I also think I'll try to schedule a walk on the beach soon, maybe even next Wednesday. I find beach walks to be a good way to do some deep thinking about goals, and I have a new book release to celebrate.
Speaking of that new book release....
Caresaway, by DJ Cockburn came out today. I am trying something new with this release. I've made the ebook Amazon-exclusive for three months, and will experiment to see whether I can make the Kindle Unlimited program worthwhile for me. I prefer to go with a broad release, but the KU program gives me access to some additional advertising tools, and I want to see if they are worth giving up the other markets for a few months.
So anyway, you should all buy a copy of Caresaway! It is a thought-provoking "in your head" thriller set in the near future. Edward Crofte has discovered what seems to be a miraculous cure for depression, but he learns that it comes at a steep cost.
- The Annorlunda Books page, which will always have the latest purchase links and will also have a link to an excerpt and reviews as those become available.
- The Amazon pages for the ebook and the paperback (these will merge soon)
- The Createspace page for the paperback (it will make its way to BN.com and Indiebound soon)
- The GoodReads page (with two reviews posted already)
- A review from Fill Your Bookshelves (mild spoilers)
And for your social sharing convenience (please help spread the word!)
- The Annorlunda Books Facebook post about the book
- An Annorlunda Books tweet about the book
- The Pinterest pin for the cover
- The Tungsten Hippo tumblr post for the book
Here's a funny-sad true story about the book. At one point, one of the characters says "So we've made a must-have accessory for the next Bernie Madoff." It originally said "the next Donald Trump," but we decided to change it because we didn't want to tie the book into the current politics, fearing it might make the book feel dated later. This was back when Trump was still just a somewhat unlikely candidate for the Republican nomination. Sigh.
Anyway, check out the book, I think you'll like it! If you're in the Kindle Unlimited program, you can read it for free for the next three months. If you use an ereader other than a Kindle, you should be able to buy it from Amazon, download it, convert it to an ePub (e.g., using Calibre) and then load it onto your ereader. I have never done this (I have done the reverse: bought from Kobo, converted to mobi, and loaded onto my Kindle), but it should in theory be possible. Or, I guess you can wait until April, when I'll expand the release to the other ebook retailers. But why wait? Try it, and if you run into trouble email me and I'll set you up with an epub.
re: your recent retweet on the ACA-- it is unlikely premiums would go down if the ACA were gutted. The ACA has actually *reduced* costs, both premium costs and Medicare costs.
ReplyDeleteIt has increased is Medicaid costs in the states that expanded coverage but that was known in advance. Also the sheer amount of pent-up demand for health services was underestimated (but that's calmed down) as was the need for education for people who were used to getting all their medical care via expensive emergency rooms (which some states have figured out how to do but others have not).
There's so much misinformation out there on this topic that I feel like I should write something up about it, even though there are DOZENS of economists who literally work on this topic who should be being quoted on the media about it but apparently aren't. Maybe they're too busy getting their conference presentations ready for next week's big conference.