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Authors Bewitch Readers With Halloween Ebook Sale
More than thirty horror authors are coming together this Halloween to offer book lovers a bewitching deal on almost fifty witch-themed ebooks on October 30, 31, & November 1, 2012.
Bargain hunting readers will find that a spell has been cast, magically lowering sale prices, which will range from free to $2.99 with the majority of ebooks being sold for 99 cents. The complete list of participating authors and their books featuring witches, warlocks, and other seasonally appropriate creatures is available at WitchyEbooks.Blogspot.com and includes links to the ebooks on retail sites.
Although their books share a similar witchy theme, the cauldron-stirring group of authors has approached the subject many different ways, from frightening to fun and from historical to hysterical. Some authors crossed genres, mixing romantic comedy with their witchcraft while others stuck to traditional hard core horror featuring evil witches. Assorted demons, vampires, ghosts, and zombies appear in various books as well.
The promotional idea originated with author E. L. Sarnoff who was looking for a way to work with other authors to cross-promote witch-themed novels and short stories during the month of October. Other writers immediately responded with enthusiasm and ideas including Vera Nazarian who summed up what many in the group felt when she said, “We are gonna rock Halloween!”
Author Alex Owens offered the use of her blog address, WitchyEbooks.Blogspot.com, which thanks to the fact that she gets “goose-pimply with excitement over anything and everything paranormal” she had already dedicated to “featuring all the Fantabulously Freaky witch books” that she could find. Writer Cate Dean took the lead in compiling all the evolving information on each author’s books including, title, link, blurb, and sale price.
So what are you waiting for?
Head on over to WitchyEbooks and fill your Cackling-and-broom-riding-quota and then some!
Quickie Book Review – More by T.M. Franklin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was not what I expected. It took me for a ride and then some, and I loved every minute of it. The cast of characters felt “true” and complicated- like real people, which drew me into their story fairly quickly. And then the odd and magical started to happen.
I did not see any of the twists and turns coming, which made them all the more exciting. Brilliant plot, flawless, fast-paced writing and an ending that left me begging for more!
The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton – Quickie Book Review
The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Mind Readers is about… you guessed it, a girl that can read minds. On the cusp of adulthood, the main character has become used to hiding her ability so that her and her grandmother don’t have to move again and start over. “Self-preservation first” is the motto. But motto’s can only get a girl so far…
Overall, a great paranormal tale with enough intrigue and twists to keep most adults happy despite the YA (read: PG-ness)and what seems like a promising start to a new series. I can’t wait to see what book two holds and how things will pan out after the ending of this first book. Read it!
Hot Summer Reads – 5 Urban Fantasy e-Reads for 99-cents!
*** Hot Summer Reads! 5 Hot Urban Fantasy e-Reads Just 99 Cents Each – June 26th and 27th **
See the special Amazon sale page at: http://amzn.to/LCNvnE
My newest release, Kill Me, has some fabulous company for this two-day special event. For a short time, readers can grab a copy from Amazon at a steep discount!
The books included in this promo are:
So what are you waiting for? Go on and snag a few on-sale Hot Urban Fantasies before the prices revert back to normal!
Kill Me Excerpt over on Seeing Night Reviews
Today over on Seeing Night Reviews we’ve got an excerpt of from the new book Kill Me, along with an ebook giveaway. Check it out if you get a second!
And don’t forget to enter our own giveaway here on QuirkyGurl as well.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Now Booking for the ‘Kill Me’ Blog Tour :-)
I meant to post this sooner, but you know how life gets in the way sometimes 
If you have a chance, check out the Press page on the Blood Chord Series website — it has all the details, open dates and such for the Kill Me blog tour.
I’ve added a few of the booked tour stops and forthcoming reviews so far, but there’s still plenty of room left. (I was never very good at subtle hints!)
Check, check, check it out!
Introducing the Blood Chord Series Web site
In anticipation of the release of Kill Me, the first novel in the Blood Chord series, author Alex Owens has (finally) set up a website dedicate to the series.
In addition to more in-depth information regarding the series and Book (Kill Me) you can also sign up for updates, giveaways and such. The new nifty site also has pages dedicate to the next two books (Titles are Up!) and as new information becomes available the updates will be posted.
So I invite you to click on through to the new site, have a look around, leave a comment and sign up for the blog notification or the newsletter.
