Freehold Friday: The Source released!
Howdy Freeholders!
I got a big one today…lots of news, so I’ll just dive right on in.
First up, I’m happy to announce that The Source is now live on not only Amazon but Kobo and Google Play, Tolino, Scribd, and the Page Foundry…with Apple coming along next.
That’s right, I’m going wide with the first prequel to Apache Dawn. Why you ask? Well, it’s something I’ve long since decided I wanted to do once I built enough of a base on Amazon. Does this mean I’m going whole hog on the wide bandwagon? Nope—more like dipping my toes in. I want to see just how many people I can entice into the Wildfire universe and we’ll look at transitioning wide on a book by book (or series by series) basis going forward.
But wait—there’s more! Not only is The Source available, but it’s FREE. Yeah, you heard me right, it’s FREE. Not temporarily, it’s permafree. So if you don’t like reading in the Kindle app, you’re free (see what I did there?) to go on over to Kobo or Google or (in a matter of hours) Apple and read the book on whatever glowing screen you choose.
You’re welcome!
That said, there’s some kinks to work out. Amazon, as you may or may not know, is famous for not allowing authors to publish their book straight away for FREE. So we have to publish free elsewhere first, then publish on Amazon, then tell them it’s free elsewhere and they will (usually) oblige and price match so their customers don’t get the shaft. Which is good, because I want my loyal Amazon customers to be able to read it free as well!
I got the email today saying they’d price match it and The Source should be listed as free on Amazon in 24–48 hours. So if you don’t want to read on any other app/device, just be patient and you can get it soon. Of course, if you don’t want to be patient, you can buy it on Amazon for .99, but that’s up to you (I won’t turn it down!).
“Let’s see, what else?” he asked while rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
Oh, I know! I’m pretty happy for another reason—The Source marks my 10th book published (11 if you count the Sci-Fi book I published in law school and recently unpublished so’s I can fix it up real nice and re-release it next year). Would you believe I already have the next 10 already either mapped out, partially written, mostly written, or waiting for editing?
Yeah, the kids are all in school and I’m revving the ol’ writing engine now. Hang on, it’s gonna be a wild ride!
On top of all that, I’d like to remind you all that Apache Dawn is in a box set with several excellent other books, called Apocalyptic Fears IV, which is on Amazon for $2.99 at the time of this posting. FYI, AF VI is available for FREE if you want to check that one out. Some good stuff here, folks. So if you’re a member of Kindle Unlimited, I’d really appreciate you showing some love to the box sets there…thanks!
Lastly, I’d like to give you my usual writing update: I’m currently about 50,000 words in to CME, working on Episode 3 (to be released sometime in December I think). As I continue with this story (a LOT of fun, by the way) I’m thinking the first season will be about 6 or 7 episodes long. We’ll see, but either way it’ll be a fun experiment.
Also, I signed up for Nanowrimo. For you uninitiated, that’s where authors make public pledges to write 50,000 words (for some that’s a full novel, for me, that’s like 1/3 of a book) in 1 month. I’ve done this once before (in the spring of 2015 when I took part in Camp Nanowrimo, kind of like a warmup to the big event in November). Back then, I wrote over 100,000 words and finished the better part of The Shift in one month. My aim is to see if I can’t do the same and finish the entire season of CME by the end of next month (if not sooner).
So look for regular updates on that and possibly more (I’m deep in talks with my marketing consultant and there’s likely to be some changes around here, muchachos…like maybe me getting into different avenues of content creation besides just books and blogs…stay tuned…)
Whew. Okay, I think that’s enough for now. Those of you still awake after this marathon post, congratulations! Pour yourself a cup of Joe and pat yourself on the back.
Till we meet again, keep your heads down and your powder dry my friends.
Marcus
