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Paranormal Angel Romance e-book – Her Dark Angel – Out Now!

Posted on 28th August 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Sexy new paranormal angel romance e-book out today! Get it while you can at Amazon.com for the special price of $0.99 (usually $2.99) or Amazon.co.uk for only Â£0.72

Her Dark Angel is the first story in a three part series. All of the stories cross-over by characters and world only, not plot, so you’re free to enjoy them in any order. Keep your eyes peeled for Her Fallen Angel (coming October 2010) and Her Warrior Angel (coming November 2010)

Her Dark Angel
by Felicity Heaton

An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasnâ€™t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, itâ€™s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.

Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. Heâ€™s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she canâ€™t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?

Their charade as lovers quickly becomes reality when one dance leads to another and Apollyon proves that heâ€™s as sinful as he looks. His sensual and hungry touch brings Serenity back to life, freeing her from the hurt of being betrayed and reigniting her passion, but she canâ€™t ignore her growing fear. Lost in their moment together, Apollyon realises that there is a reason he heard her callâ€”heâ€™s in love with her.

But will Serenity see past the wings and believe that Apollyon returns her feelings and wonâ€™t hurt her? When her ex-boyfriend asks her to forgive him and be with him again, will she take the easy route or will she find the courage to fly away with her dark angel?

Dark, passionate and sensual, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Read the excerpt… http://www.felicityheaton.com/herdarkangel/

Buy at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17

Buy at Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13

Buy direct from author’s website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

Buy at Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

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Her Dark Angel (Her Angel Romance Series) – OUT NOW AT AMAZON!

Posted on 23rd August 2010 by Felicity Heaton

My sexy new story, Her Dark Angel, a paranormal angel romance and the first in my Her Angel series, is now available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk – Get it before everyone else and for the very special price of $0.99!

Her Dark Angel
Felicity Heaton

Dark, passionate and erotic, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Read the excerpt here

Get it on Amazon US for only $0.99: http://amzn.to/aqpZR0
Get in on Amazon UK for only $0.72: http://amzn.to/brpST2

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What is an acceptable price for an ebook?

Posted on 29th July 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Since the Amazon scuffle of earlier this year, there’s been a lot of movement on the Amazon Kindle forum about prices. I’ve read plenty of the posts, and seen authors adjust prices, and try to find the sweet spot, but I’m still left wondering: What is that sweet-spot price that everyone is looking for?

It’s probably FREE, but even then I’ve seen plenty of readers complain about the free books because they spent time downloading it only to think it was rubbish or lacking in something.

I agree that ebooks should never ever cost the same as the hardback, or even the paperback. It’s completely justifiable to say that most ebooks ARE overpriced. The publishers defend themselves by making out that there’s lots of work involved with ebooks and trying to push the cost of editing, proofing, etc over onto them too, but the trouble is that most readers probably see the ebook as a by-product. The book has been written, edited, proofed and given a cover for the print editions, so surely the digital edition is just a bit of tweaking and formatting? I do agree that the amount of work that goes into an ebook, when there is already a print version being made, is fairly minimal, but remember that not all ebooks have print counterparts. Yes, I’m talking about us darling indie authors and our ebook-only stories. While I can’t defend publishers for the prices they put on ebooks, I can’t defend those that want to pay pence for the ebook either.

Readers do seem to expect to pay rock-bottom prices these days. Yes, the economic downturn is probably partly to blame, and another portion can be assigned to those people in print who drive the prices up to ten dollars, but not all ebooks can be free, or priced at a level where an author won’t actually make a profit.

I think when readers purchase books, they need to consider the big picture. There’s much more than just the editing cost, the cover cost, etc to consider. There’s how much time the author spent writing the story for example, or planning out those little details that make it a refreshing read. It’s about the vast number of times they visited Starbucks (guilty) to write that novel. The cost of printing it out for editing it. A lot of blood, sweat and, very likely, tears went into it too. So based on that, as an author, I can’t understand any reader who insists that the 150,000 word ebook they want to purchase should be less than two dollars just because it is an ebook.

I try to be realistic with my prices, and often drop the prices of stories that have celebrated their second birthday, but the sheer number of people campaigning for 99 cent stories or stories under two dollars, slightly cripples a lot of authors efforts. We can’t all sell books for under a dollar. It just isn’t feasible (especially when so many people distribute them for free on torrents too!).

Some authors go by page count, but I like to go by word count, or what length book it would be as a paperback, and price it accordingly.

