Steph Bennion's Blog, page 13
June 22, 2013
Late June Offers on Amazon
For one week only from today, HOLLOW MOON is half price from the Amazon Kindle store, reduced from the usual recommended retail price of GBP 2.99 / USD 3.99. Secondly, for no other reason than we're currently as far away from Christmas as can possibly be, THREE TALES FOR CHRISTMAS, my science-fiction short-story collection for the Kindle, is free on Tuesday 25 June and Thursday 27 June, also from Amazon. As usual, this offer starts around midnight US Pacific Standard Time, so should take effect from 8:00am in the UK. (Steph)
June 15, 2013
WyrdStar Mobile Website
Mobile-friendly webpages have now been added to the WyrdStar website. The WyrdStar Mobile mini website accompanies the HOLLOW MOON page and offers online versions of all three short stories published to date, plus chapter excerpts from the novel itself, all in a no-frills format that can be read by the vast majority of mobile devices (it even works on the basic browser of my Kobo Touch!). The HOLLOW MOON WyrdStar Mobile Website can be found at: www.wyrdstar.co.uk/mobile/. (Steph)
May 21, 2013
New edition of Hollow Moon out now
The new ebook edition of HOLLOW MOON, which has had both an editorial refresh and new cover artwork by Victor Habbick, is now available from Smashwords and Amazon. HOLLOW MOON is a fast-paced and witty space opera mystery that tells the tale of Ravana, a teenage girl who has to grow up fast when she and her father become embroiled in a plot of interstellar intrigue. The new Smashwords edition, soon to be available from Kobo, iBooks, Sony, B&N and other retailers, includes a bonus in the shape of the short story IT'S A BLUNDERFUL LIFE. (Steph)
May 5, 2013
Sneak preview of new ebook artwork!
I've been plugging away for a while on PAW-PRINTS OF THE GODS, due for publication sometime this summer. This is a sequel to my 2012 novel HOLLOW MOON, which itself will be getting an editorial refresh and a second edition release very soon. The big news is that both ebooks will feature some lovely new artwork (pictured) by Victor Habbick. I am so pleased with these I couldn't resist publishing a sneak preview... (Steph)
March 23, 2013
Easter Offers
WyrdStar has two special offers this Easter. Firstly, HOLLOW MOON is for a short period available for just $0.99 at Smashwords using discount voucher PW26X, in an offer that runs until Monday 1 April 2013. Secondly, despite the official arrival of spring, it's snowing here in London so it seems not entirely inappropriate to run a free offer on THREE TALES FOR CHRISTMAS on Easter Monday (1 April) from Amazon. As before, this offer starts around midnight US Pacific Standard Time, so should take effect from 8:00am in the UK. This free offer on THREE TALES FOR CHRISTMAS will be repeated on St. George's Day (23 April), which coincidentally is also the birthday of Nobel Prize physicist Max Planck and of course playwright William Shakespeare. I like to think that the Bard of Stratford would be pleased that 'The Tempest' inspired the classic 1956 film 'Forbidden Planet', thus paving the way for the glories of space opera! (Steph)
March 3, 2013
Hollow Moon and 'Read an Ebook Week' at Smashwords
HOLLOW MOON at Smashwords is this week available at half price (see special voucher code details) as part of Smashwords' annual 'Read an Ebook Week' promotion, which has lots of offers from the authors and publishers who release works through this site. The sequel to HOLLOW MOON has taken longer to write than expected, but a first draft of PAW-PRINTS OF THE GODS is now awaiting editing and should be out sometime this summer. Meanwhile, I also have the WyrdStar mobile site to finish. Busy days! (Steph)
January 6, 2013
Smashwords Reads 2012
A belated Happy New Year to all! Since entering the world of 'indie' publishing, I have read a fair few Smashwords ebook titles on my trusty Kobo Touch. The latest addition to the WyrdStar website is a Smashwords Reads 2012 page, which lists the ebooks that took my fancy in 2012, with a brief summary, review and my Goodreads ratings. I hope it may prove useful in finding your next read. (Steph)
December 22, 2012
Merry Christmas!
Christmas 2012 looms near, despite the attempts of those who incorrectly believed the Mayans predicated the world was due to end yesterday. If you postponed Christmas shopping on the off-chance that armageddon would render it unnecessary, I'm afraid you have left it rather late to buy gifts for your nearest and dearest. May I recommend an ereader and some indie fiction? For those of you who unwrap a brand-new Kindle this Christmas and thus find yourselves suddenly eager to fill it up with ebooks, 'Three Tales For Christmas' will again be available for free on Christmas Day and Boxing Day from Amazon UK / USA. As before, this offer starts around midnight US Pacific Standard Time, so should take effect from 8:00am in the UK. Many thanks to all the readers who have come to WyrdStar in 2012. Merry Christmas! (Steph)
December 9, 2012
European Space Expo and a Kindle free offer
On Thursday 6 December I visited the European Space Expo in London. This event was to showcase the European Space Programme's projects for satellite navigation and Earth monitoring, but also featured a series of talks on all things space. Thursday saw 'Astronomy from your sofa', presented by astrophysicist Dr Chris Lintott (co-presenter of BBC TV's The Sky At Night), which was a fascinating hour on space exploration past and present. This was one lunch hour well spent! Somewhat unrelated is the news that the Kindle ebook 'Three Tales For Christmas' will be available for free on 10 December. This 24-hour special offer starts approximately midnight US Pacific Standard Time, so should take effect from 8:00am in the UK. (Steph)
December 1, 2012
Three Tales For Christmas!
Released today is 'Three Tales For Christmas', a short-story ebook collection for the Amazon Kindle. This features a trio of seasonal tales set in the worlds of 'Hollow Moon': 'To Dance Amongst The Stars', where poor down-trodden slave Ganesa meets dashing space captain Hanuman (previously published December 2011); 'Merry Christmas, Mister Wolf', about Christmas at an exclusive ski resort and malfunctioning robot wolves (also available as a single-story ebook from Smashwords); and 'It's A Blunderful Life', where a mysterious woman shows desperate fugitive Fenris the greatest blunders of his life. All short stories are also individually available as free WyrdStar pdfs. Enjoy! (Steph)
