Sunday, July 14, 2013

A Publishing Problem, Progress, and a Summer Giveaway



We had a shock at the start of the weekend. Amazon put my novel HARD CASE for free, without permission. It’s back at the regular price with some complications still to be worked out. Apparently in the fine print somewhere, they can hold specials without compensation. We’re looking into it. I am going to get an answer. HARD CASE and THE LURE OF HELL have been in the top ten, and usually the top five of Men’s Adventure for weeks with great rankings. It’s another adventure in publishing I never knew existed on the Amazon marketplace.

I’m going over 80,000 words in my new novel, Rick Cantelli, P.I. today, so I’m in the home stretch on it, way ahead of the September 1st release I thought would be workable. Now, I’m thinking the first week in August. Since I already have 15,000 words done in the third book of my John Harding series, I’ll be on target for getting it finished by the holidays. My partner, RJ Parker, has a new contest going. It’s a summer giveaway. The details are here:


Summer Giveaway WIN a Kindle HD Fire or $200 Paypal Cash



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20 comments:

  1. Charles GramlichJuly 15, 2013 at 9:02:00 AM PDT

    You're rolling, man. I'd heard Amazon could do that. Haven't had it happen to me yet.

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  2. BernardLJuly 15, 2013 at 1:41:00 PM PDT

    It was a surprise, Charles. No warning and no compensation for the hundreds of downloads. But, the writing is going well. :) I know you're getting close to releasing 'Wraith of Talera'.

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  3. ceblainJuly 17, 2013 at 8:41:00 AM PDT

    I have not yet read anything written by Bernard but I am looking forward to doing so very very soon. I would be so happy to be the recipient of the Kindle but I know I have no luck, so with that, I am wishing YOU all the luck with your writing career and much success.
    Sincerely,
    Cynthia

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  4. BernardLJuly 17, 2013 at 10:01:00 AM PDT

    Thanks, Cynthia. It's free to enter so there's really no risk. As to winning anything, I'm the same way. I think I won a stuffed toy carrot for my daughter playing pool at the county fair one summer about twenty-five years ago. :)

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  5. raineJuly 18, 2013 at 12:01:00 AM PDT

    That's an interesting way of doing business. You'd think that, at the very least, they'd alert the author!
    But congrats on all the progress anyway. You are in the zone this year!

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  6. BernardLJuly 18, 2013 at 6:23:00 AM PDT

    Thanks, Raine. Hey, don't forget to enter the contest. The Kindle is the greatest writing tool of all time. :) Yeah, it took us a week to recover from the freebie. It proved beyond any doubt that giveaways in fiction are a horrible marketing tool. Thanks, Amazon, but I already knew that.

    I'm up to 88,000 words now, so I'll be finishing the novel in the next couple days, and then as you know, the tedious work begins. :)

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  7. IlanaPrudenteJuly 22, 2013 at 7:09:00 PM PDT

    I loved this giveaway! Tls!

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  8. BernardLJuly 22, 2013 at 7:41:00 PM PDT

    Good luck, Illana

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  9. UnknownJuly 24, 2013 at 7:41:00 AM PDT

    I hope I win :))

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  10. wiggetJuly 24, 2013 at 8:33:00 AM PDT

    thanks for hosting this giveaway

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  11. BernardLJuly 24, 2013 at 8:42:00 AM PDT

    Good luck, Maria.

    My partner, Author RJ Parker is the mastermind behind this, wigget. Good luck.

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  12. ShinchaosJuly 26, 2013 at 11:50:00 AM PDT

    I would like so much I were the winner ;)

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  13. UnknownJuly 27, 2013 at 2:31:00 AM PDT

    Just discovered you through the free giveaway, looks like an interesting read.

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  14. BernardLJuly 27, 2013 at 6:23:00 AM PDT

    Shinchaos, good luck!

    Thanks, Khurram, good luck in the giveaway.

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  15. MaloyJuly 31, 2013 at 2:59:00 AM PDT

    Nice giveaways. Hope to get that Kindle. Does it come with a digital copy of your books? :)

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  16. BernardLJuly 31, 2013 at 6:33:00 AM PDT

    Good question, Maloy. I don't think so, but if you win, remind me, and RJ Parker will gift one to you of your choice. :)

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  17. UnknownAugust 5, 2013 at 12:20:00 PM PDT

    thanks so much for the awesome giveaway!

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  18. BernardLAugust 5, 2013 at 4:27:00 PM PDT

    Hi, April. It's all my marketing partner, best selling true crime author RJ Parker's doing. Good luck. :)

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  19. UnknownAugust 7, 2013 at 3:11:00 AM PDT

    i want to win .nice giveaway :-)i want to have a copy of the best selling books

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  20. BernardLAugust 7, 2013 at 5:41:00 AM PDT

    Good luck, Joy.

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