Free Ebooks for Kindle from Me with update on progress
I decided to update what has been happening with this experiment with a few details. At first I was going to tack it to the bottom of the post but this seems more visible.
After 24 hours
Duffy Barkley Oregon Trail2 in Uk / 55 in US 2 in Canada/4 in Uk/ 89 in US
after 48 hours135 in US/5 in Uk/3 in Germany 210 in US? 5 in UK/ 1 in Germany1 in Japan/ 3 in Canada 1 in Japan / 2 in Canada
but then something happenedI don't know what, but suspect a better read blogor a kindle freebie facebook pagetalked about The Double Time on the Oregon Trail Bookso
after 36 hours158 in US/ 6 in UK 565 in US/ 7 in UK3 in Germany/ 1 in France 1 in Germany 2 in Japan /5 in Canada 2 in Japan/ 5 in Canada
And while that is fun even though it gets me no $$$I had given a copy of the Oregon Trail Novel to a fifth grade teacherafter his wife told me he teaches a unit on the Oregon Trail.That was not long before he told me that he had passed it on to the director of the Counties Unified School District Curriculumnow, 4 months laterI found out that the district has approved and ordered 38 copies of my novelto teach as a class set, and to base in the district IMC
So, OkI only get a couple bucks a copy there too, but I'm an internationally read author :)with a book being used as a textbook in a California School District.
It doesn't pay the rent but it keeps me smiling.
Older post below tell you how to get your free kindle copies until Midnight March 2
From Feb. 26 until March 2nd, there will be two of my books available for free kindle Downloads.
Amazon's Dixie Dawn Miller Goode Page has the links! You can view it at:http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004458ES2
Of course it seems crazy to work for years and then give that work away for free when you only ask a bit less than people would pay for a cup of coffee anyway, but once I heard the quote that says every book copy that you get out into the hands of the reading public is like your own personal ambassador to the world, encouraging good-will and getting themselves seen and getting you in the public eye, I saw the logic behind the trend to give away books.
Book Description For Duffy Barkley Is Not a Dog
Remember being with a group of friends where you felt safer and more included than you had ever felt at home, friends you had always wanted, who made you look around with a lump in your throat, wishing you could stop time? They were a lot like the groups in all the popular stories. They were the reason people love MASH, Harry Potter, Narnia, Friends, The Lord of the Rings , etc. They were a group of imperfect, overwhelmed and harassed people who became winners because they didn't have to face the overwhelming odds, alone. Even in the face of dark wizards, popular girls, bad hair days or War, they had each other's back. When one of them had a weakness, another had a strength to balance it out. When one was a jerk, someone else saved the day, and forgave them eventually. Now times are turning more difficult again. The world needs that kind of support. We need a source of encouragement so that we can find a way to be that kind of support when we are needed. As times are dark, people look for a reason to laugh, love and hope again. Duffy Barkley is not a dog, a middle grade fantasy, gives you those friends, that escape, that voice of hope in the darkness. Duffy is alone, handicapped, desperate. He is picked-on, lost, & yet, never defeated. In the most alien of places he finds friends. In the most dire of emergencies he finds courage. In the most evil of villains he finds compassion and a solution. In giving away what he most needs, he gains everything. Duffy, a 9 year old boy with cerebral palsy, survives tragedy in the form of a school shooting in which his younger sister is seriously injured. Falling into a new world, he regains his health but finds himself the focus of historic prophecy. While trying to deny his place in their prophecies he discovers his own abilities & changes his life & that of others in both worlds. He enjoys being physically strong but must give it up to save the villain, and find his way back to save his sister, Izzy.
Book description for Double Time: on The Oregon Trail
The past and present meet on the Oregon Trail when two girls travel the same trail with the same lap desk 152 years apart. Kenyon is traveling in 2002 from Pittsburgh to Salem, OR. Her mother is pregnant and staying behind to close escrow on the house and then flying west to join the family. Kenyon; her 5 year old sister, Melissa and her father are in a Dodge Caravan, with a trailer hitch. Her Grandfather has given her a plain, black polished ebony wooden lap desk lined with a scented wood that still smells faintly of cedar. The box is filled with thick, creamy paper, envelopes, a calling card, a hand mirror, pens and pencils and a small Swiss army knife, postage and an electronic address book. Her Grandfather is not moving with them but plans have been made for him to fly out in December for a visit. Kenyon strongly resents being expected to entertain Melissa at the motels in the evenings. Her father has decided to take the long way and show his girls some of the wonders of this country and Melissa is excited but Kenyon is determined to not have any fun. Traveling in 1850, Della, age 15, has already traveled from Northern Illinois to St. Louis, then a week by steamboat on the Missouri River. She stopped in Independence, MO to prepare for the journey and meet with the wagon train. She left behind her 60 year old grandmother who feels too old to attempt the trip, but who gave her a gift of a wooden lap desk. The desk is filled with paper, a small mirror, wooden handled pens with steel nibs, a metal letter opener, hair pins and a small sewing kit. Her younger brother, Orville, her father, and her pregnant mother are traveling with her. She has been asked to teach the younger children around the campfire in the evenings. What happens when they open the desk to see the other girls journal?
