Vanessa Grant's Blog, page 20
July 19, 2012
Author-friendly in spades – Kobo’s new WritingLife Rocks
The other day I received notice from KoboBooks that my new Writing Life account was ready. I’d been excited by the recent news that Kobo would be rolling out a new, writer-friendly interface for authors wishing to publish eBook editions of their books, and eager to take a look. I went right over to find [...]
July 18, 2012
New on All Romance eBooks
I’ve been busy this week getting some of my titles up on All Romance Ebooks, and I’ll be putting more up over the next few weeks. Visit All Romance eBooks and search for Vanessa Grant. For great romances, and people who own – or have owned – more than one format of ereader, All Romance [...]
May 12, 2012
Indie Authors Post Open Letter to Microsoft about Barnes and Noble
I wasn’t the only indie author to welcome the recent news that Microsoft had come to Barnes and Noble’s rescue. If you missed the news, see the Wall Street Journal article Microsoft Hooks Onto Nook: Software Maker’s $300 Million Deal Gives It a 17.6% Stake in Barnes & Noble Subsidiary I started rereleasing my previously published books [...]
March 26, 2012
Create an eBook with an embedded cover
Many published authors are choosing to independently publish their works as eBooks these days. Many authors have regained their rights from their print publishers and are electronically publishing their previously print-published works, and a number are also choosing to indie publish their new works, leaving their traditional publishers. Recently I was asked to explain how [...]
March 13, 2012
To DRM or not to DRM – with apologies to Hamlet!
To DRM or not to DRM… that is the question … Hopefully Shakespeare's ghost will forgive me for mangling that line from Hamlet's famous soliloquy! (Note: This article has previously been posted on the PenWarriors blog) A couple of weeks ago when I sent out a tweet announcing that all my eBooks are available [...]
March 1, 2012
Free book – March 3 and 4. “If You Loved Me”
As a gift to my readers, I’m setting the Kindle eBook version of my romance novel “If You Loved Me” free for two days – March 2 and 3rd. Have a free read on me! This edition includes a free preview of The Colors of Love. In my September 23, 2011 blog Yippee! … If [...]
Free book – March 3 and 4. "If You Loved Me"
As a gift to my readers, I'm setting the Kindle eBook version of my romance novel "If You Loved Me" free for two days – March 2 and 3rd. Have a free read on me! This edition includes a free preview of The Colors of Love. In my September 23, 2011 blog Yippee! … If [...]
February 3, 2012
The Colors of Love
I'm very pleased to be releasing this new version of The Colors of Love, a romance novel I originally wrote for Kensington books a few years ago. I had a lot of fun writing this novel, and editing the novel in preparation for this new release brought me some joyous memories of my uncle, the [...]
So Much for Dreams
So Much for Dreams The Senorita and the Drifter … What happens when a drifter running from his past rescues a woman who can't speak Spanish from a cluster of admiring Mexican men? The last thing Joe wants is to fall for a woman who craves commitments and can't refuse a cry for help, but [...]
January 30, 2012
STORM – set on Haida Gwaii – free on Amazon stores Jan 30 and 31!
As a special thank you to my readers, I'm giving the Kindle edition of STORM away free today and tomorrow! Also included with this edition, a free excerpt of If You Loved Me. Storm is my second novel, the story of Luke and Laurie falling in love on the magical islands of Haida Gwaii in [...]
