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Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?

I've had promotions that netted me more than 20,000 downloads of free books. Even with the worst possible story (which mine isn't. Has a 4+ star rating across almost all retailers) the law of averages says that at least 10% of that could be counted on to read the next book, which was also free. It doesn't happen, so that leads me to believe that readers are simply not reading. They're hoarding. Is it true? Please, tell us...
Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?

Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?I hope to
I delete most of them later
about half
almost all
all
only a few
less than half
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Today's Book Tidbit:Did you know that if you buy the paperback through Amazon, many titles give you the ebook at a discounted price? All of mine are free, and so are a lot of others. And, it's retroactive, meaning your past paperback purchases might qualify! Here's the word taken directly from the Amazon page:

Introducing Kindle MatchBook! For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now allow you to buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less.

Wisdom of the WeekIf there are 10 hotdogs in a pack, and 8 buns in a pack, how is that not a conspiracy to get me to buy more than I need?

Something New by Angela White

This is part of what I’ve been working on this week. I hope you enjoy the preview, and please don’t forget to grab your preorder of this title while it is on sale! The price will go up when this new book goes live.Waving at you,Angie Marc and AngieA Life After War Backstory AngieOur reunions are what I remember the clearest, especially the one in ‘97. We’d been apart for seven months. My fourteenth birthday had been our goodbye.I waited with nervous excitement for him to arrive. Brady had been home for a week, but this was his first chance to sneak away and I was already in the first our many meeting places. Had he missed me as much as I had him? Would he still like me? I’d grown up again while he was away, now a full-bodied teenager with the curse and everything. I was so worried over his reaction that I didn’t hear the steps behind me.“I want to talk to you!”Jeanie’s voice was startlingly loud in the cornfield clearing and I turned awkwardly, ready to run or fight as needed.“You listen!” Jeanie ordered, hands on her slender hips.“What?” I snarled. My Brady had kissed this girl, had loved her with his body. I knew now that he’d been thinking about me, but my jealousy was powerful.“I want you to leave him alone.”The demand made me furious, but I held my sharp tongue to let her have her say.“He belongs with me, not some mutt! Get out of his life or I’ll tell Mother Brady everything. She’ll put a stop to it right quick.”It didn’t matter that Jeanie was right, that I had no claim to him. He was mine.“No,” I answered, falling into that dangerous place where the witch helped me handle the situation. “She can’t get rid of me. Even if we were two planets apart, Marcus Brady would still be mine.”Jeanie’s eyes filled with horrified triumph and I realized too late that she’d tricked me into confirming it. What would she do?She’ll tell, the witch whispered smugly. Close her mouth.Before I knew it, I was swinging at the senior, attacking without warning like Marc had tried to teach me. I’d been too scared then, but now, I was eager.
MarcIt was my nightmare, seeing them talking and my guts had twisted at Jeanie’s vicious words. Time was up. We had to go now, today. I wanted to start planning it, but then Angie hit Jeanie!Thud!It was nasty and rocked Jeanie’s blonde head back to make her stagger. She fell on her butt, holding her bleeding lip.“You will not tell!” Angie shouted, leaning down into Jeanie’s face. A hard shake and a shove put my winy girlfriend on her back on the ground and I gaped, shocked.“It’ll take Mother Brady time to get rid of me and I’ll spend it hunting you!”A mean kick to the ribs made me wince, remembering my own injury.“And break up with him!”  Angie ordered. “Do it tonight or I’ll be at your door come morning.”Another kick curled Jeanie into a crying ball and I finally remembered that I was standing in plain view. All they had to do was turn a little.“You go it?”“Yes, you evil witch! Get outta my head!”That froze me again. Angie was using her gift!“Say it!”Angie drew back to hit her and Jeanie scrambled away. “I won’t tell and I’ll break up with him!”Thud!“Oww! I will!”The noise that I hadn’t noticed before now glared at me in the silence as Angie continued to intimidate my much older girlfriend. It sounded like an engine but I knew it for what it was: the hum of raw power.“I won’t! I swear!”The look on Angie’s face worried me. It wasn’t the girl I loved, but the inside creature that sometimes glared at me from those empty eyes and it wasn’t Angie’s voice that came from those lips.“No matter where you go, Jeanette Lynn Shaffer. No matter where.”That girl no longer looked like my nineteen-year-old intern girlfriend that I reluctantly spent time with because of my controlling parent. This was only a quivering soul that my Angie had terrified.Listening to the instinct that proclaimed me male, I slipped behind the nearest tree and viewed the aftermath.
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The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.
... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." Thomas Jefferson

