Free - Last Chance

Well, in case you're stuck for a last minute present for a Kindle-owning friend, The Testing of Archie Rathbone is free to download from Amazon, today and tomorrow (December 14th and 15th).

This will probably be the last chance to get it free for quite a while, as I've decided not to renew my KDP Select enrollment (something you have to do before Amazon will let you give your book away), but this way I'll be free to publish in other formats (another one of Amazon's conditions).

As and when I make my book available in other formats, I'll post the information here and on my facebook page. In the meantime, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.

An Amazon Adventure (Part 10)

A last Free Promotion

I can't remember whether or not I've explained this before, but Amazon will only allow books to be given away (i.e. downloaded free of charge) if they are first enrolled in their KDP Select scheme, and even then, only for a maximum of five days during the three month enrollment period.

I enrolled with KDP Select when The Testing of Archie Rathbone was published in June, and renewed the enrollment in September. That takes me through to December 20th, but I have decided not to renew again (more on that another time). The upshot of this is that once I have taken advantage of the allocated free days this month, The Testing of Archie Rathbone won't then be free to download again for a while (never say never).

So, The Testing of Archie Rathbone will be free to download from Amazon for two days, on December 14th and 15th.

Joo's Author Interrogations

This promotion will coincide with the posting on the web of a short interview. Joo, a friend on both www.goodreads.com and www.kuforum.co.uk runs an excellent blog called Joo's Author Interrogations, and is very kindly going to post my interrogation on December 14th. Her blog provides a great insight into how a wide range of authors work, and think about their writing, and is well worth a regular visit.

Downhill Career / Career downhill?

As a small aside, my ongoing efforts to find a job continue to be frustrated. It's been a long time now, and it would be all too easy to give in to the rising background sense of panic. I don't mention this because I'm blurring the boundaries between my two careers - the writer I'd like to be, and the other one I need in order to pay the bills - but because at the moment my worries about the continued absence of the latter are getting in the way of the creative processes of the former. I continue to hope that the rapidly approaching new year will see a change for the better on both fronts.