Hi, everyone. I have published the third book in Element Preservers series, Divided! Here is the Smashwords link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271032 I'll update this post as soon as I get the other links (Amazon & Kobo). Those who buy their books on Barnes & Noble, Apple/iTunes, Sony, Diesel and Blio will have to wait a bit until the book is approved by Smashwords and sent to all the stores. I do not know when that will be since the process is out of my control, but it should be available in a couple of days or weeks. I'll post the links as soon as I have them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the book!
Update 1: Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWERR8M
Update 2: Kobo link: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Divided-Element-Preservers-Series-Book/book-cAlANGIyaUydDs5NDJUZGA/page1.html?s=LSlPsHd0ZEiDJU6kkdzyxQ&r=1
Update 3: Nook/Barnes &Noble link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/divided-alycia-linwood/1114071335?ean=2940016061597
Update 4: iTunes/iBooks/Apple link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/divided-element-preservers-3/id593965773?mt=11
Showing posts with label smashwords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smashwords. Show all posts
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Friday, March 2, 2012
Read an Ebook Week! Human 50% off!
So, I'm here to tell you some happy news. Smashwords is having Read an Ebook Week from March 4th to March 10th, and I have decided to include Human in this promotion by offering it for only 1.50$! There will be a coupon when the promotion starts which you will be able to use to get this nice discount. XD I'm sure other authors will include their books as well, so you might find something you like if you visit Smashword's page during Read an Ebook Week. Click HERE to get to the page for Human on Smashwords, see the trailer, read the overview or sample. :D
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Writing and Smashwords
Let's start with a little writing update. I believe I'm nearing the end
of Human and I hope I'll be sending it out very soon to my beta readers.
Since I never know the exact date when I'll be doing something (yeah,
I'm horrible, I know), it's a bit difficult to find friends who have
time to proofread it for me. But I'll find a way to solve that, even if
publishing of Human gets postponed a week or two. The cover is done and I
would really like to show it to you, so I guess I'll be doing that as
soon as I finish writing and come up with a blurb. I really hate writing
blurbs because I'm never sure how much I'm supposed to reveal about the
plot and characters. As for Runaway (Element Preservers series, book
2), I will start writing it as soon as I finish Human.
Now something for authors: my Smashwords experiment. So, how long does it really take to change price everywhere? As I mentioned in my last post, I changed the price of my book on 27 September. My Distribution Channel Manager on my Smashword's Dashboard says they sent the update to Sony (2011-10-07), Barnes & Noble (2011-10-08), Apple (2011-10-02), Diesel (2011-10-08) and Scrollmotion (2011-10-08). Kobo is still backlogged and my book hasn't appeared there yet at all, so I can't tell anything about that. But, I do see that the updates were sent mostly during weekend, so I guess you should have that in mind when you change your price.
Let's get to the part when the changes actually took place. Apple was the fastest, as usual, and the new price was there two days after Smashwords sent the info to them (2011-10-04), Barnes & Nobel and Sony took a few days more, but not too long (both 2011-10-11). I'm still waiting for Diesel, but nothing is happening. It seems like they are the slowest. I actually found posts from other authors saying Diesel was the slowest for them too. As for Scrollmotion, I have no idea. I don't even know how they work. But, even though Sony updated my new price, my overview is still nonexistent, and B&N still hasn't categorized my book, which basically means it's lost on their page. Anyway, if you plan to change the price or promote your book, it might take some time to get everything done, which means 'limited time only' kind of thing could be difficult because some retailers will be late and then you'll have your book priced, for example, 1.99$ on B&N and 2.99$ on Diesel. Now I'm tempted to change my price again just to see will it take the same amount of time, but I won't. I'll try that some other time. :P
Now something for authors: my Smashwords experiment. So, how long does it really take to change price everywhere? As I mentioned in my last post, I changed the price of my book on 27 September. My Distribution Channel Manager on my Smashword's Dashboard says they sent the update to Sony (2011-10-07), Barnes & Noble (2011-10-08), Apple (2011-10-02), Diesel (2011-10-08) and Scrollmotion (2011-10-08). Kobo is still backlogged and my book hasn't appeared there yet at all, so I can't tell anything about that. But, I do see that the updates were sent mostly during weekend, so I guess you should have that in mind when you change your price.
