Writing Fiction & Nonfiction Set in the Past

I'm pleased that the paperback of The Ghost of Madison Avenue is up for sale on Amazon. This is a Christmas story, and I'd love to see the paperback make it to some Christmas trees. :)

To order the paperback, click here. The ebook (priced at $2.99) is here.



In the four days that it's been on sale, the novella has done better than I expected! It garnered this endorsement review from Mariah Fredericks, author of a fantastic mystery series set during the same period as Ghost. The author of Death of a New American wrote: "The Gilded Age splendors of the Morgan Library come to life in this wonderful, warm-hearted tale of Christmases past, present, and future. Bilyeau weaves a wealth of gorgeous period detail into her ghost story of old New York, delivering genuine chills, family drama, and poignant romance with equal skill. A gorgeous holiday treat!"


Customer reviews have been positive and sales are brisk. I'm sharing a screenshot of Amazon's list of Best Sellers the category of New Historical Mysteries. It's Number 16 :)




I hope you will get a chance to read my book. I'm very proud of The Ghost of Madison Avenue. And it's the perfect way to get ready for Dreamland, coming in January :)

The Kindle Scout competition is an amazon program that gives book contracts to promising writers who post a cover and first chapter on the site. One book that won this year's Kindle Scout is The Gods Who Walk Among Us, written by Max Eastern. He loves noir and suspense fiction, and writes about his heroes Eric Ambler, Len Deighton, and Raymond Chandler on his website. This novel is his debut.

The eye-catching cover was designed by artist Stephanie Jones, who has worked for Elle, DuJour, and Yahoo. Her website is here.

Amazon is discounting the price of the ebook to 99 cents until Dec. 16th, and I urge everyone who likes modern mysteries to check it out.

Here are a few reviews from talented authors:


"Fun, funny, twisted and surprising, this is a gritty and salicious New York City version of Raymond Chandler, and it's just what we needed here. I happen to really enjoy hard boiled noir and this was all that and the biscuits, too. If you dig the gossip pages, detective mysteries, and smart one-liners, then this is a book for you. Highly recommended." -- screenwriter and novelist Joshua James, author of Pound of Flesh


“I found a great new to me author in Max Eastern. I love how he brought his characters to life and made the situations in this novel seem as though they were happening in front of me.”–Terrie Farley Moran, national bestselling author of the Read Em and Eat Em mysteries.

“Max Eastern’s debut is witty, clever, and superbly executed, and I could not get enough of Adam Azoulay, the down on his luck failing lawyer turned paparazzi. If you want a fun ride and read, look no further than The Gods Who Walk Among Us.” — Robert K. Lewis, author of Critical Damage, finalist for 2015 Shamus Award.

To order the book, go here.

I'm very excited to share this screengrab:



Because Touchstone (S&S) discounted my second novel, The Chalice, to $1.99, it appeared on a newsletter put out by bookbub, and it seems I have a lot of fresh sales.

What makes this even more awesome is that I am an admirer of Oliver Potzch, so to be sitting next to his book in the amazon rankings for Historical Thriller Bestsellers is like a dream.

The $1.99 discounting on amazon and Barnes & Noble lasts until February 28th! 

I've finally gotten to the bottom of why pre-orders matter.

1.) If the publisher sees a healthy number of pre-orders in the months leading up to publication date, they will take it into account on setting the size of the print order.

2.) Authors who have readers who pre-order their books are more likely to get future contracts from that same publisher. :)

3.) The pre-sales numbers are lumped with the first week's sales in deciding if a book can make it to any bestseller list. This is the most important time in a book's life: the first week. You know how some people think a book grows over months and years to become a hit. That rarely happens!

4.) And pre-ordering a book means a reader has one less thing to remember. Don't have to worry if you've bought the book--it's taken care of.

Here are all the pre-order  and order links, gathered on my site, from amazon to Indie bookstores: http://www.nancybilyeau.com/order.php


THANK YOU!!

I'm thrilled to report that a few months after amazon chose The Crown for a Kindle Daily Deal, selling it for $1.99 for one day only, my first novel was chosen again, this time to be sold in a special promotion--the 20 top-selling Kindle Daily Deals of the year.


So spread the word! For one day, Saturday, July 27, The Crown ebook is $1.99.


http://www.amazon.com/The-Crown-ebook/dp/B004U7GIQO/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1374894699&sr=8-1&keywords=the+crown