Attendees of the Romance Writers of America national convention in Atlanta this week will discover a special treat in their registration goodie bags.
Inside each bag will be a four gigabyte Smashwords USB thumb drive containing 118 free romance ebooks, including titles from many of the world's most popular romance authors. They're all Smashwords authors. The books are provided in both .epub and Kindle formats.
Inside each bag will be a four gigabyte Smashwords USB thumb drive containing 118 free romance ebooks, including titles from many of the world's most popular romance authors. They're all Smashwords authors. The books are provided in both .epub and Kindle formats.
Also on the drive are digital handouts for nearly 50 RWA workshops and sessions, as well as a Smashwords ebook publishing kit containing copies of The Smashwords Style Guide, The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, and The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success.
We're really excited about the drive and trust it'll give our authors some great exposure within the romance community.
I'd like to thank RWA for their incredible support. Special thanks also to the 100+ Smashwords authors participating in this promotion. Each author personally selected the title they wanted to share with the 2,000+ attending authors, publishers, agents, media, bloggers and other industry professionals. I'd also like to give a shout out to Angela, Jim, Aaron, Henry, Bill and Raylene on the Smashwords team for their work in pulling together this fun project.
I'd like to thank RWA for their incredible support. Special thanks also to the 100+ Smashwords authors participating in this promotion. Each author personally selected the title they wanted to share with the 2,000+ attending authors, publishers, agents, media, bloggers and other industry professionals. I'd also like to give a shout out to Angela, Jim, Aaron, Henry, Bill and Raylene on the Smashwords team for their work in pulling together this fun project.
If you're attending RWA, I'll be in two sessions. The first is a 90-minute PAN (Published Authors Network) panel on Thursday at 10:30am titled, Self-Publishing for Professional Authors. Also on the panel will be Julia Coblentz from Barnes and Noble, Jon Fine from Amazon, and Mark Lefebvre from Kobo.
The second session takes place on Saturday at 11am in room A703, where I'll present a one-hour workshop titled, Focus on Smashwords. Stop by and say hi!
Here's a summary of all the great books included on the drive, alpha-sorted by the author's first name.
- A. M. Hudson - Dark Secret
- Abbi Glines - Fallen Too Far
- Addison Moore - Someone to Love
- Alexis Harrington - A Taste of Heaven
- Amy A. Bartol - Inescapable
- Asrai Devin - Second Chance Romance
- Autumn Dawn - The Charmer
- Ava Stone - A Scandalous Wife
- Becky Barker - Chey’s Cowboy
- Bella Andre - Candy Store
- Brenda K. Davies - Awakened
- C.L. Bevill - Disembodied Bones
- Calle J. Brookes - Live or Die
- Camilla Chafer - Armed and Fabulous
- Candice Hern - A Garden Folly
- Carol Rose - Hating Christmas
- Caroline Clemmons - Brazos Bride
- Catherine Bybee - Binding Vows
- Catherine Gayle - Pariah
- Chanda Hahn - UnEnchanted - An Unfortunate Fairy Tale
- Cheryl Douglas - Shameless
- Cheryl Bolen - The Bride Wore Blue
- Christie Craig - Gotcha!
- Claire Delacroix - The Beauty Bride
- Claire Farrell - Death is a Gift
- Claudia Hall Christian - Tax Assassin
- Claudy Conn - Shadowlove-Stalkers
- Colleen Hoover - Hopeless
- Cynthia Eden - Bound By Blood
- Cynthia Wicklund - In the Garden of Temptation
- Danelle Harmon - The Wild One
- Debra Webb - Dirty
- Donna Grant - Shadow Magic
- Donna McDonald - Next Song I Sing
- Eliza Gayle - Tucker’s Fall
- Elizabeth Hunter - A Hidden Fire
- Elizabeth Reyes - Fate
- Elizabeth Schulte - Easy Bake Coven
- Ella Ardent - Submission
- Emma Holly - Hidden Talents
- Erica Stevens - Captured
- Eve Langlais - Bunny and the Bear
- Felicity Heaton - Covet
- Gemma Halliday - Hollywood Scandals
- Heather Boyd - Guarding the Spoils
- Isabelle Rae - When Summer Ends
- J.R. Rain - Vampire Dawn
- Jami Alden - Private Paradise
- Jamie McGuire - Providence
- Jana DeLeon - Rumble on the Bayou
- Jasmine Haynes - Dead to the Max
- Jennifer Ashley - Hard Mated
- Jennifer Skully - She’s Gotta Be Mine
- Jerrica Knight-Catania - A Gentleman Never Tells
- Jillian Holmes - Initial Kiss
