Note: Not sure what happened. This was scheduled to go live on 12/25, but it never posted. So, I'll extend the freebie days through the end of the year. Now, onto the original post. Or happy whatever-you-happen-to-celebrate. At our house, it’s Christmas . If you’re exchanging gifts this season, then I hope you’ve been a good boy or girl and get to unwrap a shiny new ereader. If you have, then I have a gift for you, too. In honor of this gift giving day, I'm giving to you, faithful followers, the gift of free ebooks. …
I’ve been on Twitter for awhile, now. It’s probably the primary outpost in my hub and outpost model , which I’ve been using even before I knew what it was called. I’m on Facebook and GoodReads , also, but Twitter seems to be what I’ve taken to the most. Maybe because it’s so quick and easy. It’s simple to jump in and out of the conversation. But it took me awhile to learn some of the subtle uses of it. To spur you on your way to Twitter greatness, here are my top tips. Some of these may be author-specific, or at least specific to thos…
Derrick the Dog (DtD) has been very well received. It's gotten some nice reviews, and it even made it all the way to the number one spot in one of the sub-genre's on Kobo . However, it hasn't gotten a lot of visibility. So, for the remainder of the month, I've marked the ebook price down to... FREE!!! The updated price should trickle out to retailers over the next few days. Unfortunately, I can't mark it as free at Amazon or Barnes & Noble , but in fairly short order, their bots should pick up the change and pri…
I was on deviantART this morning, perusing the What's Hot section of the front page. It's a nice mix of photography, digital art, photo manipulations , sculpture, etc. I like to keep up with what my peers are doing. Zentangle trio by Kyla Reese . Used with permission of artist. I clicked on http://www.deviantart.com/art/Magic-Dress-01-462682323 and was reading the comments. Within the comments, the photographer got into a heated …
A couple of small announcements that we wanted to make about the site. Frequently Asked Questions - F.A.Q - FAQs on Keyboard (Photo credit: photosteve101 ) There is now a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section that’s live. We’ll try to keep that up-to-date with the questions that we get asked most often. We’ve also added a Works-in-Progress section to the Library . I (Brian) have been getting asked repeatedly how I’m coming along with the next Derrick and Max book (and also about the next D Lee Warren book). Well, now…
Image via CrunchBase Note: I did some minor edits below for clarification, but what you see below is pretty close to what Swype was able to pickup. I’ve left it rather ugly so you can get an idea as to how well it manages to pickup what you’re saying while driving down the road. I’ve since figured out how to make better use of punctuation. I’ve also been working on my enunciation and voice projection, which have helped the accuracy. Okay, we're going to try something new here . If you're reading this that means [the] experi…
March 2-8, 2014 Smashwords is kicking off its sixth annual Read an Ebook Week promotion ! Read an Ebook Week is an international celebration of ebooks in which thousands of authors, publishers, and retailers feature free and discounted ebooks to help promote the joys of e-reading to the world's readers. During the promotion, all my ebooks will be free through the Smashwords store. You can visit my publisher page to see all available works. Or click the image below to find all available books being offered through the promotion.…
Provided you take a loose enough definition of the word, that is. I went to Kobo to get links to my books for the library page , and imagine my surprise when I discovered that Derrick the Dog was the #3 bestseller in Kids & Teens , Fiction , Chapter Books , Intermediate . I immediately clicked through to see if, in fact, there were only three books in that category, but it turns out there are more… quite a few, in fact. DtD was beating out some heavy hitters, like the Muppets, Cam Jansen, and Judy Moody. Now that I actually see tha…
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