REAL LIES is free!

REAL LIES is finally free everywhere! Come find out who's dead in the water on...

Amazon
Nook
Kobo

It's a very short story, so go ahead and read it while you're on your lunch break today. If you still have time left you can join everyone at the Boost A Book! event for a chance to win on of 49 books being given away by some very generous (and talented) authors.

Things I Thought I'd Never Do

I've gone to the dark side.

I was hoping it wouldn't happen. I was looking for a way around this problem. Like the twelve-ton fluffy pink elephant in the room it wouldn't go away. AMAZON - The Ultimate Evil.

Despite my public break-up with Amazon after accusations of abuse were bandied about, Amazon is still selling. Really? I guess Kindle is hard crack to quit. Especially with Barnes and Noble dragging their feet getting EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE up for sale. You can buy EVFIL in France, but not on Nook. Words fail me.

This created an awkward situation where my three published works (don't get excited - it's two short stories and a novella) weren't all in the same area. Worse, I have no bait on Amazon for the people who love free and cheap stories. No 99 cent anything. No free e-books luring customers into my devious trap.

I was in a situation where I was cutting my nose off to spite my face. Instead of offering Kindle readers the easy option and making my books readily available to read I was making them hunt my work down. That's a lousy marketing tactic. Customers don't want to jump through hoops to get a book. They want to read a book, and click a link, and read your next book.

So I spent a few days learning how to format for Kindle. I set up the Kindle editions of REAL LIES and SEVENTY so that they each had a blurb about EVFIL at the end. With any luck (and some nagging) REAL LIES will soon be free on Kindle. They are now on Amazon.

You know what? As guilty as I feel selling my work with the evil giant, EVFIL's sales rank had an uptick yesterday. People bought REAL LIES and SEVENTY, and then turned around and paid $2.99 for EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE. As a new author hoping to sell a second book, all of those sales matter. I need to prove to my publisher that I'm worth investing in, that they want to buy my next book and publish it.

If you want the books on Kindle you can get them now!
EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE
SEVENTY
REAL LIES ... and if you'd like to tell Amazon that REAL LIES is *free* on Nook that URL is HERE

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Everything You Need To Know This Weekend

I have lots of news this week. You've already noticed the blog change. I'm trying to pretty things up for the blog hop next week. What do you think? Thumbs up or thumbs down on the blog redesign?


SEVENTY has been reprinted! Huzzah! I was thrilled to see six people downloaded it in the first fifteen minutes it was up on Smashwords. I love you all! SEVENTY will be available from Barnes and Noble, on Kobo, Apple, and a few other places, but not Amazon because of THIS.


REAL LIES is now free! It will take a week or two for this price change to be reflected in all the stores, but it will be free for everyone.


The Newsletter... has been erased by Google. I was using Google Friend Connect, which is the blogger standard for newsletters, but then Google erased it. I'm not in love with the idea of using G+ to communicate with everyone so I've switched the newsletter to MailChimp.... which I realized was handing out my address. So we're not doing that either. As soon as I find an alternative, I'll let you know and you can sign up.


Next Friday is the St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop where you will have a chance to win a copy of EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE, a pair of spiffy shamrock socks from SockDreams, and the Blog Hop Grand Prize. 1st Grand Prize Winner is winner's choice of a Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. 2nd Grand Prize Winner is a $90 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.

So, even if you don't win EVFIL on my blog you have a chance to win the Grand Prize and pick up EVFIL (and a ton of other cool books) with your gift card.



One last thing! The EVFIL blog tour starts next Friday with the Blog Hop. If you wanted to get in on the action, this is your last chance!

REAL LIES Published

Back in July I wrote about my Short Story Dilemma. Welcome to my experiment.

REAL LIES is a short story set in one of my favorite places in the world: La Jolla, California. I grew up swimming there, learned to SCUBA dive there, and could never work it into a sci-fi novel because I never seem to set them on Earth.

So I gave La Jolla Cove it's own story.

Those of you who get the newsletter already have a coupon for Smashwords and heard about the release a month ago (which is why you should sign up for the newsletter: free books!). I wanted to have REAL LIES available in more than one format before the formal release. And here it is! More formats will be available in the coming weeks, as will the occasional coupon on Twitter (@LianaBrooks).

I hope you enjoy the story!

P.S. Don't read just before swimming...

Available on:
Smashwords
Barnes and Noble
Diesel