Tag Archives: German literature

New German crime short available – Neuer Kurzkrimi auf Deutsch erhältlich: Familienkutsche

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Cora

It’s once again time for some announcements. First of all, as mentioned before, our e-books are now available at the subscription e-book service Scribd as well as at You Heart Books with more sales channels coming in the near future. … Continue reading →

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Of Penny Dreadfuls and Moral Panics

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Cora

The Guardian has an article about the so-called penny dreadfuls, cheap serialized novels of the Victorian era, inspired by the success of the eponymous TV series (which I haven’t yet seen, hence no comment). I usually don’t remember where and … Continue reading →

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New German short story available – Neue Kurzgeschichte auf Deutsch erhältlich: Gesetzlose Liebe

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Cora

It’s new release announcement time again. This time around, our new release is another German language title, namely the German translation of Outlaw Love, the lesbian Old West romance that’s one of our most popular stories to date. Coincidentally, this … Continue reading →

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Milestone: 100 German books

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Cora

I reached a milestone yesterday, because as of yesterday I have sold 100 German language e-books. Mind you that at the moment we only have six German language e-books available as opposed to 43 English language e-books. However, we have … Continue reading →

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An Interview and a Plug

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Cora

I have a story in an upcoming charity anthology called Something To Take On The Trip, edited by Stella Wilkinson. Like everybody else involved in the anthology, I donated the story to raise funds for Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, … Continue reading →

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More Anti-Amazon reporting, this time from Austria

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Cora

I’m a regular viewer of the Austrian TV program Kulturmontag (Cultural Monday), though I watch the 3sat repeat entitled lebensart (Way of Life), probably because the repeat is broadcast on a Saturday rather than Monday. But whatever the title, Kulturmontag/lebensart … Continue reading →

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Indies take all top ten spots at Amazon Germany

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Cora

The German blog Self-Publisher-Bibel (title says it all, really) reports that on January 29, 2014 all top ten spots in the German Kindle store were taken by indie books and has a screenshot to prove it. The first trad pub … Continue reading →

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New German short story available – Neue Kurzgeschichte auf Deutsch erhältlich: Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Frischkornmüslis

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Cora

I told you that there would be more new release announcements in the time leading up to the holidays and here is another, this time for the German edition of Love in the Times of the Macrobiotic Müsli. In case … Continue reading →

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Promo and Plugs

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Cora

Because October is the month of Halloween, Julie from Bards and Sages Publishing has set up a cross publisher bundle of horror and dark fantasy fiction over at DriveThruFiction. The bundle includes Letters from the Dark Side as well as … Continue reading →

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One Year of German Books

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Cora

I almost missed it, but September 5 marks the one year anniversary of our German language e-book program. A year ago, we launched our German e-book with two titles as an experiment. The experiment was successful and by now our … Continue reading →

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