Month: December 2014

Thrifty Thursday: Merry eBook Savings

santa kindle ebooksHopefully you were really good this year and Santa brought you a shiny new Kindle or other eReader. If he did, you can fill up that puppy now with the free and 99 cent eBook deals right here on Thrifty Thursday.

Readers: look in the comment section below. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. How easy is that? (If you don’t see the book covers, adjust your browser’s adblock settings.)

Authors: if you have a book priced at 99¢ or less (that’s right, post your free eBooks here, too!), follow the instructions below and post it right in the comment section. Got more than one bargain book? Go ahead and post them all if you like, but only one book and ONE link per comment please!

We will convert your link to a clickable book cover. Do not attempt to insert an image in comments on your own. Just put the following information in the comment section:

1. Book title
2. Author name
3. A one sentence blurb (~140 characters/tweetable in length)
4. ONE link to download the book (only secure retail sites – Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, Kobo, Apple/iStore, or Sony)
5. Whether your book is free or 99 cents (and for how long/what dates)

Then let your friends and fans know your book is available here today. Use the share buttons below, or copy the link in the address bar above and share the news on your favorite social media platforms. The more, the merrier, right?

So let’s give it a try, shall we? Please make sure to follow the RULES above. Now, go ahead and tell the world about your cheap read. IU is a safe-for-work site. PLEASE do not post links to erotica, religious, or political titles.

(Post your FREE eBooks here, too!)

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Which “Howard the Holiday Bear” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Remember, the winning entries will all be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.

Which "Howard the Holiday Bear" story gets your vote?

  • Annette Rochelle Aben (55%, 31 Votes)
  • Howard Johnson (16%, 9 Votes)
  • A. L. Kaplan (13%, 7 Votes)
  • Leland Dirks (5%, 3 Votes)
  • D L Brown (5%, 3 Votes)
  • Sarah Unsicker (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Nathan Rokus (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Angela Fulbright (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Roger Shipp (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sonny Obodai (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Kathryn El-Assal (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 56

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.

Happy Holidays to All of You from All of Me

Bob Hammond holidayThat’s right, happy holidays to you, whatever you celebrate. I don’t mean to frighten you, but I’ve noticed recently that there seems to be a lot of electricity and fire involved in these holiday celebrations. That sounds dangerous. Of course, I’m not worried, as Danger is my middle name, which you may have read in my novel, Bob Hammond: Living Dangerously.

In any case, with all that fire danger around, I wanted to tell you about my gift to you this holiday season. That’s right, little people, I actually did do something with you in mind. Considering the open flames of candelabra thingies, fireplaces, and tangled and frayed electrical cords going to and from your peasant-like decorations, having paper around is a serious and possibly catastrophic hazard. So I’ve re-released all my “dead tree books,” as you people call them, as eBooks! I know, that’s amazingly thoughtful, right?

That’s right, this holiday season, you can give yourself the firesafe gift of Bob Hammond in electronic book for Kindle, Nookie, Kobra or something, and whatever else other contraption you can read eBooks on.

So, happy holidays, folks. And stay safe with an eBook from Bob Hammond. The life you save may be your own.

Holiday Blog-Fest!

Indies Unlimited Holiday LogoHappy Holidays from all of us here at Indies Unlimited. Post a link to your blog below so everyone can see what you’re doing this holiday season during our Indies Unlimited blog-fest!

This is how it works: If you are an author, publisher, publicist, literary agent, librarian, book reviewer, (or especially a book-lover), etc., in the comments below, paste in the link for your blog, with a one sentence description of what you feature.

Show some love to the blogs in the comments above yours, by clicking over and adding them to your blogroll, liking some posts, or leaving a comment, even if that comment is nothing more  than “Indies Unlimited sent me.” Be sure to check back throughout the day to catch up. (Remember: If you right-click the link, you can open it in a new tab so you don’t have to constantly page back and forth.)

This should be fun and should generate a lot of followers for everyone who plays. We’ll kick things off with ours – don’t forget to subscribe to us here at Indies Unlimited! Let’s get the party started!

PLEASE be sure to reciprocate by liking those who like you. This is give and take. If everyone plays by the golden rule, we all benefit.