It’s done! All of my historical romances and paranormal romances destined to be enrolled in KDP Select are there!
The last titles to join the list were An Elegy for Melusine, Coven of Mercy and Beguiled. Now you can read them all free in Kindle Unlimited!
I thought it would be fun to look at some old book covers, and play compare and contrast. We’ll start with my first four ebook covers for my first four indie-published books. I created these covers and was quite pleased with them, way back in 2011. I think I’ve learned a bit about covers since then…
First up, Coven of Mercy, my vampire romance and short story. This was first published in an anthology, the Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance II (which was called Love Bites in the UK, a title I still love) in print only. The anthology cover is on the right. At left is the cover I created for it in 2011.
Hmm. I knew I didn’t have it right, so had a new cover designed. Here’s the second cover on the right.
At left is the current cover, which I love. This guy looks just as I envision Micah.
Every time I write about this story, I’m reminded that it was supposed to be the first in a series. Then I try to figure out when I’m going to write that series. I’ll let you know when I do solve that riddle!
In the meantime, Coven of Mercy is available at all e-retailers.
• Amazon.com
• Apple
• Nook
• KOBO
• GooglePlay
• Books2Read Universal Link (Find international stores and other Amazon stores here)
Amor Vincit Omnia is a short story, a medieval romance that was originally published in a digital anthology called the Seven Deadly Sins. This story isn’t available on its own anymore, but is included in my anthology, Beguiled, in both digital and print formats.
I also got some extra mileage out of that image I licensed for Coven of Mercy and used it for the cover of The Leaves, a short story I’d written and never published before this ebook edition in 2011. This story is also available now in the anthology, Beguiled.
The interesting thing here is that, in 2011, we weren’t sure people would read long stories in digital editions. Popular thinking was that short stories would rule the format, which of course, hasn’t proven to be true at all – but that’s why I published short stories first.
Writing this post made me realize that Beguiled hadn’t been updated for a while and was no longer available at all retailers – I had to take it down when the Ballad of Rosamunde was in Kindle Unlimited – so I’ve fixed that this week. I also am in the process of republishing the print edition, which disappeared in my distribution transition from Createspace to Ingrams.
Buy Beguiled in ebook at:
• Amazon.com
• Apple
• Nook
• KOBO
• GooglePlay
• Books2Read Universal Link (find international stores and other Amazon stores here)
Once Upon a Kiss is a Scottish time travel romance that was published in 1998 by Berkley and was the first book I published under the name Claire Cross. Here’s my first ebook cover for it, at left.
Here’s the Berkley mass market edition at right.
And here’s its current cover at right, created by Kim Killion back in 2011 when I realized that my cover wasn’t getting the job done.
Of course, Once Upon a Kiss is currently available at all ebook retailers, with the pretty cover by Kim.
Buy eBook:
• Amazon.com
• Apple
• Nook
• KOBO
• GooglePlay
• Books2Read Universal Link (Find international stores and other Amazon stores here)
Love Potion #9 is a paranormal romance and romantic comedy, and was my fourth book published under the pseudonym Claire Cross. My first ebook cover is at left. The original mass market cover is at right. I always liked the cover art, which was painted by Judy York. It depicts a scene in the book, which is a rare and wonderful thing.
I subsequently licensed the cover art from Judy and she added type to it for me. (You can see with this title that we didn’t have fixed proportions for ebook covers for a while.)
Eventually, I had Kim make the type consistent with my other books, and this edition on the right is the one that’s available now.
Buy eBook
• Amazon.com
• Apple
• Nook
• KOBO
• GooglePlay
• Books2Read Universal Link (Find international stores and other Amazon stores here)
You may have noticed that the short works went back into wide distribution this past week.
Once again, you can find these shorter works of mine for sale at the larger online portals:
#XmasAudio 8 features The Ballad of Rosamunde, a short story linked to the Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy. This is Rosamunde’s story, the pirate queen of the family. We’ll give away three copies on Tuesday.
The Ballad of Rosamunde in audio is available at Amazon, Audible and Apple.
All you have to do for your chance to win is comment on this post and tell me why you like audiobooks or why you’d like to try one. If you’ve won an audiobook from me this year, please let other people have a chance. Good luck!
The Dragonfire short story, Harmonia’s Kiss, is going to be published in a new edition in the next couple of days.
Here’s the reader letter from the new edition—and the new cover. It will be available initially from my online store, and then at the major portals in September 2015. It will be included also in Here Be Dragons: The Dragonfire Companion in both print and digital editions.
If you bought this short story in its previous edition, you don’t need to buy it again. There are no major differences in the text: it just has a new cover.
Dear Reader;
Harmonia’s Kiss is a short story that grew from a pair of scenes edited out of the Dragonfire novel Whisper Kiss. This is the tale of Dragon’s Tooth Warriors in their search for their lost past, and also the story in which Drake meets Veronica. I really liked the insight these scenes offered into Drake’s character in particular and developed it into a longer story. My publisher decided to release it in a digital-only edition, an option that I initially found exciting. The experience, however, proved to be a very frustrating one. Some of you could not buy the digital short, even though it should have been available throughout the world in English. I was unhappy that the short story didn’t really have a cover for the longest time—just a picture of me in my publisher’s logo—and also thought it was priced too high for a short story. Additionally, many of you read only in print, and this story was not available in that format.
All’s well that ends well, though. I’m very excited to have the opportunity to bring this Dragonfire short story to you in a new edition and to be able to offer it at a more competitive price. This edition of Harmonia’s Kiss has Drake on the cover, and it will be included in Here Be Dragons: The Dragonfire Companion in both the print and digital editions of that volume.g
You can find all of the Dragonfire books listed in order on my website.
Also, the Dragonfire cycle of paranormal romances is now complete with the publication of Firestorm Forever. This book is enormous, the biggest novel I’ve ever written, and includes three firestorms—you’ll be pleased to see that the spark of the firestorm gives Drake and Veronica the chance to build the future they both desire. You can read an excerpt from Firestorm Forever on my website.
Of course, there are more dragons in my future and in yours. My next series of paranormal romances featuring the Pyr will be called DragonFate: there’s an excerpt from the first book, Hot Blooded, at the end of Firestorm Forever but also on my website.
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Until next time, I hope you have plenty of books to read—and maybe a dragon shifter hero to keep you warm at night!
All my best—
Deborah
Also writing as Claire Delacroix
Deborah Cooke & Her Books 