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Hello to India! My ebooks are now available on Flipkart!

January 13, 2014

Smashwords now distributes my ebooks to India via Flipkart Today as I was checking the sales and downloads of my ebooks I remembered that I needed to see if my ebooks are available on Flipkart yet. Back in August Smashwords announced an agreement for them to distribute their authors’ ebooks on Flipkart, India’s largest online bookstore. Since Smashwords is my distributor my ebooks would be making their way to Flipkart as well. more “Hello to India! My ebooks are now available on Flipkart!” …

Smashwords gets a major redesign

December 18, 2013

Smashwords, the company that puts my ebooks into so many major retailers, threw the switch on a major redesign of their website. The new site is bright and shiny, and it’s even easier to see the information on the books you’re looking at. The screenshot on the right, from Smashword’s announcement of the redesign on their blog, shows a bit of how much cleaner the site looks, and when you go to an ebook’s page you can see just how much cleaner it looks, as you can see in this screenshot of the page for my ebook He’s With the Band. more “Smashwords gets a major redesign” …

[Updated] Give the gift of an ebook from Smashwords

December 16, 2013

(Updated 30 December to include screenshots from the newly redesigned Smashwords website. I apologize for not having these screenshots posted sooner.)

So many people have ebook readers and love them, and for those that do some of the best gifts you can give them are more ebooks. Except not only do you have to decide which ebooks to give them, but you also have to make sure you give it to them in the right format for their device. If you’re an iPad user and the person you’re shopping for is a Kindle or Nook user any ebooks from iBooks could be useless to them, and vice versa. But Smashwords has just the thing for you.

(Full disclosure: Smashwords distributes my ebooks to iBooks, Barns & Noble, Kobo, Diesel, and many other ebook stores. They can also distribute to Amazon’s Kindle store but I upload my ebooks directly to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing program.) more “[Updated] Give the gift of an ebook from Smashwords” …

Kobo makes it a sweep with all of the major ebookstores carrying all of my ebooks

December 11, 2013

As many of you know, I distribute my ebooks via Smashwords, a company that was created for the sole purpose of helping independent ebook authors get their ebooks into ebookstores so that readers can find their ebooks. As you can see from the screenshot below if you have your ebooks in the Smashwords Premium Catalog they can put your ebooks in most, if not all, the major stores where readers will look for ebooks, including libraries. more “Kobo makes it a sweep with all of the major ebookstores carrying all of my ebooks” …

It’s official. My federal budget ebook is now called “No Budget, No Pay.”

December 9, 2013

Thanks to those who let me know their opinion on the new title and cover. I’m currently uploading the new book and cover to Smashwords and Amazon and once it makes its way through their uploading process it will be available for purchase at the new price of $2.99. My apologies to those who haven’t bought it yet but if you’ve already bought it you should be able to get the updated version at no additional charge. more “It’s official. My federal budget ebook is now called “No Budget, No Pay.”” …

Sony finally has all three of my ebooks

December 3, 2013

One of the things I get to do when I publish a new ebook or an update to an existing ebook is to watch for when Smashwords sends the new version to their retail partners. When I see that a retailer has been sent the ebook or update I start checking each retailer’s website to find it so I can post a link on each book’s page. It can go very quickly and with some retailers it can go slowly due to how they handle each new ebook or update. more “Sony finally has all three of my ebooks” …

I’ve been interviewed!

November 19, 2013

Smashwords, the company that distributes my ebooks, has created a tool to let their authors post an interview on their Smashwords page. When I saw it back in August it looked interesting but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to use it. I looked at the other day I realized it had some really good questions for us, which was my biggest hesitation about using it myself. I thought we would have to think of our own questions, and while we can add our own they have a number of great questions just waiting for our answers.

Find out how I started writing, what my writing process is and who some of my favorite authors are in my Smashwords interview. Is there a question you’d like answered? Leave it in the comments here and I’ll add it to my Smashwords interview.

Congrats to my ebook distributor and a free Whitey Bulger ebook from WBUR

November 13, 2013

Yesterday Mark Coker posted an announcement on the Smashwords blog that Smashwords was ranked as the #1 indie ebook producer for 2012. That is fantastic news and not just because they’re the company that distributes my ebooks to stores like iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Diesel and even to libraries. Smashwords was created back in 2008 for the specific purpose of helping independent ebook writers get their ebooks into stores where readers can find them. more “Congrats to my ebook distributor and a free Whitey Bulger ebook from WBUR” …

“Somewhere… and More” Is NOW AVAILABLE

November 5, 2013

It’s finally here. Somewhere… and More: The Lyrics of J.M. Hardin is now available for purchase and immediate download.

For those who don’t know, about a decade ago I wrote a Christian short story called He’s With the Band, the tale of a song writing sound guy who’s finally giving in to pressure from the band he works for and some friends and is finally making demos of his songs and seeing what he can do with them. Along the way he meets a young woman who he thinks is just a fan of the band but who’s been wanting to meet him. In the story are some of the words to three of the songs I’d written, and with the release Somewhere… and More I’m publishing the complete lyrics to not only those three songs but to eight other songs I’ve written since moving to Boston in 1989. While the new ebook is a book of song lyrics I’m marketing it as a book of poetry, and I really hope that my lyrics are good enough that you’ll enjoy them without the music. more ““Somewhere… and More” Is NOW AVAILABLE” …

“Somewhere… and More” comes out TOMORROW: “The Upper Room”

November 4, 2013

My next ebook, Somewhere… and More: The Lyrics of J.M. Hardin comes out tomorrow and I have one more preview to share with you before it comes out.

For those just joining us, about a decade ago I wrote a little Christian short story called He’s With the Band. Part of the story are some of the words to three of the songs I’d written, and with tomorrow’s release of Somewhere… and More I’m publishing the complete lyrics to not only those three songs but to eight other songs I’ve written since moving to Boston in 1989. While the new ebook is a book of song lyrics I’m marketing it as a book of poetry, and it’s my hope that my lyrics are good enough that you’ll enjoy them without the music.

You can still preorder Somewhere… and More just $2.99 at Smashwords, Apple’s iBooks, and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Store and when it’s released tomorrow you’ll automatically be notified that you can download it. If you order it from Smashwords you can get it DRM FREE and in the format you need for all of the devices you read ebooks on without having to pay for a second copy of my ebook. They can’t say that at any of the other ebook stores. more ““Somewhere… and More” comes out TOMORROW: “The Upper Room”” …