Smashwords Stats


Week one of the Smashwords July Free Event is over and I’ve discovered some stats on my book giveaway (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/BrickONeil). My fifteen books cover about seven genres and there are some clear favorites. The reasons may be the political climate, romantic fantasies or just plain boredom. I don’t know, there aren’t reviews, so I’m guessing.…… Continue reading Smashwords Stats

EBOOK PRICING-Sticky Post. Below is current blog posts!


All else being equal, most people agree that the longer a story is, the more you’re allowed to charge for it. A good barometer for all of this is a simple word count list (I borrowed and adapted this list from the Kindle forums): Flash Fiction – <1,000 words Short Short – 1,000 – 5,000…… Continue reading EBOOK PRICING-Sticky Post. Below is current blog posts!

Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 11/22/2013


Each Friday you will find there lists of top ten ebooks from yesterday and today for a total of 30 free ebooks.  Enjoy! Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday, courtesy of http://www.gutenberg.org: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (15080) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (9224) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 11/22/2013

Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 8/2/2013


Each Friday I bring you three Top Ten EBook lists, for a total of 30 free ebooks! Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday courtesy of http://www.gutenberg.org: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (9380) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (8437) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (4859) How to Analyze People on…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 8/2/2013

Top Ten Free EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 7/5/2013


You get Three Top Ten Free EBooks from Yesterday and Today! That is 30 free ebooks for your tablet, PC or ereader! Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday courtesy of http://www.Gutenberg.org: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (9898) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (9252) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (5597)…… Continue reading Top Ten Free EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 7/5/2013

Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/28/2013


Three FREE Top Ten EBook lists from Project Gutenberg, Amazon and Barnes and Noble from the past 7 days. Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday courtesy of http://www.gutenberg.org:   The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (9898) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (9252) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (5597) The Divine…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/28/2013

Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/21/2013


Today i’m changing the “Top Ten EBooks”, removing the paid amazon list-replacing it with Barnes and Noble free ebooks to match the Amazon Free ebook list! Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday, courtesy of http://www.gutenberg.org: The Magna Carta by Anonymous (14234) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (10219) Pride and Prejudice by Jane…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/21/2013

NEW EBOOK! TRIAD: FATES, FURIES AND GRACES


TRIAD: Fates, Furies and Graces Now on Amazon.com for $2.49! This short story EBook takes a look at an imaginary conversation between the Three Fates and their two sets of triplet sisters, the Three Furies and the Three Graces! Book description: A conversation between The Fates with their younger triplet siblings, The Three Graces and the…… Continue reading NEW EBOOK! TRIAD: FATES, FURIES AND GRACES

Monday Book Review: The Bobbsey Twins Series


http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse-b_mrr_2?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Abobbsey+twins+free%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011&bbn=283155&keywords=bobbsey+twins+free&ie=UTF8&qid=1347897314&rnid=618072011 This book review is in honor of my Mom, Leota M. Henderson.  She always loved reading and always talked about how she remembered her first books were “The Bobbsey Twins” series. I hadn’t known anything about them and wasn’t interested in reading about children’s exciting adventures growing up.  It wasn’t until after she passed…… Continue reading Monday Book Review: The Bobbsey Twins Series

Q: How to get 1% of the population to buy my books?


Had a revelation today: There are over 311M people in the U.S. All I need is 1% of them to buy my Novel, short story compilation and forthcoming cookbook 🙂 Now to generate ideas on how to make this happen!  Welcome to suggestions oh and there isn’t a ‘marketing’ budget, so it has to be…… Continue reading Q: How to get 1% of the population to buy my books?