Due to an eye problem and severe headaches, I am unable to look at computer screens for long, so there will be no major post this week, only an announcement that Nobility Among Us is available for free via Amazon Prime (It can be borrowed for free for an unlimited period if you have such an account. It has been this way for a long time, but I neglected to formally announce that fact).
The talented artist who did the cover and internal artwork for Nobility Among Us has a birthday tomorrow and is expecting her first child after many years of longing for such a blessing, so here’s to you, Anna! (I don’t know if it’s going to be a boy or girl, so if it does turn out to be a girl, please replace all instances of his/him with her.)
Mum to be at thirty-seven
Waiting for a piece of heaven
In human form to join the world
His beauty slowly here unfurled
Days of discomfort, restless nights,
Aching backs and little frights,
Hormones toss and turn your moods,
Grant appetites for curious foods.
At times you’ll feel you cannot cope;
Those storms will pass, do not lose hope.
Pain like you’ve never known will come
But then at last you’ll be a mum.
A look upon your baby sweet
Will fill your heart with love complete
The challenges have just begun
As you walk down the path marked “Mum”
Adventures, joys, discoveries
An album of sweet memories
And messes, tears and nappies piled
All worth it when you see him smile.
A Kindle Countdown deal for Nobility Among Us for the US territory of amazon.com will be starting today at approximately 8 a.m. PST (4pm GMT), in which the kindle ebook version of the book can be bought for as little as $0.99 until the same time on Sunday, after that the price will go up by 1 dollar every two days until it reaches its normal price again.
More information about the book can be found via the Nobility Among Us page, linked to in the menu bar at the top of this page, the kindle countdown deal will be occurring here.
I apologise for the delay with this week’s post, caused by something similar* to that described in the video below:
*by this I mean a much milder stomach complaint that made it very uncomfortable to sit upright for an extended period and made for much more interrupted sleep at night than normal. No doctors visits were needed or anything like that, and I’m almost back to full health, this week’s post should be ready tomorrow or the day after. Besides, it seemed like a good excuse to post the above video 🙂
This is Lydia Anna, aged four (hours), born today at 12:27 GMT measuring 51cm and weighing 3.69 kilos. Isn’t she beautiful? As a result, my schedule is pretty hectic right now and there will most likely be no poem this week. I hope you can all forgive me.
Edit – new daylight pic of her aged a full day! Look how she’s grown!
And now in daylight!
The Kindle ebook list price for Nobility Among Us has been reduced from $6.49 to $3.99 (£2.45, €2.90, depending on your location). Take a look, if you like it, there’s even more reason to get yourself a copy. If you have a copy, read and liked it, recommend it to your friends.
I just received this notice from the publisher:
Please find below the final Christmas order dates for direct site order through FeedARead. To assure delivery of your books before Christmas, please place orders no later than:
Paperback Books – Direct Site OrderIn the US – December 10th
In the UK – December 10th
In Australia – December 10th
In Europe – December 7th• Please note that books are processed for print on the print line first, and any orders placed after the noted cut-off dates above cannot be guaranteed for Christmas delivery.
• Please order early! Countries internal postage systems will have the largest workload on their infrastructures in the holiday season so please order early to avoid unexpected delaysWe will be working up to Christmas, and all orders past the above dates will be processed as soon as possible by the printers.
Ordering books at booksellers
Final Christmas order dates for books at booksellers such as Amazon will be as listed on the various booksellers websites.
So if you are wanting to order a paperback copy for someone for Christmas, please do so by the above dates. Of course this doesn’t apply to buying the Kindle ebook version, or to customers in the Czech Republic ordering copies direct from the author.
Amazon.com has a feature known as matchbook, where the Kindle ebook version of a book can be set to a reduced price or free for customers who have bought a physical version. This is now activated for Nobility Among Us so that anyone who bought the paperback version from Amazon.com can now ‘buy’ the Kindle ebook version for free.
For those of you who have bought (or in the future buy) from another shop, I can manually send you a copy of the Kindle ebook version for free. Please use the contact form below to request your free copy. Once you do, a message will be sent to the email address you give according to the shop you bought from, telling you what sort of proof of purchase to send. Once that is received from you, a free copy of the Kindle ebook version (approx. 5.6 MB) will be sent to you, either as an email attachment or in the form of a temporary private link to where you can download it. If you are unsure as to whether your email account accepts an attachment this large, assume it does not and don’t check the box.
Thank you for buying the book, and I hope you enjoy it fully in whatever format. If you don’t yet have a copy, go here and choose the shopping channel that gives you the best deal.
This is how I envisioned the poem, and is now the official video trailer for the book. Imagine your favourite voice actor reading it out, or just soak in the power of the words themselves. What say you all, good enough?
Also, benzwycky.wordpress.com is now benzwycky.com :¬)
Here for your enjoyment are two of the internal images from the book (in the printed version, the maps will be in black and white) and the entirety of the Prologue. Some of the formatting may not match that in the book, since it’s not precisely formatted for blog posts. At the end there is a link to Chapter 1. Continue reading
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