Read An Ebook Week, 2017

Once again I’m participating in international Read An Ebook Week, March 5-11, 2017. This is the week when authors, particularly on Smashwords, offer fantastic specials on their  ebooks. For instance, all of my full-length books are at least 50% off, and a few are even more. See the list of my books.

Of particular interest this year is the deal on my 4-volume Arabian Night-style Parsina Saga. This is the story of a black-hearted thief who steals a powerful magical artifact, and an innocent storyteller and his teenage daughter who are mistakenly charged with the crime. In order to free themselves, they must convince the world’s mightiest wizard that they, too, are magical adepts. This starts them  on a chase across the world of Parina—a world of flying carpets, djinni, gnomes, the City of Apes, the Isle of Illusions, an undersea kingdom, the City of Faces and a dragon-demon—culminating in a battle of ultimate good and evil.

Volume I, Shrine of the Desert Mage, is free during Read An Ebook Week; the other three books (The Storyteller and the Jann, Crystals of Air and Water, and Treachery of the Demon King)—normally $4.99 each—are half off. That brings the cost of the entire series to $7.50.

Alternatively, for those who like things in a tidy bundle, you can buy The Complete Parsina Saga, which comprises all four novels, in a single volume for the same price of $7.50. This is probably neater for your files.

Another great bargain is my comic fantasy novel Polly! It’s gotten fantastic reviews on Amazon, and it’s going at a 75% discount during Read An Ebook Week.

To take advantage of these bargains, go to each book’s individual Smashwords page. During this special week there’ll be a coupon code there that you enter at purchase. These coupons work only at Smashwords itself, not at any other retailer, but you can get any title in EPUB, MOBI, or virtually any other format you choose.

Pleasant reading.

New Title and New Edition

NEW BOOK: INTO THE OUT

I'm excited to announce I have a new book about to be published--a science fiction adventure entitled Into the Out. Told through the eyes of a teenage girl, it concerns eleven high school students on a field trip in the desert who come across a long-buried starshi;p. The ship takes off with them aboard and whisks them away into interstellar space. They don't know where they're going or why, but they have to pool their resources to survive their mysterious journey into deep space.

The book is being considered by Kindle Scout, and this is where you come in. For those of you unfamiliar with it, Kindle Scout is a reader-driven program by Amazon. It's somewhat along the lines of Kickstarter, where the readers themselves choose what they'd like to see published. In this case, though, you don't have to put up any money, not a cent. You just visit the campaign site and read the opening section of the book, about 5,000 words. Then, if you like what you see and want to read more, you vote for it. If the book gets enough votes, Amazon will publish it as an ebook under their own imprint.

Oh, and as a thank-you gift for supporting it, you'll get a free copy of the final ebook

What can you do to help? Just a few simple things:

1. During thee campaign period (May 15 through June 14, 2016), visit this Web page.
2. Read the opening section of Into the Out.
3. If you enjoy the book and want it to get published, nominate it. You can have up to 3 active nominations going at any one time.

That's all it takes. You'll be notified when the campaign period is over. If enough other people agree with you that the book should be published, you'll get an early ebook copy with my compliments.



And tell your space opera-loving friends. The more, the merrier.

I hope you'll enjoy the sample, and thank you for your support.