Be sure to fill them out promptly, and check out the pre-order store while you’re there. I should also note that while my science fiction horror novel GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND is not available for pre-order, it’s still a good book and you should buy it anyway.
It’s not that somebody’s turning around and selling one of my books on Ebay at a 100% markup. It’s that it’s obvious what the book is selling for, and that it’s not out of print. You can even order GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND on Amazon today! Two day free shipping for Prime members!
Weird.
Moe Lane
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SPSFC being the Self-Published Science Fiction Contest. I have entered GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND for it, as it is in fact science fiction (also, cosmic horror). Do I expect winnage? I have no idea! I am proud of this book, though, and I hope it does well.
Also, that this whole thing drives a few sales, but you knew that going in.
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I know, I know – but I can justify this one, honest! The paperback for Ghosts on an Alien Wind is headed for the online Barnes & Noble store (it is not heading for actual stories, more’s the pity). I just need for the website to finish publishing it. It’s an experiment! If I get sales there, I will reconsider my current KU-exclusive status for my digital books.
If I don’t? Ach, well, I tried.
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I’m keeping the e-version of GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND off B&N because, honestly, I cannot give up the KU sales without better assurances that it’d be worth it. Amazon dominates the e-book market. This is a thing that is known.
I’m also in the process of seeing if I can get a good dust jacket out of this. I… do not know. Getting the paperback book prepped for B&N as it was was a right royal pain. But I’m also getting a smaller royalty from B&N than I will for Amazon*, so it might make a difference to have a hardcover with a dust jacket. We shall see!
Moe Lane
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*Why do it, then? Because some buyers don’t like Amazon. Like, a lot.
This drives me nuts, too.
This is not a 2024 project; for that matter, it’s not likely to be a 2025 project, unless the cash flow increases around here. But GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND is based off of my Unfiltered setting, and I could do something with it. Specifically, I could easily adapt it to the GUMSHOE ASHEN STARS system, which is pretty much the game system I had in the back of my head to begin with. I’d split any revenues with Pelgrane, under their Community Content program, but that’s not actually a hardship.
Hrm. It might not actually cost that much to do. Will have to think about it more.
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Honestly, I wasn’t even going to bring either book up to the folks at Page After Page (the store hosting me on October 12). TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Vol 1 is an anthology of short stories, not a novel; and GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND is science fiction horror, not fantasy. But they got in touch with me, asked me about the new stuff, and we figure we’ll give it all a whirl. Worst case scenario, they don’t sell and I have a few extra copies around for a while.
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These are the last hours of my mega-Kindle sale! All of my novels are still only 99 cents on Kindle in the US/UK, but the sale will be over soon! Get them now!
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