Free Sony eBook Reader Draw Christmas Day

Enter the Bent Steeple free Sony eBook Reader Contest. There’s exactly one month until the Christmas Day Draw. Go to BentSteeple.com!

Contest details here. To Enter now, click here.

Also, my free eBook WHEN GRAVEYARDS YAWN is being featured at free eReading site, Wattpad.com. Check it out, get a copy. Browse the titles.

Smashwords inks deal with Amazon.com

Well, now my eBooks will be distributed through Barnes and Noble (Nook), Amazon.com (Kindle), Sony eBook Store (Sony Readers), Shortcovers and Smashwords (Wide variety of Mobile devices in 140 countries). That’s all there is for now…we’ll see who else signs on tomorrow. Read the press release here.

They call it the democratizing of the distribution process. We’ll see. The interesting developments will involve pricing. If they’re smart, distributors will just keep taking half of whatever an eBook sells for, and not worry about old world over-pricing. (It’s free money for them, anyway.)

Free Sony eBook Reader Contest at BentSteeple.com.

Smashwords inked a deal with Shortcovers that opened up a GLOBAL mobile market for Bent Steeple and other titles at GWellsTaylor.com.

Smashwords.com already distributes eBooks by Indie authors and publishers through the Sony eBook Store and Barnes and Noble.com. Shortcovers distributes to eBook Readers, laptop and computer readers as well as the larger and growing mobile reader market.

I’ve already got Bent Steeple up there. Had to charge a little more than my direct price because they’re a retailer and want something in the exchange. I still kept it to $3.99 per eBook, which is fair enough, considering the wider reach these distributors offer. Kind of lucky I paused before uploading the rest of the eBooks because there has since been a tripling of uploads to Smashwords and a lot of technical glitches due to improperly formatted eBooks. They’ve since ironed things out, so I’ll be uploading in the wee hours.

You can always get the Reader-direct price of $1.99 per eBook at shop.GWellsTaylor.com. Remember, the Free Sony eBook Reader Contest continues. Enter at BentSteeple.com.

FREE SONY eBOOK READER – ALL eBOOKS $1.99

Horror author G. Wells Taylor hopes to shake things up in the exploding eBook marketplace by offering his list of full length novels for $1.99 each to celebrate the Halloween release of his new novel BENT STEEPLE.

And it isn’t just a promotion. “I’m selling content here. There’s a royalty to cover and a few expenses but we’re not paying for printing and shipping. $1.99 for an eBook is fair.” The Indie writer’s decade online laid the groundwork for creating a user-friendly web presence and platform for his Reader-direct pricing. “The old publishers wanted the status quo to continue because they had all the money and control, but the ‘status quo’ didn’t feed many writers.”

He describes his horror novel as a disturbing tale that would scare the glitter off a modern vampire’s cheeks. BENT STEEPLE has teeth.

Something is in the trees. In BENT STEEPLE a blizzard isolates a remote northern village that was stricken by a fatal and unknown disease thirty years before. Some survivors believed a vampire stalked the frozen forests, but their suspicions sounded like insanity. Now their secrets have drawn them back for vengeance, salvation and for blood.

On top of the new book and low prices, visitors to BentSteeple.com get a chance to win a SONY eBOOK READER TOUCH EDITION with BENT STEEPLE installed. Visit BentSteeple.com for your chance to win. (No purchase necessary. See web site for contest details.)

Download BENT STEEPLE at BentSteeple.com and GWellsTaylor.com. Visit the web sites to order the paperback, download sample chapters, graphics and free eBooks. Visit GWellsTaylor.com for a full list of $1.99 eBook titles. ($1.99 price available at shop.gwellstaylor.com.)

BENT STEEPLE – Horror Novel Launch Continues

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping in for the BENT STEEPLE book launch at BentSteeple.com. Lots of samples and eBooks downloaded. Also lots of new (BIGGER) multi-format sample downloads for the Wildclown and the Apocalypse Trilogy Books. People are thrilled with the selection, from EPUB to TXT.

Remember only $1.99 per title for full length novels. In the days to come you’ll find the titles at Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and the Soney eBook Store. The price is a little more there, but that’s retailing for you. Go to shop.gwellstaylor.com for the Reader-direct price.

Make sure you enter the contest to win a Sony Touch Edition eBook Reader at BentSteeple.com.

HORROR AUTHOR TERRIFIES PUBLISHERS WITH FAIR E-BOOK PRICES!

TORONTO, ONTARIO – (Oct. 31/09) Horror author G. Wells Taylor hopes to shake things up in the exploding eBook marketplace by offering his list of full length novels for $1.99 each to celebrate the Halloween release of his new novel BENT STEEPLE.

And it isn’t just a promotion. “I’m selling content here. There’s a royalty to cover and a few expenses but we’re not paying for printing and shipping. $1.99 for an eBook is fair.” The Indie writer’s decade online laid the groundwork for creating a user-friendly web presence and platform for his Reader-direct pricing. “The old publishers wanted the status quo to continue because they had all the money and control, but the ‘status quo’ didn’t feed many writers.”

He describes his horror novel as a disturbing tale that would scare the glitter off a modern vampire’s cheeks. BENT STEEPLE has teeth.

Something is in the trees. In BENT STEEPLE a blizzard isolates a remote northern village that was stricken by a fatal and unknown disease thirty years before. Some survivors believed a vampire stalked the frozen forests, but their suspicions sounded like insanity. Now their secrets have drawn them back for vengeance, salvation and for blood.

On top of the new book and low prices, visitors to BentSteeple.com get a chance to win a SONY eBOOK READER TOUCH EDITION with BENT STEEPLE installed. Visit BentSteeple.com for your chance to win. (No purchase necessary. See web site for contest details.)

Download BENT STEEPLE at BentSteeple.com and GWellsTaylor.com. Visit the web sites to order the paperback, download sample chapters, graphics and free eBooks. Visit GWellsTaylor.com for a full list of $1.99 eBook titles. ($1.99 price available at shop.gwellstaylor.com.)

If you’d like more information about Bent Steeple, a review copy or to schedule an interview with G. Wells Taylor please call 519-372-1157 or e-mail G. Wells Taylor at gwellstaylor@gwellstaylor.com or webmaster@wildclown.com.

Formatting complete…now the eShop!

Tech errors delayed stocking the eShop last weekend, but we’ve got things ironed out. Doing a complete overhaul of the web site over the next ten days, too. Make sure you enter the Sony eBook Reader contest at BentSteeple.com. No purchase necessary.

eBook Formatting Continues…

After a hellish week of converting my titles to the different (most popular) eBook formats, I’m going to start stocking the eShop this weekend. All the signs suggest that the open EPUB format will be king of the hill when all the digital dust has settled, but there are still quite a few formats in use that one can’t overlook.

More Big News Coming this Halloween

Along with everything else we’re revamping before the Bent Steeple release this Halloween, we’re also planning a big surprise in our pricing structure. More on that later. Let’s just say we’re embracing the idea that it’s all about content.

Click around GWellsTaylor.com when you’ve got a minute. There are lots of free downloads including the first three installments of The Variant Effect. Thanks to Getfreeebooks recent addition of the first installment The Variant Effect: Skin Eaters we’re getting an international cast of characters joining the Variant Squads. Check it out.

The Bent Steeple Countdown Continues

BENT STEEPLE is in the final stages of pre-production for its Halloween 2009 Release and we’re giving away a Sony eBook Reader to CELEBRATE. Enter the contest at: http://www.bentsteeple.com.
 
If you’re just clicking through get the first FREE installments of The Variant Effect at skineaters.com.