
The Hunted: A Storm Lake Novel
Only for a limited time, only on Amazon: The Hunted is available for download as a #FREE e-book.
Filed under: Amazon, Books | Tagged: action, authors, Horror, novel, thriller, writing | Leave a comment »
Mom’s UK Store
Great News!
Mom’s Favorite Reads now has an Amazon UK store.
My Valiant Chronicles books are included in the “Mystery Suspense Thriller” section (click on the “Show More” button a couple of times to uncover them.)
If you’re in the UK, you’ll be able to purchase any of the books offered in the store. If you’re not in the UK and one of the books sparks your interest, you can search for it in the Amazon store for your country.
Browse through the variety of books on offer and download your next favourite read today.
Happy reading!
Filed under: Amazon, Books | Tagged: novel, Novels, publishing, suspense, thriller, writing | Leave a comment »
About Three Authors: Poison Pen
Voting is almost done for this year’s ReadFreely’s 50 Best Indie Books of 2018.
Filed under: Awards, Books | Tagged: Book Awards, novel, Novels, publishing, suspense, writing | Leave a comment »
Lately, indie authors have noticed something hinky with Amazon’s e-books. They seem to be disappearing from the Amazon US site.
When my novels fell victim to this crime, I tried to find them via my Bookshelf in KDP. Here’s what I found, using my novel Poison Pen as an example:
I’d never seen this “feature” before, but today I noticed that when you hover over “Live” on your KDP book, you get this:
When you click on “See title availability details” you get this:
When you drill down into “View details” in the row pertaining to Amzon.com (notice the Status for it says “Limited availability”), you get this:
Notice how in Canada it says “Unavailable”?
Scroll back up to the image with the Availability Report for Poison Pen. Notice how the row for Amazon.ca says “Live”? When I view the details on that, I see this:
It seems Amazon isn’t removing e-books and making them unavailable for purchase. They are mucking around with visibility depending on the country you’re in. This is causing frustration amongst authors who want to check their pages on countries they don’t reside in.
What’s scary for us non-US residents is the fear that users searching for books to read will no longer find these books in the search results. I’ve often searched in Amazon US for something and then clicked on the CA link to view it on the Canada site. Now that I understand (I think) what’s happening, I’ll do those searches on the Canadian site.
I’ve also noticed that direct links will get you the book’s page in the US even if it’s unavailable for you to purchase there.
While this new feature *cough* bug *cough* will take some getting used to, we’ll have to see how it shakes out and affects sales.
Amazon: unilaterally moving the goal posts for authors once again.
Filed under: Amazon, Books, Consumer Issues | Tagged: novel, Novels, publishing, thriller, writing | 4 Comments »
Filed under: Awards, Books | Tagged: novel, Novels, publishing, Romantic Suspense, suspense, thriller, writing | Leave a comment »
If you love to write, if you love to read, if you love to read and write, then let The Book Robin Hoods be your new hangout.
Here, you will find the Book Thieves, the featured reviewers of the Book Robin Hoods. They are hand-picked, vetted to ensure their honesty and reliability. Once approved, book thieves can receive review requests from authors.
Here, you will find The Storytellers. As a blogger, you can request ARCs from selected authors. Val Tobin’s books are featured on this site! You can find her on the Storytellers page. Read posted excerpts from novels in the Forums and discover your next favourite author.
Note: The Book Robin Hoods do not work with erotica/nonfiction/graphic horror authors at this time, nor do they work with first-time reviewers, meaning that reviewers have to have previous experience and a running blog or platform, however small.
Form for bloggers to join: https://goo.gl/forms/MWVkZ9EVJkpPHY1y1
Filed under: Books | Tagged: Book Robin Hoods, MC Frank, novel, publishing, writing | Leave a comment »