SmorgasBLOG Post II: WorldCon, Countdown Deal, Book Release.

August 19, 2015
by Rob Slater

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In honor of two years publishing ebooks, I’m running a WORLDCO(u)Ntdown Sale! TOILS AND SNARES – a short Deserted lands novel at 42,000+ words will be marked down from its regular price of $3.99, on a countdown sale for $0.99-$2.99!

eBookSoda will start the ball rolling Wednesday, August 19th featuring it at a price point of $0.99! That price will continue for three more days with BettyBookFreak doing a Daily Pick listing on 08/20/15, Book Barbarian on 8/21/15 and Robin Reads on 8/22/15. BKnights will probably close out the promotion (unless I have extra time between now and then) on 3/23/15 $1.99 at the $1.99, 50% off price-point. It will interesting to see if that will help or maintain any traction I have gained.

In addition to the U.S. Sales, TOILS AND SNARES will also be on sale across the pond on the U.K. Amazon site. Marked down from 2.99 GBP to 0.99 GBP from 8/19 until 8/22, then 1.99 GBP until the end of the day 8/25.

My hope as an author is that people will buy the deeply discounted TOILS AND SNARES and then about a week later there will be a bump for ALL IS SILENCE, followed by a bump a week or to later on STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS. These promotions are not free and this will be the first time I have tried to build a promotion. We’ll see how it works!

WORLDCON/SASQUAN:

Robert Silverberg, Robert Sawyer, and Robert Slater…. Well, hopefully, someday I’ll feel like a part of that list. The three of us and many thousands of other Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans are heading to Spokane, Washington to get our FANDOM(s) on!

I didn’t get chosen as a panelist this time around, but they’ve scheduled a signing to me on Sunday morning at the same time as their church services! 😉

I will have books (paperback, hardcover and e-book download cards), t-shirts, and CDs. Just send me a message on any of the social media I frequent and we can set up a time to exchange goods.

I’ll also be finishing final edits and uploading the files for the printer FROM WORLDCON! Crazy? Yeah. I’m doing this so I will have physical print copies of STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS for….

…wait for it…next

Friday’s release part at Village Books in Bellingham. 

Hope to see you before school starts up again. Cheers and wish me safe and smooth travels. Also wish me good edits, please!

Thanks,

Rob

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