Who will be on my shelf next Part II

[G.G.]

Ok. last time I realized I didn't give enough time for people to see the thread and enter their books so this time I'm starting it well in advance.

Here are the rules:

1-Has to be available on Amazon as a print version. (If it is by a third party seller, it's fine by me. As long as I can order it through Amazon.com.)

2- No more than 14.99$ unless your book is a door stopper or a all-in-one series.

3- Genres I'm not too difficult because this is mostly to help Indies and I don't promise to read and review the books. (I haven't started the first batch yet. I'm still trying to finish reading books I promised to read a while ago.) HOWEVER, it has to be fiction and sorry, no poetry, no erotica. (Well...Sex scenes are fine, but I wouldn't want a book centered around hot scenes only. Give me a plot!)

So back to genres: Scifi, any kind of fantasy, paranormal, horror, thriller, crime, suspense, adventure, romance. (If your genre doesn't fit in those, and was not among the restriction noted above, try me. The worst that can happen is that your book won't get among the ten finalists.)

4- Nominate YOUR book. PLEASE, don't be shy and hide behind someone else's. :P Oh and moderators are welcome (and encouraged) to offer their own.

Towards the end of January, I will choose ten finalists and as I did the first time, I will randomly choose the two winners with the help of a third party. Now, I can't forget my fellow moderators so I will also choose at least one book from our hard working friends.

So my promise to you is that I will buy at least three books from SIA members. (In the end, I may buy more books but I'll see how my finances are first.)

NOTE: In this thread, links are permitted, so please leave a link to your printed book (here or on Amazon) along with a short blurb. Not the one on your page. I can read that one.

Good luck!

EDITED: Forgot to add that it doesn't matter if I read and reviewed your book already. You can still enter it. :)

[C.B., Beach Body Moderator]

Well sure. You told me to, so I entered!

CB Archer, Breakers of the Code.

[G.G.]

Ah CB!! you forgot to put the link to the book! :P

EDITED: was an easy fix. I'll leave you off the hook this time. :P
(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...)

Thanks for entering!

Just a reminder: People, please, add a link!

[C.B., Beach Body Moderator]

I have some printed books over there, sitting on that cardboard box for a surround system that I am too scared to throw away.
I could probably just send you one. You are pretty cool after all.

[G.G.]

Tks C.B. but I want to help authors not make them spend money. :P

[Amanda]

Thanks, G,G. I didn't do this last time. Here's mine. Protecting You -A McCord Family Novel.
Contemporary Romance (and can be considered a standalone).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1512303...

Edit: Forgot to add a blurb.

Ava Rainer has it all, until she doesn't. She loses one of her best friends, Detective Jimmy McCord, and it's all her fault. At least that's what she thinks.

To help her out of her misery, Austin, Jimmy's brother, demands she comes home with him to heal....right into the arms of Zane, Jimmy's other brother. He blames her for Jimmy's death. But can he see past that to help her heal, while healing himself at the same time?

[Michael]

Quick question: If we have multiple books available in print versions, can we nominate all of them or just one?

[G.G.]

You can nominate them all in one post with separate links. However, unless I decide to buy more books than mentioned, I will probably only choose one to enter the final ten. It wouldn't be too fair for others if one author would win both spots. But I have nothing against having choices. :)

I noticed you have a few very low cost ones. If one of those should win, I might just get a second (and/or third) one. :P

[G.G.]

Amanda wrote: "Thanks, G,G. I didn't do this last time. Here's mine. Protecting You -A McCord Family Novel.
Contemporary Romance (and can be considered a standalone).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1512303......"

Np Amanda. Thanks for entering. :)

[Michael]

Well okay then. Here are mine...

With Eyes Open... http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Open-Micha...

Campfire Stories http://www.amazon.com/Campfire-Storie...

A Bright Symmetry http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Symmetry...

The Fault Lies Not... http://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lies-Not-......

Rae http://www.amazon.com/Rae-Michael-P-D...

On A Cold Wind http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Wind-Micha...

[G.G.]

Thanks for entering Michael :)

[J.D.]

G.G. wrote: "Ok. last time I realized I didn't give enough time for people to see the thread and enter their books so this time I'm starting it well in advance.

Here are the rules:

1-Has to be available on Am..."

Bounty: http://www.amazon.com/Bounty-1-J-D-Cu...

Blood Ties (available January 5 -- WILL be in paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Ties-J-D-...

[Elizabeth]

Thank you for this chance!
I have a YA Fantasy series about dragons, fairies, and a fight to save two worlds.
I also have 3 short story compilations available. Links to all below:

Dragon on My NeckDragon in My Yard (The Stone Dragon Saga)Dragon on the GreenShort Story Sundays: The First Four MonthsSummer SundaysShort Story Sundays

[Angelmovingonup]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0181IMMQC Here's the link to my book, The first two installments in the series, The Technicality Series Cassidy. It follows Cassidy Andrews through a time of transitioning. She moves to the busy city of Chicago from the quiet town of Lexington Indiana. We follow her through her time of love, faith, career, family and friendship.

