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Get Your Flash Fiction Vote On

It’s time for Indies Unlimited readers to choose the next Flash Fiction Star. Remember, all our winners will be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology. So, support your fellow writers and participate in this week’s voting, then spread the word, bang the drums, and share the link to let everyone know the vote is on.

Polls will close tomorrow at 5 PM, so act quickly, while supplies last!

We had a number of great submissions this week. Kudos to all the entrants. Check out this week’s entries here. Vote for your fave then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

 

Who wrote the best flash fiction entry this week?

  • Dick C. Waters (48%, 83 Votes)
  • Robert K. Blechman (35%, 61 Votes)
  • Ed Drury (8%, 13 Votes)
  • Jon Jefferson (5%, 9 Votes)
  • alkaplan (3%, 5 Votes)
  • James Mender (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 172

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll.

Congrats to Sherri Cook Woosley

Lots of good entries this week, but Sherri Cook Woosley claims victory as the readers’ choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge.

The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

Without further ado, here’s the winning entry:

Continue reading “Congrats to Sherri Cook Woosley”

Get Your Flash Fiction Vote On

It’s Wednesday, and that means Indies Unlimited readers get to choose the next Flash Fiction Star.

Remember, all our winners will be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology. So, support your fellow writers and participate in this week’s voting, then spread the word, bang the drums, and share the link to let everyone know the vote is on.

Polls will close tomorrow at 5 PM, so act quickly, while supplies last!

We had a number of great submissions this week. Kudos to all the entrants. Check out this week’s entries here. Vote for your fave then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

 

Which entrant deserves to be this week's flash fiction star?

  • Sherri Cook Woosley (38%, 20 Votes)
  • Ed Drury (23%, 12 Votes)
  • Jon Jefferson (15%, 8 Votes)
  • alkaplan (10%, 5 Votes)
  • Marjorie McCoy (6%, 3 Votes)
  • Rich Meyer (4%, 2 Votes)
  • RG Bud Phelps (2%, 1 Votes)
  • vickie johnstone (2%, 1 Votes)
  • stefanbolz (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 52

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceeded the 250 word limit were eliminated from the poll.

Amazon Goes to Denmark

Guest post
by Per Holbo

[This is a translation of an article that originally appeared in Danish on the blog HolboHistorier. The original article can be found here. The translated article is reproduced here with the author’s permission.]

Despite Amazon fighting to keep it under wraps the Danish media caught on. The mastodon in eBooks is coming to Scandinavia.

This is good news to anyone desiring a boost of eBooks in our region. For years, we´ve seen eBooks becoming steadily more popular each day, but here in Denmark, virtually nothing has happened.

The main reason I can think of, is accessibility. eBooks must be easy to get in as few steps as possible and if there´s one provider of eBooks, who has managed to almost make this a form of art, it´s Amazon.

The only Danish actor even remotely trying to accomplish a reasonable accessibility, is Riidr. However, they don´t even come close to Amazon in any given parameter. Amazon changes everything.

May 23rd, Politiken and May 24th, Berlingske Tidende, revealed Amazon’s plans to start investing in Scandinavia. As usual everything is quite hush-hush and we can´t know for sure, what they´re up to. Amazon’s spokesperson in London, Suzi Van der Mark, stated that no official announcement had been made about what their plans are – or are not – regarding Scandinavia. Continue reading “Amazon Goes to Denmark”