NaNoWriMo Update
Just a note to let you know I have updated the eBook of the work in progress for the NaNoWriMo challenge. Even if you don’t buy it, you can now read a larger sampling. One note. Last week, the book had a tentative title of Patterns. This week the tentative title has changed. It is now Matt … Read more
Digital/Printed Book Statistics
With all the eBook craze, you would think that printed books have a bleak future. But a recent survey shows this is not the case. Below is a chart showing different statistics for printed books and eBooks. The results might surprise you. Below the chart, I give my answers to all the points in the … Read more
eBook Weekly Deal – 7/18/12
I’m happy to say that the eBook Weekly Deal is now extended to Barnes & Noble and Kobo Books! Also this week, I began writing the final Miscorrection book. With that being the case, I figured I should offer the first book in the Miscorrection Trilogy, Miscorrection: Preludes, at a discount. Normally, the eBook is priced at $5.99. But I’m … Read more
Hollywood Brings World Peace
Francis Corolla has been put in charge of an impossible assignment. He has to find a way to make world peace. He never expects to find the solution. When he does, it comes from the most unlikely source: Hollywood. Available at the following locations: Hollywood Brings World Peace (Excerpt) © Desmond Shepherd Every day … Read more
Fram Gage & The Three Adversaries
Fram Gage wakes up in Biality Orphanage after a three year coma. His best friend Lanker has become an angry, bitter person and wants nothing to do with him. Fram hopes to mend their relationship. Before he can, three adversaries with Super Strength, Teleportation, and Super Speed abilities stand in his way. Fram can match … Read more
Earning My Keep
Recently, Dean Wesley Smith posted his thoughts on a pricing structure for ebooks. The article is a great read, and explains the reasoning behind his pricing. What I took away from it is that an author should be careful about putting ebooks up for sale at bargain bin pricing. Since I’m in this for the … Read more
Introducing the FYP Weekly Deal
I’m happy to announce a new promotion that will allow you to get my eBooks at a discounted rate. It’s called the FYP Weekly Deal. Every week on Wednesday, I will offer a deal on one of my eBooks. This deal will be good for 24 hours, at which point, the cost of the eBook … Read more
December 2011 eBook Sales Numbers
The year has ended and 2011 goes into the books as a great year for my eBook sales. In 2010 I sold a whopping six books. In 2011 though, I sold 216. What’s my sales goal for 2012? None really. I plan to write and publish more, but sales are out of my control. Of … Read more
Kindle Fire Let’s You Sit In Your Recliner
Well, if all goes well today, the Kindle Fire I bought for my wife should arrive from UPS. She really wanted a tablet. What was the main reason? She wanted to easily sit in her recliner and browse the Internet. She won’t have to worry about “lugging” her laptop over to do that anymore. It … Read more
Are Free Books Worth The Cost?
In the beginning of July, I had an idea to help promote my books. I decided to make Copy Bird free on Amazon. It’s quite a process to get Amazon to offer your book for free, because they require a price of $0.99 US or higher to sell eBooks with them. I got around this by putting … Read more