End of Feb #FREE #ebook Blowout
As a way to celebrate the extra day we have in February this year, I’ve decided to run a One day special on several of our ebooks available through Amazon. So for today only, get your copies for FREE! (Be sure to check the price before downloading, sometimes AZ gets wonky!)
First up is the short story collection SKIN. Readers have had good things to say about this one from “wicked fun” to “quite disturbing and I loved it” so hop on over and grab your copy.
Next we have the story collection Still Life Paintings, a collection thematically linked by art. It has been said that a painter leaves a bit of his soul behind with each painting, but what happens when a painting gives you back the part that’s been missing? Grab a copy now and find out.
And then there is Memories for Sale, which is by far the most gentle of the freebies on this page. It’s been likened to a Hallmark movie, so if that sounds like your thing, snag a copy today.
Lastly, our newest release has only been out a short time, and it needs some newbie love. Grab a copy of Just Desserts today.
So Close! It’s Coming! Pre-Order Blood Chord now!
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Since the time of KILL ME is growing ever near, I’ve decided to open up a unique form of pre-sales. I’m using the website Kickstarter, which offers artist, authors and other creative types the chance to raise support for various projects/ products.
I’m mainly using it for ebook pre-orders as a way to cover some of the costs associated with launching an Indie Book. Of course, I’ve built in some benefits for readers too. The ebook is going to sell for $4.99 but at the first support level (a whopping $0.99- you can’t even buy a cup of coffee for that!) you get the ebook– saving you $4.00!
But the perks don’t end there! I’m offering some sweet swag for the higher levels of support too. Picture a wicked-cool bookmark, made from a custom printed, pearloid guitar pick and ribbon, or a necklace featuring the same guitar pick. Or paperback copies, very limited edition hardcover books, or even promises for all future ebooks in the series… So what do you think?
KILL ME (Blood Chord series) Kickstarter Campaign
You can show your support indirectly by sharing this campaign with your friends, linking to it online or on Facebook, or tweeting. Any buzz that you can help generate would be greatly appreciated! And not to mention good for your karma levels!
On a side note, I’d love to have you guys stop by the campaign and tell me what you think about it. Does it look okay? Does everything make sense? Is it purty? thanks!
Friday Freebies – Free Kindle Books
Thought I’d start the (almost) weekend off with a bang and announce two of our books that are FREE today on Amazon as part of the Select program. Earlier in the week, I let Memories For Sale, SKIN, and Reflections of Motherhood go free for a day and the response was great!
That prompted me to go ahead and pull the ebook Still Life Paintings from Smashwords and B&N so that I could put the story collection into the program as well. So, today and tomorrow (Jan. 13th and 14th) only, Still Life Paintings is free for download on Amazon. It’s my hope that offering the book for free will encourage more reviews. The book has gotten great reviews, but what it needs now is more volume. Crossing Fingers!
Also, since I screwed up the previous freebie for Reflections on Motherhood (supposed to be free for two days, but the special only ran for one day) I’ve decided to go ahead and run another One-day-only freebie today (Jan 13th) for Reflections as well.
As usual, I’m blogging about the freebies, and I plan on posting on FB and Twitter, but I could always use the help spreading the word!
Free Book Alerts: SKIN, The Devil’s Deep, Dark Horse and more!
I started to post just to let you guys know that I’ve decided to run a limited-time FREE promo for SKIN over on Amazon. But then I realized that I had several things to share… so I’ll get to the sharing!
For two days only (Sunday the 8th and Monday the 9th) anyone can download the kindle version of SKIN . No coupon or trouble at all. Just please check the pricing before you download to make sure it still says FREE, and not just Free to borrow if you are an Amazon Prime member, m’kay? (clicking on the book cover below or the link above will get you there.)
While searching for venues to announce the freebie ebook promo for SKIN, I ran across a site that had a great link to Amazon. Not sure how it works, but it takes you to All the free (and current!) ebooks on Amazon. How cool is that?
Lastly, I thought I’d post of few Free Books available from Indie’s that I’ve seen around on Kindleboards, Facebook etc. Feel free to add any more in the comments, but please keep it this side of Spam. Thanks!
Feel free share this post with your friends and what-not. I’ll send metaphorical hugs your way for #RT’s too!
