Showing posts with label ebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebook. Show all posts
Thursday, December 13, 2018
eBook Deals: Grab the First Five Books of the Downward Dog Mystery Series on Sale, Starting at $0.99!
Everyone loves a deal! for a limited time, grab the first five ebooks of the Downward Dog Mystery Series by Tracy Weber while they're on sale!
Monday, June 11, 2018
eBook Deals: Grab the First Three Books in the Rex Graves Mystery Series by C.S. Challinor
Everyone loves a deal! for a limited time, grab the first three ebooks of the Rex Graves Mystery Series by C.S. Challinor while they're on sale!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Writers: What We’re Really Thankful For by Vicki Doudera
Please welcome guest blogger - Vicki Doudera :)
The holiday when we feast on turkey and count our blessings is right around the corner. What do writers think about when we give thanks? Along with the intangibles like patience, talent, and persistence, here are ten things for which many of us are very grateful indeed.
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| Vicki and Terri at Crime Bake |
1. Editors
They go to bat for our books, help us be better writers, and ask questions of our characters such as: Do you think Darby will marry Miles? (The very question Terri asked me this past weekend at Crime Bake, a writers and readers conference in Boston.)
2. Tea
Authors are the world’s number one consumers of tea. Okay, I made that up, but I know that for me, this flavored beverage is an important part of my writing process. It’s my “treat” when I’ve reached a little milestone (like my quota of pages) or my incentive if I’m somewhat stuck. I can’t tell you how many varieties I have – probably close to thirty – and depending on my mood, I pick my poison. I mean, flavor.
3. Electronic Reading Devices
Debate all you want about whether reading on a Kindle is the same as reading a hardcover – we’re just grateful that people have discovered yet another way to enjoy the stories we’re writing.4. Dogs
Our canine companions get us out of our chairs, away from the screen, and into fresh air at least once a day. How many times have plot ideas popped into your head while you were walking your dog?
5. Supportive Friends & Family
Where would we be without them? From our mothers, who saved our very first poems, to our spouses, who read our first drafts, to our friends, who not only coax us on, but also plug our books to their friends and families.
6. Interesting Day JobsWriting is my career, but real estate is my profession. Luckily, it puts me smack into situations where drama naturally occurs. Can I mine that for my mysteries? Yes – and I’m appreciative.
7. Expandable Waist Pants
For the days when tea doesn’t work and we chow down on chocolate instead.
8. Hard-drinking Writers
We’re thankful for the guys like Hemingway who guzzled booze by the boatload because it makes our daily glass of wine look paltry (and healthy) in contrast.
9. Woodstoves
Writing in the winter can be downright chilly, and I know I’m not the only writer who is thankful for her Vermont Castings Intrepid. I fire that baby up and keep it stoked while I write. Did I mention that my desk is only two feet away from its warming presence?
10. Readers
These can be Supportive Friends & Family (see number 5) but they can also be strangers upon whose kindness we truly depend. Hopefully, those of us who are writers also fit into this category. Where would all of us be without readers? Fortunately, we don’t need to imagine that scenario.
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| Vicki Doudera |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Vicki Doudera’s Darby Farr mysteries star a smart and savvy real estate agent solving crimes and making sales – even when deals go deadly. Her latest release, KILLER LISTING, “masterfully uses the backdrop of high-stakes realty as a great setting for a murder mystery.” (Bangor Daily News) Her debut novel, A HOUSE TO DIE FOR, was chosen by Suspense Magazine as a top read of 2010. Vicki is also the author of two non-fiction books and is a Realtor on the coast of Maine. Her next title, DEADLY OFFER, comes out in April of 2012. Find more about Vicki at www.vickidoudera.com.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Free e-book download??
Yep, we are doing it again!
There may not be such a thing as a free lunch, but there is such a thing as a free book about a lunch box.Continuing with their Summer e-book give-away program, Midnight Ink has put another novel on the Kindle Freebie Block. For the month of July, MI is highlighting Sue Ann Jaffarian.
For a limited time you can download a free copy of THE CURSE OF THE HOLY PAIL, the second book in the Odelia Grey series, featuring everyone’s favorite sassy, plus size paralegal.
The collectible Chappy Wheeler lunch box is just a *&#% lunch box, or so Odelia thinks until people start dying because of it.
Don’t have Kindle. No problem. You can download a free Kindle app to your smart phone, Nook, iPad or computer.
And while you’re downloading The Curse of the Holy Pail, check out all the other great Midnight Ink series available in both e-book and print.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Summer ebook promotions - free ebook downloads
Free on Kindle, Nook, Kobo and Sony ereaders for the month of June!
June Bug by Jess Lourey
This summer we are also planning free giveaways with Sue Ann Jaffarian, Cricket McRae and Deborah Sharp. If the program goes as well as planned, we will probably continue into the fall. :) Each of these promotions will last for one month.
Discounted Price on Kindle
Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M Malliet $1.99
Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney $1.99
Paper Scissors Death by Joanna Campbell Slan $.99
This Kindle promotion only runs for two weeks
Happy reading everyone! Keep checking back for more promotions and giveaways!!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
MWA to recognize/accept Ebook authors/publishers
Hey all -
Today the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced that they have established critera to make ebook and print on demand authors eligible for membership. It appears they have stopped short of announcing that ebooks are eligible for the Edgar Awards, but I assume that will be just around the corner. The critera, after a quick scan, pretty much looks like the same they have for printed books.
I believe Malice Domestic already considers ebooks for the Agatha Award. Do you all know if the other mystery awards are accepting ebooks now?
Today the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced that they have established critera to make ebook and print on demand authors eligible for membership. It appears they have stopped short of announcing that ebooks are eligible for the Edgar Awards, but I assume that will be just around the corner. The critera, after a quick scan, pretty much looks like the same they have for printed books.Check this out: (http://www.mysterywriters.org/node/10784?q=mwablog)
The publishing business is experiencing massive changes and if MWA is to remain relevant, we have to change, too. That’s why we’ve revised our Approved Publisher criteria to make books published solely in e-book format or using print-on-demand eligible under certain conditions for MWA membership (and, perhaps later, for Edgar eligibility as well). Self-published books, whether they are published in print or as e-books, still do not qualify for MWA active membership.Some folks may not agree with MWA's policies. Self-published books don't qualify. That may change in the future. Who knows. I think what is admirable here are two things - first, MWA wants to protect the integrity of their organization and their awards. They are keeping shady publishers out of the mix. Second, they are adapting to the times. I think in the book world, we are occasionally slow to adopt new technologies... *big grin* But here is MWA - I know they considered the subject carefully and thoroughly - and did the right thing. I truly hope that eligiblity for the Edgar Award is announced in the very near future.
In crafting the criteria below, we had to strike a balance between including books published using those new technologies while also maintaining our high professional standards and our commitment to protecting our members (and writers in general) from the less-than-reputable publishers who seek to take advantage of them.
I believe Malice Domestic already considers ebooks for the Agatha Award. Do you all know if the other mystery awards are accepting ebooks now?
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