Download Samurai novelette Cold Saké — FREE* now on Kindle Unlimited

Update: The novelette is no longer on KU. It’s still available on Kindle, though. As soon as Cold Blood (Kate’s next book) is out, we will be rolling out Cold Sake in paperback, Nook, iBooks, and Kobo. —LS Have you joined the free trial of Kindle Unlimited? If so, now’s your chance to download and read Katherine M. Lawrence’s novelettefor free*! * Well, it’s “free” during the free trial, and included in the $9....

Kindle freebie post-mortem

Friday was a slow day. We had about 250 downloads. The book kicked up the subgenre ranks, to #2 in Fiction & Literature > Historical > Fantasy and #3 in Science Fiction & Fantasy > Historical. Saturday was slower. What we had read around the web from other publishers who shared their experiences is that you want to run a 2-day promotion because the second day is better. All we can say is that advice was not helpful for us....

Amazon keywords fu (or: How we realized that we were missing some important details)

In order to list your title in certain sub-categories, you’ll need to add Search Keywords in addition to the categories you choose for your title. Click a category in the list below to see the keyword requirements. Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Children’s Teen & Young Adult Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense Comics & Graphic Novels Literature & Fiction Not sure how to place this unique book, we had categorized Cold Saké under two of these: Science Fiction & Fantasy; and Literature & Fiction (historical)....