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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 11, 2012 19:57:59 GMT
I hope everyone will forgive me for mentioning that my first collection of stories, His Own Mad Demons, will be published by Hazardous Press as a print and a Kindle ebook on the 26th October. The collection will include one novelette and four long stories: The Worst of all Possible Places (Houses on the Borderland, BFS, edited by David A. Sutton) Lock In (The Black Book of Horror, edited by Charles Black) Their Own Mad Demons (The Fifth Black Book of Horror, edited by Charles Black) The Fragile Mask on his Face (Dark Discoveries #15, edited by James Beach) The True Spirit (Back from the Dead, edited by Johnny Mains) If anyone would like a review copy please contact me on rileybooks(at)ntlworld.com.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 11, 2012 22:21:33 GMT
A century in the making or it certainly feels like it sometimes. Would certainly up for reviewing it after my usual useless fashion if you don't mind your sales drying up before they even start. Am familiar with three of the novellas from the Dr. Terror and Johnny Mains anthologies, so it's already looking a cracking collection!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 12, 2012 5:48:00 GMT
You're guaranteed a good review from me for 'Lock In' alone David. Particularly enjoyed that story.
"If you remember the old Pan Books of Horror and you liked them you will like this more. The reason: there are echoes of the old masters, (in fact there are some old masters, notabley David A. Riley with his chilling LOCK-IN – told with all the macabre inuendo of P.K. Dick.)"
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 28, 2012 20:39:34 GMT
I'm pleased to announce that paperback copies of my collection from Hazardous Press, His Own Mad Demons, are now available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. In the US it's $9.99 (with free shipping available) and £6.23 in the UK (again with free shipping).
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 29, 2012 10:03:49 GMT
I'm pleased to announce that paperback copies of my collection from Hazardous Press, His Own Mad Demons, are now available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. In the US it's $9.99 (with free shipping available) and £6.23 in the UK (again with free shipping). The collection has so far gained two 5 star reviews on Amazon.co.uk (including one from someone I do not know, which is even better!) No reviews so far on Amazon.com unfortunately. If anyone would like to add reviews to the amazon sites that would be great. Whether they help to encourage sales I don't know, though the fact that the collection's position on the sales figures for amazon.co.uk are much better than those on amazon.com may seem to indicate that they do. www.amazon.com/His-Own-Mad-Demons-Tales/dp/0615718728/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351456237&sr=1-1&keywords=His+own+mad+demonswww.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0615718728/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00I promise not to annoy Vault members any further about this. Incidentally, amazon.co.uk are currently offering the book for £5.61 with free shipping. How long that price reduction will last I don't know.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 29, 2012 10:33:57 GMT
Excellent stuff David.
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Post by pulphack on Nov 29, 2012 10:48:10 GMT
David - there has been some research to suggest that reviews help sales particularly in e-books as buyers' habits tend to be that they will purchase in a similar genre and because of reduced e-book prices they will take a chance on books where the reviews indicate a worthwhile buy. So reviews are very good in that sense. I think any kind of review also pushes you up search listings on Amazon because it has something technical to do with search engine optimisation. Don't ask me how, as I didn't understand the computer speak, but apparently it is effective.
So anyone reviewing your book will be a help, but obviously good reviews are better!
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Post by noose on Nov 29, 2012 11:52:35 GMT
Was talking to Bernard Taylor yesterday and he said he's had a problem with people buying his ebook for under £3 and then on the sixth day after buying the book, the people buying the book have asked for their money back.
So it's like they've 'bought it' then read the book and asked for cash back. It's happened so much that Bernard was becoming quite concerned about it.
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 29, 2012 12:13:48 GMT
Was talking to Bernard Taylor yesterday and he said he's had a problem with people buying his ebook for under £3 and then on the sixth day after buying the book, the people buying the book have asked for their money back. So it's like they've 'bought it' then read the book and asked for cash back. It's happened so much that Bernard was becoming quite concerned about it. Have never heard of that happening before. Once you have downloaded an ebook how could someone undownload it, so to speak, in order to claim their money back? With a physical object, like a printed book, the item can be returned. Not so simple, I wouldn't have thought, with something as intangible as an ebook. I'll ask on the HWA site to see if anyone else has ever come across this problem.
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 29, 2012 12:53:07 GMT
Unfortunately it looks as though this isn't all that unusual. One writer on the HWA has had this happen to him twice this month. Amazon's kindle is the culprit there. Which doesn't surprise me. Amazon definitely cares more for its customers than those who provide the goods that it sells, even iffy ones.
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Post by David A. Riley on Dec 1, 2012 12:59:13 GMT
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Post by DemonSpawn on Dec 1, 2012 17:39:56 GMT
Thanks. I shall be very interested in reading it.
*goes back to lurk mode*
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Post by David A. Riley on Dec 1, 2012 19:32:12 GMT
Cheers. I hope you enjoy it.
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