A Tip for Downloading & Reading My Stories

The performance of Masie's Mind has been phenomenal; at least, at this early stage of the game. (Though Feline Savior is catching up with it.) It not only had the highest first-day peak in downloads so far, but it has been downloaded more times than any other ebook, so far.

And as encouraging as that is, I find it somewhat mystifying. MM is a character-driven story, not a plot-driven story. It's about three characters having a philosophical conversation; there's no action, no danger, no problem to be solved (except the question that sparked the conversation in the first place). I honestly thought it would get very few downloads, if any at all.

Dare I hope I have tapped into a group of dedicated SciFi fans who love this kind of esoteric self-discovery story? Or is it more likely that people downloaded it thinking it would be something more exciting, and found it wasn't? Will this experience help or hurt future sales?

I haven't received any feedback, so I can't know for sure. Only time will tell.

However, assuming it was the latter, in an attempt to try to forestall future disappointment, especially when I start selling my ebooks, let me offer a tip that will help you decide whether an ebook is worth downloading.

Each book page lists the available formats for that particular ebook. One is always HTML. The link for that format is "View".

If you click on that link, you will be taken to a page where you can read the ebook before you download it. For free books, you can read the whole thing; for sale books, you will only be able to read a sample.

But this way you can try out the story and see if you like it before you decide whether to download it.

Thank you.