After I finished writing and publishing The Fire And The Storm, I
planned on starting a big marketing effort. But I decided that I would
first re-edit all four books, and re-write People Of The Tiger to
broaden it's appeal. I've become a better editor since I last worked on
People and Hunters, and I used a lot from the reviews, tips and
suggestions I got from readers. I thank all of them, especially
Soronel who is visually impaired and listens to my books with a
text-to-speech converter. He catches things no one else noticed.
In a process that began two days ago and will finish in a couple of
weeks, the 2012 revisions are being posted to all the sites where my
books are sold, starting with Smashwords.com, then my site, then Amazon,
then everywhere else.
I've also changed my pricing policy.
People Of The Tiger will no longer be available for free, and will be
priced at 99 cents. Blessings Of A Curse will be available for free,
for a limited time. The 2nd book in both series will be priced at
$5.99.
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2012 revisions, and new pricing.
New Book Release!
Finally, and at long last, my latest epic fantasy novel has been released for sale to the public at Smashwords.com in almost every eBook format! Just click here! Also, the 2012 revision of the first book in that series; Blessings Of A Curse - Book One of The Nexus Of Kellaran, is now available at Smashwords for the reduced price of $2.99! These books will soon be available at every leading eBook retailer, and on my own website in EVERY eBook format including MS Reader. Also coming soon; Metric Editions.
My New Release is available on my home page!
A note about my new release and the sales links for it are now posted on the homepage of my website.
I was surprised to learn that the Palm PDB file format is making a comeback, because it has a good auto-scroll function and it's used in a lot of Android reader apps. So, my new release is also available in PDB format. In a few weeks I'll be adding Palm PDB format editions of all my books.
And at the suggestion of a fan and supporter of my career aka Cricket, I've added a Paypal Donate button to my My Biography page.
On a personal note; after four years of struggle and over three years of separation, I've finally been reunited with my lovely wife Jema, whose immigration from the Philippines to Canada was recently completed. And life sure feels good again.
Wayne Edward Clarke
New Title and progress announcement
I'm closing in on finishing Book Two of The Nexus of Kellaran, but I've changed my mind about it's title. The title will be; The Fire And The Storm. Those who are on my mailing list because they've bought or downloaded a book from my website or wrote me a fan letter, and those who've 'Liked' my Author's facebook page, will have a chance to get the Pre-Release Edition as soon as the text is finalized. The published version will follow a couple of weeks after that, with new cover graphics, appendices, and new maps, and those who got the Pre-Release Edition will get those materials at that time.
Title Announcement
It's
hard to find time to be both an author and a publisher, while still
having to live a normal life. My online activity hasn't amounted to
much recently, but I've been busy writing the new book.
I can announce its title now though, it will be; The Fire And The Wind - Book Two of The Nexus of Kellaran Series.
It's all about the fan mail!
When I was a musician, it was all about the reaction of the crowd. With writing, it's the fan mail. It's what made me take writing seriously, it's why I decided to publish, it's what keeps me going as a writer when setbacks occur. In an abstract way, I really love my fans. So I've decided to share some of the fan letters I receive. A lot of them come anonymously, and most don't want their info released, but I promise that all of them are genuine fan mail.
Hi Wayne
I have just finished reading “People of the Tiger” and “Hunters in The Sky” end to end and you have joined my most favoured authors list.
This is a fantastic story set in a wonderfully crafted world of social science fiction/fantasy. Once I started I found your books almost impossible to resist and to me that has to be one of the highest accolades a writers can receive.
I am awaiting the next instalment of ‘The Rational Future Series” with excited and selfish impatience, so don’t just sit there reading this “hurry up and get it written”
Awesome sci-fi!!!
Very well thought out! I love the complex plot that keeps you reading and reading and reading. I finished it in 3 days and am eager to read the next book.
Ratings systems.
I've noticed that I have tens of thousands of fans on free sites that allow the readers to easily rate stories books from one to ten. Almost everyone that reads my books them gives them a nine or a ten, with an average score of around 9.35.
On sites that don't have ratings, readers are just hoping to stumble on something good among the thousands of books available. On those sites, people don't know whether a book is good until they read it, and my books don't do as well. I think I'll write to those sites and suggest they implement a rating mechanism.
Timeline for new releases.
A lot of people have asked when my next releases are going to be out. The next book I'll be releasing will be the sequel to Blessings Of A Curse; Book Two of The Nexus Of Kellaran Series. I plan to release it near the end of March 2011.
Book Three of The Rational Future Series; the sequel to People Of The Tiger and Hunters In The Sky, is planned to be released near the end of summer 2011.
Book Three of The Nexus Of Kellaran should be out in late 2011 or early 2012.
Now I'm getting somewhere!
I have finally been able to make my books widely available! They can now be bought on Amazon, Kindle, eBay, e-Junkie Marketplace, Lulu, and here on my website. I'll soon have them available at Smashwords.com, which will have them in even more ebook formats than I'm offering here. Through Smashwords, they'll be available at the Apple iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony Reader Bookstore, Kobo, Diesel eBook Store, and also distributed into the native catalogs of top mobile e-reading apps such as Stanza on the iPhone and iPad and Aldiko and Word-Player on Android devices. And I'm just getting started!
Being a publisher is not as much fun as being an author. It's a ton of work. It's also a tower of Babel out there, and everywhere you upload your work has different requirements for formatting and file type. But it's worth it.
New releases!
My books are now available on The Amazon Kindle Store as Kindle ebooks, and they are available as paperbacks on Amazon through the Amazon Lulu Marketplace!
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