Unbundling...

[sleigh]

At the suggestion of my friend Mark, who works for a large chain bookstore, I've 'unbundled' two short stories from my ebook short story collections, A RAIN OF PEBBLES and A TAPESTRY OF TWO TALES and put the stories out as $.99 ebooks, the idea being that since so many people look for $.99 (or less) titles for their Kindles, Nooks, etc., one way to drive sales is to have some offerings at a low price that will cause the reader -- if they like the story -- to look up more of your work.

So, as part of the continuing experiment in the ebook world, "When We Come Down" (from A RAIN OF PEBBLES) and "The Gods of Every Other Wednesday Night" (from A TAPESTRY OF TWELVE TALES) are now available for $.99 from Amazon and B&N (and possibly eventually Apple and Kobobooks as well; we'll see how it goes...). Both stories are novelette length. Next week, I might offer one more story from each collection.

FWIW, both stories already have sales without my having said anything about them to anyone... Here's where you can get 'em:

"When We Come Down"
-- order at Amazon
-- order at B&N

"The Gods of Every Other Wednesday Night"
-- order at Amazon
-- order at B&N

And here, just for grins, are the covers I cobbled together for them...

Comments

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

I could wish for a better resolution image on "Gods," but it's not bad, and designwise, I think that's the best thing you've done so far.

Though can I encourage you away from Garamond? It's a beautiful typeface (one of my favorites), but not the best choice for book covers except in a narrow range of topics.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Looking from Spain, they cost $3.44, which "includes VAT & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet."

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[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I'm always willing to take advice from Those Who Actually Know What They're Talking About, especially when I know I'm an amateur. So what are some of your preferred fonts for book covers?

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Obviously you shouldn't buy them from Spain...

How was the restaurant, BTW?

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

Lemme think about it for a bit, specifically for these two covers.

Choice of typeface depends on what the cover is trying to say. My objection to Garamond is that it's (a) a text face, and (b) rather "pretty" and not the slightest bit edgy.

I assume "Gods" is sort of hip and funky. Does it take place in a particular time period or location?

"Come Down" isn't telling me much about the contents--it's obviously science fiction, and I assume the coming down bit refers to space travel in some way. (Right now I have the Peter Gabriel end-credits song from WALL•E going through my head...)

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I was surprised the international charges were so much.

Dinner was very very good; thank you.

B