I think it’s totally reasonable to have a short story, or short novella, at 99 cents. A novella of say, 20-40,000 words could happily sell for a cost of $1.99 (that’s half the cost of a cup of coffee) because less time has been spent writing and editing. A novella of 40,000 to say a novel of 60,000 could be $2.99. A novel, I think should be $3.99… minimum. If you’re talking about my 150,000 word example, I would go as far as $4.49 or $4.99, as the print counterpart would cost at least $7.99 (or, ahem, Â£7.99 in the UK! that’s $12.50)

I think they’re quite reasonable prices. They accommodate all of the factors for editing, writing, proofing, planning, and making the formats and cover etc.

Of course, even I would choke if asked to pay $4.99 for a 15,000 word short story (as seen in a few places online).

Ebooks to me should be a few dollars cheaper than their print counterparts, but not free (unless they’re promotional) or priced so low that the author won’t ever break even on them.

What do you think?

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Ascension, ears and busy schedules

Posted on 2nd May 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Well, I’ve cajoled the muse into editing Ascension because I felt the writing wasn’t top quality, and then when I went back to it, it was actually far better than I’d remembered. I suppose that’s a good thing. I’m reading over it again now though, although Friday was a complete wash out because I ended up reading parts of Heart of Darkness instead. Not sure what I’m doing after I’ve finished this light edit/read of Ascension. I should probably do the polish on Her Dark Angel before I go away on holiday at the end of the month. I could also do with getting the second draft of Her Fallen Angel done too.

Of course, first I need to get this read through of Ascension done. It’s a miserable day here today and that’s not exactly making me want to do anything. I just want to sit around nursing my poor ear, eating chocolate, and watching anime, or perhaps playing a game.

I went to see my ENT consultant last week and I have yet another ear infection. We talked about what’s involved in an operation to fix the problems with my ear and while I’m more comfortable with the thought now, it still frightens me. I don’t really want to be knocked out but I guess it can’t be helped and it’s better to get the problem fixed now while I’m still (fairly) young and (fairly) healthy. The other downside to it is that I have to take 2 weeks off work. I doubt I’ll be up to much in those two weeks either, not even writing stuff, and that’ll hit my schedule pretty hard.

My schedule is all over the place. I’d love to get some things done and marked off the list but I can’t see it happening yet. It’s a shame really. I want some stuff out of the way with before I go away at the end of the month. I don’t want this bleak future full of editing. It doesn’t do the muse any good. He’s throwing a fit about it right now because he wants to write, and so do I, but we’ve written so much that now there’s a lot of editing between us and starting a new story!

When I get back from my holiday, I’ll be writing Her Warrior Angel. I need to plan it but that shouldn’t take too long as I have the rough idea for it already down, and the characters are already in my head. I just need the frame of the story, the skeleton as it were, and some character notes, and away we go!

At the moment, I’m focused on reading through Ascension and applying any necessary fixes before getting it sent off to a printer so I can get a paperback version of the complete second draft to take with me on holiday. I’m taking Forbidden Blood too. I’ll read them both on the plane or times when there’s nothing else to do and I’m a captive audience.

I’m also programming a Kindle HTML file maker for myself and my fellow authors at Alinar Publishing to use. It’s going well and I’ve done about 60% of it. I just need to finish another part of it and then test and tweak. I’ll get that done now hopefully and then get on with editing Ascension, and perhaps I’ll address my writing schedule issues.

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iPad and iBookstore flaws for UK Self-Published author…

Posted on 3rd April 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Well, as an author whose romance ebooks have been accepted for sale in the Apple iBookstore for the iPad, I’m pleased as punch, however, there’s a rather large flaw that I can’t help feeling is going to be detrimental to the sales figures for my books.

iBook appears to be purely an app and not a physical site like Amazon.com, so the casual user can’t browse a site and make a decision that way. They have to do everything via the app on their iPad, presumably because you have to have an iPad in order to read the book anyway. That’s fine, except I’m a British author without an iPad, and even if I had an iPad, the iBookstore isn’t available to readers outside the US (Kindle, here we go again, in about a year, Apple will wake up and realise that people OUTSIDE the US also read and write ebooks!). Therefore, I have NO way of checking whether my books are on the virtual shelves of the iBookstore or not, so I can’t promote them… which brings me onto the next issue…

Since this is purely an app, I don’t have anything to link to. I can’t give potential purchasers a link to encourage sales, which means I can’t promote my books on iBookstore with any real chance of success (especially since I can’t actually check they’re there!), which leaves me somewhat twiddling my thumbs. Seriously, Apple, grow a bit of sense. Most books sales are driven by promotional efforts of either the publisher, book store or author. Since I’m just an author on my lonesome, I drive all the sales myself. I spend time on the Amazon.com Kindle forums, on my twitter, on my site and my blogs, posting links, reviews and excerpts of my books to drive readers towards buying them… I can’t do that with iBookstore. Effectively, you’ve tied my promotional hands behind my back. Since I don’t even know for sure that the books are even up on your iBookstore (smashwords say that they’ve been shipped, but that doesn’t mean they’re on there, believe me. I’ve had my books shipped to Barnes & Noble for a long time now and they’re still not on the site!) I can’t even stick a little something on my website to say they’re also available on iBookstore.

