After weeks of slaving over the keyboard,...
Wait a second! You don't really want to hear about that, do you?
It's been a while since I posted anything here, so I figured I'm way overdue. You've been so patient, waiting for me to get my head out of, er, the dark, and I've been so, ah, busy. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Okay, enough fooling around. For now.
Metamorphoses, Zentek Ascendant, Book IV is now available in ebook format at my website. It took me a while, but I think the wait will be worthwhile because it's better than ever, and it brings you closer to the conclusion with some great new insights, revelations and a soaring romantic edge that - never mind, just read it! :-)
I also released the latest and greatest editions of Minx and Festival, improving their flow and style to be more consistent, more fun, more absorbing, more - I could go on all day; wouldn't you rather just get them and decide for yourself? I slashed the prices a while back because, although I still think they're worth lots more, I'd rather have readers than high prices or a whopping big income from them. I'd love to have a whopping big income - who wouldn't - but I realize that these are ebooks, with all the advantages and disadvantages that entails, and I can't see driving potential readers away with "real book" prices for the files.
I have another idea: if you like what you see, buy the print edition of Return, whose print title is Zentek Ascendant, Book I: Return (don't ask, please), and I'll give you all five ebooks for free, including Reckoning as soon as it becomes available. The print editions, both soft and hard cover, are available directly from Xlibris.com, or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others. As far as I can tell, B&N (barnesandnoble.com) has it for the lowest price so far, so get it there.
Comments? Questions? Nasty remarks? Feel free to post on the blog, or email me directly at zentektales@gmail.com. I love getting feedback of all kinds, and I have the leather skin to prove it!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Now available for less!
Before you read any further, this is not a come-on for some massive, super-discount program that will save you gobs and gobs of money. That is, unless you buy a whole lot of my books.... :-)
I did a little survey a while back and discovered that a lot of other fantasy ebooks are selling for significantly less than I was asking for mine. I began to think about that and wondered - what was I thinking?
I was thinking that I worked hard on these books, they represent a lot of effort on my part, I deserve compensation, blah, blah, blah. All of that is true, more or less, (except the blah, blah, blah part). Then I started thinking, is that what I really want?
The answer to that is no.
Okay, so yes, I do want a lot of money, who doesn't? Even the ultra-rich (always) want more.
But that's not the point.
What I really want is a lot of readers who are willing to buy my work because they like it and they're willing to pay a little bit to get it. After all, these are ebooks, not something you can just hold in your hand and pick up and put down, like a "real" book (unless you have an ebook reader that handles encrypted PDFs and looks sort of like a book...). That means you can either read it on a computer, which can be somewhat simple if you have a netbook and really good eyesight, or you can print it out and carry around a sheaf of paper that is too thick to staple together with a normal stapler, even if you print it 2-up, back to back, or even smaller.
I can't sit at a computer long enough to read a whole book any more, even when I'm not editing it. (I used to be able to, but that's a long story, not for here.) My book won't generate any more income for you, unlike others priced at $20 and up that might, if you're diligent, lucky, a good salesperson, etc., etc.
So, I blew the prices down to a genuinely reasonable low that probably will never get any lower because, well, they are worth that much. I won't quote the prices here, but you can get at them easily on my home page, http://zentektales.com.
What do you think? Let me know - post a comment, send an email, or buy a book! :-)
By the way, I promise I will have Metamorphoses out this month, along with new editions of Minx and Festival, and Reckoning will be out next month. They really are almost done - just one more quick (ha ha ha!) clean-up editing pass.
Tell you what - if you buy now, or any time for that matter, when a new edition of any of my ebooks becomes available, I will email you a free update, unless you tell me not to do that. Is that better?
Before I forget, Return is now available on Amazon and other on-line retailers. If you search on Amazon for "Zentek Ascendant," you'll find it. If not, google for ISBNs 978-1-4415-3593-1 (paperback) or 978-1-4415-3594-8 (hardback) and be aware - I can't change those prices, directly. Check my web page - I'll be putting together a discount offer as soon as the whole set is out in ebooks.
Thanks for reading!
I did a little survey a while back and discovered that a lot of other fantasy ebooks are selling for significantly less than I was asking for mine. I began to think about that and wondered - what was I thinking?
I was thinking that I worked hard on these books, they represent a lot of effort on my part, I deserve compensation, blah, blah, blah. All of that is true, more or less, (except the blah, blah, blah part). Then I started thinking, is that what I really want?
The answer to that is no.
Okay, so yes, I do want a lot of money, who doesn't? Even the ultra-rich (always) want more.
But that's not the point.
What I really want is a lot of readers who are willing to buy my work because they like it and they're willing to pay a little bit to get it. After all, these are ebooks, not something you can just hold in your hand and pick up and put down, like a "real" book (unless you have an ebook reader that handles encrypted PDFs and looks sort of like a book...). That means you can either read it on a computer, which can be somewhat simple if you have a netbook and really good eyesight, or you can print it out and carry around a sheaf of paper that is too thick to staple together with a normal stapler, even if you print it 2-up, back to back, or even smaller.
I can't sit at a computer long enough to read a whole book any more, even when I'm not editing it. (I used to be able to, but that's a long story, not for here.) My book won't generate any more income for you, unlike others priced at $20 and up that might, if you're diligent, lucky, a good salesperson, etc., etc.
So, I blew the prices down to a genuinely reasonable low that probably will never get any lower because, well, they are worth that much. I won't quote the prices here, but you can get at them easily on my home page, http://zentektales.com.
What do you think? Let me know - post a comment, send an email, or buy a book! :-)
By the way, I promise I will have Metamorphoses out this month, along with new editions of Minx and Festival, and Reckoning will be out next month. They really are almost done - just one more quick (ha ha ha!) clean-up editing pass.
Tell you what - if you buy now, or any time for that matter, when a new edition of any of my ebooks becomes available, I will email you a free update, unless you tell me not to do that. Is that better?
Before I forget, Return is now available on Amazon and other on-line retailers. If you search on Amazon for "Zentek Ascendant," you'll find it. If not, google for ISBNs 978-1-4415-3593-1 (paperback) or 978-1-4415-3594-8 (hardback) and be aware - I can't change those prices, directly. Check my web page - I'll be putting together a discount offer as soon as the whole set is out in ebooks.
Thanks for reading!
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