Category: Announcements

Announcing: The Indies Unlimited Fan Club

You love Indies Unlimited, right? Of course you do, I mean – who doesn’t? Let’s tell the world. Here is the deal:

Buy any item from the Indies Unlimited Gear store and send us a picture of yourself wearing, using, abusing it—whatever. Include a little information about yourself—whether you are a reader, writer, agent, publisher, editor, reviewer, publicist, etc… and why you love Indies Unlimited. Include links to your book, blog, website, facebook page. We’ll post that picture along with the information you send right here on the site so the world can learn of your guilty pleasure.

Once a month, we’ll run a poll for the IU Fan of the Month, and the winner will get their book featured in the sidebar for a month absolutely free. If you don’t have a book of your own, we will send you a coupon code for a free download of an eBook from one of the fabulous Indies Unlimited authors.

Great gear – great exposure. Does it get any better than that?

 

Freebie Friday Prep Day

Will Work for BooksNo one wants to work to find free eBooks. So tell us about yours here!

This is how it works: Each Thursday, we will put up a post like this one, calling for anyone who has a book to give away for FREE should provide ONLY the following in the comment section below:

1.  Book title
2.  Author name
3.  A one sentence blurb
4.  A link to download the book

The book must be free to anyone who clicks over to the link – not just Special Secret Squirrel Club members or whatever. You know who you are.

On Friday morning, we will randomly select five of these titles to post in the Freebie Friday Frenzy, a special vitamin-fortified post which will include book covers, link and blurb.

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 free eBook:

The Traveling Terrier Makes A Top-Ten List!

Conversations' 10 Dog-Gone Great Books For SpringCongratulations to Mr. Pish – the traveling terrier featured in the educational children’s books by author K. S. Brooks. This time his book Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure is featured in Conversations Magazine’s March/April 2012 edition in the Conversations’ 10 Dog-Gone Great Books For Spring.

The list includes fiction and non-fiction books, giving something for everyone. You can read the Conversations Magazine piece here.

In Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure, the adventurous Jack Russell Terrier leads readers on an expedition into the forest. With full color photographs and engaging text geared to promote outdoor learning, Mr. Pish shows how easy it is to experience nature no matter where you live. Mr. Pish even teaches kids how to make their own “Great Explorer’s” scrapbook!

You can learn more about Mr. Pish on his website and facebook page, and his three books which are available at Amazon.com.

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Brooks, Mader, and Hise Admit to Collaboration in New Release

Artist's conception of the collaboration

Formerly respected indie authors K. S. Brooks, JD Mader and Stephen Hise have announced the release of a new book written in a top-secret collaboration and from an undisclosed location.

Their new release is BAD BOOK, a parody of multiple literary genres and pop culture melded into one book. It will be available online soon as an e-book through Amazon’s Kindle Select Program.

The project was the brainchild of veteran author K. S. Brooks, co-administrator of the super-blog Indies Unlimited, and an accomplished and award-winning author and photographer (up until this point). She says of the collaboration, “I don’t know what I was thinking. I had to carry both these guys through the whole process. It was exhausting.”

Author JD Mader says, “I’m not sure they are using the word collaboration correctly. I don’t know exactly what the other two did. I remember writing it—the other two added their names to it. I suppose that’s what they mean by collaborating.”

Obscure and reclusive author Stephen Hise recalls the collaboration somewhat differently. “I wrote the funny stuff and Brooks and Mader would occasionally throw in some nouns and verbs or something like that,” he says. Continue reading “Brooks, Mader, and Hise Admit to Collaboration in New Release”