First bit of news is a month old already, but still super cool for me.
LOST IN ITALY *WON* first place in the romantic suspense category of WisRWA's Write Touch Readers' Award!! Romantic Suspense 1st Place - Lost in Italy by Stacey Joy Netzel**
2nd Place - Deadly Dreams by Kylie Brant
3rd Place - In Close by Brenda Novak
(see all results here)
This is my second win with the WT Readers' Award (Mistletoe Rules won in 2010 for Single Title) and what makes it so special is that it's judged by READERS. I was honored to be a finalist with NY Times bestselling author Brenda Novak and award-winning bestselling author Kylie Brant, but imagine my excitement when LOST IN ITALY won! It was a great day at conference and I now have the plaque hanging by my writing desk to keep me going. Thank you!!
My second bit of news is that I received the rights back to my books Chasin Mason and Mistletoe Rules and plan to re-release them with new covers and in the case of Mistletoe Rules, I'll be making each of the three stories available individually this fall before offering a boxed set with a bonus free story about Santa Butch and Judy.
Today I share with you...
The new cover reveal for CHASIN' MASON!
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| Catch the stallion ~ win the ranch. A simple competition between bitter enemies until passion flares in the simmering Texas heat. Available July 15, 2012 |
I loved my original cover with The Wild Rose Press, but I LOVE this new one because it speaks more to the romance and sexy tone of the book. Is that man hot or what??!! *grin* And I got to add "Award Winning Author" to my cover! This beautiful work was done by Kim Killion at Hot Damn Designs and I will definitely use her talents again.
Okay, question time, with a bit of a lead up...Chasin' Mason has been available since 2009 at most distributors. With the re-release, I'm considering enrolling it in Amazon's Select program, where it will be sold there exclusively for 90 days. Since it's a re-release, I'm thinking friends and family would've already bought a copy if they wanted it, so I shouldn't have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings if they own an e-reader other than Kindle.
When I did Select for Lost In Italy, it gave me some good visibility and sales for a few months, and even better, it got my book into over 40 thousand reader's hands and garnered me some great reviews.
Keeping that information in mind, if I enroll Chasin' Mason in Amazon Select for one 90 day exclusive period, my question for you is...
Also, I have a Nook and love it, but I've been considering getting a Kindle Fire so I can read some of the Kindle versions of books I've downloaded for free without having to sit at my computer. I'm curious about other readers out there.
And one last question...
As a THANK YOU for taking the time to satisfy my curiosity, leave a comment below and on July 13th I'll draw a winner who can choose any one of my ebooks for me to gift to them for whatever ereader device they own.
Or if you already have all my books (I love you!), give me an ebook on your wish list (up to $10) and I'll gift you that book instead.
Have a great day and Happy Reading!
Stacey Joy Netzel
LOVE the cover, Stacey - and yes, he is hot, hot, hot! I would love to know the results of your poll - you have some great questions.
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Thanks, Cate! I still haven't made up my mind about Select, so I'm hoping for some good feedback.
ReplyDeleteLoved taking the poll. Darn I wish I lived closer so you could show me how to do this.
ReplyDeleteAlready told you I love the new cover but I especially love your tag line for this novel. I wish I had that talent.
And finally, I love the Award Winning Author line on the cover. :-)
Great cover, Stacey! Interesting feedback on the polls, too. Hope those bales of hay are all where trey need to be by now!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the award! And the cover is great. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the cover, too! And your blog banner! :D Good luck with the release.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover, too, Stacey, and I took your poll.
ReplyDeleteHere's a question for you, why do the first few comments have stuff over them? It makes it hard to read them.
I love the cover, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Kindle and print-copy user. I download free books all the time (those that have 20+ reviews and are still ranked at least a solid 4). I've often thought that when I do self-publish (this year? fingers crossed) I'll wait to put it on the KDP program until I have enough reviews that it would sway people to download a free copy.
Casey, I'd love if we lived closer, too! Thanks for coming by.
ReplyDeleteAlicia--I wish on the hay! The farmer hasn't been around to bring it over yet. I work the day job the next two days, so looks like it might be Wed. before we can get those bales up in the barn. :(
Tamara--I'd live in the mountains if I could. Maybe some day.
Sandy--thanks for taking the poll. I wish I knew how to fix it so the comments weren't overlapped like that. I'll try.
Karysa--love the spelling of your name. Your way of sorting through free books makes sense. I also consider reviews before I download for free. Best of luck getting your book out before the end of the year!
Thanks for coming by everyone, and taking the poll, and sharing on twitter and FB.
Sandy, I tried to fix, but don't know how. To read the comments w/o overlap, you have to read them before the poll results are showing. Or bring up the page again. Not sure why. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteGreat cover Stacy. As a new 'fan' I have a lot of catching up to do. I'm looking forward to reading this in the new edition.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover and well done on the award
ReplyDeleteLove the cover too, he's hot, the couple pose is terrific, and anything with horses automatically gets my attention.
ReplyDeleteI took the poll! I have heard it's best to get the widest distribution you can but the rules are constantly changing. I greatly look forward to seeing the poll results!
Amazon is the greatest place for finding new authors. Congratulations on your awards. I read print and Kindle books and I have the Nook pc app on my computer so I can read them too.
ReplyDeleteNice cover. I took you poll too. I have a kindle that I love and a site that sends me daily emails about what is currently free, so I get lots of exposure to authors I've never heard od before and I don't always go by reviews because people are stupid sometimes and leave negative reviews about books that they only read a few pages of or fail to read the blurb before downloading it- like what happened to Maya Banks quatraenge books-the Colter's women series. I also have a smart phone with kindle and nook apps on it and a pda that I can read any pdf files on it if I so chhse to. Congratulations on the award.
ReplyDeleteNice cover. I took you poll too. I have a kindle that I love and a site that sends me daily emails about what is currently free, so I get lots of exposure to authors I've never heard od before and I don't always go by reviews because people are stupid sometimes and leave negative reviews about books that they only read a few pages of or fail to read the blurb before downloading it- like what happened to Maya Banks quatraenge books-the Colter's women series. I also have a smart phone with kindle and nook apps on it and a pda that I can read any pdf files on it if I so chhse to. Congratulations on the award.
ReplyDeleteAll the best with Chasin' Mason and your other re-releases Stacey. I hope they do really well for you. And congratulations on the win!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve and Kiru! Hope you like it, Steve. :)
ReplyDeleteMary--I hear you on the wide distribution. The sales bumps I got with LII in Select are so tempting, but there's no guarantee I'd get the same with CM. I'd made up my mind to enroll, then waffled again, which was the reason for this post. I still haven't made up my mind, darn it.
Bet--thanks for coming by and for the congrats. I'm like you but opposite. Print and Nook, with the Kindle app on my PC. :)
Booksrforever--thanks for coming by and taking the poll (and for the congrats!). So true about stupid reviews. I like to think smart readers see them for what they are. Happy reading!
Louisa--thanks so much--I appreciate the well-wishes.
You all are the best!
Great poll! I used to sort through the sites that had every Kindle free book displayed. Now that I have a TBR backlog, I prefer to look through the ones that sort them according to reviews and ratings first.
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I love your Chasing Mason cover. I can't wait to read them. Thanks so much for the great contest!
ReplyDeleteVitajex and Rhonda--thanks so much for stoping by the blog and taking the poll.
ReplyDeleteI'll be drawing a winner in just a bit...
Okay, so the winner is...
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ALICIA!
I'll contact you via email for your book choice.
THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by and took the poll as well as left a comment.