First up in the sale is Felonious Jazz
by Bryan Gilmer. This book debuted at a "normal" price (at $7.99, close to a paperback in price, but under the $12.87 that this book commands in print
). The author had exactly one sale at the initial price, despite posting in several locations. He discovered that many other authors were getting better sales at the $1.99 price point and changed his book's list price ($2.49 = $1.99 after the standard Amazon discount, at least for now). Suddenly, his book shot up to #1 in the "hard-boiled mysteries" category and #17 in Mysteries and Thrillers. He describes his sales at that point as in the "low hundreds" per day. Flush with success (and his high ranking), he raised the price ($4.99 as discounted by Amazon, at a point where he earned significantly more per copy than he did on the $12.87 paperback book) and the sales slowed. Comments about the price increase rose, on the other hand, especially since he had only had the $1.99 price for such a short number of days -- many who downloaded the sample found the price higher when they went to purchase the book. Well, he is apparently listening (at least when the rankings dropped and so did sales), as he has lowered the price back to $1.99 for the weekend (and has climbed back to #14 in the hard-boiled category). So, if you missed the earlier sale, this is your chance to grab it before it returns to the $4.99 price point.
Next up is Brendan Carroll, author of The Red Cross of Gold
series. The list price of the series has been dropped to $1.99 each (resulting in a sale price of $1.59), but Amazon's pricing genies have not yet caught up. The first in the series, The Knight of Death
, for example, is still at $7.99 (but shows the lower list price). My advice is, if you want to read the series, is to grab the ones where the price has dropped (II:. The King of Terrors
, V:. the Quinta Essentia
, VI:. the Dragonslayer
, VII:. The Wisdom of Solomon
and VIII: The Silver Caduceus
), then check back on the others (I: The Knight of Death, III:. The Head of the Crow
and IV:. The Hesperian Dragon
) later today or tomorrow (perhaps even Monday). For the entire series, this sale means a savings of $38.40 from the previous $6.39 each sales price ($7.99 list with the 20% Kindle discount).
2012: Seeking Closure
by Gregory Bernard Banks, based on a story by Tom Townsend, is about to be released as an independent film (www.seekingclosurethemovie.com or see the trailer) and has a debut price of $3.19 ($11.99 in print
).It's December 21, 2012. The President of the United States has just gone on the air to inform the world that in three hours time, the world will end, and there is nothing he can do about. And then he and all the world leaders walk away and leave the people to fend for themselves.
What would you do?
Based on a story by Tom Townsend, and soon to become a motion picture from Inner Glow Pictures, 2012: Seeking Closure is the story of a world gone mad in a time of chaos, of disaster and destruction and people desperate to seek closure while the society goes mad.
