Derek Murphy, author of Shearwater, book one of the Ocean Depths mermaid series, has done some wonderful stuff in promoting his book launch this past week. Here’s a little of what he has to say about his launch (on his Urban Epics blog):
I just published Part One of my first novel Shearwater – an epic YA mermaid romance – and I wanted to do something fun and meaningful for my book launch: raise money for ocean conservancy and to protect marine wildlife.
During launch week, not only will all earnings be donated, but I’ll further donate $1 for every sale. I hope to raise and donate $1000 to save manatee….
You can either download the book when it’s free on January 29th, or buy it for 99 cents from the 30th. I hope you’ll enjoy the book, and I want to give it to you for free, but if you want to actually make a difference and help raise some money for wildlife conservation, please wait and get it for 99 cents: Shearwater.
Note: Derek is also a book cover designer. And, as you can see from the cover above, he is a very good designer.
The thing I really like about his book cover designs is that at least some of them are made in Microsoft Word. You can check out his cover designs at http://www.diybookcovers.com.
About John Kremer
John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- John Kremer on Book Marketing.
