Letter from Amazon prison
Normally I blog on Tuesday’s about a topic and then Thursday’s is an author interview. Last Thursday, that got scuttled and I posted about “Banned is the new Black”. The reading of that entry was so overwhelming I let it run for an entire week.
Thank you all for reading it, the likes and comments. Even had two re-blogs which are humbling. During this process, I’ve had several emails, private messages asking me how I was faring in Amazon lock up. So today, I will share what is going on and what I might be doing going forward.
The first thing I want to thank all my readers and author friends for your support, input and even guidance. Even July Cumming tried to smuggle a file in so I could escape, lol. Just kidding, July and Kat Crimson have been instrumental in giving me guidance in dealing with my jailors.
As of today, here is what is happening. I have decided to leave Unveiling Facade (Book One) and Facade’s Retribution (Book Two) at Amazon. Unveiling Facade is no longer part of KU (KindleUnlimited) and Facade’s Retribution will be leaving KU at the end of July.
I will honor my commitment to KU with Facade’s Retribution and not unpublish it to move it. When Facade’s Retribution leaves KU, it will stay at Amazon but also be listed at Smashwords.
That is my segue to Smashwords. I have had some ask me what is Smashwords. Smashwords is a site that sells books much like Amazon. They also are a distributor to other book platforms like Apple’s iBook, Nook, Kobo, and Inktera.
This allows my books to have a broader reach and allows the readers greater choice in how they want to read their books. Smashwords offers the books in Mobi (kindle), epub, pdf, and other formats.
Currently, Unveiling Facade and Facade’s Surrender (Book Three) are available on Smashwords. Facade’s Surrender is also listed at Inktera and Nook (Barnes & Noble). In August, Book Two, Facade’s Retribution will be listed at https://www.smashwords.com/.
All future books in the Dark Desire series will be at Smashwords.
The question that I have to answer for myself is do I list future books with Amazon? Or do I move on? Plenty of time to ponder that. On other news, Book Four, still untitled will be finished this weekend. If all goes well with edits/re-writes, I expect to release it in early July.
Also, there is a new trailer that covers Book 3 and Book 4. My Trailers are more Series focused than individual books.
One more thing, I will be involved with two Author Take Overs at Facebook this weekend so if you are available at my times to come on by that would be great.
The first Take Over is the Cover Reveal for C.R. Lemons and I am last at 11 p.m. EST Saturday, https://www.facebook.com/events/170121110051812/
On Sunday, I am at V. Kelly’s Next Release Cover Reveal at 10:30 a.m. EST, https://www.facebook.com/events/86811...
Next week the blog will be back to normal. If all goes right, we should have an interview with the hot and steamy Jeanna Pride. Thanks for reading and you haven’t done so please check out my fan page at FB https://www.facebook.com/midnightdrea...
