Boost A Book Winners!

A big thank you to everyone who came to the Boost a Book event! Each of the winners will be receiving an email from the author of the book they won. I'm posting my winners here as well. If you see part of your email here and don't have an email from me by tonight, please check your spam folder!

Winner (s) of EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE:
- Note - Originally I only was going to give away one copy, but two winners listed EVFIL as their preferred book. How could I possibly pick between them? I'm just not that heartless.
Congratulations to - Elladine of Ylles and Jen Gotfredson!


Winner of SEVENTY
Congratulations to - Mr. Drew 72 and Tonya Cannariato!

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

As always, clicking the tags and agreeing is always nice. I love reviews, especially if you've picked the free copies up from the newsletter. If you aren't signed up for the newsletter yet the link is on the right side bar. - <3 Liana

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!