Stephen Leather's Blog, page 9
February 19, 2013
Take Two Still Riding High In The eBook Charts
My self-published eBook Take Two - a full-length crime novel about a soap opera star who witnesses a gangland killing - is still in the UK eBook Bestseller Top 10.
According to the Bookseller magazine, Take Two was at Number 9 last week in the UK eBook bestseller list. Pretty good going when the majority of eBooks in the list are being sold at 20p, less than a third of the price of Take Two.
You can buy Take Two BY CLICKING HERE
Meanwhile I'm hard at work on the tenth Spider Shepherd story - True Colours. I'm supposed to be done by the end of May and I'm on target!
According to the Bookseller magazine, Take Two was at Number 9 last week in the UK eBook bestseller list. Pretty good going when the majority of eBooks in the list are being sold at 20p, less than a third of the price of Take Two.
You can buy Take Two BY CLICKING HERE
Meanwhile I'm hard at work on the tenth Spider Shepherd story - True Colours. I'm supposed to be done by the end of May and I'm on target!
February 12, 2013
Take Two Makes The Bookseller Top 10 List
Take Two is number 7 in the Bookseller magazine Top 10 eBook bestseller list this week, which is nice!
Take Two has been in the UK Kindle Top 10 for two weeks now, which is good going considering the number of 20p novels that are out there.
The 20p promotion is a weird one and no one seems sure just how long it will continue. It's great news for the writers involved as they are seeing sales of about 2,000 copies a day. And they are getting full royalties, which means that some of them have earned close to £300,000 during the promotion!
One thing is for sure - if it hadn't been for the 20p books, Take Two would have got much higher in the charts.
But as I have had a lot of success selling cheap eBooks, I can't really complain when some one else sells their books cheaper!
Anyway, it's great news for readers. And that's what's important!
You can buy Take Two for the Kindle in the UK HERE
Take Two has been in the UK Kindle Top 10 for two weeks now, which is good going considering the number of 20p novels that are out there.
The 20p promotion is a weird one and no one seems sure just how long it will continue. It's great news for the writers involved as they are seeing sales of about 2,000 copies a day. And they are getting full royalties, which means that some of them have earned close to £300,000 during the promotion!
One thing is for sure - if it hadn't been for the 20p books, Take Two would have got much higher in the charts.
But as I have had a lot of success selling cheap eBooks, I can't really complain when some one else sells their books cheaper!
Anyway, it's great news for readers. And that's what's important!
You can buy Take Two for the Kindle in the UK HERE
February 9, 2013
My New Spider Shepherd Short Story
I've just released my new Spider Shepherd short story - Kill Zone.
It's set in Afghanistan in 2002 and is about the time that he got shot. I'm well pleased with it - it's action all the way and gave me the chance to tell a war story which was terrific fun. There are some old friends in the story including Major Alan Gannon and Geordie Mitchell, who appear in several of the Spider Shepherd books
In many ways Kill Zone is the prequel to the new Spider Shepherd novel that I'm writing now. It's called True Colours and much of what happens in that book is influenced by what happened to Shepherd back in 2002.
You can download Kill Zone for the Kindle - HERE
It's set in Afghanistan in 2002 and is about the time that he got shot. I'm well pleased with it - it's action all the way and gave me the chance to tell a war story which was terrific fun. There are some old friends in the story including Major Alan Gannon and Geordie Mitchell, who appear in several of the Spider Shepherd books
In many ways Kill Zone is the prequel to the new Spider Shepherd novel that I'm writing now. It's called True Colours and much of what happens in that book is influenced by what happened to Shepherd back in 2002.
You can download Kill Zone for the Kindle - HERE
February 2, 2013
Take Two Gets Into The UK KIndle TOP 10
My crime thriller Take Two just nudged into the UK Kindle Top 10 today. I'm well pleased because it's much harder to break into the Top 10 than it used to be. A couple of years ago I had three books in the Top 3 in the UK Kindle list - a feat matehed only by Stieg Larsson. Because of the way Amazon now calculates its rankings that is almost impossible to achieve these days.
Most of the books in the UK Kindle Top 10 are at the ridiculously low price of 20p and Amazon won't let me price match that so I don't expect to get into the Top 3 again. But I'm over the moon to have made the Top 10.
You can buy Take Two at Amazon in the UK HERE
Most of the books in the UK Kindle Top 10 are at the ridiculously low price of 20p and Amazon won't let me price match that so I don't expect to get into the Top 3 again. But I'm over the moon to have made the Top 10.
You can buy Take Two at Amazon in the UK HERE
January 13, 2013
Take Two - my new crime thriller
I've started the new year with a bang - by releasing a new 92,000 word crime thriller. The book is Take Two and it's now available on Kindle and Smashwords.
It's about a soap opera star who witnesses a gangland killing. Carolyn Castle is one of the most famous faces in the UK, but she realises that her fame could be the death of her. The killer is charismatic gangster Warwick Richards and he's more than capable of killing again to protect his secret. But does he know that Carolyn saw him commit the murder?
I had great fun writing it. Two of my books - The Stretch and The Bombmaker - were filmed for Sky One and I was closely involved in all stages of their production so I was able to use a lot of that background in Take Two.
You can buy Take Two in the UK HERE
And in the US HERE
It's about a soap opera star who witnesses a gangland killing. Carolyn Castle is one of the most famous faces in the UK, but she realises that her fame could be the death of her. The killer is charismatic gangster Warwick Richards and he's more than capable of killing again to protect his secret. But does he know that Carolyn saw him commit the murder?
I had great fun writing it. Two of my books - The Stretch and The Bombmaker - were filmed for Sky One and I was closely involved in all stages of their production so I was able to use a lot of that background in Take Two.
You can buy Take Two in the UK HERE
And in the US HERE
January 11, 2013
Stephen Leather - The New Spider Shepherd?
Sadly not, though I love the idea of Stephen Leather as Spider! My friend Joe Lumley put together this mock cover and I think it's brilliant. I love the title, too! But the next Spider book will be True Colours and that's definitely not me on the cover! Spider is younger, fitter and better looking than me, obviously!
December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas Everybody!
I hope you and your loved ones all have a great Christmas and that all of your wishes come true in the new year!
As a Christmas gift, please drop by Smashwords and pick up a free copy of the Inspector Zhang Boxed Set, which usually sells for $2.99.
Click HERE and use coupon code BN54W.
The great thing about Smashwords is that you don't need an eReader - you can download it as a PDF or read it online.
Enjoy the holidays and I'll see you again in the New Year!
As a Christmas gift, please drop by Smashwords and pick up a free copy of the Inspector Zhang Boxed Set, which usually sells for $2.99.
Click HERE and use coupon code BN54W.
The great thing about Smashwords is that you don't need an eReader - you can download it as a PDF or read it online.
Enjoy the holidays and I'll see you again in the New Year!
December 19, 2012
I Wish It Was Real!
December 10, 2012
Nightshade Cover
Hodder have come back with a new cover idea for the new Jack Nightingale supernatural thriller, Nightshade. The book is being edited as we speak and should be in the shops next April!
December 9, 2012
New Cover For Spider Shepherd
Hodder have come up with a terrific cover for the new (and as yet unwritten!) Spider Shepherd book, True Colours. Having the title and cover ready before the book is finished does concentrate the mind wonderfully!