How to Survive an Apocalypse: Getting Started

 
 Will You Shelter In or Bug-out?This may be the most important choice you have to make to survive an apocalypse. Sheltering in or traveling through a disaster is equally tough to pick from, but there are common sense ways to help you decide. Time is often of the essence during a disaster and not the ideal moment to be making these choices. How can you choose beforehand without knowing what horrible event is happening? Take it case by case.
 Step 1: Consider the most common disasters
Fires and spillsFlooding and mudslidesTornadoes and supercell stormsHurricanes and cyclonesRioting, lootingA Nuclear blastA disease outbreakA solar flare or EMP event
Step 2: Link them together
There are a lot more disasters that could happen, but if you prepare well for those above, you will have most of the others covered. For example, polar ice caps melting and flooding can be grouped. Likewise, rioting and looting can be hooked in with home and foreign invasions. Solar flares and EMPs are listed on the same line because they cause the same type of situation or danger. Fires and spills really can’t be conquered, so they’re together as disasters you have to bug out for.Using these guidelines, you can add your greatest fears to one of the events above. I mean, if you've covered yourself for a nuclear bomb, any ‘normal’ blast might also be accounted for, right? Same for tornadoes and dust storms.
Step 3: Consider your shelterLook through the above list and ask yourself if your shelter would work. Be realistic. Yes, your basement may protect you from a blast, but it will not keep out radiation unless you prepare it. Your country home may be ideal for hiding out from civil unrest, but do you grow your own food and have access to water? Do you have the chemicals stored to sterilize that water? Yes, you're near a river and you can combat light fires and droughts, but will you be caught in future flooding? Ask yourself the questions honestly.I’m sure you’re realizing there isn’t one answer or one list for every situation. There is no one-fits-all size for disasters. Based on the information you’ve just gathered from asking the hard questions, make a list of the dangers you could face and go from there.
Step 4: Will my shelter withstand this?Consider this one carefully. For example, most trailers can't withstand a tornado and an average basement won't be a great spot during an earthquake. Cities near missile silos may see preemptive action during a war. You have to consider the worst cases, to get to the best solutions.
Step 5: Who will be with you during the disaster?Are your companions able to survive with the choice you've made? Can they travel? Run? Hide easily? Are they quiet or loud? Will they help with the work or will you have to carry them the entire trip? Do they need medicine you can't get by staying where you are? Do you have loved ones to gather up if it happens during school hours? All of these questions have to be answered before you can make a final decision on which option to take.Survivalists are no longer being viewed as crazy in as many of their daily conversations. With all the violence and upheaval in the world these days, who wouldn't want to be prepared? Talk to other preppers or form a group of your own.
What if neither of these options will work?Let me guess. You can't stay, but going doesn't seem to be an option either. You're between a rock and a hard place, right?Yes, you are. The only choice you have is to prepare now, for at least one of the two. If medical reasons are keeping you from leaving a city area, but you’ll fear for your life there during a disaster, then you have to ask yourself if you can make your choice easier. Is there a way you can prepare for it, like stocking up on the medicines? Can you get it beforehand to make bugging out possible?It is the same with sheltering in. If you need things that you won't be able to get while staying low, then ask yourself if you can make, grow, or raise any of the things you'll need. Do your neighbors grow, make, or raise it? Can you organize a supply line with them? Where there's a will, there's a way.
Steps to help You Pick: Stay or Go?
  
Do You Have A Morbid Side?Yes
No
Doesn't everyone?
I'm not sure
 pollcode.com free polls Homework:• Write down or copy/paste the list of disasters.• Add your own nightmare scenarios.• Decide which you can shelter in for and which you would have to flee.•Start collecting tap water in approved containers. Store them out of sight. Weekly goal: 10 gallons stored. *You’ll need at least 1 gallon of water per day, per person. This includes drinking, cooking, washing, and personal hygiene.• Read the next Hub: Apocalypse Conditions: Sheltering In Place
These are the first steps to learning how to survive Armageddon! Nice job on making it all the way through hub one. There are many different way to prep. If you don’t care for the quick and easy methods I’ve drawn up, just do a search for any of the topics we’ve covered here. Simply add ‘how to survive’ in front of it. There are millions of articles and videos online now, so you’re sure to find a plan that works for you.
What Comes Next?Now that you have your list of disasters and choices on whether to shelter in or bugout for each one, you may feel daunted. Both choices are hard work to prepare for, but you've done a huge chunk of it already. By setting your mind to accomplishing these five steps, you've started a journey that may save you and your loved ones during a disaster. Don’t be discouraged. We’ll break it down into areas of importance, with homework at the end of each hub. All you have to do, is keep trying.Most people will quickly understand that they have to have two plans and be ready to put either into motion at a moment's notice. It depends on the situation, of course, but it is a rare person who has a shelter that will cover them for the entire list of disasters. The rest of us have to make due with two plans.In my next hub, we’ll begin talking about how to properly shelter in place, even if you're in a city. We cover things like using blankets and duct tape to keep from being seen, heard, or freezing, and even sanitation options.Until next time, watch your six!Angie
Sources and Notes• The Red Cross• NEDCC• DPlan• The SHTF Plan• Backdoor Survival
Other sources include blogs, websites, and personal information provided by preppers, medical staffers, mechanics, engineers, and many other career fields. I also have years of research, interviews, writing, and prepping experience. I hope you enjoyed your time with me. This is a series of Hubs on how to survive disasters (natural and manmade), with detailed topics and sub topics. By the end, you'll have all the steps, information, links, and suggestions you need to battle whatever apocalypse situation life throws at you.
Would You Live Here?This is my ideal bug-out location. Why not use the comments to tell me about your perfect hideaway!
  October 15th, 2013The deadliest earthquake in 23 years happened in the Philippines in 2013. More than 200 people were killed, with 900 injured. More than 70,000 buildings or structures were damaged, with 14,000 being destroyed. The quake, which occurred on October 15, was the equivalent of 32 of the Hiroshima bombs. Three weeks later, Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) came through and created an entirely new disaster.
2013 FEMA Disaster ListIn 2013, there were 62 major disaster declarations by FEMA. Five of those were emergency disaster declarations. Floods, fires, tornadoes and storms, and hurricanes were the largest percentage, though there was an explosion and a few winter freezes. Check over this list to see what disasters have been near your home and your bug-out locations.
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Where Do You Get New Ebooks?

