Kobo Books in Indie Bookstores

Hello everyone here is another blog post. This month I have been participating in NaNoWriMo for my second year and I currently near 45,000 words on my scifi I am currently writing right now. Earlier this year, I read several articles and stuff online taking about a number of independent bookstores selling Kobo ebooks through their websites.

Since all nine of my Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic books and Onmibus have been self-published through Kobo Writing Life, indie bookstores such as Aunties Bookstore, Penguin Bookshop, Prince Books, The Regulator Book Shop, Otto Bookstore, Bookworks, Watchung Booksellers, Tome On The Range, Mendham Books, Sundance Books and Music, The Bookworm, Red Ballon Bookshop, Left Bank Books, Fact and Fiction, Forever Books, Snowbound Books, Saturn Booksellers, Jaberwocky Bookshop, Viewpoint Books, Lift Bridge Book Shop, The Country Bookshop, and others are selling the Kobo versions of my books on their websites which I will link to below

http://www.auntiesbooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.penguinbookshop.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.redballoonbookshop.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.lowrysbooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.foreverbooks.net/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.sundancebookstore.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.mendhambooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.watchungbooksellers.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.bkwrks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.tomeontherange.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.liftbridgebooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.ottobookstore.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.trappebookcenter.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.thecountrybookshop.biz/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.prince-books.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.bookwormomaha.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.left-bank.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.factandfictionbooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.snowboundbooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.saturnbooksellers.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.jabberwockybookshop.com/search/kobo/amderesta

http://www.viewpointbooks.com/search/kobo/amderesta

All of my ebooks published through Kobo Writing Life can be read on any ereader that supports the epub format such as Kobo Reader, Barnes and Noble’s Nook and many other ereaders with the exception of Amazon Kindle. Also you can read my Kobo books on as many devices you want to. Also Kobo has free apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad and other computing devices if you do not own an ereader.

Since tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, support small businesses like the bookstores I have listed here in my blog post and indie authors like myself by either purchasing my books, by the way Amderesta The 3rd Republic is available for free through Kobo and/or giving word of mouth.

Daniel

NaNoWriMo

This is my second year of participating in National Novel Writing Month, as you may already know if you follow my twitter, liked my Facebook page Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series which this blog is posted to. Basically the purpose of NaNoWriMo is to see if you can write a 50,000 word novel between November 1st and November 30th. Right now, I have written 25,000 words on the novel I am working on for this year’s NaNoWriMo which will be added into the first book in my Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series, Amderesta The 3rd Republic once I finished writing it.

10th Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Book

I am currently in progress of writing the tenth book in my Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series which picks up directly from the ending of Amderesta The 4th Republic #8. The Amderestan-Analkian EGA War. Since characters in later books of the series make references to events which occur in earlier books, you should read start with Amderesta The 3rd Republic and follow with Amderesta The 4th Republic #1 through Amderesta The 4th Republic #8 in that order. I have the first seven books available as an Onmibus if you like to read them as a single volume.

This book will continue my current story arc that started in chapter 2 of Amderesta The 4th Republic #7. Basically the 4th Amderestan Republic is entrenched in a civil war with the Swearia Tourist Parisia Liberation Army who wants to gain control of the Taronia Region, Tourist Region, Swearia Region, and Parisia Region. As of the beginning of Amderesta The 4th Republic #9, STPLA has been dealt a major blow in the Taronia Region thanks to Jonathan Lencon who commands Amderestan Military forces there. However, things for our protagonists will get pretty interesting as thing progress in the writing of this book. I’ll be posting segments as I write them to Wattpad, if you like to read them.

Planning a prequel Series

In addition to the currently eight book Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series which will be a nine book series when I finish writing Amderesta The 4th Republic #8. The Amderestan-Analkian EGA War, I have starting on a five book prequel series that is set before before Amderesta The 3rd Republic. The five books in the prequel series set before the Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series will have an interconnecting plot that directly ties into events of Amderesta The 3rd Republic and cover the backstory to events that occur in the aforementioned book. Obviously, there is the issue of internal continuity relating the eight soon-to-be nine books in the Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series that will have to be dealt with as I work on the prequel novels. I am considering the possibility of serializing the Amderesta The 3rd Republic Prequel Series on Wattpad as I write it and let you read it in installments until I've finished writing each book. So, I'll have plently of writing to do once Amderesta The 4th Republic #8 is finished. My website www.amderestathe4threpublic.com will have excerpts from each of the prequel novels as well. Thanks to everyone who has gotten a copy of my books in Onmibus format or seperately, you can leave your feedback on my Facebook page Amderesta The 4th Republic to which my blog post will be posted to. Daniel

Continuity Issues While Writing an Ongoing Series

Right now, I working on four books that are connected to the Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series. I'm writing the ninth book which continues the events from the end of Amderesta The 4th Republic #7, a prequel: Amderesta The 3rd Republic: The Vellans Adminstration which details events leading up to Amderesta The 3rd Republic's prologue and I am writing two concurrent books which covers a 22 year period after the Second Third Republic-AAR War depicted at the beginning of the prologue. The thing here is keep all of the storylines straight as I jump back and forth between writing each book that's currently under production. Some authors outline the plotlines of their books, while I choose to write by the seat of my pants. Thanks for reading this blog post. If you like to get any of my books, visit my website at http://www.amderestathe4threpublic.com there you can read also read excerpts from my books as well. Also, leave me any comments you may have. Daniel

RetailSample-AmderestaThe3rdRepublic

RetailSample-AmderestaThe3rdRepublic 

This is a three minute sample of the upcoming audiobook version of Amderesta The 3rd Republic which was recorded by ACX narrator Scot Wilcox. In this scene Jonathan Lencon has returned from investigating the BSI bio-weapon facility on Allian to met with the Amderestan Senate's Defense and Intelligence Committee.

Audiobook Adaptation

Right now, I am working with a narrator through Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX)to create an audiobook version of the first book in the Amderesta The 3rd/4th Republic Series. Under the ACX Agreement entered into by my narrator, the first fifteen minutes has to be uploaded to ACX pending my approval or suggestions for changes by September 30 2012. Once I give approval for the first fifteen minute segment, my narrator is bound by the aforementioned ACX Agreement to record the entire audiobook by December 31, 2012. Once the audiobook version of Amderesta The 3rd Republic is available for purchase from audible.com, Amazon, and through itunes, any royalties will be shared between myself and the narrator.