Thursday, July 28, 2011

Time to Check Out the Amazon Ratings

We've all been (well, I have) waiting for someone else in Amazon to review Flatline Virus other than RB. It's happened and serves to smooth out the average rating to three stars out of five. Back to sanity.

By the way, Apple (iTunes) shows seven ratings averaging 3.5 stars out of five for Flatline Virus.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Likely Scenarios of Book I am Researching

I am excited about the book I am working on. That is, I'm not writing it yet, but taking notes and researching the material. The various futuristic ideas I believe will stick include the following:
1. The story takes place about a hundred years from now.
2. There will be pre-colonization expedition to Europa, a moon of Jupiter, perhaps the most likely candidate for extraterrestrial life outside of Mars.
3. The 21st century is full of conflict for humanity, at least partly due to the huge technological changes occurring. There are other reasons as well.
4. The world is in danger of an apocalyptic event.
5. Artificial intelligence is reaching human level. This has huge implications for mankind.

Monday, July 4, 2011

My One Amazon Reviewer-For Now

This is Ross' picture from his Amazon reviewer profile.



I'll never know how many potential readers Ross has chased away. He reviewed the book about a week after it was published; and yet, Amazon still remains a strong sales outlet for me. I have only one review from Amazon and it's my best sales channel. I have more from B&N and Apple. Was that one early review responsible? Maybe. I still wonder how he confused my zombie book with a work of William Gibson (the famous author) who would never think of stooping to a book about the re-animation of the dead and sell it at the ridiculously low offering price of $2.99. Ever notice a William Gibson (the famous author) title as compared to the author's name? Very, very different from mine. His name is larger than the title (because it's the draw for readers). I guess Ross was duped by my fabulous marketing effort and compelling cover. Check out Ross' other reviews. My view is that his view is rather negative overall.

Happy July 4th!!!