Comments | rachelmanija: Self-published Book Recs

rachelmanija

Self-published Book Recs

Feb 06, 2013 14:57

With e-publishing getting so easy (unless you are trying to format poetry, sigh), there has been a boom in self-published books. I've found that if I apply the same selection methods I do to traditionally published books (premise, recommendations, reviews, read a sample), the quality is surprisingly similar ( Read more... )

genre: implausible plots, awesomely bad books, author: milan courtney, book recs

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anonymous February 6 2013, 23:35:51 UTC

Sins of the Sioux Billionaire, by Skye Eagleday. It's a billionaire erotic romance (yes, that's a genre) novelette, distinguished by good writing and that, rather than the usual noble savages who usually appear in genre romances, it's about two modern Native American people.

Eagleday has other books too, but... well, they may not be up your alley. You'll see what I mean if you click on his name. I do think you'd like "Sioux Billionaire."

rachelmanija February 6 2013, 23:43:24 UTC

Thanks, that does look good. I nabbed it.

(What, you think I wouldn't appreciate Fuck Buck?)

arielstarshadow February 7 2013, 00:01:55 UTC

http://mcahogarth.org/

Pretty much anything by her, but I'm very partial to her Kherishdar books.

rachelmanija February 7 2013, 00:08:29 UTC

Thanks!

jinian February 7 2013, 02:29:47 UTC

Yay, there is a Smashwords option! Most of these people seem to publish only with Amazon and BN, alas.

thecityofdis February 7 2013, 01:04:53 UTC

Trisha Leigh's The Last Year series, of which the fourth and final book releases this month. The first is Whispers in Autumn: http://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Autumn-Last-Year-ebook/dp/B008NFVDTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360198864&sr=8-1&keywords=whispers+in+autumn... )

rachelmanija February 7 2013, 01:07:32 UTC

Thanks! The Leigh books especially sound right up my alley.

Those both have way better covers than I usually see on self-pubbed work - very professional-looking.

thecityofdis February 7 2013, 01:08:44 UTC

Yes! Trisha's covers are gorgeous - the artist she hired does freelance work for the Big 6, as it turns out!

sartorias February 7 2013, 02:08:59 UTC

Oh, these sounds good!

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sartorias February 7 2013, 02:08:42 UTC

Ankaret Wells. Try The Maker's Mask. Or if you like Bronte juvenilia (it reads a lot like id vortex fanfic with a heavy Byronic overlay) The Firebrand which is steampunk and funny!

hesychasm February 7 2013, 02:21:37 UTC

Have you tried freece's Captive Prince yet? She just released the first two volumes to Amazon...yesterday or the day before, I think. I personally haven't read them yet, but am going to start soon. I mean, thousands of people loved the free version, so.

raincitygirl February 8 2013, 01:20:33 UTC

link to how to buy. Captive Prince is an auto-buy for me, even though it starts out kind of slowly. Give it a few chapters and it gets TREMENDOUS.

estara February 8 2013, 17:08:34 UTC

Thanks for the link! I've had good luck with Australian authors and this seems to be m/m epic fantasy like Ann Somerville's Darshian Tales - oh right, those are self-published, too - combined with courtly intrigue a la Champion of the Rose or sartorias' Crown Duel. And the ebook price isn't too prohibitive for the first one.

kitewithfish February 10 2013, 23:18:27 UTC

Seconding the rec on this- I was keeping up with the free publication of the books, until she turned towards ebook publication. It's very good worldbuilding, and great characters, and overall, kind of awesome.

I don't recall if she published the ending of the story in its initial run online, or if I just missed it... it was enjoyable, but at the time the episodic publication kept it from devouring my brain entirely.