Tag Archives: Kindle Scout

Nominee — Kindle Scout

Posted on by November 23, 2015
2

Forgotten_ebook final coverThere are a lot of good books list­ed on Kin­dle Scout for read­ers to nom­i­nate. For­got­ten Body is mine. It’s a good deal for read­ers as well as authors. The pro­gram lists each accept­ed book for thir­ty days, then gives read­ers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to nom­i­nate their favorites. Best part—when a book is cho­sen for pub­li­ca­tion by Kin­dle Scout, all those who nom­i­nat­ed that title get it free (as an e‑book) short­ly before publication.

The pro­gram is good for authors too as they receive an advance and a favor­able contract.

My blurb: Jo Durbin, embed­ded reporter, cov­ers a reen­act­ment of America’s for­got­ten War of 1812. Piece of cake. Action, faux dead bod­ies, pre­tend bat­tles, and every­day lives of the RVers (Workampers)—all fod­der for her pen. Except there’s a real body, for­got­ten in the grass. With the victim’s check­ered past, sus­pects mul­ti­ply. When chil­dren are endan­gered, Jo fol­lows a fig­ment of her imag­i­na­tion despite any help or hin­drance from her sis­ter, a friend, and the man who wants to be more than a friend.

 

It’s Bazaar Time

Posted on by November 19, 2015
Reply

11-19 christmas-bazaarI’m gear­ing up to sell my books at a local Christ­mas bazaar. Books will be in the minor­i­ty of prod­ucts. There will be sewn lovelies, cut felt hang­ings, hand-made jew­el­ry, paint­ings, and a vari­ety of dec­o­rat­ed items want­i­ng to be under some­one’s Christ­mas tree. There will be com­mer­cial booths with can­dy and good­ies galore that may not last until Christ­mas. (I know, any I buy will suf­fer that fate.)

Ah, but books? One can par­take of their delights and still gift them to oth­ers. (That’s what often hap­pen to my hol­i­day pur­chas­es. How­ev­er, one must hold the book only par­tial­ly open so as not to crack the spine, def­i­nite­ly not dog-ear any pages, and nev­er read while eat­ing any­thing sticky.)

And after the bazaar? Will I count my mon­ey, always assum­ing I actu­al­ly sell a few books instead of buy­ing oth­ers’ good­ies. Well, hope­ful­ly. But I’ll go back to pro­mot­ing my book that is cur­rent­ly avail­able for nom­i­na­tion at Kin­dle Scout. (You knew I would­n’t miss that oppor­tu­ni­ty right now.)

That tak­en care of, I won­der how many of you par­tic­i­pate in Hol­i­day Bazaars. Or, do you suf­fer (like me), with ambiva­lent thoughts of—what? It isn’t even Thanks­giv­ing yet.

Kindle Scout book coming-Forgotten Body

Posted on by November 12, 2015
2

Forgotten_ebook final coverNovem­ber 14, 2015, is the big day! I just got word this morn­ing (the 12th). My next mys­tery, For­got­ten Body, will be on Kin­dle Scout.

Okay, you want to know exact­ly what Kin­dle Scout is? It’s part­ly a choose-your-own-read, in that any­one can nom­i­nate books they would like to read. After giv­ing the read­ing pub­lic thir­ty days to choose a book, Ama­zon decides which ones they will pub­lish in e‑book form. (Part of their deci­sion is based on the book’s pop­u­lar­i­ty.) The best part for the read­er: You receive a free e‑book copy of each of the books you nom­i­nat­ed. Okay, that’s only true if they decide to pub­lish the book. (If not, they tell you where it is avail­able.) As a read­er, I’ve nom­i­nat­ed many books I’d like to read. (They allow three nom­i­na­tions at a time.) Sev­er­al have been pub­lished by Kin­dle Scout, so I’ve received free e‑books. They were all great reads. They earned four or five stars when I placed my reviews on Ama­zon and Goodreads. (Since I know those reviews help the author and the read­er, I try to review every book I read.)

Of course, there’s good news for the author too. The Kin­dle Scout pro­gram offers a favor­able con­tract with advance and roy­al­ties, as well as publicity.

The Kin­dle Scout site for For­got­ten Body will include the one sen­tence teas­er, the blurb, and almost all of the first two chap­ters. It will even tell you some­thing about me and ask me ques­tions. (I answer, of course.) Mean­while, I’ll tell you For­got­ten Body is a sequel to Yes­ter­day’s Body. Jo Durbin, my ama­teur detec­tive will do her thing (along with that elu­sive, imag­i­nary cat) at a reen­act­ment of the War of 1812. On Sat­ur­day the 12th, the whole thing will go live here. So vis­it, and if you like what you see, nom­i­nate. If you have any ques­tions, ask here.