Let's get to the part when the changes actually took place. Apple was the fastest, as usual, and the new price was there two days after Smashwords sent the info to them (2011-10-04), Barnes & Nobel and Sony took a few days more, but not too long (both 2011-10-11). I'm still waiting for Diesel, but nothing is happening. It seems like they are the slowest. I actually found posts from other authors saying Diesel was the slowest for them too. As for Scrollmotion, I have no idea. I don't even know how they work. But, even though Sony updated my new price, my overview is still nonexistent, and B&N still hasn't categorized my book, which basically means it's lost on their page. Anyway, if you plan to change the price or promote your book, it might take some time to get everything done, which means 'limited time only' kind of thing could be difficult because some retailers will be late and then you'll have your book priced, for example, 1.99$ on B&N and 2.99$ on Diesel. Now I'm tempted to change my price again just to see will it take the same amount of time, but I won't. I'll try that some other time. :P
Thursday, September 29, 2011
My New Book
I've been thinking a bit, and yes, the title I first had in mind when I
started writing my next book stays. It's really funny, but sometimes I
just feel something fits and I wouldn't change it for anything in the
world. So the title of my next book will be Human. I
have no idea what's with me and one word titles, but I love them. If I
finish this book how I planned, it will be a stand-alone book and won't
turn into series, trilogy or anything like that. Sometimes it's almost
impossible not to turn your book into series. It happened to me with
Element Preservers because I just couldn't finish Ria's story in Dangerous. There were too many possibilities for new plots and resolving everything in short time would have felt completely unnatural.
I think I mentioned it already in my last post, but I can say again that Human is different from Dangerous and surprise, surprise, doesn't contain profanity and sexual situations. Ariel is a very nice character, even though she's only a year younger than Ria (Element Preservers). She is actually a bit more like me, but she still does things I'd never do. I won't reveal much more because I need to finish writing it, and when I do, I'll come up with a blurb. The only thing I can tell now is that it won't be a book for people who aren't open-minded when it comes to religion. I'm still in the process of finding people who will proofread it once it's done. But since I don't know the exact date when that will be, I'm having a problem. Anyway, I hope I'll solve this soon. Human should be published in January 2012, and I hope it won't be postponed. I'm not a full-time writer, so I'll see how things go.
I'm doing an experiment with Smashwords because people keep saying it takes forever to get your price updated everywhere. I changed the price of Dangerous two days ago, and I'm still waiting for retailers to notice it. I'll post an update about it when it happens. I know many authors want to figure this one out since it's important for promotion of other books, and it would be annoying to wait forever to change the price if you want it for a specific time only. Dangerous still hasn't appeared on Kobo, and Sony still doesn't have my overview, but I suppose price change should come through faster. Maybe Sony finally realizes I do have an overview.
Have a nice day everyone. I'll go back to writing now.
Alycia Linwood
I think I mentioned it already in my last post, but I can say again that Human is different from Dangerous and surprise, surprise, doesn't contain profanity and sexual situations. Ariel is a very nice character, even though she's only a year younger than Ria (Element Preservers). She is actually a bit more like me, but she still does things I'd never do. I won't reveal much more because I need to finish writing it, and when I do, I'll come up with a blurb. The only thing I can tell now is that it won't be a book for people who aren't open-minded when it comes to religion. I'm still in the process of finding people who will proofread it once it's done. But since I don't know the exact date when that will be, I'm having a problem. Anyway, I hope I'll solve this soon. Human should be published in January 2012, and I hope it won't be postponed. I'm not a full-time writer, so I'll see how things go.
I'm doing an experiment with Smashwords because people keep saying it takes forever to get your price updated everywhere. I changed the price of Dangerous two days ago, and I'm still waiting for retailers to notice it. I'll post an update about it when it happens. I know many authors want to figure this one out since it's important for promotion of other books, and it would be annoying to wait forever to change the price if you want it for a specific time only. Dangerous still hasn't appeared on Kobo, and Sony still doesn't have my overview, but I suppose price change should come through faster. Maybe Sony finally realizes I do have an overview.
Have a nice day everyone. I'll go back to writing now.
Alycia Linwood
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