German Edition of Gabriel's Mate hits Top 100 Kindle on Release Day!

This is so exciting and totally unexpected: I released my third German book in the Scanguards Vampires series on Kindle overnight. Less than 24 hours later, it has hit the Bestseller list in the German Kindle Store on Amazon. That's the ENTIRE German Kindle store, not just Romance!

Now, all three German Scanguards books have hit the Top 100 Kindle Bestseller List in Germany!

My translator is already busy working on book four, which I hope to release in June this year.

Many thanks to all my loyal readers in Germany!

Bestseller in Germany

I'm so excited. I just found out that I'm now a bestseller in Germany: my German book, Samsons Sterbliche Geliebte (Book #1 from the Scanguards Vampires series) is now #91 in the entire German Kindle Store!! Many thanks to all my German readers for putting me there!

Oh mein Gott!!! Ich bin jetzt ein Bestseller in Deutschland! Samsons Sterbliche Geliebte ist jetzt #91 auf im Kindle Shop Deuschland. Vielen Dank an alle meine deutschen Leser. Buch 3, Gabriels Gefaehrtin kommt Anfang April heraus.

New sexier cover - Edge of Passion

I decided to give Edge of Passion a sexier cover to be in line with what my readers are used to from me. Hope you like it:

Available at:

Amazon US

Amazon UK

Barnes & Noble

Kobo

 

And here's what the full cover would look like if I could post it:

 

More and more self-published romances in Amazon Bestseller Lists

After a great Saturday meeting with my RWA-sisters in Berkeley (RWA stands for Romance Writers of America), where lots of them asked me again how I manage to sell my books so well on Amazon Kindle, I kind of got curious to how many other romance authors are doing well without the backing of a publisher behind them.

So, I looked through the Amazon Bestseller lists today to see which self-published authors are in there (for this purpose I'm only looking in the "paid" bestsellers, excluding all those freebies).

28 novels within the Top 100 Kindle Romances were written by Indie Authors and self-published, with one indie author (we all know her name: Amanda Hocking) having 9 titles in the top 100 romances. She's followed by Heather Killogh-Walden with four titles and H.P. Mallory with three titles.

How is this even possible?

1. I've read several of those romances, and the ones I've read are damn good books (Monique Martin & HP Mallory in particular).
2. Price: most of those 28 titles are priced extremely low: $0.99 - $2.99. Only one book out of the 28 was priced as high as $3.99 which by any stretch is still much lower than what the NY publishers price their e-books at.
3. Most book covers look intriguing and professional - in fact so much so that unless I recognized the author's name I had to look at the detail page to find if the author had a "proper" publisher or was self-published.

Will we see more indies break into the bestseller lists? I sure hope so. For one, I'd love to be in there too. Yes, you heard right, even though I sold over 27,000 books across all my titles in January alone, I haven't quite made it into the top 100 romances yet. I am, however, ranking in the paranormal romance sub-genre with five of my books.

And my first book in the Scanguards Vampires series, Samson's Lovely Mortal, is inching closer to the top 100 romances. At present, it hovers around the top 600 Kindle books. To make the top 100 romances on Amazon, I'd have to get around the 400 overall on Kindle. But I know that's a tough nut to crack: my book is priced at $4.99 - still well below what traditionally published vampire romances cost, but above what people seem to be willing to pay for an indie author at present.

Venice Vampyr - Book Trailer

Please enjoy the book trailer for Venice Vampyr, a historical erotic vampire novella which will be released on December 15, 2010. If you haven't entered the giveaway for this e-book yet, please do it now. You still have until Monday at 7pm PST.

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Released on Kindle: A TOUCH OF GREEK

Now available on Kindle (earlier than expected!)

A TOUCH OF GREEK

Book 1 in the sexy new Out of Olympus Series

Buy your $0.99 copy now! Price is good until 10/12/10 only.

Selfish and gorgeous Greek God Triton is cast out of Olympus after seducing Zeus’ mistress and can only gain reentry if he finds a woman who loves him for his kindness and selflessness, not his beauty. When the mortal Sophia – recovering from an eye operation and virtually blind – needs a home healthcare worker, he takes on the role, hoping she will be his ticket home. 

While defending Sophia from an unknown adversary, Triton’s protective instinct emerges. At the same time rival Gods do everything to doom him to failure. And even if Triton can win Sophia’s love, will he throw it away to return home, or will he lose his own heart to the only woman who truly sees him? 

A Touch of Greek is the first book in the humorous and sexy paranormal romance series Out of Olympus following the romantic adventures of four Gods: Triton, Dionysus, Eros, and Hermes.

The next book in the series (Dionysus) is planned for March 2011.  

Free on Kindle

For whatever reason, Amazon has decided to offer my erotic short story STEAL ME for free on Kindle. Since I have no idea why they did that, I can't tell you either how long this offer is good for, so follow the link and get your free copy now.

Fellow author Bella Andre and I were interviewed for The Writer's Fun Zone

Visit Beth Barany's blog The Writer's Fun Zone for an interview with me and fellow Northern California author Bella Andre:

Success on Kindle