She may be from the south, but she's no country bumpkin. Cassidy is full of spirit and has an interesting time making it all work out in her favor.

[Chikamso]

Hi G.G.,
Thank you for the opportunity. My inspiring coming of age novel, Twisted in a Positive Way Twisted in a Positive Way is set in Lagos, Nigeria and centers around the life of a charming heroine Adaugo who experiences a tragic loss and becomes torn between succumbing to cultural expectations and pursuing her dreams. Her journey is one that any person, young or old will learn from as it illustrates the beauty and triumph of dreaming big and never giving up.

Amazon US Paperback: http://amzn.to/1NufplW
Amazon UK Paperback: http://amzn.to/1O5qMBR

[[deleted user]]

Hi G.G.,
Okay, here it is.
Dancing With The Dead.
a blend of science and visionary fiction, it's been called "exciting, gripping," "exceptional," "visionary as well as topical," "unique, fast-paced and utterly readable,"and making "shades of the great Isaac Asimov appear."
The main character, Fahd Abdul al-Sharfa, is a jihadist who has been trained for one mission--to destroy Luna City and everyone in it. But he falls in love with just the wrong person, a cat-like, bipedal alien astrophysicist named Quenby, begins to question his own beliefs, and realizes he must choose between his mission or love.
Charles

[[deleted user]]

I noticed that you already have my novella collection, The Villain & The Golden Apple, on your to-read list (don't know if you got the ebook copy yet). It's in hardcover on Amazon for only $6.25, so it's not a budget strainer. http://www.amazon.com/Villain-Golden-...

Still, it's much cheaper on Lulu.com at $4.50, if you have an account there. http://www.lulu.com/shop/ken-doggett/...

[G.G.]

Thanks everyone for participating. I've added all your names as well as your books to my list. :)
Keep them coming!

Thanks Ken, but no, I don't have an account with Lulu. The little I would save would be eaten up by the shipping cost. Buying all those books at once on Amazon saves me the shipping cost and adds the chance for the books to have the ALSO BOUGHT tag. :P (At least, I would think so.)

And yes, I have in in ebook, just haven't had the chance to get around to it yet. So many to read.

Anyway, whether I have a suggestion in eBook or not doesn't hinder its chance to win. As I said, even if I would have read it, it would still be entered in the contest. To me a physical book is so much better than an eBook that can easily get lost among the hundreds of others (if not the thousands).

[[deleted user]]

Thanks, G.G.

[Joseph]

Thanks G.G.
My book is a collection of short fiction following the exploits of a single character which sort of adds up to a novel. The character, Basement Man, is a wild, misogynist drunk on the outside, and a thoughtful loser internally, constantly at war with himself and his circumstances. He is viewed from many angles; omniscient narrators, third person observers, and once from the first person perspective. Some narrators are unreliable telling readers more than they themselves know or admit to.

Here is the Amazon link to both the physical and Kindle editions:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0184SEI8O

Thanks again.
Joe

[Elizabeth]

I would love to be added to the list!

The Travelers is my first novel

The town Alex calls home has always felt safe to get until three girls her age are found dead. When Alex's father forces her mother to skip town with him, possibly for good, they leave Alex behind to fend for herself and unfold years of lies they have built her life upon. Jaze, who has been invisible by her side for months, appears just in time to eliminate any normality that remained in her life. He's tall, dark and terrifying, though that wasn’t his intent. Just as Jaze is earning Alex's trust, the Council, a feared and powerful group of leaders from his world, orders him to protect her with his life.
Jaze quickly becomes torn between his duty and his love for Alex. When her real memories of her childhood return, Alex tumbles head first into Jaze's strange world and into his arms. While Jaze soon finds that Alex may not be the ordinary girl he had originally assumed her to be. Together the two of them discover that sometimes love and simplicity aren't always options in life.

http://www.amazon.com/Travelers-Eliza...

[G.G.]

Thanks Joseph, I've added your book.

Tamara, do you have a link to Amazon per chance?

[G.G.]

Thanks for participating Elizabeth. You've been added. :)

[Iffix]

I'm a little late to the party.



