Rough Week

Haven't posted anything in almost 2 weeks. Still here and kickin', just hit a bit of a rough spell. My truck broke down and the family dog(living with my parents) had a stroke. Looks like she's starting to get a little better but she's 14 so I don't know how much time she has left. She was my first dog and it's rough to see her in bad shape. The truck needs a new engine...it's only at 36,000 miles and I got the warranty on it so it looks like everything is covered...thankfully! I won't get it back till next week though but at least I'm not paying for it.

In the next week or two I'll be making some announcements on some things I'm working on. I'll be releasing a few short story compilations before the next book is released so at least they'll be some new material coming out. I'll be giving out more info in the next week but I'll give a hint on one of them....some of you who've e-mailed me will be very happy as to what it is! :-)

Escape

Just wanted to let all you Kindlers know that the price of Escape has been dropped to $1.99.

Amazon.com: Escape eBook: Rye James: Kindle Store

Amazon/Macmillan thoughts

Have had a few e-mails asking my thoughts on what's going on at Amazon so I figured I'd share them here. For those that don't know Amazon has pulled all Macmillan books (ebook/paper/hardback) from their site. It will only be temporary as the publisher ultimately will charge what it wants. Macmillan doesn't like them charging only $9.99 for their e-books and from what I understand wants the price closer to $15. With Apples Ipad entering the market they are wanting to price the books from their ibookstore at closer to that price mark. Amazon is balking at that. From my vantage point I think Macmillan is making a big mistake. Amazon is trying to keep e-book prices low to encourage people to buy the Kindle and e-books in general, which I think is smart. Some people may be willing to pay $15 for an e-book but I don't understand why you would when you could get the paperback for less. If the situation continues it only will hurt Macmillan and its authors, but at the same time will help other lesser known authors get some additional sales. I do not believe people will ultimately support higher e-book prices and they will come back down anyway. I could never have an e-book listed that high as I'm completely against e-book prices being that high and firmly believe they should be a lot cheaper. We will see how it plays out.

Alternate Deadlock Cover

Just wanted to share with everyone what the alternate cover was. It came very close to being the actual cover but in the end I liked having the sheriff figure on the front so we went with the other one. But I thought this one was really good as well.

Deadlock Cover

As I mentioned before, the Deadlock cover came together at the last minute thanks to the work of my good friend, Dan over at OIDStudio. I had a cover already in place but I never really liked it, and thought it would grow on me. In the end, it never did and I just couldn't keep it. So a week or so before the release date I talked to Dan about it and he came up huge and created a great looking cover in about 2 days. Any authors out there looking for cover design or if you're looking for any type of design work, I encourage you to contact Dan and let him know what you're looking for. He's a great guy, awesome to work with, and very reasonable prices. Let him know I sent you. His website is www.oidstudio.com

Deadlock thoughts

Just wanted to throw some thoughts out there on the book. I really like the cover, I liked the alternate cover as well and will post it later just so everyone can see what it looked it. I said it in the newsletter, but I'll say it here for those who don't subscribe, that I think this is my best work yet. From start to finish, I think this is my best writing, and most complete book yet. Hopefully even those of you who aren't fans of Westerns will give the book a shot, never know, you may like it! This will probably be my last Western book for at least a year or two. I'll probably release a few short stories in that time but the next few releases will be other genres.

Deadlock Release

Here are a few links if you are so inclined to try the book out. In the next few days I will talk more about the book, the cover, and some future things.

Amazon.com: Deadlock eBook: Rye James: Kindle Store

Smashwords - Deadlock - A book by Rye James

Mobipocket eBook: "Deadlock" by Rye James