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Crime thriller, FELONIOUS JAZZ, just $4.99
Hi everyone -- I'm Bryan Gilmer. I teach newswriting at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and have made my living as a professional writer for 15 years, first as a newspaper reporter and now writing for institutional and corporate clients. But I've always wanted to be a novelist, and as of today I am.
My crime thriller, Felonious Jazz, has just been published by Laurel Bluff Books, and I'd like to invite all of you to read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Felonious-Jazz/dp/B00295R17Y
Here's the back cover blurb: Jeff Davis Swain digs up evidence for a Raleigh, North Carolina, trial law firm. Like Raleigh, Swain is Southern with blue-collar roots but now finds himself more at home in an Audi convertible than a rusty Ford pickup. When one of the firm's clients comes home to find his McMansion burglarized -- and his new wife's dog dead in the kitchen -- the man suspects his ex-wife. But Swain senses this is someone far more dangerous. From a stolen minivan, washed-up jazz bassist Leonard Noblac watches as Swain begins to investigate. He's ready to perform his next crime to punish and expose the zeros who live in the soulless suburb of Rocky Falls, and he's happy to have Swain in the front row of his audience. Used to working from the shadow at the back of the stage, Leonard intends to put down a throbbing beat of crime and destruction in Rocky Falls, the performance he knows will finally make him famous -- a jazz album of felonies. Jeff Swain must find Leonard and stop him -- but that will put the people closest to Jeff in mortal danger.
The Kindle community spoke, and I listened. To get you to try a new author, I've priced this at $4.99. This novel has been selling very well at local B&M retailers for $14.95 in trade paperback. If you read Felonious Jazz and like it, would you be kind enough to review it on Amazon? I look forward to discussing the book with any of you who would like to. Paperback edition also now available on Amazon.
My crime thriller, Felonious Jazz, has just been published by Laurel Bluff Books, and I'd like to invite all of you to read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Felonious-Jazz/dp/B00295R17Y
Here's the back cover blurb: Jeff Davis Swain digs up evidence for a Raleigh, North Carolina, trial law firm. Like Raleigh, Swain is Southern with blue-collar roots but now finds himself more at home in an Audi convertible than a rusty Ford pickup. When one of the firm's clients comes home to find his McMansion burglarized -- and his new wife's dog dead in the kitchen -- the man suspects his ex-wife. But Swain senses this is someone far more dangerous. From a stolen minivan, washed-up jazz bassist Leonard Noblac watches as Swain begins to investigate. He's ready to perform his next crime to punish and expose the zeros who live in the soulless suburb of Rocky Falls, and he's happy to have Swain in the front row of his audience. Used to working from the shadow at the back of the stage, Leonard intends to put down a throbbing beat of crime and destruction in Rocky Falls, the performance he knows will finally make him famous -- a jazz album of felonies. Jeff Swain must find Leonard and stop him -- but that will put the people closest to Jeff in mortal danger.
The Kindle community spoke, and I listened. To get you to try a new author, I've priced this at $4.99. This novel has been selling very well at local B&M retailers for $14.95 in trade paperback. If you read Felonious Jazz and like it, would you be kind enough to review it on Amazon? I look forward to discussing the book with any of you who would like to. Paperback edition also now available on Amazon.
Tags: crime, mystery, novel, suspense, thriller
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Permalink Reply by Bob Jhnson on -
Looks pretty interesting
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Peters on -
I was looking forward to picking this up but the price is listed at $4.99. Surely the "limited time" couldn't be over after less than two days, could it?
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Permalink Reply by Tim Thurston on -
Also surprised to see the $4.99 price tag. I'll download the sample and then decide.
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Gilmer on
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Hi Stephen,
Yes, I did change the price to $4.99 after two days at $1.99. The idea was to get some attention and some readers who would write reviews and then return the book to a normal price, but one still far below most Kindle novels. The response at $1.99 was overwhelming, propelling Felonious Jazz into the top-25 ranks in Mysteries & Thrillers almost instantly, so I settled on $4.99, the fourth cheapest price in the top 25. (When I set the price, in the top selling 25 mysteries on Amazon last night, 20 were 6.39 or higher, with most $9.99 and four above $10) I'm sorry you missed the really low price, but I hope you'll agree that $4.99 is a good value when compared to these other titles.
This is all a big experiment for me with regard to pricing, and I'm trying to find a price where it's a good value but also earns more than lunch money. I would be interested to hear if you think $4.99 is too high (probably seems high when you were expecting to pay $1.99).
Thanks for posting, and I hope to hear from you again.
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Gilmer on
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Back at $1.99 for Memorial Day; see revised first post in this thread.
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Gilmer on
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If anyone is in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill metro area, I have these book events coming up, and I would love to meet you at one. How do Kindle owners handle "book signings" anyhow? I could sign a bookmark or a card for you, I guess. :-)
Bryan will be the guest for the hour Monday, July 20, at 10 a.m. on the radio show "Carrboro Book Beat" on WCOM 103.5 FM, Carrboro, N.C., which can be heard live on the web at wcomfm.org. A podcast of the show will be posted later on carrborobookbeat.com.
Bryan and the Sawyer-Goldberg jazz band will do a book event for Felonious Jazz Friday, July 31 at 7 p.m. at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, N.C., featuring readings from the book accompanied by the band.
Bryan will be appearing on the "North Carolina Men of Mystery" mini book tour:
-- Sat. Aug. 8, 2:00 - McIntyre's Fine Books, Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, N.C.
-- Mon. Aug. 10, 7:00 - Page-Walker Hotel, sponsored by the Cary Library, Cary, N.C.
-- Tuesday, Aug. 11, 12:00 Brown Bag lunch, Eva Perry Library, Apex
-- Date TBA, Wake County West Regional Library, Morrisville, N.C.
Thanks to all who have read and/or reviewed Felonious Jazz. My book has more reviews on Amazon than many that have sold far more copies. That means so much to me.
Bryan Gilmer.
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