Today is the official release day of TERMINUS. I couldn’t be more excited because this book has been in the making since 2009 and has finally been published. It’s now available for NOOK on Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/XmcxzB and for Kindle at Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/178qkvn
Also available in paperback: http://amzn.to/X8JhKp
For free Sample Chapters (see link below)
Back in 2010 when Beyond Justice first appeared on Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com, I never dreamed it would hit #1 on multiple lists on both sites. Now, more than two years later, it continues to stand strong on several top 10 bestseller lists on Amazon.com, and has won numerous awards, including The International Book Award. I am humbled by the many kind reviews it’s received, but by far, the greatest satisfaction comes from reading fan mail.
It’s been a while since I posted this sort of thing, but I have forgotten to report this new milestone. BEYOND JUSTICE hit #1 bestseller on Amazon.com in the category of Religious Mysteries, #3 in legal thriller and #4 in another legal thriller category. This was the second weekend in a row it hit this status and ranked in the mid 300 overall Amazon sales ranking and remained there for several days.
Thank you, all you wonderful readers out there and thanks be to God, who makes all things posaible.
Great to know that FROM THE ASHES, by my “evil twin” Ian Alexander is doing so well. It’s sitting with some good company among the Left Behind books by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. FROM THE ASHES is a short novella set in the YA/Epic Fantasy world of the Sojourner Saga. It is a prequel to another Amazon #1 Bestseller–ONCE WE WERE KINGS by my pen name Ian Alexander.
I have never been a fan of the Fantasy genre of books, but Ian Alexander has changed my mind. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and would highly recommend it to everyone! Give it a try, even if you don’t usually read fantasy. You might change your mind…I did.
–Nanci R., Amazon Reviewer.
Here are the bestseller lists it reached:
Amazon Bestselling author Allan Leverone’s book THE LONELY MILE has just hit the top 5 on 2 Amazon bestseller lists. He’s here to blog today about author promotion.
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Author Promotion: The Holy Grail
by Allan Leverone
I’m like every other author out there. I want you to read my book, and when you’re done with it, I want you to recommend it to a friend, and then go buy another of my books. That’s my goal. And any author who tells you he doesn’t share that goal is either lying or needs to stop writing books immediately and keep a diary instead.
And while I freely admit to trying virtually all of the above promotional methods, plus some others as well—and will undoubtedly continue to try them in the future—I’m coming to grips with the fact that promotion is hit-or-miss, and the best thing I can do for my career is keep writing the highest-quality fiction I can.
Because book-buying is driven by name-recognition, and sooner or later you will pick up one of my books and you will check it out, and I want you to feel like I wrote it specifically for you. And I want you to remember my name and think of me as the guy who wrote the book that spoke directly to you.
Because that’s really the only thing I can control in this strange writing gig.
Bio
Allan Leverone is the author of the acclaimed thrillers, FINAL VECTOR (Medallion Press) and THE LONELY MILE (StoneHouse Ink), as well as the horror novellas DARKNESS FALLS and HEARTLESS, both from Delirium Books. He is a three-time Derringer Award finalist for excellence in short mystery fiction and a 2011 Pushcart Prize nominee. Allan lives in Londonderry, NH with his family, where he is hard at work on his next book. Learn more at www.allanleverone.com.
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Every now and then I receive fan mail which truly touches me and encourages me in my writing. I endeavor to write books that not only entertain, but inspire and challenge in positive ways. If in any way my writing can reach my readers and give them hope and cause them to live better, then I feel that I’ve fulfilled my calling.
…for almost 14 solid months, BEYOND JUSTICE has remained on two Amazon Top 100 bestseller categories (legal thrillers) and recently hovered around the top 5 all the way up to #2 in legal thrillers. For a long time a title by Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer) dominated that #1 spot–months after the theatrical release of the same title starring Matthew McConaughey.
Well, today after several close encounters with the #2 spot in Amazon.com’s bestselling legal thrillers, BEYOND JUSTICE hit #1 bestseller!
Black Friday Ebook Deals! This is a great time to load up some free and bargain titles for your ebook reader, so I’d like to make you aware of some of my bestselling titles, which are all available in the books section of this website
“Darkroom” by Joshua Graham named an Award-Winning Finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category of The USA “Best Books 2011″ Awards.