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"Novelist time is reptile time; novelists tend to be ruminant and brooding, nursers of ancient grievances, second-guessers, Tuesday afternoon quarterbacks, retrospectators, endlessly, like slumping hitters, studying the film of their old whiffs."
~ Michael Chabon

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~Hawthorne's 1855 letter to his publisher William D. Ticknor, quoted in Pattee, Fred L. The Feminine Fifties. NY: Appleton-Century Co., 1940. p. 110.
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November 19th, 2009

Moving up in the world, and stomping on Maya Banks! (I can say that cuz we’re buds!)

Thanks to Fatin for letting me know!

@mad4rombks Did you see this? With Extreme Pleasure is a Kindle Freebie at Amazon right now. http://bit.ly/3XjUQz

And you don’t even have to own a Kindle as long as you own a PC and download their Kindle for PC software! Go forth and download!

Oh, yeah. Take that, Dan Brown!

Take that, Dan Brown

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19 comments to “With Extreme Pleasure – FREE!”

Blanche
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· November 19th, 2009 at 3:40 pm · Link

How neat!!

Ya! Take that Dan Brown! :)
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am · Link
  
  LOL, Blanche! That made me laugh, but then I’m free and he’s not.
Fedora
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· November 19th, 2009 at 11:44 pm · Link

Woot! Ha! And hooray, Alison!
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 10:52 am · Link
  
  Thanks, Fedora. It’s fun to see the book doing well, even though it’s a fantasy, LOL!
Venus Vaughn
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· November 20th, 2009 at 6:41 am · Link

*looks around*
I’m tempted – even though I don’t like reading on the computer… but… do you get royalties for these free copies?
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 10:20 am · Link
  
  I haven’t looked at my contract *g* but since this the publisher’s doing, I’m pretty sure this falls under the clause about getting a certain royalty percentage for promo copies given away!
  - Venus Vaughn
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    · November 20th, 2009 at 10:24 am · Link
    
    Rockin!
    *sprays myself with Guilt-B-Gone*
    
    I have No Limits in my TBR, and now I’m gonna add With Extreme Pleasure. :)
    - Alison
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      · November 20th, 2009 at 11:03 am · Link
      
      You can read either one first, but you might appreciate King more if you meet him in NO LIMITS. ;)
Bobbie
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· November 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am · Link

Boo Hoo, I own a Mac and can’t get Kindle for PC. They don’t have a version for Mac. Wish I could get it as a download.
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am · Link
  
  I know, Bobbie! So sorry!
Mikaela
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· November 20th, 2009 at 11:05 am · Link

Do you know if it will be available in other formats?
I have a Sony, and I would love to read it!
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 11:14 am · Link
  
  I don’t really know, Mikaela! It goes on sale officially next Tuesday, so check your Sony store then?
Liza
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· November 20th, 2009 at 1:06 pm · Link

Woohoo! I don’t have a Kindle, but I will happily read on my laptop. I have a Sony, but will go with the laptop for your book Alison.
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 1:19 pm · Link
  
  Enjoy, Liza!
Scarlet Wharton
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· November 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm · Link

Thank you so much for the heads up on the Kindle for PC and Extreme Pleasure…for a limited time the also have James Patterson newest for teens, Witches and Wizards
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 1:38 pm · Link
  
  Oh, I may go download that one myself!!
Jane
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· November 20th, 2009 at 3:29 pm · Link

Thanks for the heads up. I’m going to enjoy the Kindle for PC.
- Alison
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  · November 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm · Link
  
  I should enjoy reading on my laptop seeing how well I can see it in any light (except outside) but I don’t. I am going to have to train myself!
british gymnastics
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· September 21st, 2010 at 7:16 am · Link

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