So if you choose to take advantage of the free offer, I hope you tell others about the books, I'd love it if you post a review on Amazon or Goodreads, I'd be happy if you but the Duffy Barkley: Seek Well sequel and Most of all, I hope that you have as much fun reading them as I did writing them
After 24 hours
Duffy Barkley Oregon Trail2 in Uk / 55 in US 2 in Canada/4 in Uk/ 89 in US
after 48 hours135 in US/5 in Uk/3 in Germany 210 in US? 5 in UK/ 1 in Germany1 in Japan/ 3 in Canada 1 in Japan / 2 in Canada
but then something happenedI don't know what, but suspect a better read blogor a kindle freebie facebook pagetalked about The Double Time on the Oregon Trail Bookso
after 36 hours158 in US/ 6 in UK 565 in US/ 7 in UK3 in Germany/ 1 in France 1 in Germany 2 in Japan /5 in Canada 2 in Japan/ 5 in Canada
And while that is fun even though it gets me no $$$I had given a copy of the Oregon Trail Novel to a fifth grade teacherafter his wife told me he teaches a unit on the Oregon Trail.That was not long before he told me that he had passed it on to the director of the Counties Unified School District Curriculumnow, 4 months laterI found out that the district has approved and ordered 38 copies of my novelto teach as a class set, and to base in the district IMC
So, OkI only get a couple bucks a copy there too, but I'm an internationally read author :)with a book being used as a textbook in a California School District.
It doesn't pay the rent but it keeps me smiling.
Older post below tell you how to get your free kindle copies until Midnight March 2
From Feb. 26 until March 2nd, there will be two of my books available for free kindle Downloads.Amazon's Dixie Dawn Miller Goode Page has the links! You can view it at:http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004458ES2
Of course it seems crazy to work for years and then give that work away for free when you only ask a bit less than people would pay for a cup of coffee anyway, but once I heard the quote that says every book copy that you get out into the hands of the reading public is like your own personal ambassador to the world, encouraging good-will and getting themselves seen and getting you in the public eye, I saw the logic behind the trend to give away books.
Book Description For Duffy Barkley Is Not a Dog
Remember being with a group of friends where you felt safer and more included than you had ever felt at home, friends you had always wanted, who made you look around with a lump in your throat, wishing you could stop time? They were a lot like the groups in all the popular stories. They were the reason people love MASH, Harry Potter, Narnia, Friends, The Lord of the Rings , etc. They were a group of imperfect, overwhelmed and harassed people who became winners because they didn't have to face the overwhelming odds, alone. Even in the face of dark wizards, popular girls, bad hair days or War, they had each other's back. When one of them had a weakness, another had a strength to balance it out. When one was a jerk, someone else saved the day, and forgave them eventually. Now times are turning more difficult again. The world needs that kind of support. We need a source of encouragement so that we can find a way to be that kind of support when we are needed. As times are dark, people look for a reason to laugh, love and hope again. Duffy Barkley is not a dog, a middle grade fantasy, gives you those friends, that escape, that voice of hope in the darkness. Duffy is alone, handicapped, desperate. He is picked-on, lost, & yet, never defeated. In the most alien of places he finds friends. In the most dire of emergencies he finds courage. In the most evil of villains he finds compassion and a solution. In giving away what he most needs, he gains everything. Duffy, a 9 year old boy with cerebral palsy, survives tragedy in the form of a school shooting in which his younger sister is seriously injured. Falling into a new world, he regains his health but finds himself the focus of historic prophecy. While trying to deny his place in their prophecies he discovers his own abilities & changes his life & that of others in both worlds. He enjoys being physically strong but must give it up to save the villain, and find his way back to save his sister, Izzy.
Book description for Double Time: on The Oregon Trail
The past and present meet on the Oregon Trail when two girls travel the same trail with the same lap desk 152 years apart. Kenyon is traveling in 2002 from Pittsburgh to Salem, OR. Her mother is pregnant and staying behind to close escrow on the house and then flying west to join the family. Kenyon; her 5 year old sister, Melissa and her father are in a Dodge Caravan, with a trailer hitch. Her Grandfather has given her a plain, black polished ebony wooden lap desk lined with a scented wood that still smells faintly of cedar. The box is filled with thick, creamy paper, envelopes, a calling card, a hand mirror, pens and pencils and a small Swiss army knife, postage and an electronic address book. Her Grandfather is not moving with them but plans have been made for him to fly out in December for a visit. Kenyon strongly resents being expected to entertain Melissa at the motels in the evenings. Her father has decided to take the long way and show his girls some of the wonders of this country and Melissa is excited but Kenyon is determined to not have any fun. Traveling in 1850, Della, age 15, has already traveled from Northern Illinois to St. Louis, then a week by steamboat on the Missouri River. She stopped in Independence, MO to prepare for the journey and meet with the wagon train. She left behind her 60 year old grandmother who feels too old to attempt the trip, but who gave her a gift of a wooden lap desk. The desk is filled with paper, a small mirror, wooden handled pens with steel nibs, a metal letter opener, hair pins and a small sewing kit. Her younger brother, Orville, her father, and her pregnant mother are traveling with her. She has been asked to teach the younger children around the campfire in the evenings. What happens when they open the desk to see the other girls journal?
So if you choose to take advantage of the free offer, I hope you tell others about the books, I'd love it if you post a review on Amazon or Goodreads, I'd be happy if you but the Duffy Barkley: Seek Well sequel and Most of all, I hope that you have as much fun reading them as I did writing them
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