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Audiobook release and paperbacks

For those of you who have been waiting for Darkness Divides and Darkness Clashes to be out in paperback, they are both available now. Amazon gave me the kick in the pants I needed to get it done by offering to help out. I think they got tired of waiting for me to do it myself (in my defense, I’ve been busy). Big thanks to the Createspace team for their design work. Here’s the links for those who’d like to pick them up:

Darkness Divides– http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Divides-Sensor-Volume-3/dp/1502932008/

Darkness Clashes– http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Clashes-Sensor-Volume-4/dp/1502932180/

You can also find them on Barnes & Noble as well as some other online retailers.

The big release day for the Darkness Haunts audiobook is this Tuesday (Nov 25th). Pre-order for the digital download is now available, but if you’d like to hear a sample of it first click here. Prices for it vary according to how you purchase so for your convenience I’m going to tell you the cheapest ways to get it as of right now. Keep in mind the cost could go up or down at the retailer’s discretion.

1) For those who shop at Amazon and already own the kindle version of Darkness Haunts, you can get the audio version on Amazon here for $3.49. I’m not sure of the price outside the U.S. but feel free to comment and let me know what you’re seeing if you’re in the UK, Germany, Australia, etc and own the Kindle version.

2) If you’re a member of Audible and have downloads left you could get it for free or if you’re new to the site you could sign up for trial membership and get it for free. Here’s the link- http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Darkness-Haunts-Audiobook/B00PKJ2MJ8/

3) For those who do not have Audible membership (or can’t/won’t get it), and also do not own the Kindle version of Darkness Haunts you have a few options. Buy at full price from Amazon or Audible for $27.99, buy it on iTunes for $23.95, or you can buy it on my publisher website (Tantor) for $14.39 at this link- https://tantor.com/darkness-haunts-susan-illene.html

As I mentioned in a previous post, you can also order the CD versions of the audio book. Here’s the links to those:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Tantor*

Books-A-Million

Waterstones (for the UK folks)

*Currently, Tantor offers CDs at the lowest cost. You can get the regular audio CD that works in all CD players/computers for $14.99 or you can get the MP3 CD for $9.99 that works in computers and some CD players.

I hope those of you who pick it up enjoy the audio version of Darkness Haunts. You can expect Darkness Taunts to be out on December 16th. The CD version for it and the other books in the series are already up for pre-order, but the digital download versions don’t become available until closer to their release dates. Feel free to ask any questions if you have any!

Veterans Day charity drive results

Veterans Day promo for charity

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I wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I will be donating all the royalties I earn through sales tomorrow (November 11th) for DARKNESS HAUNTS to the Wounded Warrior Project. This is for both ebook and paperback with each of the retailers where it’s available (Amazon, B&N, iTunes, and Kobo). After I’ve gotten the totals (which should be by late Wednesday) I will report the full amount earned and for every $100 raised I’ll kick in another $50. I’ll also post a receipt for my donation. Please help me out in making it as much as possible!

If you’re following my blog you’ve probably already purchased Darkness Haunts, but if you know friends or family who might enjoy the novel please let them know. Any help spreading the word through social media would also be appreciated. The hashtag for Twitter to use is #vetsgiveback if you choose to tweet about it.

This is in conjunction with other veteran authors who are also donating to their favorite veteran charities. Even if you can’t purchase Darkness Haunts, you can help by purchasing any of the other books listed at this link, contributing to one of the charities yourself, or offering a contribution to whatever sales I get. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We’ve got a live Google Hangout set up where I’ll be tomorrow afternoon (EST in America) where you can come chat with myself and other veteran authors. This is your chance to ask questions about the Sensor Series if you’ve got any and get them answered right away. You can also feel free to join in whichever other topics we may choose to discuss. This is the link:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cksct3gkph5a9ovoqa3t8hs71t8

And these are the full details about the charity event below:

Veteran’s Day 2014 Charity Challenge: Gone, but Not Forgotten!

On Veteran’s Day 2014, 50 veteran authors will pledge 100% of their print, ebook and audio book royalties to their favorite veteran’s charity. In most cases, these are organizations that assisted the authors personally and they are trying their best to give back.

Veterans from each service branch and every conflict period, from Vietnam to even one author deployed to Afghanistan at this moment, are pledging. This diverse collection of works includes New York Times and USA Today Bestsellers and covers most genres. From romance to action-adventure and everything in between, there’s something for every taste here!

The ultimate goal of this event is to raise at least $10,000 for the 15+ veterans charities they’re supporting. If you aren’t interested in any of the books available, they have a page set up ranking the money raised for each charity and spotlighting bonus donations. Whether you contribute to the best performing or the least performing, either way your donation will be put to good use!

The complete collection of participating books and charities can be found here:

http://bit.ly/VeteransDayChallenge

Note: For the sake of transparency, each author will post their donation receipts within 90 days. If you are a veteran author, they are accepting submissions until noon (EST) on 11 November. Please visit the Writer’s Cafe at Kboards for submission details:

http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,199976.0.html

Audio books for the Sensor Series

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Some of you have asked about this in the past and now I can give you an answer! Recently, Tantor Media approached me with an offer to buy the English language audio rights to the Sensor Series books (up to Darkness Clashes). As much as I love handling ebooks and paperbacks myself, it was actually a relief to sell the rights for the audio and let professionals take care of it all. I simply don’t have the time or the know-how to do it myself (though I respect the authors who do!). This is a company who has handled many well-known authors so I trust them to do a great job.

The details of the deal included me getting final say on the narrator. Last week they provided several wonderful choices. One stood out in particular as being just the right voice for Melena. I’m happy to say Cris Dukehart will be narrating all the Sensor Series books. She has already started recording.

Update– There is now a sample of Cris reading the beginning of Darkness Haunts on the Tantor site here if you’d like to listen.

I’ve also got the release schedule for all the novels. I’m including that below, along with links where they’re available for pre-order (CD versions only). Once I have links to the digital download versions and any other retailers I’ll add those as well.

Darkness Haunts : 11/25/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Taunts : 12/16/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Chained by Darkness : 1/6/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Divides : 1/27/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Clashes : 2/17/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)

For Playing with Darkness, it will be included at the end of Darkness Divides since its too short to stand on its own. I’m glad Tantor recognized its significance to the series and offered to include it without me having to ask. Plus it’s a bonus to readers so you won’t have to buy it separately. They’ve also been great at working fast to get the books out and I hope those of you who enjoy the audio formats will be happy with the quality of their work!

Vlog for last week’s Q&A session