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Do you benefit financially at all if it is read on kindle unlimited?Thanks, sfflchamp! I'm so glad you enjoyed HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
The book is doing well for a novel from an "unknown" writer. Sales are consistent and reviews are great (phew!).
Of course, "consistent" doesn't mean "gangbusters" so the biggest challenge is public awareness. For the vast majority of readers, when they go to buy a book, they gravitate toward authors they've already read. New books (well, new authors) are heavily reliant on word-of-mouth advertising.
It's wonderful when readers tell me they liked Hostile Takeover just as much as Author X (comparisons have ranged from Dennis Lehane to Gillian Flynn to David Baldacci to Stephen King...all of those are flattering though it seems to often align with whichever author is currently in the reader's "I really like" stable). But while it's an honor to be compared with those writers, the bigger compliment (and goal) is for the reader to tell their friends/family/book-club to buy the book.
Gearing up for the release of SECOND SON early this summer (which is actually running behind since the original goal was first of the year). I've received a lot of "where's the next book?" questions through my website. Really looking forward to releasing it and hopefully seeing an accompanying bump in sales of Hostile Takeover.
If anyone else would like to give it a shot, please check it out on amazon here - HOSTILE TAKEOVER
And if you REALLY want to help a FBG brother out, please consider writing a review on Amazon or Goodreads once you've finished.
Or sharing it on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or LinkedIn. Or Pinterest. Or MySpace. Or whatever the kids use for sharing these days.
Tried to get my local library to order this for you man. They said there aren't enough mainstream reviews of it to justify an order. Sorry. :(Thanks, sfflchamp! I'm so glad you enjoyed HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
The book is doing well for a novel from an "unknown" writer. Sales are consistent and reviews are great (phew!).
Of course, "consistent" doesn't mean "gangbusters" so the biggest challenge is public awareness. For the vast majority of readers, when they go to buy a book, they gravitate toward authors they've already read. New books (well, new authors) are heavily reliant on word-of-mouth advertising.
It's wonderful when readers tell me they liked Hostile Takeover just as much as Author X (comparisons have ranged from Dennis Lehane to Gillian Flynn to David Baldacci to Stephen King...all of those are flattering though it seems to often align with whichever author is currently in the reader's "I really like" stable). But while it's an honor to be compared with those writers, the bigger compliment (and goal) is for the reader to tell their friends/family/book-club to buy the book.
Gearing up for the release of SECOND SON early this summer (which is actually running behind since the original goal was first of the year). I've received a lot of "where's the next book?" questions through my website. Really looking forward to releasing it and hopefully seeing an accompanying bump in sales of Hostile Takeover.
If anyone else would like to give it a shot, please check it out on amazon here - HOSTILE TAKEOVER
And if you REALLY want to help a FBG brother out, please consider writing a review on Amazon or Goodreads once you've finished.
Or sharing it on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or LinkedIn. Or Pinterest. Or MySpace. Or whatever the kids use for sharing these days.
I listen to audio books all the time now but they aren't good for hard sci-fi or fantasy with a lot of strange names or terminology.
The key is to not focus as much on driving...
Hi, prosopis! I do benefit when books are read on Kindle Unlimited but in a slightly different way (interpretation of "slight" being pretty broad here
).
Thanks for the effort, facook! I really appreciate it (even if it didn't work out).
You know what they say, if you can make it in Dubuque...Thanks for the effort, facook! I really appreciate it (even if it didn't work out).
It's funny. I actually received an email through my website the other day from a librarian in Dubuque, Iowa. He said one of their patrons had read Hostile Takeover and really enjoyed it. He was trying to find out when the next book is coming out so he could order it.
So at least the library in Dubuque is on board (and everyone in the literary world knows that Dubuque has been the springboard for success to every major novel written in the past century),
Great series. Did not know #3 is out, I'll find that soon.
It's out, at least on Kindle. It's titled Morning Star. The whole series is such a quick read.
I saw your post in the audible thread, and that is what I was going to suggest - a light biography. I was going to mention the Tina Fey one, or even the Bruce Campbell bio. Maybe even a musician. Figure there would be somebody both you and your wife agree on.
Aziz Ansari's audio book is pretty good. Actually supported by some research. It's about relationships though so it could go either way for you.
Can't go wrong with Ham on Rye or Post Office. They will both give you a strong sense of what CB was all about.
Yeah, I didn't think "The Sympathizer" wasn't up to par with some of the past Pulitzer winners. It was good, but not great. Just felt kind of flat to me.
you're right....exceptional!!!!....on to The Dark Forest.....THANKS for the recommendation....
My pleasure! I love good SciFi and it has been a long time since I read anything even close to Cixin Liu's trilogy!you're right....exceptional!!!!....on to The Dark Forest.....THANKS for the recommendation....
Read that one as well, also liked it a bunch. Any idea when the next installment is out? Currently finishing up Daniel Abraham's The Spider's War, the final installment in his Dagger & Coin series. The whole series has been an entertaining read, although I feel it's dragged out over the last couple of books.
Just purchased it from Amazon tonight.I just started getting into reading books again.I swear I don't know why I ever got away from it.Thanks, sfflchamp! I'm so glad you enjoyed HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
The book is doing well for a novel from an "unknown" writer. Sales are consistent and reviews are great (phew!).
Of course, "consistent" doesn't mean "gangbusters" so the biggest challenge is public awareness. For the vast majority of readers, when they go to buy a book, they gravitate toward authors they've already read. New books (well, new authors) are heavily reliant on word-of-mouth advertising.
It's wonderful when readers tell me they liked Hostile Takeover just as much as Author X (comparisons have ranged from Dennis Lehane to Gillian Flynn to David Baldacci to Stephen King...all of those are flattering though it seems to often align with whichever author is currently in the reader's "I really like" stable). But while it's an honor to be compared with those writers, the bigger compliment (and goal) is for the reader to tell their friends/family/book-club to buy the book.
Gearing up for the release of SECOND SON early this summer (which is actually running behind since the original goal was first of the year). I've received a lot of "where's the next book?" questions through my website. Really looking forward to releasing it and hopefully seeing an accompanying bump in sales of Hostile Takeover.
If anyone else would like to give it a shot, please check it out on amazon here - HOSTILE TAKEOVER
And if you REALLY want to help a FBG brother out, please consider writing a review on Amazon or Goodreads once you've finished.
Or sharing it on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or LinkedIn. Or Pinterest. Or MySpace. Or whatever the kids use for sharing these days.
You're a hero, rustycolts! Thanks for the purchase. I hope you like Hostile Takeover.
Let me know how you like it. I found it to be one of the best SF trilogies ever! No hype!
On to the second book in this series, Live by Night. Really enjoying these, I had not read anything by Lehane before these.
