Michael Lauck's Blog - Posts Tagged "free"

Most of my material is only available in a digital format because I really want to keep the cost down. I like offering my books as cheaply as possible, in the spirit of the low cost paperback books I read as a kid and the pulp magazines that came before them. That being said, I like a real book sometimes. I find that sometimes, especially with comic books, I end up with digital and physical copies of things!

All that being said, check out the book marks I have over on my website https://swordsandrayguns.com/FreeStor.... They are free to download and print out. I suggest using something thick like cardstock. They are based on the covers of my books so they are pretty black ink intensive... I'd also suggest printing them at work! There are a couple of free stories on that page, too.

While you are over there, please let me know if you have any issues with my new HTTPS secure site... it is an experiment because of the Google ranking preference for HTTPS over HTTP. I don't do any commerce over the site.

I try to put all my books on Kindle Unlimited. For some reason my last book, a little ol' fashioned space western called The Heist (Black Sky Rangers Book 1) was NOT in the program. Why? I dunno. I am 99.99% sure I submitted it! But I got it all straightened out today and as some as the Amazon mechanisms start to turn, it should be free for Kindle Unlimited readers.

And if you aren't a Kindle Unlimited reader but you aren't sure about (or can't justify) spending the $1.95... well, I am getting along with Book 2. I am aiming for late spring but whenever it comes out I am sure there will be some kind of deal on the first book.

And if you have read one of my books, please take a second to leave a review here or over on Amazon. It let's me know what y'all like (and hate) so I can tell a better story.... and it helps other readers find me. I really do appreciate it.

From now until the end of February (that is from February 25 until February 28, 2018... I mean, this is going to be on the Internet forever so I better be precise) my short story Kindle read Rise of the Mountain Tiger is free. If you read The Grand Tournament, Rise of the Mountain Tiger is set in the same world, although years earlier. If you haven't read The Grand Tournament then Rise of the Mountain Tiger will introduce you to the wuxia inspired fantasy world I've created. The two stories are independent so you can read them in any order.

And speaking of The Grand Tournament, things are arranged on Amazon now so that if you buy a new paperback copy of it then you can get a Kindle ebook copy for free. That isn't until the end of the month, either, that is until Amazon doesn't let me offer that any more... I figure if you lay out $9.95 for the hard copy you deserve a convenient Kindle version as a bonus. More authors should do that!

I'm working on the follow up to The Heist, my science fiction novel. This next book, and most of the books that follow in the Black Sky Rangers series, will actually not be a novel but two separate stories in one novel length release. I like to think of Black Sky Rangers as if it was a TV show, so The Heist is the two hour premiere and the other books will collect two regular episodes.

And if you do read any (or all) of my books, please leave a review here and/or over on Amazon. It helps me not only grow as a writer and storyteller but also increases my visibility (especially those Amazon reviews).

Okay, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading!

I launched the Black Sky Rangers series a couple years ago. It follows the crew of the APC Wyatt Earp, first responders on the edge of Alliance space. The second book, Rustlers and Rescues, comes out March 25, 2020. Until then the first book in the series The Heist is a free Kindle download over on Amazon. Please feel free to grab a copy. If you like it, write a review and think about maybe grabbing the new book too! You can pre-order it here.

And if your tastes are not for pulp space opera inspired science fiction but Chinese martial arts style fantasy, I am working on a sequel to The Grand Tournament.