General advice on publishing your ebook,
http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-publish-kindle-ebook/
Promoting and showcasing books about New Zealand or set in New Zealand. Find what you are looking for at Ken's very useful site with up to date and entertaining reading.
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Monday, 20 April 2015
New Novel, Nelson Author
The Cry of the Kuaka
NZ Author Roly Andrews, no idea what this is like but the premise sounds interesting.
Friday, 17 April 2015
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
What's Your Book Worth as a Movie ?
Thought about that ?
The following article outlines the rules and gives you an idea, but of course you should have an agent and lawyer too!!
http://wagstaffnet.blogspot.co.nz/2009/09/seeking-magic-number.html
Would a Producer or Studio want your book
and if they do how much should you settle for?The following article outlines the rules and gives you an idea, but of course you should have an agent and lawyer too!!
http://wagstaffnet.blogspot.co.nz/2009/09/seeking-magic-number.html
Monday, 13 April 2015
Tuesday's Choice Selection - Great eBook Reads on Kindle
A selection of the best, just click on the picture and go through to purchase. The below are currently FREE
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Basketball Obsession on Kindle, it's a local story
Basketball Obsession is having its last free day on Amazon, Monday New Zealand time, get it free and enjoy the read, set in New Zealand and basketball scene in Nelson...
Tips on self-editing
A brief blog entry with useful tips on picking up those mistakes in your manuscript...
http://www.jmd-reid.com/writing-tips/self-editing/#comment-7240
http://www.jmd-reid.com/writing-tips/self-editing/#comment-7240
Friday, 10 April 2015
NZ Business and Sci-fi - look inside and buy on Amazon Kindle ebooks
Mixed reviews but an interesting premise, let down by poor editing...interesting nonetheless
Thursday, 9 April 2015
This One Looks Interesting on Amazon Kindle
From the blurb...Dave's no superhero, even if he does have a very unusual talent. But when a major New Zealand crime lord comes looking for two million dollars that Dave's wife embezzled, he needs to learn to act like one.
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Unspeakable Secrets Of The Aro Valley cheap at the Kindle store
From meBooks,
Unspeakable Secrets Of The Aro Valley
Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Sentence of Marriage available on Kindle
Sentence of Marriage: Promises to Keep (Volume 1) by Shayne Parkinson
Open Looks, My Life in Basketball Amazon kindle edition
John Saker tells it the way it is in this honest account of Basketball and life in New Zealand:-
Basketball Obsession Amazon ebook
Available Now, Fiction,
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Jim Baker's father is proud of him but there is a nagging feeling that it is pity not respect his father feels. Jim has fallen short of expectations and now his ailing father doesn't seem to show much interest. Obsessed with basketball and living in the shadow of his father, Jim coaches his team of misfits, hoping they can do what he failed to achieve. They have height and talent but all is not what it seems in their lives off the court. Drugs, drink, death. Can they put all that has happened behind them and come together as a team?
Pete isn't the most talented, but he's big, he's dedicated and his family with their dubious business connections are incredibly supportive. To get out of the slum, to get noticed, he has to lead from the front.
Basketball in small town New Zealand
...Basketball Obsession
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Ken Horlor
@KHorlorJim Baker's father is proud of him but there is a nagging feeling that it is pity not respect his father feels. Jim has fallen short of expectations and now his ailing father doesn't seem to show much interest. Obsessed with basketball and living in the shadow of his father, Jim coaches his team of misfits, hoping they can do what he failed to achieve. They have height and talent but all is not what it seems in their lives off the court. Drugs, drink, death. Can they put all that has happened behind them and come together as a team?
Pete isn't the most talented, but he's big, he's dedicated and his family with their dubious business connections are incredibly supportive. To get out of the slum, to get noticed, he has to lead from the front.
Showcase Your eBook
So you've written a book and uploaded it to Kindle and you've checked their previewer to find it presents acceptably, now what ? You click publish and your book is live. Now you have to get someone to read it, right ? Well there are over three million books on Amazon and the reader has to find yours and like it enough to download it. That's where this blog comes in, it's created to showcase your book set in or about New Zealand.