Kindle Unlimited Friday – Free July eBooks

Kindle Unlimited Hump Day 1Hey authors – are you enrolled in KDP Select? Then this is for you. Hey readers – do you have a Kindle Unlimited membership? Then this is for you, too! Scroll on down – you can get all these books for FREE. Not sure what Kindle Unlimited is? Our Lynne Cantwell tells you right here. So… Continue reading “Kindle Unlimited Friday – Free July eBooks”

Bargain Beach Reads

green beach vieques 1999 flash fiction prompt copyright KSBrooks
Photo copyright K. S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.

Here you go – a bunch of hot new free and bargain eBooks to read, just for you! You’re going to need these while your sitting at the beach, or on vacation, or just hanging at home. You can fill up that Kindle 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.) Continue reading “Bargain Beach Reads”

Which “Out There” 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 Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

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. Attention Authors: It is okay if you ask people to vote for you!

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time. If the poll doesn’t close on time, any votes received after 5 pm will be removed.

REMINDER – entries over the 250 limit are disqualified.

Which "Out There" flash fiction story deserves your vote this week?

  • Theodore Jerome Cohen (39%, 17 Votes)
  • A. L. Kaplan (18%, 8 Votes)
  • Dale E. Lehman (11%, 5 Votes)
  • Annette Rey (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Dusty May Jane (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Steven Stucko (5%, 2 Votes)
  • JB Wocoski (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Angel Chadwick (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Marc Twine (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Luigi Silvestri (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Judith Garcia (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Ann Zimmerman (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joshua Taylor (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Paula Evans (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 44

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

The Importance of Categories and Keywords for Your Books on KDP

dealing with book keywords on amazon headache-1557865_960_720I hate keywords. “Use keywords,” they say, for your blog post, your KDP book, your website, your AMS ads. Figuring out which keywords to use is harder for me than writing the actual post/book/ad. But I’m learning.

An example:  the other day while checking the Amazon rank of one of my books after a sale, I noticed something odd. The rank in three different categories was showing. The first one was: Continue reading “The Importance of Categories and Keywords for Your Books on KDP”