Emily's Unicorn Selling on Createspace

List Price: $6.99

5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm) 
Black & White on White paper
114 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1461044826 (CreateSpace-Assigned) 
ISBN-10: 1461044820 
BISAC: Fiction / Fantasy / General

Emily Spenser has a secret world filled with angels, pixies and unicorns, only it's not in her imagination.

Thrust into a world young girls dream about, Emily joins her grandfather in an adventure that leads them to a portal between two worlds and, along with new friends, unites their shattered family.

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3588294

Trouble in Paradise or Author Beware

Actually, trouble in the Alter World of Slipstream.

In my rush to see a posted review of my work online, I googled for "review services" and came up with several sites that offered free reviews. I bit and now I wish I hadn't.

One company, Reader Views, advertised free reviews and for an extra fee, offered several other services that promised to post your review online and basically get your work "out there." I checked the wait list for free reviews and saw that some had been sitting on their site for over three months. It wasn't a stretch to come to the conclusion that it would be best to take advantage of their "Express" service, a free review and posting to the net for $95.00. Seemed good enough until I came to the clause that they would not guarantee a good review and if you got a bad one, tough luck. They'd post it anyway.

Before I continue, check out the thread I set up on Amazon for the whole picture:

http://forums.kindledirectpublishing.com/kdpforums/thread.jspa?threadID=14032&tstart=0

Needless to say, my book review came back not only negative, but vindictive as well. Marty Shaw, the reviewer is no New York Times reviewer but he came across as a wannabe.

What bothered me the most was their policy of not refraining from posting bad reviews and I got the feeling that they were angling for more money when it was suggested that I get a good editor. BTW, they do editing for an undisclosed fee.

Right about then I felt ripped off. I proceeded to post my concerns on the Amazon KDP forum and asked for a refund from Paypal. It's going to be rough but I need to pursue Reader Views for what I feel is bad business policy.

For those of you who would like to help, there's a way to get Amazon to take down Marty's review. Go to the review: http://www.amazon.com/Slipstream-1-Robert-Larrison/product-reviews/1460973062/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 and click "NO" at the bottom where it asks "Was this review helpful to you." They will take it down if enough people say "No."

My conclusion?  I've come to realize that the "pay for review" services are not the way to go. Wait for your sales to increase and watch the honest reviews post.

Thunder Royce

List Price: $12.99

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) 
Black & White on White paper
234 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1461014270 (CreateSpace-Assigned) 
ISBN-10: 1461014271 
BISAC: Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure

Air Force Major Harold Royce and his family have six days to contact an alien race, discover if they are friend or foe and get them to help our government remove a dangerous device from Area 51 before it blows Nevada off the map and tilts the Earth's axis. Imagine their surprise when they meet up with the aliens and begin an adventure that takes them through time and space.

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3582273

Slipstream

Slipstream - Begin the journey to another world.

The end of World War II brought the allies a treasure trove of advanced technology that sparked a frenzy of weapons development unseen for ages. Today, we soar into the sky atop rockets created by captured Nazi scientists and American engineers. Too bad we lost track of the anti-gravity UFO technology they were developing... or did we?

Lt. Joel Carpenter has learned that the Bavarian resistance fighters he's working with to destroy a Nazi super weapon are beings from an alternate world on Earth. Join him as he flies off on the back of a fire breathing dragon to fight the remains of Hitler's army who seek a refuge in a land of myth and legend lost to history for all time.

Available for Kindle, Kobo, Sony Reader, iPad and other eBook formats on Amazon.com, Smashwords.com, Barnes & Noble and Diesel.

https://www.createspace.com/3574819

Sales Information

Here are the links to my paperbacks:

Slipstream https://www.createspace.com/3574819

Pantera https://www.createspace.com/3578582

Thunder Royce https://www.createspace.com/3582273

These are direct links to my Createspace eStore. You can order the titles and they will be shipped direct to you. You can also find my titles on Amazon.com and other sites in a few more weeks.

Thank you all for your support!

Paperback Writer

As the old Beatles song goes, I'm now a Paperback Writer. Createspace, an affiliate of Amazon.com has now published Slipstream and Pantera in paperback. Both should go live in a few weeks. I'm just finishing up Thunder Royce, even obtained permission to use cover art by Lee Bogle, a fantastic artist who lives in Washington State. Book creation was easy, just follow the dots making sure that you format your text in pdf and art in jpeg. Okay, you do have to be a bit of a techno-file to accomplish this task but it's easy for most of us. Now on to promoting.

Thunder Royce Rules

Yahoo! I've just placed in the second round of the Amazon.com's award contest for best break out novel. Thunder Royce, my Young Adult/Famly saga made it through the first round. Second round judging ends on March 22. Keep your fingers crossed for me!