Angela’s Comments (group member since Jan 16, 2017)

Angela’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

This is a perennial challenge. Carole P. Roman and I wrote what will become the definitive book on book marketing combining my decades as a marketing professor and her successful book marketing.

Released today and only $3.49 on Kindle or free with KU

You can file for copyright at any time, including just before you file (if you don't file within a certain time, you can't collect attorney fees when you win). The bigger deterrent is that copyright attorneys aren't cheap and they won't work on contingency. That means you have to come up with $1000s just to file. Frankly, that's a big deal.

Anna Faversham wrote: "On Wednesday 17th April, I plan to advertise
in some Goodreads groups. I shall be saying something like "Time is running out to buy this book for 0.99" And, of c..."

I have one that's reduced to $.99. I'm not sure what you consider clean. Mine has rape, but there's no graphic details, just that it happened and he strangled them during the act. No details.

R.L. wrote: "I’m in too"

Me, me.

I need reviews. Please PM me or post your email. I can send pdf or MOBI, it's also available on Kindle Unlimited (which I prefer as I get more pages read).

Here's the synopsis:

Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Sweet.
But the girl is a Chinese spy and the boy a terrorist bent on destroying America by taking out the electrical grid.

Imagine there's no electricity: no food, no water, no heat. Medical devices fail. Communications devices die. Looting and chaos break out.

Would you die in a week? A month? Two months? Now imagine there's no electricity for nearly 2 years.

Carole, Julie, and I finished our book, the sequel to Navigating Indieworld called Marketing Indieworld. We'd love beta readers to help us polish it up before publication. Please post your email and I'll send you a doc or pdf version.

I released "The Grid" on Dec. 21.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

Imagine there's no electricity: no food, no water, no heat. Medical devices fail. Communications devices die. Looting and chaos break out.
Would you die in a week? A month? Two months? Now imagine there's no electricity for nearly 2 years.
No phone, no money, no A/C or heat, right? Sure, but you also lose life-sustaining medical devices, water (towers can't refill without it), food (no money to exchange for it and no energy to grow it) causing a total breakdown of government, social services, and the military (how do you communicate without electricity?). Massive chaos, looting, death.
That's the future facing all of us if Jacob, John Boyd, and the rest of the FBI Counter-Terrorism Task Force can't stop them in time. But, who's behind the plot? And, how can you stop someone if you don't know who's behind the plot?

Scars of the Past launched to great reviews and brisk sales. Now, I'm hosting a launch party on Facebook on Aug. 1 from 6-8pm (EST). Join in the fun and maybe win a thing or 2.

BTW, if you want a review copy of the book, please message me with the preferred format--MOBI, PDF, DOC.

I need Beta readers for Scars of the Past -- a mystery/thriller about Cyber Terror. It's a fast paced, 100k. I know the end sucks and I probably need a new title. HELP!!

Alex wrote: "Great stuff, I'll get mobis sent off directly. Thanks for this opportunity."
Perfect.

Alex wrote: "Does it matter what genre the books are? I have a mystery/detective story and a serial killer thriller I would be happy to send but feel I should check first." I write mystery so I think your books will fit right in.

Angela wrote: "I'm going to Cyber Con; April 7-9th and I have a virtual booth. I'm giving out swag bags to readers and I thought of all my lovely author friends over here in Indieworld. Would anyone like to donat..."

I don't think genre matters although I write mystery, so most folks will visit my booth expecting something light and fun.

I'm going to Cyber Con; April 7-9th and I have a virtual booth. I'm giving out swag bags to readers and I thought of all my lovely author friends over here in Indieworld. Would anyone like to donate ebooks (PDFs or MOBIs) for me to include in my swag bags -- it's a great way to connect with new readers.

Send your files to hausman1229@gmail.com if you're interested.

BTW, there's still time to register for this event if you hurry.

Author: Angela Hausman
Book 1: Buried Ladies: A Novel of Murder, Mystery, and the Dark Web
Regular price: $2.99/ $9.99 paperback
FREE on KU and KOLL
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Ladies-...

Book 2: Scars of the Past (Dark Web #2)
FREE for Beta readers (subscribers)
Link: https://forms.aweber.com/form/46/1371...

Hi, Angie here.

Mystery/Thriller
https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Ladies-...- $2.99/ $9.99 paperback -- FREE on Kindle Unlimited.



Blurb:

Some men are just evil. And, when Joan calls 911 to report the murder of her friend, Estella, she starts a manhunt for pure evil, but not in the way she expected.

Buried Ladies, tracks a serial killer on both sides of the US-Mexican border. But, he’s not even the most evil man in this novel of murder and the dark web. That title might belong to Arturo Vasquez, who once loved Estella, but now holds her hostage as part of a cartel operation that nearly ends the lives of her husband and Joan when they try to rescue her. Or is it Hector Mateo, who runs the Gulf Cartel using a cruel form of justice that eliminates an enemy’s entire family. Maybe it’s even Detective Morales, who has a single-minded focus that makes it impossible to accept evidence unless it supports the suspect he’s chasing.

"Buried Ladies" is a fast-paced novel set along the Texas/ Mexican border -- a place called the valley. It's here that our story starts with a 911 call to report Estella's murder. But, there's no body - only a missing person and a red stain on the carpeting in the home she shares with her husband, Jaime. Soon, bodies turn up in a construction site north of McAllen, but none of them is Estella. So, what's happened to Estella?

Jaime flees McAllen soon after police interview him about his wife's disappearance -- they don't buy his story that she's visiting relatives. As he prepares to fly out, he runs across the real serial killer, a ruthless man who kills his victims as part of his sexual release. Many are poor women from Mexico.

In the search for Estella, the story winds its way through Mexican cartels, especially the Gulf Cartel, where readers learn about how these organizations operate outside the law with impunity due to their vast wealth in a poor country. Arturo is one of the leaders. He lives in an opulent home -- really a compound where he enforces the rules of his cartel masters and stores drugs destined to reach the US through its network of mules.

Through a series of twists and turns that take us to a job hacking into the DEA computer for the Gulf Cartel and efforts to discover the serial killer responsible for at least 5 dead women in the Rio Grande Valley, we learn about the inner workings of a truly evil mind.

Readers who enjoyed the convoluted plots of The Short Drop or the cyber sleuthing of Dead Beef will enjoy the twists and turns that keep you reading.

I'll be running a promotion in April - $.99 when Book 2 -- Scars of the Pat is released.

Thanks for the information. I checked out a few of these and they're a little pricy. Can anyone comment on the lift they got after these book tours? I'm a little leery about investing hundreds of $$$ when the tour's website has such a poor Alexa rank -- in the millions, which suggests they don't get much traffic or backlinks.

Hi, guys. I'm a marketing professor, run a digital marketing blog, and I'm an indie author. I offer a free ebook that lays out the steps for setting up a blog/ website at: https://www.hausmanmarketingletter.co.... I post once or twice a week on digital marketing, so you might also want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

I am giving away copies of my book, Buried Ladies, until Feb 2 through an Amazon giveaway. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Angela-Hausman...

Hi, guys. I'm a newbie and just published my first book. I also have several traditionally published marketing books (I'm a marketing professor, by day). Here's my author page: http://www.amazon.com/Angela-Hausman/...