Price: $0.99
Amazon Summary:
A science fiction murder mystery set in a future world where virtual reality is a way of life.
The hero is a Dreamer, a one-in-a-million talent who lays down psi-discs for the Cerebral Broadcasting Corporation. Dreamers are employed on billion-dollar contracts to produce psi-discs, the entertainment of the future. But when Dreamers start to die, our hero has to go into their alternative realities on the track of the killer.
Be warned – there is a fair amount of sexual violence in the book, which is necessary for the plot but which is not for the faint-hearted!
* The author has two other 99 cent offerings: a serial-killer novella called “the basement”
and a vampire mystery called “once bitten”
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By Tony Wilson December 10, 2010 - 3:40 PM
There is an interesting back story to the 3 lowercase titles by Stephen. He undertook an exercise in shameless self-promotion to show his agent/publisher(?) there was method in madness of low digital pricing. Made the top 20 in UK store with all 3 including a 1st. Search the Amazon discussions and you’ll find some sales figures and also a reviewer stalking. If I remember correctly, he pressured a reviewer to remove his low rating. One of his other books has since been priced even lower.
By Chris Walters December 10, 2010 - 3:59 PM
@Tony Wilson, I noticed he also mentioned on the US Amazon discussion forums that UK forum members are in general nicer than US forum members. I’ve seen a lot of complaints on the US forums from consumers who don’t want to be (in their eyes) advertised to in their discussions. I’m curious if he ran into some resistance and that’s what he’s referring to.
By Tony Wilson December 10, 2010 - 5:17 PM
@Chris Walters, Yes. I think the main problem is that there are hoards of unknowns promoting in the discussions. I would love to see some better “Virtual Book Tour/Signing” evolve. Discussions are just too free-for-all. Thie other book going down is Hard Landing $7.52 to 0.79 but they are struggling. If you sort by price, it lists lowest but still with old price.
By Tony Wilson December 10, 2010 - 5:34 PM
Just checked UK and it’s £0.49. We need more author activists like Stephen!
By Tony Wilson December 11, 2010 - 8:51 AM
@Tony Wilson, didn’t you mean hordes instead of hoards?