Smashwords July Summer Sale observations

First, go to Smashwords.com and click on the link to their Summer Sale on the left side. You can get a lot of quality stuff for cheap or free. I put about half my ebooks on this sale, most for free, a few for  50% off (the collections and longer works). I viewed it as advertising and a bit of the "try it, if you like it, come back for more, this time with money". And I was good with that. Most people, as far as I can tell, downloaded one or two or three ebooks for free; that was about what I expected. I'm losing money up front, but they'll be back for more.

Then there were the few--the very few--people who literally downloaded everything I have on Smashwords that was being offered for free.

Uncool.

Yes, what I'm doing is essentially advertising and those who download everything I put up for free aren't breaking any rules and I don't know if any of them went back and paid for something they already downloaded or bought all my collections or purchases something else, but it feels like those few people took advantage of the system.

This won't stop me from offering other books for free in the future--as advertising or as a thank you to loyal readers.

But...

I'm an independent author. I do this partly for my own amusement, partly for the money. The money's not great; I can't live on it. I have a "real" job outside of writing. It sucks. Most of my ebooks are short and cheap, $0.99, because those are the ones that sell. I get thirty five cents for those ebooks when they sell on Amazon; I get forty cents for those ebooks when they sell on BN.com. I get seventy eight cents for those books when they sell on Smashwords.com. It's small money that adds up slowly over time. (It's also why I like to promote Smashwords over Amazon and BN.)

So...

Support your local Internet independent author. Don't take what you don't read or want or need. If you get a bunch of free ebooks, show some love and buy the newest one that's being offered for a buck. Those dimes and nickels add up, especially to the author who might be using it to buy groceries for the week, or to afford classes at college, or to pay the rent, or to be able to get the car repaired one more time.

Thanks.

(I still haven't figured out why one person downloaded five free copies of Too Intimate Sibs. Anyone with insight on this, please leave me a message.)

As promised...It's a "Best of" episode with The Green Bush Publishing Collection Volume 4

I've missed several weeks of writing due to vacation (sorely needed) and other obligations (my day job) so this week (and probably for the next couple of weeks) I'm doing my "best of" collections and package deals. Better price, old material. Enjoy it anyway.

The Green Bush Publishing Collection Volume 4 features four stories including one by Grace Vilmont: The Troll's Trollop, Feymina, Twins at Once, and Milking the O'Malleys.

Get it at Smashwords.com or Amazon.com or BN.com. But I like Smashwords because they pay the best rates. Support your local independent author.

The Troll’s Trollop:

Princess Romina has had a difficult life in the sheltered land of Pridania. She hasn’t found a man to satisfy her and the one worthy suitor isn’t satisfying in the bedroom. Her life is turned upside down—for the better—when her maidenhood is abruptly wrested from her by a marauding troll. This sends her down a path of adventure and debauchery unlike any she could possibly imagined in her royal life. Eventually she will be forced to make a choice: staying with her life in the palace, or abandoning everything she knows for the debauchery of the non-human world.           

This is a 27,000 word novella intended for adult audiences.

Feymina:

Feymina is a warrior elf separated from her tribe and running from a troll. When she is rescued by a human barbarian there is only one proper reward for him…and many severe consequences.

This is a 4,000 word short story intended for adult audiences.

Twins at Once:

Sabrina was never one to have a strong fantasy to fulfill. Then she gets picked up by Sam at a boring insurance conference. And then she discovers he has a twin. Much to her delight she finds the brothers are exactly what she needs in her sex life. The difficult part is figuring out where Sam’s twin’s wife fits into the picture.

This is a 22,000 word novella intended for adult audiences.

Milking the O’Malleys:

 

Ramona went through a lot of effort to get her breasts to lactate for her fiancé Mark. When he tells her he has to leave for a week she’s positive her breasts will swell painfully and she’ll lose her milk. All her hard work gone for nothing. Instead, she hatches a scheme to keep her milk flowing. But Ramona never could have imagined the influence her milk would have on the O’Malleys.

This is a 16,000 word novelette intended for adult audiences.

True Facts About Elliot Silvestri #13

True Fact #13

As a teenager Elliot Silvestri worked at a convenience store and stole Playboys and Penthouses that were being returned from the newsstand. Free porn!

Now on sale: Kassie's Service Part Two

Instead of flipping the pic like I did for Breeding on the Farm, I used something a little different that better shows that part two is much more about lactation and an adult nursing relationship than part one.

To reiterate: Part Two of Kassie's Service is heavy on breasts, milk, servitude, ANR, and lactation.

You can get it as Smashwords.com, Amazon, or BN.com.

Kassie’s interlude as a sex worker before starting her college education continues with Joseph using her in every manner possible—and in many ways she never could have imagined. When her owner determines she is perfect to indulge in his fetish for breast milk Kassie finds she is forced to lactate for her boss…and begins to enjoy it too much. Part two of two.

 

This is a 12,000 word novelette intended for adult audiences.

 

Content warning: This story features graphic sex, erotic humiliation, prostitution, sex between characters of significant age difference, sexual slavery, adult nursing relationships, erotic lactation, BDSM, and other explicit depictions of adult sexuality. Explicit language and adult only content.

Kassie's Service...that's good service.

Kassie's Service up for sale. Part one this week, part two should be posted on July 26th. Starts off with a bit of master and slave games and quickly progresses to some enforced lactation action. She's a classy girl who gets involved with a classy man but they both like it dirty. I don't have to tell you. You're reading a blog about erotica.

As always, please choose Smashwords.com for all your ebook needs.
But I also use Amazon and BN.com.

Kassie is a hot young woman who has to delay going to college. To fill in the time waiting to start her higher education, she decides to dabble in the sex trade. To her surprise and delight she likes being treated as a sex object despite the humiliating and daunting tasks her employer forces her to do. But will this new job be enough to keep her busy until college? Part one of two.

Never announced part two of Breeding on the Farm

Short post. Little time today and for the next month due to responsibilities at my other job. Part Two of Breeding on the Farm is up for sale at Smashwords, Amazon, and BN.com. In the next few weeks you'll see a few less original works because I'm putting in too many hours at my day job, which sucks. Expect a couple of collections to be posted (discount rate of course). Sorry about that. Sometimes reality intrudes into the much better fantasy world.

Yeah, I just flipped the photo from Part One. I told you I'm short of time right now.
 

Also, Orson Scott Card is a dick. Here's a link to the Atlantic Wire showing he's a dick. Ender's Game was okay, doesn't deserve the small fandom it has, and I'm not going to pay money to watch that gay-bashing motherfucker's movie. (Yeah, I know it's not his movie, but it is his IP, so close enough for me.).

 

 

 

 

Free ebooks on Smashwords.com for all of July

Most of my ebooks on Smashwords.com will be free for July. Just go to Smashwords.com for the full list of everything that is free. Most of my books you can get free with coupon code SW100. Collections can be purchased at 50% off with code SSW50.

Enjoy!