It all seems rather stupid. Plus, I agree with the thousands of users of iPhone and iPod Touch that they should also be able to use this iBook app for their phones. The ePub format can easily be used for such small reading devices and you’re restricting your market by denying them. Even Amazon Kindle has a PC version you can download now. I know, I use it.

Please, Apple, wake up and see that you’re not really helping authors by not allowing us to even see if the books are on your store and not giving us a way of linking to them to promote!

I guess I’ll just have to keep pushing my promotional efforts at the sites which do let me see my books – Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Smashwords, Fictionwise and my own site.

Grr… and I had such high hopes for Apple iBookstore too!

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Science fiction romance ebook series out now on Amazon Kindle

Posted on 26th February 2010 by Felicity Heaton

My science fiction romance ebook series, Daughters of Lyra, is out now on Amazon Kindle!

Daughters of Lyra: Heart of an Emperor
Princess Sophia, one of the beautiful and strong daughters of Lyra, has had it with the never-ending row of suitors that her father, King Sebastian Lyra I, has lined up for her. When the latest suitor turns out to be the emperor of Varka, a…
http://bit.ly/abM38W

Daughters of Lyra: Heart of a Mercenary
Princess Miali, one of the beautiful and strong daughters of Lyra, is an ambassador for Lyra. Her true identity is kept secret to protect but itâ€™s her beauty that puts her in danger when slavers attack her ship while sheâ€™s in cryo-sleep. When she…
http://bit.ly/dxZ1gF

Daughters of Lyra: Heart of a Prince
Princess Renie, one of the beautiful and strong daughters of Lyra, loves nothing more than exploring space with her twin brother, Rezic, but when they venture too close to the Black Zone, the barrier between Vegan space and the rest of the galaxy…
http://bit.ly/9t7dml

Daughters of Lyra: Heart of a Commander
Lieutenant Amerii, one of the beautiful and strong daughters of Lyra, wants nothing more than to prove herself to her captain and the army without her father, Captain Lyra IIIâ€™s, helpâ€¦ except maybe one thing. Van, Count of Aeris and attendant to…
http://bit.ly/bMZEWB

Daughters of Lyra: Heart of an Assassin
Princess Natalia, one of the beautiful and strong daughters of Lyra, has spent her whole life on Lyra Five behaving just as a princess should, except for one thing. After her daily duties she sneaks out at night to sing in the bars of Lyra Five…
http://bit.ly/a23fIa

Also, check out the special series page: http://bit.ly/bRVTB1

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Science fiction romance ebook series now available on Amazon Kindle

Posted on 26th February 2010 by Felicity Heaton

My science fiction romance ebook series, Sons of Lyra, is now available on Amazon Kindle!

Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess
Captain Lyra II, known as Balt to his family, is one of the famed sons of Lyra, the handsome princes with passionate hearts that every girl in the galaxy wants to catch. The second eldest son, heâ€™s content with the freedom and adventure that life…
http://bit.ly/ar03DH

Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts
Heir Prince Lyra I hates his life, and itâ€™s only getting worse. Not only do Sebastianâ€™s parents force him to remain on Lyra Prime with them and control his life, now theyâ€™ve gone and arranged his marriage. Unable to stand the thought of getting…
http://bit.ly/bZprkH

Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love
Lieutenant Lyra IV is as sinfully handsome and irresistible as his elder brothers, but the one woman he wants seems to be immune to his charm. Every man in his squadron is falling over themselves to win her. Literally. When the reward is getting…
http://bit.ly/bQRXR0

Sons of Lyra: Stranded
Captain Lyra III is known for his vicious attitude and brilliance in battle. Second youngest of the infamously passionate and handsome sons of Lyra, heâ€™s a born leader and doesnâ€™t take no for an answer. Except this time. Acer is facing a future…
http://bit.ly/cKhaUU

Check out the special series page here too: http://bit.ly/9rNtNt

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hot shapeshifter paranormal romance now available on Kindle!

