Category: Indie Author

• Indie Authors: the DOs and DON’Ts from Thomas Edison

  Nobody doubts Thomas Edison’s brilliance. He produced an unparalleled number of patents and his inventions alone made the 20th century what it was. We all know about the light bulb, of course, but more importantly he created the generator and power grid to make the light bulb work. But that’s just for starters. How about…

  sassevn

  September 11, 2014

  History & Culture, Indie Author

  dc an ac current, electric chair, first electric chair execution, indie author, tesla, thomas edison

• One Last Day – It’s Still a Sweet Deal – “Banyan Tree” @ $1.99

  

  The new release, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, is finishing out its 6-day run on its first ever Kindle Countdown Deal. There’s now only 24 hours remaining to catch it at its reduced price before it settles back in at its normal price. As some reviewers have pointed out, it really does have a little of…

  sassevn

  September 9, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  contemporary romance, historical fiction, kindle countdown, kindle deals, new release Kindle, The Reach of the Banyan Tree

• Featured All Over – One more day at 99 cents!

  

  The first ever special pricing for The Reach of the Banyan Tree was featured on EReaderNews:   And here it is on Bargain eBookHunter:   We got about 24 hours left at $0.99 and then it will head up to $1.99 for 72 more hours until settling back in at its normal price after that. I…

  sassevn

  September 6, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  99 cent ebooks, Kindle Countdown Deals

• It truly is a good deal! 99 cent 5-STAR read! Time is running out!

  

  What can you get for 99 cents? A candy bar. A can of soda-pop. A newspaper (just not on Sunday). One song on iTunes. (or maybe not anymore) Yet, here you have it: hours of hours of engaging entertainment for only 99 cents! Right now – for the next 48 hours – the new release The…

  sassevn

  September 5, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  99 cent books, book promotion, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, KDP, kindle, Kindle countdown deal, romance books

• 99 cents for a 5-Star Read! 72-hour Kindle Countdown is on!

  

  Here’s what others have said about The Reach of the Banyan Tree: “5 Stars – I can’t say enough about this book. The writing is so amazing.” The Kindle Book Review “5 Stars – Captivating … I am fast becoming a huge fan of author Mark W Sasse.” – inspirational author Dolores Ayotte “5 Stars –…

  sassevn

  September 4, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  99 cent books, 99 cent deals, book promotion, daily kindle deals, Kindle countdown deal

• Gearing up! First major promotion for “Banyan Tree”

  

  My latest novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, has been released for about two months now. I’ve been fortunate enough to garner some good reviews (with quite a few more reviews still on the way), so it’s time to have the book’s first major promotion. Starting September 4, it will be on a Kindle Countdown…

  sassevn

  September 2, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  99 cent book, discounted books, discounted contemporary romance, discounted historical romance, KDP, Kindle Countdown Deals, new releases

• My Book Advertising Dilemma

  I am not a great marketer when it comes to promoting my books. I’ve learned a lot over the last year a half, but in some ways it feels like I haven’t made any progress. I understand that book advertising, especially for new independent authors, is a long process. There’s a lot of hits and…

  sassevn

  August 24, 2014

  Indie Author

  advertising, genre books, non-genre books, promotion

• Don’t Write a Review Based on the Sample!

  I thought this was standard practice, but it looks like it needs to be said. I was reading a review of a book on-line and one reviewer’s comments jumped out at me. In essence the comment read, “I downloaded the sample, and it’s all about the author saying such and such and blah, blah, and…

  sassevn

  August 19, 2014

  Indie Author

  bad reviews, book reviewing, book samples, judging books, leaving reviews

• Spoiled at My Library

        My school librarian is much too kind to me. At the beginning of the school year, she made this awesome bulletin board about me. Yeah, of all things? Over the summer she made sure my school library had all of my books, including the plays I had written in collaboration with my…

  sassevn

  August 15, 2014

  Current Events, Indie Author

  bulletin board, library display, sasse books, Sasse plays

• Are you familiar with the banyan tree? Check out post on the Storyreadingape

  Chris, at TheStoryReadingApe was kind enough to publish a guest article I wrote as a promo for my new novel. I focused in the banyan tree and what I learned about it when I lived in Vietnam. Here’s the beginning of my article, but please click the link below and go over to his great…

  sassevn

  August 10, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  banyan tree, French colonialism, roots of banyan tree, Tan Trao, thestoryreadingape, Viet Minh, Vietnam, Vietnam books, World War II