hi, anyone want to read my book? :)

Cafe Society
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Hi there,

After years of meticulous procrastination, I have actually self-published a collection of short stories, called “Breakdown at Tiffany’s (and other stories)” and put them online. If anyone is looking for something to stick on their kindle, or merely fancies having a look at some short stories, then I’d be ever so grateful for any feedback you might offer. This seemed to be the ideal subforum where people might be interested, and I’ll answer any questions, no matter how offensive, but if you’re not then no worries :slight_smile:

You don’t have to pay anything to read the first 50% of the book, so you don’t have to sign your life away. If you like it enough to get the other 50% it is meant to be the grand sum of $0.99, but I have noticed that amazon.com seems to have it as $1.41, but maybe that’s because I’m in the UK? I’d be interested to know if Americans see it as $0.99?

Kindle owners should head to amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. Anyone else can get it from smashwords where you get various versions all at once so you don’t need any particular software or anything (includes text, browser, pdf, etc).

Many thanks tp Twickster and the other Cafe Society mods for OKing this thread in advance :slight_smile:

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Don’t have a Kindle, but I’ll support your hard work with one free bump.

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ah you’re a star for that :slight_smile:

but you don’t need a kindle. follow that smashwords link, and you can read the first 50% of my book without downloading a single thing, just read it in the browser. if you decide to buy it from there, you get every kind of version you can think of (.rtf, .txt, .pdf, etc).

:slight_smile:

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FYI, it is indeed $0.99 on amazon and smashwords. I also don’t have a Kindle, but I just finished the first story, “Shadows,” on smashwords. It’s good. You’ve done a great job of showing the surroundings and actually leading up to a pretty suspenseful, and creepy, final paragraph. Well done. I’ll keep reading as I have time.

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Only a buck? You just got yourself a sale. Not sure when I’ll get around to checking it out, but when I do I’ll try to remember to come back here with my thoughts.

Jeff

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Hey guys, thanks very much :slight_smile: I appreciate you taking the time to both read it and to comment. Hope you enjoy the rest :slight_smile:

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I’ll check it and post a short review when I get a little time. I’m in the process of self publishing a book about my experiences teaching English in South Korea. I’m dying to finish this book so that I can start on another one. Editing this book kills me. It must feel incredible to see your book finished and for sale online. Cheers!

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Hey, thanks Melysnl :slight_smile: Would be grateful for any feedback, and a review on the site would be amazing, if possible.

Your book sounds good - would like to read it when you get it done :slight_smile:

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Hi, I just bought it from Smashwords and posted a short review on Amazon. I read a couple of stories and liked them! Keep writing and good luck.

I’ll ask the mods if I can plug my book right before it comes out as well. I’m SO anxious. It can’t happen soon enough for me.

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Melysnl, you star! thanks very much. Best of luck with yours, I’ll keep an eye out for your thread :slight_smile:

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OK, I can afford a buck. I’ve sent it to my kindle.

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Brilliant, thanks :slight_smile: would love to hear any feedback you may have, or a review would be great if you have the time. Thanks very much for that, hope you enjoy it!