Posted on 6th February 2010 by Felicity Heaton

My hot hot hot shapeshifter / paranormal romance ebook series, In Heat, is now available on Amazon Kindle! What are you waiting for?

In Heat
The English winter weather has no chance of cooling Kim down when her dreams of Erik return, and this time theyâ€™re hotter than ever! Having spent the past two years waiting to be in heat again so she can mate with her black panther shape-shifter…
http://bit.ly/9nrl6K

In Heat: Mating Call
A heat wave isnâ€™t the only thing making London too hot for lawyer Kim. Sheâ€™s been spending each night with a man who sets her body and heart on fire. The problem? Heâ€™s a man that always sprouts black fur and purrs, and heâ€™s only a dream. Walking…
http://bit.ly/b2QD7RÂ

Both ebook novels cost only $4.49!

Happy reading!

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Werewolf romance ebook and vampire romance ebook now available on Amazon!

Posted on 31st January 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Two more of my short paranormal romance ebooks, this time a werewolf romance and a vampire romance, are available now on Amazon Kindle.

Embracing the Wolf
Kat, a hunter with the Werewolf Control Forces, fled her alpha werewolf lover, Amon, when he told her that she too had the gene in her blood and would one day mature into a werewolf–into his mate. Four years on, Kat has now matured. Each night…
http://bit.ly/bsRke1

A Promise of Passion
A dark, sensual and action packed story of two hearts, united in their passion and desire, but divided by their blood, A Promise of Passion is guaranteed to get your heart racing. Alicia is a vampire hunter, unable to find a man strong enough to…
http://bit.ly/csB7sB

Happy reading!

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Vampires Realm – Kindle Editions now available

Posted on 24th January 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Hi all…

Now that the Amazon Kindle programme accepts non-US authors (at last!) I’ve made a first batch of Kindle versions and they’re available now!

First up are the Vampires Realm stories. Check them out…

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=F%20E%20Heaton

Individual links to books:

Prophecy: Child of Light
A girl unlike any other girl, a vampire unlike any other vampire, Prophecy lives life in the dark until the night she breaks the rules. Leaving the family mansion to hunt for the first time, she encounters Valentine, a vampire from her family’s…
http://www.amazon.com/Prophecy-Child-Light-Vampires-ebook/dp/B0035LDNV4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-1

Prophecy: Caelestis & Aurorea
The final battle draws closer. Prophecy’s world becomes darker and more dangerous, pushing her to the limit and testing her strength and her heart, almost breaking her. Old friends turn their backs, leaving her to fight with the help of an…
http://www.amazon.com/Prophecy-Caelestis-Aurorea-Vampires-ebook/dp/B0035LDNZK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-4

Prophecy: Dark Moon Rising
An enemy with unimaginable power and bloodlines with centuries of hatred bred into them, two things that threaten to tear Prophecy and Valentine apart as they fight for their lives and their future together. Their vain attempt to join their houses…
http://www.amazon.com/Prophecy-Rising-Vampires-Realm-ebook/dp/B0035LDO2C/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-6

Spellbound
Whatâ€™s a girl to do when the two men she loves are suddenly her love slaves? A vampire and leader of her bloodline, Prophecy celebrates her Death Day in style with a two night ball. Everyone is there, but all she can think about is getting her mate…
http://www.amazon.com/Spellbound-Vampires-Realm-ebook/dp/B0035LDNFA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-5

Seventh Circle
Dark, sensual and fast-paced, Seventh Circle is a story of forbidden love so strong that it will save the world. Born with strange powers similar to a vampireâ€™s, Lilith has spent her life hunting demons for Section Seven. Now, on the very same…
http://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Circle-Vampires-Realm-ebook/dp/B0035LDO68/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-2

Winter’s Kiss
The tales of the mansion near Nikaâ€™s remote Russian village say that its lord drinks blood to live and that the guards are dead men walking, but that doesnâ€™t stop Nika from falling for one of themâ€”a man who seemingly hasnâ€™t changed in twenty years…
http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Kiss-Vampires-Realm-ebook/dp/B0035LDN4Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264325561&sr=1-3

Of course, those outside the US pay a premium for the kindle editions as they’re only available via amazon.com. If you’re outside the US and own a kindle and don’t want to have to pay around 40% MORE!!!!, I recommend going to Fictionwise.com which does the kindle compatible mobi version of my books for the usual prices…

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a24715/F-E-Heaton/?

Happy Reading Everyone!

Felicity