Playing For Keeps Kindle Sale, Other Podiobook Authors Hit Big!

It’s been a shitty week- both husband and kiddo have been ill with various viruses and strep, we lost power for a day and Internet for two days. As life has been either busy or crappy for several weeks, I’ve fallen way behind. But still! The world has not stopped, so we continue!

• First, as it’s my birthday month (July 25th), I decided to offer my book, Playing For Keeps, for sale in the Amazon Kindle store for $.99. It’s a super-cheap download, so if you’re a Kindle user, I hope you check it out!
• I also will be offering a new mobile version of the book for free, as soon as I can get to it. Stay tuned!
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  Crescent

  Speaking of Amazon, fellow podiobook author Phil Rossi released his book, Crescent, on Amazon yesterday. He asked everyone to buy it at once to push it higher in the charts (a way to use your existing audience and get attention for small press books), and as far as I know, he hit at least the 50s. I got a blog post out on ISBW for this, but not here at the Murverse, so today I’m asking you to keep that book up there. If you haven’t checked out the book Crescent, then I recommend you download the early chapters for free to listen to, then go and buy if you enjoy it.

Darkness has inspired fear since mankind first watched the sun go down. Bad things hide in the dark feral beasts with mouths full of razors waiting for a taste of flesh. But now, the darkness is stirring with a life of its own. Crescent Station is the last bastion of civilization, floating in the cold, outer systems where colonized space gives way to the sparser settlements of the Frontier. Like the boom towns of distant Earth s Old American West, Crescent Station is a gateway to power, wealth, and opportunity for anyone who isn t afraid to get his or her hands dirty. But deep within the station s bowels, in Crescent s darkest and most secret places, an ancient evil is awakening and hungry, and it threatens the very fabric of space and time. Will the residents of Crescent Station find a way to stop it before the terror drives them insane? Or is it already too late?

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  The Zombie Chronicles: Escape

  And more good news for podiobook authors! James Melzer, author of The Zombie Chronicles: Escape, has been a frightening force to watch. He started last September with the release of his podiobook, then quickly got a sponsor, then sold the rights to the print version (to Permuted Press, his sponsor and the parent company of my publisher, Swarm), and now has announced that Permuted has made a deal with Simon and Schuster to release seven zombie novels, including James’. It’s been a whirlwind and fun as hell to watch. Congrats, James, keep moving up! The Zombie Chronicles: Escape will be released in 2010.

• I’ve been confirmed as a WorldCon participant, so I’ll be on five panels next month in Montreal! I hope to see you there! Come up and say hi!

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