Living and Dying – Release Details and Special Offers
This Wednesday is the release date for Living and Dying. As long as the Kindle Store approval process goes smoothly, the collection should be available for pay-what-you-want download from this site around the same time as it becomes available for purchase from the Kindle Store for $0.99.
In order to allow for pay-what-you-want purchasing, I'm launching a TimSevenhuysen.com Store today. There won't be any fancy shopping carts or download systems or anything; just download links and PayPal buttons so you can read my writing and pay me either a set price, or whatever you think it's worth.
As promised, I have a couple of special offers available for anyone who's interested.
Offer 1) Early Bird Bonuses: Buy Living and Dying through PayPal on or prior to release day and you'll get early access to my next short fiction collection and (if you pay at least $0.90) a free digital copy of Fifty-Word Stories: Volume One.
Anyone who pays for a PDF/ePub copy of Living and Dying from this site (as opposed to the Kindle Store) before midnight PST on June 1 will receive my next short fiction collection a week before it becomes publicly available. You can still get in on this offer if you buy the collection from the Kindle Store, but you'll have to pay me at least 1 cent through PayPal, so that I have proof that you've bought it. (The Kindle Store doesn't give me any information about who's bought my products, so I can't verify purchases from there.)
Not going to be around on June 1? No problem! You can "preorder" Living and Dying right now by going to the product page and clicking the Buy Now button. I'll email you the .zip file as soon as the collection goes live!
Offer 2) Reviewer Bonuses: Review Living and Dying on Amazon and you'll get on the early-access list for my next collection and will also get the opportunity to provide me with the name of a superhero to write into a story that I will include in my next collection.
Anyone who reviews Living and Dying on Amazon.com and sends a link to their review to tsevenhuysen@gmail.com will have the opportunity to contribute a superhero name to a story that I'll be including in my next short fiction collection. Want to have a character of your own creation mentioned in my story? All you have to do is write a review, good or bad, positive or negative, one star or five stars.
In addition, you'll also get your name on the early-access list for my next collection and receive a copy by email a week before it becomes publicly available.
So... Who's excited? ME! I AM!
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May 31st, 2011 - 10:41
Is there any chance of somehow getting a signed copy?
May 31st, 2011 - 10:43
I still prefer my idea.
May 31st, 2011 - 11:05
I'm excited and impressed at your dedication to getting these books made. I second Max's point, a signed copy would be awesome.
May 31st, 2011 - 11:15
I wasn't planning to do Living and Dying in print since it's fairly small, not right away anyways. But I'll think about it!
Sophie, I hadn't seen your comment yet when I did the Who is a Cow contest. My mistake, so I can throw you on the early access list anyways. Can you email me? (tsevenhuysen at gmail)
May 31st, 2011 - 11:30
Totally can't wait to pick this one up! The taster I got definitely inspired me to grab it!