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Startling New Evidence Leads to the Identity of Jack the Ripper!

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Amazon Kindle Books Ranking

I get asked this question virtually everyday by authors who never self-published, therefore they have no idea how many books are selling each day until they receive their report months down the road. I'm by no means an expert, but after being an Indie Publisher for a couple of years, I've had books ranked all over the place and once in the Top 100 in the entire store. There's always lot's of variables that can change these numbers like time of year, but basically you can gauge your daily sales based on the following rankings for your kindle book. Paperbacks are totally different.
Ranking          Daily Sales
50,000                 3
30,000                 6
15,000                12
12,500                14
10,000                15
7,500                  25
5,000                  35
2,000                  75
1,000                200
500                 1500
101 to 400      2500
Top 100          3000 may get you in the #100
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DEMON Trilogy ON SALE Kindle Store by Bernard Lee DeLeo

This trilogy is not just for the young, but also the young at heart of all ages. Brought to you by publicist/agent RJ Parker and Author Bernard Lee DeLeo , the DEMON trilogy blends Mike Rawlins and his teen friends with an otherworldly dog they name Demon – against a threat by creatures they call Haunts, streaming through rifts in the dimensional barrier. They deal with the usual teen angst in disbelieving parents, high school pratfalls, and romance, coming of age in a world of growing danger.Demon - $0.99 (252 pages)Demon Inc - $2.99 (248 pages)Demon at War - $2.99 (275 pages)

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Interviewing a Serial Killer

Interviewing a serial killer is not as glamorous or intriguing as one might think... looking into the eyes of a madman as he rambles on, gleefully recalling one horrific scene after another, while exhibiting zero remorse or shame. He will tell his stories to anyone who will listen for the sheer pleasure of being able to relive his rapes and killings. These madmen and women, they weren't born to be killers. They are sculpted and made into cold blooded killers. Sculpted by society, the by-product of their parents, or lack thereof and in particular the mother, and the life they've been dealt. The little details are horrific and sticks in your mind forever.

First Annual Serial Killers Anthology

The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology
Lately, I have been searching for “new” books on serial killers.  Not new as in unused, but new as in fresh ideas.  I have dozens of books in my private collection all doing a grand job accounting for the A-list of criminally insane and your typical frontrunners such as Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos.

There is nothing wrong with educating oneself on the well-known and often recorded tales of high-profile upper crust sensationalized serial killers.  However, have you ever wondered about other “not so” elite serial killers?  The ones who are just as deadly, just as cunning, and just as gruesome as those of the more “distinguishable” killer.  These homicidal maniacs and outcasts have stories that are just as compelling, if not more, then their more infamous fraternal successors and predecessors.

You may have noticed a new sidebar widget on my blog, over there to the right below the Facebook and RSS feeds widget.  I am honored to be listed among some of the greatest minds of true crime.

Later this year, The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, will bring global talent together in a consorted effort to construct a book based on the “lesser known” serial killers from around the world.  Lesser known, but infamous all the same.  These killers have amassed more than 250 known murders between them, and countless other homicides, no doubt attached to these self-appointed executioners are unaccounted for, which remain unresolved.

This is the first ever True Crime Serial Killers Anthology ever published!

As you can imagine this is a major undertaking.  To get the right mix of authors, the perfect blend of topics (serial killers), and then bringing it all together and raising the funding to promote such major project so it accurately represents the goals of the group and the ideals proper to paying homage to the victims, and properly distributing the books, takes a daunting determination.  Fortunately, this group of authors has that!

We are proud to say we have giving hearts.  Upon release of The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, 100 paperback copies will be sent to hospitals to benefit Wounded Allied Soldiers (through “Soldiers Angels Foundation” http://soldiersangels.org/books.html) free of delivery and cost.  A very small token of our gratitude for the sacrifices Armed Forces personnel make to ensure our safety and freedoms.  However, our gratitude does not stop there.  We will continue our efforts to support our troops for as long as book sell and we still breathe.

More on this a bit later…

I would like to introduce our team of devoted cutting-edge contemporary true crime authors (links to the authors individual websites are located under their names in blue text).

Michael Newton -- Has published over 260 books and many True Crime Encyclopedia’s
http://michaelnewton.homestead.com/
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RJ Parker – Best Selling True Crime Author and Publicist
http://www.rjparker.net/
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Peter Vronsky – True Crime Author, Historian, Filmmaker
http://www.petervronsky.com/
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Lee Mellor – True Crime Author, Musician, Historian
http://www.leemellor.com/
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Sylvia Perrini – True Crime Author, Historian
http://sylviaperrini.goldmineguides.com/
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Dane Ladwig – True Crime Author, Historian, Chaplain
http://www.daneladwig.com/


***/Kim Cresswell – Award Winning Fiction Author
http://www.kimcresswell.ca/
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William Cook – Macabre Author, Graphic Artist
http://www.amazon.com/William-Cook/e/B003PA513I
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The elite list of writers comprising The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, is rich in knowledge and individually each author has met with success and is well-respected in the True Crime community.

When we first began brainstorming this idea, the excitement level was “through the roof.”  And the energy, and interest, has escalated from there.  The idea of writing about serial killers who have “slipped through the cracks” or were lesser known because a media, political, or public event pushed the story aside is thrilling.  Especially when these criminals account for so many innocent lives lost in a society where we just began adopting the policy of locking our doors within the last 50 years or so.

The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, will accrue costs, it is inevitable.  To assist in accomplishing our goals (this is the place I said I would revisit), we are kicking off a campaign to invite everyone to become a part of The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology.  As you might guess, preparation and formatting, copyediting and proofreading, design, marketing and promotion, publication and distribution, of a paperback and most all eBook formats, Soldiers Angels gifts, and the narrating cost of an audiobook are in the thousands.

By visiting:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/true-crime-serial-killers-anthology

You can contribute to our combined effort and in turn benefit such wonderful causes as individual “National Hero’s” or “Heroes in the Line of Duty” (armed forces, police, firefighters, paramedics).  You may even want to be listed in the The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology, as a “Contributor,” this is where you make that happen.

In the least, we ask you share the exciting news about The First Annual True Crime Serial Killers Anthology!

ACTION AND ADVENTURE Books by Bernard Lee DeLeo

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HARD CASE Series Books 1 and 2 by Bernard Lee DeLeo

John Harding is an American Hero, Ex-Marine, CIA Agent, Cage Fighter, although cage fighter is a front for CIA wet work. Standing at 6' 6" he's a mountain of a man. He's likable and at times humorous.....but deadly! He packs a hard punch.
Bernard Lee DeLeo's HARD CASE series featuring John Harding and his crew, is leaving its mark in various Top 100 paid lists including, Action and Adventure, Men's Adventures and Spy Tales of Intrigue Thrillers.
HARD CASE I and HARD CASE II - The Lure of Hell are available in the following markets in eBook formats. They are also available and selling well in Paperback on Amazon.

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