Kate McVaugh's Blog, page 16

Kindle Countdown Deal

Starting tomorrow, 7 November, I am trying the new Kindle Countdown feature for my book "The Many Wonders of Costa Contente."

This means that it goes on sale for .99, - stays at that price for two days, then goes up to $1.99 for another two days.

I have no idea if this will result in any sales. I am actually most interested in reviews. It's a very special book to me and having it sit on Amazon pages with no feedback is rather frustrating.

The story takes place in South America in the mid-70's, a place and time I know well from my days as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil. The images, characters, encounters, et al, are based on my memories and experiences. (with just a wee bit of the magical thrown in.)

New Cover Launch - Free Download

The Curse Breaker of Cairo is available for free download today.

Curse Breaker - free download

New Book Cover Launch = free download tomorrow, 1 November.

new CURSE BREAKER cover

The Curse Breaker of Cairo has just received a new cover by the wonderful Tishia of Paragraphic Designs.
As you can see, she does fantastic work!

Goodreads self-serving ads update

About a year ago, I tried out the Goodreads promote-yourself ads. It costs as little or as much as you want, which meant it was easy enough to give it a try.
Although a little bit confusing when it came to setting the targeting of my books, the folks at Goodreads were always available to help me understand the process.
I think my first round of advertising resulted in a few sales.
Although I ran 2 free promotions of my new book, "The Many Wonders of Costa Contente", and quite a few people downloaded copies, I hadn't gotten any reviews. Time to try the ad thing again.
This time I signed up to advertise three of my books.The Many Wonders of Costa Contente
That was about a week ago. "Murder, Jaz, & Tel Aviv", and "The Curse Breaker of Cairo", have almost run out of advertising funds. (Based on how many times people click on your ad.) "Costa Contente" has not received 1 click.
Maybe it's because it doesn't fit into a genre like mystery or paranormal romance.
It's listed as 'literary fiction'- could that be the problem?
As many fellow authors know, it is quite frustrating to finish and then publish a book and then see it floating around cyberspace just waiting for a reader to not only grab a copy, but to read it.
I have resorted to consulting the tarot cards to figure out what might be going on and what I can do to get my work noticed.

Free Today

Downloads of three of my books are free today on Amazon.

The Many Wonders of Costa Contente
Jaz, Tall Men, & Mayhem
Nha Trang Haunted

Thanks for taking a look - thanks in advance for any feedback.
kate

Book Promo this Weekend

Three of my books will be available for free download 17 & 18 August.

The Many Wonders of Costa Contente
Jaz, Tall Men, & Mayhem
Nha Trang Haunted

Enjoy!

New review of "Murder, Jaz, & Tel Aviv"

"A Traveler's Library" has just published a review of my first "Jaz" mystery. http://bit.ly/12L2WOR

Vera Marie Badertscher is a fellow travel writer and also runs this wonderful site about "Books and Movies that Inspire Travel".

Free Download still available

The launch of my new book "The Many Wonders of Costa Contente" continues with the free download promo on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Many-Wonders-Co...

Pick up a copy and take a lovey trip to South America!

Free Download

"The Many Wonders of Costa Contente" will be available for free download from Amazon from 13-15 July.

The first two chapters can be read on my authors blog:
http://kate-mcvaugh.blogspot.com/

I don't think I can link it from this page, but it's easy to access.
kate-mcvaugh.blogspot.com