About this series: It began as a sci-fi retelling of a classic fairy-tale but took a significant step, somewhere along the line.
In Impulse, a wicked queen orders her alien slave to assassinate the princess. But the slave sees his chance at freedom slipping away. So he poisons her to look dead, presenting her to the queen, who sees through his facade and he narrowly escapes her robot army. He hides the princess in an underground world, where a pair of unsuspecting teens find her and assume she is dying. They race to her rescue...
Thus begins a series where a Forgotten Princess rises to fight for her rightful place as Queen. It transcends genre the following ways:
Impulse is very nearly a sci-fi fairy tale.
Conspiracy is a sci-fi with a dash of steampunk.
Deception is an alien postapocalyptic sci-fi that turns into a sci-fi epic.
In the next few months, Retrospect will be complete and is partly swashbuckling.
Overall, I would suppose the series is Space Opera. But more importantly, the series is epic fun.

[Joseph]

G.G. wrote: "Thanks Joseph, I've added your book.

Tamara, do you have a link to Amazon per chance?"

Thank you!

[G.G.]

Thank you Iffix. I've added your book Impulse to the list. The others were not in paperback. Not that I would enter more from one authors but at that low price, the whole series might have been very tempting. :P

[G.G.]

I've noticed a lot of low priced books so far. You guys are going to make it hard not to buy more than I had planned!

[Iffix]

G.G. wrote: "Thank you Iffix. I've added your book Impulse to the list. The others were not in paperback. Not that I would enter more from one authors but at that low price, the whole series might have been ver..."

Yes, G.G., they are indeed in paperback.

[Iffix]

Though generally Amazon doesn't allow a hard copy sale while a Kindle Free deal is going on. (Not sure why.)

[Christina]

Iffix wrote: "Though generally Amazon doesn't allow a hard copy sale while a Kindle Free deal is going on. (Not sure why.)"

Free kindle books have no bearing on paperbacks.

[G.G.]

Iffix wrote: "G.G. wrote: "Thank you Iffix. I've added your book Impulse to the list. The others were not in paperback. Not that I would enter more from one authors but at that low price, the whole series might ..."

Could you add the links to the books please? Because no matter how I search, it will only give me the eBooks for book 2 and book 3.

And I second Christina, one should prevent the sale of the other.

[Iffix]

Huh, perhaps it was different at one point. Thanks for the clarification.
Anyhow, you can most certainly get the links. All are listed here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...

[G.G.]

Tks Iffix. Added them.

If you are one of the winners, I'd probably go ahead and buy the whole series at that price. :P

(Only one will be entered in the contest though, to be fair to everyone.)

[Tyler]

Hi G.G.

Here's a link to my book, Immortal Peace.

Disclaimer: It's just barely above the price range. I hope that's not a huge problem, but I understand if it can't be entered.

http://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Peace-...

[G.G.]

Hello Tyler, you're added. The small difference is not a problem. Especially that I love alien stories. :)

[G.G.]

Tamara wrote: "Hi there!

Here is an Ebook link.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Unseein..."

Hello Tamara,

Is your printed book for sale on Amazon? Because that's the main requirement for this. I know I sound picky but I'm using Amazon gift card to buy the books: Gift cards I either bought and/or received for doing surveys.

I'm rather surprised that your book is on Createspace but not distributed by Amazon.

[Ellison]

Me me! Me next me! Regeneration X

[G.G.]

You're added Ellison. :) Thanks for entering!

[Ana]

You can add mine :) Marie

[G.G.]

Thanks Ana, I entered you. :)

[Christina]

Hi G.G. Mine is a YA fantasy adventure. It follows Clara, a high school girl, who is transported to a parallel world. There she must collect magical tarot cards that are draining the world of it's magic, by braving trials and solving puzzles.

http://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Cards-Maj...

[G.G.]

thanks Christina, you've been added. :)

[Susan]

Hi G.G. - My book is a little over your price point ($15.49), but it's the lowest price Amazon will let me charge. I thought I'd throw it in the ring. I understand it if it can't be considered-regardless, you're doing a really nice thing.

http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Ones-S...'

The Timeless Ones is a historical fantasy set amidst the Salem Witch trials and follows Merry Chalmers, accused witch, as she leaps from the 17th century into modern-day Salem and races against time to save both herself and the man she loves from the disastrous fate history holds for them.

[G.G.]

Susan, thanks for participating, You've been added. :)

[Susan]

hi G.G. - my book is $2.99

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M... and
http://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Keys-Su...

Thanks!
Merry Christmas!!

[G.G.]

Thank you Tamara and Susan. I've added you both.

[Ian]

This is an amazing thing you're doing! I'd like to add my 2 to the vast pool of choices you have already:

Ghosts of Innocence
Far future story of planetary destruction and revenge.

Tiamat's Nest
Near-future story of survival against an unseen adversary on a storm-ravaged Earth.

[G.G.]

Thank you Ian for participating. You've been added. :)

[G.G.]

I forgot to say that I honestly wished I could buy them all.... But i will do this as often as my budget permits. :)

[G.G.]

Hey don't forget to pitch me your book(s). (See post #1 for genres and restrictions)

I'll probably do the drawing in two weeks.