General Update

Well it's good news, Amazon have price matched Evolution and is now Free on their US site. The UK store so far have not price matched, but I'm still hoping they will.

Barnes & Nobles downloads for Evolution have been going well considering for the first 2 weeks approximately, there was no book description and when they finally did put one up, it was for someone else's book and it was erotica! Thankfully this didn't change the sales rank too much, and was quickly rectified by B&N with Evolution's actual book description.

I am still waiting for Tormented to be uploaded to Barnes & Noble, which should hopefully not be too much longer as Smashwords shipped it to them almost 2 weeks ago.

I still haven't decided what I am going to do about Apple as I am waiting on the Australia Tax Office (ATO) to provide me written verification about a GST (Goods & Service Tax) issue that I might run into. I'm hoping to have a reply back from the ATO this week so I can finally make my decision on how to publish with Apple.

Evolution is Free at Barnes & Noble

Evolution is now live and Free on Barnes & Noble, Smashwords and Diesel. Unfortunately I am unable to make Evolution free on Amazon as well. A permanently free book on their site is only made that way at their discretion - a few notifications from customers advising on their 'Tell us about a lower price' link that it is free on Barnes & Noble may also help sway their decision.

There has been a bit of a hiccup with Evolution's book description which has not been loaded on Barnes & Noble, and there is nothing I can do about it for now as per Smashwords policy - they will not notify B&N until it has been that way for 2 weeks and then it could take another week or so to rectify. So in the meantime customers seem to be downloading the book on the cover picture alone - the fact that it's free may also have something to do with it, but I'd like to think it's the cover.

As for iBooks, I am trying to decide if I should publish directly or through Smashwords, as Apple Australia require that I register for GST which is a whole other issue, and I'm not sure if it is worth doing or to just go with Smashwords. Decisions, decisions - it's all doing my head in!

Tormented is now live on Smashwords, and is still sitting in the 'pending review' to be approved to be sent to Barnes & Noble ect. I will do another post when Tormented is live on B&N, and until then, I will cross my fingers that Amazon price match and make Evolution Free as well.

Cover Reveal & Release Date

I am so excited to finally be able to reveal Tormented's cover. I have to say a big thank you to Robyn from Book Cover Design Services for another awesome cover - she is absolutely brilliant & always surpasses my expectations!!

Now for the release date, Tormented will be live on Amazon on 19th October 2012. I am also hoping to have both books up on Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, iTunes ect. as soon as possible - considering I'm in Australia & some of these sites require US bank accounts, I'm not sure how long it will take for both Evolution & Tormented to become live but I'm hoping (& crossing fingers & toes) it won't be too long.