Please join me in welcoming today's guest, Kat de Falla.
The
crisp new pages, the smell of a new book, flipping through the pages and seeing
my own name IN PRINT!
As
The Wild Rose Press does produce print books for certain word counts…I was in!
Of course, the ebook was available first and I downloaded it the moment it was
live on Amazon.
I
quickly ordered ten of my babies in the mail…and waited…and waited. Where were
they? Finally, weeks later, my neighbor came over with a box and said, “Are
these yours? Because we’ve never
ordered ten of the same book.”
Arrgh!
Actually, it was a bit anticlimactic. My babies had been sitting on their front
porch, then tossed aside INSIDE a house across the street for days!
I
began to wonder at my marveling over my name in print. Was I more excited the
book was available, or the ebook?
The
truth is…shh!...I love the ebook. I had tons of downloads during my Kindle Free
Days putting my ebook in the hands of people who might otherwise not give it a
chance.
Then
the real bummer. My husband and I love the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but
every time we drive through, we see the decimation of the logging companies. I
won’t show pictures or videos…you’ve seen it, and it’s depressing.
Here
are the stats (from ePublishers weekly 9/28/09):
“In the USA in
one year, 2 billion books are produced. To get the paper for these books
requires consuming 32 million trees. We can estimate that one tree yields
enough paper for 62.5 books…The 200 million ebooks downloaded saved three
million and two hundred thousand (3,200,000) trees.”
Okay,
that’s pretty staggering. I’m not saying to abandon our beloved print books. We
all have them and have lots we could never part with, but embrace your ereader!
Initially,
I was sad that my book wouldn’t be prominently displayed in Barnes and Noble.
But now, I realize the POD (print-on-demand) that The Wild Rose Press uses, ensures that only people who REALLY want a print copy of
my book, get one.
If
you’re feeling green…go splurge on an ebook and save the print books for those
favorites you can’t live without!
Read
on!
To
celebrate the end of summer and my love of ebooks, THE SEER’S LOVER is on sale
for 99 cents from August 1-August 15th!
Can
you please help spread the word on the sale with this tweet:
ON
SALE NOW! Get #theseerslover by @katdefalla for #99cents An ancient war rages
between demons and seers. #TWRP
Blurb:
Purchase Links:
AMAZON
BARNES AND NOBLE
KOBO
For years, Calise Rowe has been able
to sense unusual energy from people, making her believe she is different.
Pulled into an ancient war raging for centuries between demon hunters and
seers, she's about to find out she's right.
Her search for the truth leads her to Lucas Rojas, a seer of angels and demons who walk the earth shrouded from normal human eyes. He's hidden his gift for years and refuses to endanger Calise by sharing it with her.
In the sultry Costa Rican Jungles, their worlds collide. As their passion and desire ignite, so does the ancient war between demons and seers. Will their combined efforts be enough to save themselves and the entire human world, or will their new found love be their downfall?
Her search for the truth leads her to Lucas Rojas, a seer of angels and demons who walk the earth shrouded from normal human eyes. He's hidden his gift for years and refuses to endanger Calise by sharing it with her.
In the sultry Costa Rican Jungles, their worlds collide. As their passion and desire ignite, so does the ancient war between demons and seers. Will their combined efforts be enough to save themselves and the entire human world, or will their new found love be their downfall?
Bio:
Author Kat de Falla was born and
raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she learned to roller skate, ride a banana
seat bike, and love Shakespeare thanks to her high school English teacher.
Four years at the UW-Madison wasn’t
enough, so she returned to her beloved college town for her Doctor of Pharmacy
degree and is happily employed as a retail pharmacist where she fills
prescriptions and chats with her patients.
She is married to her soul mate,
classical guitarist, Lee de Falla and raising four kids together ala the Brady
Bunch.
Kat’s Links:
Author Website: www.katdefalla.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@katdefalla
Facebook:www.facebook.com/authorkatdefalla
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