saga, Books 1-3 plus bonus content. Please enjoy.

Michael wrote: "i used to do a lot of giveaways but since Goodreads started charging for it, I had to stop. it's a pity, I found it very helpful to engage with readers"

I go away for a year or so, come back and find that the Giveaways have changed! Its not just the charging that's a shame; as an author in the UK, I was happy to send anywhere in the world.

Contemporary romance, SCH, is permafree right now through various sales channels. Find out via this blog post: https://romancenovelgiveaways.blogspo...

Also, there's a giveaway for an ebook of my historical romance boxed set for the next three days! Discover more here: https://romancenovelgiveaways.blogspo...

"One Adventure Too Many - A Sandi Webster Mystery" will be free on Amazon.com on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You never know what you'll find in the forest.
One Adventure Too Many: A Sandi Webster Mystery

My fantasy novel High Iron will be available in paperback soon. In Kindle now; if you'd like a kindle copy , just let me know. This offer good for . . . a while. Speak friend and enter.

Tim wrote: "My fantasy novel High Iron will be available in paperback soon. In Kindle now; if you'd like a kindle copy , just let me know. This offer good for . . . a while. Speak friend and en..."

And now the paperback is ready! Let me know (i.e. message me) if you'd like a copy. This isn't a free thing on Amazon; I'll just send you one. Same with the kindle version.

What can I do to contribute during these stay-at-home days? Offer a little entertainment.

FREE for two days: Books with mystery and a touch of humor.

“Old Murders Never Die” – Take a trip through a ghost town with a history and mystery
“Prudy’s Back” – Find out what it’s like for a young Private Detective to work with an elderly
Private Detective
“Entrance to Nowhere” – A wealthy man prepares for disasters – until he’s kidnapped. Life can
interfere with a Prepper, too.

Tuesday, March 24 & Wednesday March 25 (ebooks on Amazon.com)

One of our members, Martha, kindly provided this link to an April promo for free books that she and her author friends organized. Enjoy! 🙂🌺🌹

https://books.bookfunnel.com/funforap...

My publisher is offering free ebooks this weekend, including Something So Divine, one of my historical mysteries. Twenty-five books are on offer, both fiction and non-fiction. Take a look: http://sunburypress.com/25-free-ebook...

My children's book on addiction is free beggening tomorrow. The giveaway ends Friday. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

One of our members, Tarcisio, has written some books in Portuguese. This is the link.

https://www.tssal.com/editora/publica...

He's willing to share the free PDF of his books with some readers. If you're interested, I'd suggest you direct message him. 🙂

As I'm feeling in the Christmas spirit, I'm putting all four of my books on free download on every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in December, starting tomorrow. If you check my Amazon listings, you should be able to pick up the whole set over the coming weeks. Have fun!

Parallax Oblique Sirene Psinapse

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Battle to Enlist My Translations of Rabindranath Tagore in KDP Select Won Against Amazon (Gifts!)

"'I'm God', assumes the avenue, 'I'm God', gathers the chariot,

The idol fancies, 'I'm God'—the genius mildly amuses." (Tagore)

My surprise victory against Kindle Direct Publishing ending a onerous eMail battle against denial of copyright and discrimination from 10 Nov 2020 through 23 Dec 2020: Amazon just granted my seven translations of Rabindranath Tagore (six unofficially recommended for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award, one more recent) entry into the KDP Select program that allows authors to give away free copies for only up to 5 of every 90 days. I had recently withdrawn these titles from Smashwords to be eligible to enter KDP Select, despite being translator of the Smashwords Style Guide by founder Mark Coker. I frankly told Amazon, I did it because I like their Digital Rights Management (for now).

Philosophical conclusion: The power to deny simple facts maintains sanctuaries of abuse.

I had asserted under penalties of perjury that my translations of Rabindranath Tagore are exclusive to Amazon in digital format and I alone control the exclusive rights to the books and their content as required for KDP Select.

Amazon kept saying, “Since the provided ASIN's are translations of Public Domain work, they are not exclusive”. I told them, ‘The conclusion "are not exclusive" does not follow from the premise "the provided ASIN's are translations of Public Domain work".

They had previously amused me adding to the same claim, “I know this is not the answer you were hoping for, but that is why they can't be enrolled in KDP Select. I hope you understand.” It transpired that they had marked my translations as public domain work for years.

I had at one point divided their denial asking whether they are claiming (i) my work is in the public domain, (ii) my writing is not exclusive to Amazon in digital format, or (iii) that I do not control the exclusive rights. I had also pasted my copyright statement from a title into an eMail message.

They reiterated their above cerebration about public domain and exclusivity in reply.

At one point, Amazon had claimed, “your translated works of Rabindranath Tagore is considered as Public domain” to which I replied, “I am not dead. I am alive”.

I had explained to Amazon, ‘If you create your own copyrighted Chinese translation of the Rigveda or Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace they do not become fashionably "non-exclusive" to Amazon … Lawyers or support staff need to be respectful of a writer's time.’

I had asked them, “How did you grant KDP Select entry to my translation of Letters From an Expatriate in Europe?”

After this, Letters from an Expatriate in Europe which is my translation of Tagore’s Europe-Pravasir Patra was removed from KDP Select till the resolution of the conflict.

Today, I enrolled all 7 of my translations in KDP Select and they can be purchased for free (promo) from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day:

Finally by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/48rYHhd

Haimanti: Of Autumn by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/1QXkfD1

One Night by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/2VKC5sW

Missing My Bejeweled by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/hEDbIfR

Clouds and Sunshine by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/asqBM0E

The Crown by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/1EwR2gh

Letters from an Expatriate in Europe by Rabindranath Tagore https://a.co/jhHbSdr

Preview them now and buy when the promo starts.

Please compare the quality of my translations of Tagore to that of Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, if you have read them, and leave your valuable Kindle reviews, and comments below.

Here is an excerpt from my translation of Letters from an Expatriate in Europe to make you meditative:

“Then the Sun-god having contained his thousand rays laid out his tired head on the bed of multitudinous clouds leaning on sunset's shadowy peak and closed his sleepy crimson eyes; the birds returned to their respective nests. The lowing herd headed for the cow-house tracing the cowboy's steps. We began our journey for London.”

You are encouraged to read out my aforementioned 7 translations to your kid at bedtime. It improves parental-filial bonding and language skills. The translations are all listed in the Wikipedia.

Bonus: My COVID-19 survival surprise which I shared with WHO requesting a campaign on exercise (Every Move Counts campaign) https://a.co/1fPBds4

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