A nice surprise in the mail today! The Japanese publisher of HEAD OVER HEELS has now released the book in a multi-author volume that I think (given my extremely limited Japanese) contains 6 stories in total. At least the numeral 6 shows on the cover, so that’s my best guess. So I received a couple of author copies.
The book was previously released by Ohzora Shuppan as an individual paperback and then in ebook manga editions. Now, the multi-book edition.
This was totally unexpected (as was the royalty cheque that arrived in the mail the other day), so what a fun surprise.
HEAD OVER HEELS appears to be the second book in the volume, if you count from the “back” cover. Shown below are the final pages of my story within the volume, which is on the right. The volume is read “back to front” (to Westerners).
In case you’re interested, here is the single volume edition, which was originally published in 2011 and is still available from Amazon Japan:
Back Cover (which is where it is easiest to actually see my name!):
Kobo is having a 25/35/50% off promotion now (October 17th) until October 20th, and WHERE SHE BELONGS was selected for the 50% promo! Thank you, Kobo! To get WHERE SHE BELONGS, my small-town contemporary romance set in a fictional British Columbia logging town, at 50% off exclusively through Kobo, please visit the book page and make sure to use the Promo Code SAVE50 at checkout.
Here’s the landing page for other titles in a wide variety of genres:
Kobo recently announced that they are now accepting reader ratings and reviews on books. If you’ve read any of my books on a Kobo device/bought the books from Kobo and wish to leave a rating or a review, just follow this link. That should bring up a list of my Kobo books that you can then click to leave a rating or a review. For some reason, when I click the link, I see two copies of each book and I don’t know why.
Just something to explore, if you’re interested. And thanks in advance!
I keep forgetting to mention that, because of the Mother’s Day 99 cent sale for WHERE SHE BELONGS, the book hit the Kindle Top 100 Bestsellers for a day! Very excited about that. The book played around on the Kindle Top 100 Romance list for a few days, also Top 100 Contemporary Romance, and, as of this typing, although returning to regular price (still less than a latte), WHERE SHE BELONGS remains on the Kindle Top 100 Women’s Fiction-Romance list! It might not be there much longer, but it’s there now. Yip-and-yoodle!
I have to get excited about this stuff because I’m not a big enough name to hit the bestseller lists without the right advertising and sale prices. And the right advertising can be difficult to obtain.
Hey, while I’m mentioning Bestseller lists, WHERE SHE BELONGS hit the Contemporary Romance Bestsellers for Kobo, too. Way to go, Kobo!
Now the apology part. The book never did lower in price on the Barnes & Noble website. Correspondence occurred between my Nook assistant in the U.S. and the Nook folks, who said they’d try their best to lower the price before the sale. Alas, it did not occur and I’m sure the timing of the weekend didn’t help. The technical issue has now resolved, but the promotion has elapsed.
I am very sorry for those Nook readers who would have liked to buy the book on promotion and couldn’t. Please accept my apologies. It is frustrating enough that Nook readers often miss out on free book promotions, because the only way an indie book can go free on Nook at the moment is if it’s distributed through a third party like Smashwords or, coming soon, Draft2Digital. But not for indie authors going direct to Nook. While it’s usually relatively simple for an indie author to schedule a 99 cent promotion on Nook (dependant on obtaining the advertising necessary to drive the sale, the visibility, to readers), this time, uh, not so much.
In other exciting news, I caught the mother of all chest viruses over a week ago and am still recovering. That’s my excuse for not beginning to blog about my time in Australia. I’m still sorting through the photos. Plus, I’m working through a couple of critiques/line edits of my upcoming contemporary romance/mystery, PICTURE IMPERFECT. I figure, what would a reader rather me do, blog about my holidays or get a new release out? What, you mean you want me to do both?
In celebration of Mother’s Day, my contemporary small-town romance, WHERE SHE BELONGS, which features a subplot about the healing of the relationship between mother and daughter (complete with Jess’s mom’s point-of-view scenes), is on sale for 99 pennies! From now until May 14th.
The book is available for 99 cents at Amazon, Amazon Canada (and other Amazons around the world), Kobo, Apple iBooks, and while it should be available for 99 cents at Nook as well, Nook Press has been glitching, and, as of this typing, the sale price hasn’t gone through. If you’re a Nook reader, keep checking the link. Hopefully it will lower by Sunday or Monday. Keep checking until May 15th.
WHERE SHE BELONGS has over 50 5-Star and over 50 4-Star reviews on Amazon, plus received a 4-Star review from RT BookReviews.
WHERE SHE BELONGS Ebook cover.
What’s it About?
She never wants to go home again.
For Jess Morgan, Destiny Falls holds too many painful memories. Nine years ago, a logging accident near the remote timber town killed her dad and her high school sweetheart. To make matters worse, her mother quickly sought comfort with another man. That choice tore Jess apart and drove her to seek a life far away. But now fate steps in, and family obligations force her return home. Before long, she’s convinced that persuading her mom to live with her in Toronto will repair their shattered bond. However, she doesn’t count on a long-ago friend re-entering her life and challenging her convictions.
Rugged forester Adam Wright believes in family, roots, and not running from heartache. Now, all he wants is to help Jess break down the walls of the lonely sanctuary she’s built for herself and heal her past hurts. It’s not until she rejects his plans for their future that he realizes his persistence is pushing her away—not at all what he intends.
Has he lost his chance? Or can he convince Jess that where she truly belongs is with him…forever?
NOOK (Please double-check that the book price has been lowered for NOOK before clicking to buy.)
My apologies about the pricing glitch at Barnes and Noble NOOK. Unfortunately, it’s not something I can control. Keep checking back on the NOOK link to see if B&N has corrected things on their end. The sales price might not be there now, but maybe by Sunday or Monday. Cross your fingers!
