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And you wonder why I write humorous mystery?

Anyone have a court reporter in their books? If not, this could be a resource for some fun! How Do Court Recorders Keep Straight Faces? TOO FUNNY NOT TO PASS ON!! These are from a book called Disorder in the Courts and are things people actually said …in court, word for word, taken down and […]

99cents/FREE “A DEAD RED CADILLAC” by RP Dahlke

  A DEAD RED CADILLAC (1st in the Dead Red Mystery Series) by RP Dahlke 99cents August 21-26, 2014 FREE with Kindle Unlimited Cross-dressers, crazy Chihuahua’s and drug running crop-dusters all conspire to ruin Lalla Bains’ 40th birthday Over a hundred 5 star reviews! Twice divorced NY model, Lalla Bains, now runs her dad’s Crop-Dusting […]

FREE with Kindle Unlimited, “A Dead Red Heart” by RP Dahlke

#2 in this popular humorous mystery series featuring Aero Ag pilot Lalla Bains FREE with Kindle Unlimited! What would you do if the love of your life lost their chance for a heart transplant because the donor organ went to a convicted felon? When a homeless Vet litters her beloved red Cadillac with poetry scrawled on paper snowflakes, […]

FREE w/Kindle Unlimited-Romance! Sailing! Mystery! Mexico! “A Dangerous Harbor”

    A DANGEROUS HARBOR (A Romantic Mystery Trilogy) by RP Dahlke  Get this Book FREE With Kindle Unlimited   When Katrina Hunter is forced to shoot her sister’s stalker, she takes the required leave of absence from the SF police department as her one chance for a long over-due sailing vacation. But discovering a […]

Library Thing FREE “A Dead Red Heart” by RP Dahlke

65 FIVE STAR REVIEWS A limited Number are FREE at Library Thing August 12-26, 2014 2nd in this popular mystery series featuring  Aero Ag pilot Lalla Bains When a homeless Vet litters her beloved red Cadillac with poetry scrawled on paper snowflakes, Lalla decides to confront him. But that doesn’t mean she wants the man to drop dead […]

KindleUnlimited=FREE, or 99centsAdventure, Mystery and Romance! in “Hurricane Hole” by RP Dahlke

Hurricane Hole by RP Dahlke 99cents in Kindle August 8-14, 2014 OR Get it FREE on Kindle Unlimited Marooned in Baja, Mexico, a Chechen arms dealer is waiting for the right diver to retrieve the deadly cargo lying at the bottom of the Sea of Cortez. But when Leila Hunter Standiford, on hiatus from her […]

FREE on KindleUnlimited A Dead Red Oleander by RP Dahlke

     Get this book FREE with Kindle Unlimited! 140 FIVE STAR REVIEWS!   When a late in the season emergency forces Lalla Bains to accept a greenhorn ag pilot for her dad’s cropdusting business, she sighs in relief . After all, he comes highly recommended, his physical is spotless, and with a name like […]

Get it FREE-on LIbrary Thing in “A Dead Red Cadillac”

  A Dead Red Cadillac by RP Dahlke FREE on Library Thing, August 5-7, 2014 #1 in the Dead Red Mystery Series    Running her dad’s Crop-Dusting business in Modesto, California Lalla Bains is hoping to dodge the inevitable fortieth birthday party. But when her trophy red Cadillac is found tail-fins up in a nearby […]

What Can Kindle Unlimited Do for Authors?

If you’re in KDP Select, you’re already signed up for the new Kindle Unlimited, in which case, you may already be seeing a lot more downloads in your KU/KOLL column.  I know I am! Yes, this is Amazon scooping Oyster and Scribd and any other subscription site, but it’s also giving authors another incentive to […]

What can Kindle Unlimited do for authors?

If you're in KDP Select, you're already signed up for the new Kindle Unlimited, in which case, you may already be seeing a lot more downloads in your KU/KOLL column. I know I am!

Yes, this is Amazon scooping Oyster and Scribd and any other subscription site, but it's also giving authors another incentive to stay with Amazon.
It also makes me think that Amazon may have finally found a way around the "free" ebook giveaways.

I don't have a crystal ball on this, but look at how this deal vastly improves your options.

For Readers: A subscription deal @ $10.00 a month and they can download as many books as are listed in the program. Hundreds of thousands of books!

For Authors: get paid the FULL royalty for each of the books that a subscriber picks up. How cool is that? What does that mean to you? It means that readers can chose the retail price and the Kindle Unlimited price. Gee, lemme think. FREE or full retail?

I'm already tweeting this for my books adding #KindleU or #KindleUnlimited with #FREE on it.

Here's a sample:
#asmsg #mystery, #FREE ON #KINDLEUNLIMITED 20yr old secrets threaten this flying family in A DEAD RED CADILLAC, http://amzn.to/x5qSDD

So how does this change your strategy for marketing? Marketing your books is STILL going to be important, but now we have an option to NOT do FREE giveaway books on Amazon.

Note: Giveaways can be done on Blog hops, Library Thing, GoodReads, etc. And I'll be doing more of these!

Starting August 1, 2014, the author form at DIRT CHEAP MYSTERY READS will look a bit different:

1) I will still accept Kindle FREE, and Kindle countdown, and regular priced books up to $2.99.

2) I will now accept retail prices OVER $2.99 ($3.99-$5.99) as long as your book is in Kindle Unlimited. *there will be a box for this, and "FREE on Kindle Unlimited " will now be part of the promotion

**Talk about an incentive to readers! Buy the book for $5.99 or get it for free anytime.

Yes, there are naysayers for this new program, but not from this author/promoter!

I'm going to be advertising my books now more than ever, and I don't have to advertise them at FREE or even 99cents to make more money.

Note: I will be interested in seeing how the FREE Kindle Unlimited will affect ranking.


Advertise your book with Dirt Cheap Mystery Reads.
I can accept your book once a month. Boxed sets, multiple author boxed sets, short stories, Y/A, children's books--as long as it's mystery/suspense/thrillers--my readers what to hear about it.

Author information page: http://www.allmysteryenewsletter.com/...

Questions? comments? e-mail me: rp@rpdahlke.com