As an author and publisher, this is a very important question for me and everyone else who struggles to chase this elusive, magical, wonderful career. Thank you for taking the time to answer and/or leave a comment! Feel free to share this.


Where do you get new ebooks?Searching big stores like Amazon
Using Google or other search engines
Social sites like Goodreads and Facebook
Lists from publications like the Post and NYT
Sites like Bookbub and EReader Cafe
Blogs or Podcasts
Review sites
Other *Please explain in the comments
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Why not check out the free ebooks while you're here? Tabs are at the top of this blog.

Today's Book TidbitDid you know you can get your favorite ebooks signed by the author online? The site is called Authorgraph.

Wisdom of the WeekSpewing your secrets online is like pissing in your own face. Yes, you get a moment of relief, but the mess still has to be cleaned up and the longer you wait, the longer it burns.

Which Book Would You Like to Read Next?

Even if you're happy with whatever I pick, please vote for one of these titles anyway. It will really help me. I hate being between files and I love making fans happy.


Which book would you like to read next?LAW 9: Shattered Dreams
BB 3: Forever Changed
Marc and Dog Backstory
Something New
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Happy New Years, World!

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Sex Scenes in Books: How much detail?

I sometimes receive reviews that mention how graphic the sex scenes are in my novels. Not all of them are bad comments, but it did lead me to do some more research. I found that a lot of readers are expressing this sentiment right now. However, roughly six years ago, most reviewers were saying books couldn't get 'dirty' enough if the chemistry between the characters was hot (Explains the 50 Shades fad, right?). Perhaps the tide has shifted again. Let's find out.
How do you feel about sex in books? For you, when is enough, enough?
(Feel free to comment and share.)


Sex Scenes in Books: How much detail?Just hint at it. I don't want to see anything.
Show me the kissing and then close the bedroom door.
I want to see them making out and nothing else.
Give me the full deal without the fine details.
I like full details and snuggling afterwards
Make me as hot as you can
Nothing is too much.
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Today's Book Tidbit:Bookbub has 2 new features!
First, you can 'follow' authors and be notified whenever they have a deal available, even if that particular author isn't in any of your chosen email categories. Here is a link to the Bookbub page with all the details and easy-to-follow instructions.
Second is Bookmarks. It was released very recently. Here is a link to the details page on it.

Wisdom of the week:If I'm supposed to 'stay frosty' upon leaving someone's home, 'no sweat' is absolutely a proper response, even during summer. Both sayings make equal sense and cancel each other out.

Merry Christmas, World! Stay frosty...

Book 8 is Here! Instant download!

If you preordered, but did not receive your download link, please email me at: cloudinepublications@yahoo.com
Bad things are coming. Safe Haven thinks they’ve endured the worst the apocalypse has to offer, but they’ve actually been lucky. That’s about to change and all the descendants on the planet can’t stop it. Magic is nearly powerless against the effects of a nuclear war and the entire camp must make a choice: Do we stand or do we run?Instant Download!

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Last Chance for Preorder Price! Book 8

There are only 2 days left to get Book 8 of the Life After War series for the preorder price of $4.99!Get more details here.

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LAW merchandise for Christmas! It’s a perfect gift, but time is running out to get it by the 25th. Check out these groovy shirts and hoodies!Hoodie 1 Hoodie 2 Tank Top Shirt 2I had trouble with my camera, but when you click the picture, you'll be taken to the details page. You'll see how nice they are!
*All other merchandise has been shipped.
Hey! Would you like to vote on the book cover for Life After War: 9? Just go to my Facebook page and click ‘like’ on the cover you prefer.https://www.facebook.com/Angela7white
My next blog post will be the release of Book 8: Carved In Stone. If you preordered it at the discount price, you will be emailed a copy before it goes live here, and thank you!!!If you wait until it goes live here, the price will be $1.00 higher. It will go live on all major retailers in February. It can be preordered on Amazon and Smashwords right now, as well as on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Scribd, iTunes, and a few others, but you only get the discount price when you chose to get your PDF or EPUB copy through me. Putting it on your device is easy. There are links for it at the top of this blog, under the tab: Read a PDF or EPUB on your device.That is all.
Grinning at you,Angie