The Red Church 99 cent sale!

In an attempt to apply shock treatment to the Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour, I've lowered the price of The Red Church to 99 cents at Amazon. Buy it here!

If you love the smell of paper, you can get autographed copies at my personal site.

Scott

Drummer Boy flash mob

So I was thinking of kooky ideas to draw attention to my new novel Drummer Boy without spending money I don't have...

Since Amazon's rankings can change hourly, I'm hosting a "Flash Mob," based on the popular phenomenon of a bunch of strangers randomly agreeing to meet at a specific time and place. So I am flash mobbing Drummer Boy on Amazon at 3 p.m. EST on May 11. Right now, the fun is in the experiment, but I am giving away the bonus zombie story "Dead Ink" or the autobiographical "Dead Cats and Rain" to people who buy the kindle ebook during that hour. Even if you don't buy a copy (or use the free "kindle for PC" download), simply clicking on the book should send it on a viral path to more recommendation slots. If inspired, please blog, Tweet, and Facebook it--the link is http://www.amazon.com/Drummer-Boy-ebook/dp/B003F77EP4


Based on observation and guesswork, I think a small handful of sales in a single hour can really push a book up the charts and compete with bestselling novels. Sure, it won't last long, but Drummer Boy will reach more readers through the extra exposure.

At any rate, it's crazy, it's mod, and it's basically a free experiment in mass psychology (unless you choose to shell out the $1.99 for the ebook version). I'll be live-blogging the event from hauntedcomputer.blogspot.com, which mirrors on my Amazon author page at Author Central. If you want a banner, drop me an email at hauntedcomputer AT yahoo.com. I'll also be filing follow-up reports so other authors can learn about the social-media experiment. Hope you will join and see how it works out.

Scott

###

iPad and the world beyond

Haunted Computer Books will now be on iPad through our affiliation with Smashwords! We are also working with White Wolf Press to put our titles on Mobipocket and iPhone/iTunes for a worldwide audience. Titles that went up today include The Red Church, The Skull Ring, Burial To Follow, and an advance release of the coming supernatural thriller Drummer Boy by Scott Nicholson. More titles to follow soon!

###

Official launch of The Skull Ring

Thanks for supporting working-class fiction! Here's the latest:

Julia Stone will remember, even if it kills her...

With the help of a therapist, Julia is piecing together childhood memories of the night her father vanished. When Julia finds a silver ring that bears the name "Judas Stone," the past comes creeping back. Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The Christian handyman offers help, but he has his own shadowy past. And the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the small mountain town of Elkwood.

Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real. Julia's therapist is playing games. The handyman is trying to save her, in more ways than one. And a sinister cult is closing in, claiming ownership of Julia's body and soul...

It's an ebook right now at Amazon (http://tiny.cc/O3WNT) and Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9523) and will be in print in a few weeks.

If you'd like to help promote it and be eligible for cool prizes like valuable limited edition hardcovers, sign up to be a Microchip by emailing hauntedcomputerbooks AT yahoo.com with "Microchip" in the subject line. Thanks for all your support--this book has been part of me for a long time, with a number of revisions, and explores a lot of mysteries of faith, love, and messed-up motives. And don't forget the caffeine...

UPDATE: We broke the 1,000-barrier at about 7:30pm EST today, so all you Microchippers are in line for some great prizes like a signed limited edition of Scattered Ashes and of Brimstone Turnpike. Thank you very, very much for your support!

Scott Nicholson

Mahko's Knife & the gang

As previously threatened, er, mentioned, Mahko's Knife has moved its way into electronic existence. Currently available at Amazon, the action thriller from John O'Dowd is getting a warm reception befitting its tough protagonist and desert setting. As soon as a bugaboo involving apostrophes is cleared up , it will be at Smashwords as well.

Tonight, all the Haunted Computer Books are ranked under 10,000 at Amazon. Not spectacular, but noteworthy, since there are 420,000 ebooks listed. So we're in the top two or three percent.

The Skull Ring now available at Amazon and Smashwords

Suspense novel The Skull Ring is now live for Kindle at Amazon and for Sony, ePub, Stanza, Palm, and other formats at Smashwords. Hope you will give it a look.

Julia Stone is piecing together childhood memories of the night her father vanished. When she discovers a strange silver ring, the past comes creeping back. She finds messages inside her house, the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the mountain town of Elkwood, and the religious local handyman is trying to save her in more ways than one. And now a sinister cult is claiming ownership of her body and soul...


The official launch is still March 1, at which time giveaways will ensue based on the book's success that week at Amazon. Hope you'll chip in as a Microchip and support working-class fiction!

Next up, Scattered Ashes

The beautiful cover by Neil Jackson of Ghostwriter Publications will support the electronic edition of Scattered Ashes, a story collection coming soon to Kindle and Smashwords. Print editions are still available from Dark Regions.

Neil is rounding up some files and we're working on more releases, so expect a steady stream. We'll announce names as we get things finalized, but initially we'll be focusing on genre fiction--crime, mystery, contemporary fantasy, horror, dark fantasy, suspense, and thrillers.

Haunted Computer Books

This blog is dedicated to the digital books published by Haunted Computer Productions. Right now, my own titles The Red Church and the novelette Burial to Follow are available. Through arrangement with Ghostwriter Publications in the UK, I will be releasing digital versions of several Ghostwriter authors and will search for more backlist of established authors.

I am running a very writer-friendly outfit, allowing writers to reach new audiences. Neil Jackson of Ghostwriter will be supplying covers. We're primarily publishing for Kindle but we'll also be available in multiple platforms through Smashwords. I hope you give us a try. This blog will include guest posts, interviews, digital-book news, healthy publishing-industry debate, and a mutual celebration of stories and words. Hope you will join us!