MIA

So sorry for the lack of posts this week! If it's any consolation, I'm editing a new project, and it's just for you. :)

I am also kind of obsessed with this song. It's

What I'm Listening To

 

Enjoy your weekend!
 
~K~

Happy Cyber Monday!

Hey Y'all!

Since everyone is shopping online anyway, I'm linking Christine Fonseca's Cyber Monday post! Check out the free/$.99 ebooks available through tonight! 

I hope you had an awesome Thanksgiving!

I got to catch up with extended family, ate way too much peanut butter pie, made some fantabulous pumpkin muffins, decorated half the house for Christmas (all that's left is the real tree!), and learned I will have a new sister-in-law next year! 

Good times. :) 

~K~

Am listening to: Michael Buble's Christmas album

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to pop in quickly to let you know that this is still going on. Drop by my Amazon pages and "like" them, then tweet to win! It's that easy!

I'm keeping track of the tweets, so thank you to everyone who's already entered!

Also, it's INDIEgiving! Make sure you hop on over to the Indelibles' blog and enter to win some fabulous books/prizes!

Otherwise, I will be scarce this week due to the holiday. I'm not a Black Friday shopper, but I have family plans on Thursday, and then we'll be putting up one of our Christmas trees on Friday. 

BEST time of the year!

And, in light of the holiday:

I am thankful for YOU--my readers, followers, friends, and fans.  You guys are awesome on every level.

Happy Thanksgiving!

~Katie~

CMH Deleted Scene?

Question: 

Would you be interested in reading a deleted scene from Cross My Heart? 

By the time the final version was published, about 25% of the story was on the cutting room floor. One of these scenes featured Parker and Jaden early on in their relationship. 

It's kind of sweet, and I thought you might like to read it.

So . . . if you help me reach 500 likes on both my Cross My Heart Amazon US page AND my Amazon author page, I'll post it on the blog. 

If you "like" me AND tweet the news, I'll do another giveaway for the tweeters.  

Here's the link to the Cross My Heart page.

Here's the link to my author page.

And here's the tweet (all you have to do is copy and paste!):

CROSS MY HEART Fans! Help @katiekleinbooks reach 500 "likes" and she'll release a deleted scene feat. Parker and Jaden! http://katiekleinwrites.blogspot.com/2012/11/cmh-deleted-scene.html

I'm not sure how long this will take (depends on how fast you guys work!), but I'll keep an eye on the links. As soon as they both hit 500, I'll post an announcement re: the deleted scene. 

Everybody wins! :)

Am listening to: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 

Elton John and George Michael

October Sales Numbers

The grand total for October is:

 4,782

The Guardian

            Amazon US: 1067, Amazon UK: 10, Amazon DE: 1, BN: 78, iTunes: 18                   

                Total: 1,174           (37.8 sales per day)

Cross My Heart

            Amazon US: 1,063, Amazon UK: 367, Amazon DE: 46, Amazon FR: 9, BN: 329, 

            iTunes: 488, Kobo: 62

               Total: 2,364       (76.2 sales per day)

Vendetta

            Amazon US: 576, Amazon UK: 5, BN: 32, iTunes: 5                     

                Total: 618         (19.9 sales per day)

           

Revelation

            Amazon US: 525, Amazon UK: 3, BN: 34, iTunes: 5                     

                Total: 567         (18.2 sales per day)

Trilogy

            Amazon US: 35, Amazon UK: 2, BN: 15, iTunes: 7                     

                Total: 59           (1.9 sales per day)

No analysis this month. 

Still in a fall "slump," (which I hear is happening to a lot of people right now). Even so, am "slumping" higher this year than I did last year (more people w/ access to e-readers this year!). The decline wasn't *quite* so dramatic this month, so that's nice. 

The sales, they ebb and flow. All is well. :D

Otherwise, gearing up for the holidays!

Am still in "giveaway" mode, so keep an eye out for future posts!

~K~

***Giveaway***

Contest Closed!

***Thanks to everyone who entered! Because there's such a small crowd, I'm gifting EVERYONE a copy of The Guardian--so check your inboxes! If you don't hear from me, let me know!***

  

ONE COPY 

OF

TO 5 (read it: FIVE!) LUCKY WINNERS!

Contest ends tonight (Thursday, Nov 8) at midnight Eastern.

To Enter: Add a comment to this post.

Please include your email address and your file preference 

in the comment (epub for Nook/mobi for Kindle).

(Winners will be chosen at random.)

Hot New Releases!

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Back from the Dead

I am slowly emerging from an illness/medicine-induced haze.

Seriously, what started out last week as a cold turned into a flu/stomach virus. I have no idea what happened, only that there are entire days that I do not remember. 

I'm pretty stubborn in that I don't like to take a lot of medicine if I don't have to, but by Friday morning I was begging for help.

So, thank you, Nyquil and Alka-Seltzer Cold and Flu (which I may or may not have ODed on Friday night) for saving my life.

I do not wish whatever I had on anyone. 

Now that I'm out of bed and moving again (and behind on everything), I wanted to let you know that I am

~GIVING BACK~

the entire month of November. It's just a way for me to say THANK YOU for everything you've done for me over the last two years.

(And I'm not the only one doing this--watch your fellow Indie authors closely! The fabulous Jessica Park gave away six copies of Cross My Heart to her Facebook followers on Friday. Seriously--they were gone in like, two minutes.)

So, make sure you add this blog to your roll, that you're following me on Facebook (link in the sidebar!), and on twitter (I'm @katiekleinbooks) and keep an eye out for contests and giveaways throughout the month.
 
(I'll be retweeting giveaways from other authors, too.)

I'll also have a numbers post for you, so STAY TUNED! 

~Katie~

Your Weekend Movie

If you haven't seen this already, you *really* *REALLY* should. 

LOVED.

That is all!

~K~