- JL Paul - All The Wrong Reasons
- JS Scott - The Billionaire’s Obsession
- Julia Templeton - The Deepest Cut
- K.A. Linde - Avoiding Commitment
- K.M. Golland - Temptation
- Kahlen Aymes - The Future of Our Past
- Kaitlyn Davis - Ignite (Midnight Fire Series Book 1)
- Karina Halle - Lying Season
- Kat Martin - Hot Rain
- Kate Angell - Squeeze Play
- Kathryn Shay - After The Fire
- Kelly Mooney - Down the Shore
- Kira Saito - Bound
- Kirsty Moseley - The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window
- Kris Pearson - The Boat Builder’s Bed
- Kristie Cook - Promise
- Kristine Mason - Kiss Me
- Lacey Weatherford - Crush
- Leia Shaw - The Dom with a Safeword
- Lexi Blake - The Dom Who Loved Me
- Lisa Mondello - Her Heart for the Asking
- Lisa Scott - Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories
- Liz Fielding - Wild Justice
- Lizzy Ford - Xander’s Chance
- Lucy Kevin - Sparks Fly
- M. Leighton - Fragile
- Madeline Sheehan - The Soul Mate
- Marie Kelly - Billionaire’s Revenge
- Marquita Valentine - Live For You
- Marsha Canham - Through A Dark Mist
- Marti Talbott - Marblestone Mansion
- Melanie Nilles - Starfire Angels
- Mia Dymond - Leather, Lace, and Rock-n-Roll
- Morgan Rayne - A Different Kind of Fairy Tale
- Nicola Marsh - Crazy Love
- Norah Wilson - The Merzetti Effect
- Pamela Clare - Sweet Release
- Patricia Ryan - Heaven’s Fire
- Peggy Webb - Can’t Stop Loving You
- Quinn Loftis - Prince of Wolves
- R.E. Butler - Every Night Forever
- R.L. Mathewson - Playing for Keeps: A Neighbor From Hell
- Rachel Van Dyken - Elite
- Rita Hestand - Rainingin My Heart
- Rose Gordon - Her Sudden Groom
- Ruth Ann Nordin - Bid for a Bride
- Ruth Cardello - Maid for the Billionaire
- S.C. Stephens - Collision Course
- S.H. Kolee - Seeing Shadows
- S.J. Wright - The Vampire’s Warden
- Samantha Young - Drip Drop Teardrop
- Sarah Woodbury - Daughter of Time
- Shadonna Richards - His Island Bride
- Shayla Black - Dangerous Boys and their Toy
- Shayla Black and Lexi Blake - TheirVirgin Captive
- Stacey Wallace Benefiel - Crossing
- Sylvia Day - All Revved Up
- Sylvia McDaniel - A Scarlet Bride
- Theresa Marguerite Hewitt - Two Weeks With a SEAL
- Tracie Puckett - The New Girl
- Tracy Falbe - Union of Renegades
- Trina M. Lee - Once Bitten
- V.K. Sykes - Curveball
Congrats to these fine authors for participating in this promotion, and thanks for publishing and distributing with Smashwords!
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14 comments:
Just confirms notion that SW is leading the industry in five categories of ebooks. IF your bookchild is not among those five categories, there may be other means of getting Your ebook discovered.
Wish I'd known about it. Would have loved to take part in the promo.
Are there plans to do this with other genres at other conventions? Science fiction and fantasy would make a great fit for WorldCon (LoneStarCon 3) or World Fantasy.
Very well thought out promotion and quite innovative(as one would expect from Smashwords.) More of this please.
Thank you so much Mark and the Smashwords team for including my novel Union of Renegades on your thumb drive promotion. This is the most romantic of my epic fantasies. It begins the love story between Dreibrand the ambitious military officer and Miranda an escaped slave. They'll become a power couple that rule a vast kingdom but only after grim struggle and terrible sacrifice.
Mark & everyone at Smashword, this is so incredible of you to put together and I am looking forward to picking up my registration bag.
Tara Simone
Absolutely thrilled to be part of this wonderfully innovative promo. Thanks, Mark!
Greetings from the lone Kiwi on the list. Very proud to be there with The Boat Builder's Bed. Thank you so much for the opportunity.
I'm just wondering where my payment is for the last quarter? I remember when there would be a notice as to when we would get our money but now it is like a big black hole. Maybe putting a notice up saying "royalty payments will be made on ..... "
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Smashwords helped me realize my dream to be a published writer. I am honored to be part of the RWA promotion.
I agree with Sandra on wanting more genres. Hopefully, Mark, you can work out some spots at other conventions. Fantasy would be great!
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