Tag Archives: Shadow of Stone

Feature of Shadow of Stone today on the Kindle Boards blog

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

I don’t have much to add, other than I think it’s cool: http://www.kboards.blogspot.de/2013/05/shadow-of-stone-by-ruth-nestvold.html Will have more soon on the progress creating the first paper book. PDF has been created and is now being inspected by significant other.

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Short free run for Shadow of Stone, April 11-12

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Since Shadow of Stone is still with KDP Select, I haven’t completely given up with “free” as a method of promoting my books. It’s free on Amazon today and tomorrow: Enjoy!

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Brief update: new version of book trailer and a few more chapters revised

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

I was in bed pretty much all day Monday with a fever, and not in the greatest shape Sunday or Tuesday either, so I got a lot less done than I wanted to. But I did get a new version … Continue reading →

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Real life distractions and a bunch of unannounced freebies

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

I have a translation deadline for 10 am tomorrow, and seeing that I’m a night owl and that’s about the time I get up in the morning (one of the joys of being a freelancer), I had to finish tonight. … Continue reading →

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Eating my words: preliminary results for free promo of Shadow of Stone

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

I’m running a free promo for Shadow of Stone right now, which I had intended to be the last. At the end of this term in KDP Select, I was going to take the book out and offer it elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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Changing your book’s categories (and why you should); plus an update

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

As I’m sure many people know, the categories offered when you publish a book through Kindle Direct Publishing don’t always match the Kindle store categories. Books published via KDP fall under two different types of categories — KDP uses BISAC … Continue reading →

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Ebook trials and tribulations: Fixing the Kindle Paperwhite bug

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Recently, I had a “rash” of returns, 3 for Yseult and 5 for Shadow of Stone within a couple of days. I try not to let that kind of thing get to me too much, but then on one of … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and another free ebook!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

For Christmas, I’m giving away my novel Shadow of Stone. It was featured today on Michael Gallagher’s “Free Kindle Books and Tips” and it’s getting off to a pretty good start. If you miss it today, it will also be … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with Fast Draft — and another free ebook

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Since my progress this month during Nanowrimo has been less than stellar, when I heard that Candace Havens was doing her Fast Draft and Revision Hell course again (this time entitled “The Book in a Month Club”), I jumped at … Continue reading →

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New Facebook author page, time-tracking, and another freebie (Shadow of Stone)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

I’ve been putting this off for a while, but now I’ve finally gone ahead and set up a Facebook page specifically for the author me. If anyone is inclined to like it, that would help me a lot for promo … Continue reading →

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