A taster of The Wild Hunt series
It’s always tough for a new author to get traction in the marketplace and make a connection with new readers, and really, all we want is to be read. It’s why we do what we do.
I’m on my third book now, which means I’m not exactly the new kid on the block any more, but I am still enough of a novice in the publishing world that I have to work at getting the word out. I blog, I tweet, I give away dozens of books here 
and on Goodreads – sometimes I feel like I am single-handedly keeping our tiny local sub-post office in business.
Yet each time I run a giveaway to promote a new release, especially now that we’re into the meat of the series, I get feedback along the lines of “I’ve never heard of you” or “I’ve never read any of your work”.
So I had an idea.
If people have never read any of my work, I should give them some to read. A tasting menu, if you will, of The Wild Hunt.
Step this way, messieurs et madames – your table is ready.
To start, a little Songs of the Earth: Chapter 1 | 2 | 3
Then to follow, Trinity Rising: Chapter 1 | 2 | 3
And don’t forget to leave some room for The Raven’s Shadow: Chapter 1 | 2 | 3
Bon appetit!
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i would say you are not a novice author since wild hunt book 3 is priced upwards of $20.only established and marketable authors would get that price tag from publishing industry.keep it up.your book is not directly available in india so far i have booked a copy with local book seller.i will post comments after reading
Thank you for the kind words, but I should point out that actually, all my publisher's books are priced the same way. A new release fiction hardback has a recommended retail price of £20, whoever's name is on the front.It's a unit cost for the product: if the publisher thinks it will sell like gangbusters, they order a big print run, to maximise their profit through volume discounts on materials and production costs (and still occasionally take a bath if the book fails to sell in sufficient numbers). If they didn't think the book was marketable, they wouldn't have signed the author in the first place.
Anyway, the final selling price in stores is dictated by the retailer. The publisher can negotiate price promotions (usually at a cost to them e.g. increased discounts on wholesale) but the retailer is free to sell at a loss if they wish, as Amazon did with ebooks, in order to push the Kindle.
