Monarch: Egg is now Available

The wait is over.  It's zero hour for Monarch: Egg.  For those of you who were waiting for it's release, your wait is over.  You may purchase the story now.

For those who have already purchased their copy I have good and not so good news.  The not so good news is that Amazon has yet to send out email notifications to those who have purchased prior to today.

Those who have purchased since I last did an update will have to wait for Amazon to contact you.  My apologies.  Hopefully those e-mails will be forthcoming over the next 24 hours.

The Good news is that if you (my loyal readers) received an update from Amazon for the preview back at the first of the month, you should be able to read Egg within minutes.  Simply reply "yes" once again to the same email message you received in early December and all one hundred plus pages of Egg should soon be on your Kindle or Kindle application. I tried this today just to see if it worked.  Sure enough, it did.  It felt like I was hacking my own book, but it replaced it almost instantaneously.

What I did was log on to Amazon and then go to my Kindle Application on my computer.  I "right-clicked" on my copy of Monarch in my Kindle Library and then clicked on "Remove From Device."  By doing this it removes the current version.  At the same time, at the bottom of the page a transparent version of the book reappears.  Only this time it has the symbol of an "arrow descending from a cloud."  This is the version stored online.  If things have been updated, once you click on the transparent book cover you should then have Stage One in your Kindle.

Hopefully by the release of Stage Two the bugs will be worked out of the system. Again my apologies if you have to wait.

Regardless of the kinks in this process, Monarch: Egg is ready for consumption just in time for Christmas.   I hope you enjoy it.  There are only 365 days left until 12/21/2012.

Thanks for reading.

-aap

 Monarch: Egg (Only $0.99)
Monarch  (Also available for $0.99 only through the Holidays)

A Halloween Treat

I am posting today to wish you all a Happy and Safe Halloween.  Also, I want to inform you about the Sneak Preview of Monarch:Egg.  Several months ago, I contemplated giving people who purchased Monarch early a collectible item.  My choosing to publish through Amazon seemed to eliminate that option.  I thought about giving away t-shirts with the Monarch logo and had several other ideas in mind.  Oh well.

While I can no longer give away t-shirts or other gifts of appreciation, I can reward those who purchase my book early in one way through Amazon.  For anyone who purchases either Monarch: Egg or Monarch before 11/13/11...ish, I will give you a Sneak Peek at Monarch.

How will I do this?

Well, the Sneak Peek will not be available immediately.  First, I have to attend the 11/11-11/12 Atlanta Writers Conference and see what comes of that.  At some point after that weekend, and before the 12/22/2011 release date, I will make the preview available.  Amazon will send an email informing you that an update has been made to the book.  By clicking on a link in the email it will allow you to replace the message with the Sneak Preview of the book on your Kindle or Kindle application.

I am choosing to do the Sneak Preview for two reasons.  1) It is a way for me to apologize for having to change the Release Date because of the Conference.  2) It is a way for me to thank you for purchasing Monarch before it is even available.  And I appreciate that very much.

Happy Halloween!
Aaron Pitters