I just finished reading "Mean Streets", 4 novelettes by Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, and Thomas E. Sniegoski. All urban fantasy, P.I. stories. I had not read Ms. Richardson before and really enjoyed her story, "The Third Death of the Little Clay Dog".
So I decided to see what else she had written. Her story included the protagonist from her "Greywalker" Series. Cool. New author, new series. But wait - books 2 & 3 are available on Kindle while book 1 is not. Not unusual, I know. I hit the "I wanna read this in Kindle" button and wrote to both the publisher and Ms. Richardson. Within 2 hours she replied (bold is mine):
Now - let me go to our klicker thread, add this book, and go klick on some more of those listed...
So I decided to see what else she had written. Her story included the protagonist from her "Greywalker" Series. Cool. New author, new series. But wait - books 2 & 3 are available on Kindle while book 1 is not. Not unusual, I know. I hit the "I wanna read this in Kindle" button and wrote to both the publisher and Ms. Richardson. Within 2 hours she replied (bold is mine):
I found the part that I bolded to be very interesting. Seems that at least one author seems to think that we do some good when we "klick" on the request button.Hi Mike.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story and want to read the books. I've talked to my editor several times about the Greywalker ebook and have been told it should be available sometime this year, but I'm afraid I don't have the date.
The ebook conversions started right after my first book came out, so it's been in the "backlist" pile, which is lower priority than the "new" pile. I do know that if you click on the button requesting the Kindle version, Amazon will report the request. More requests raises my priority at the publisher. I wish I could hurry it along, but you as a customer have more weight than I do.
Thanks for letting me know, however. I'll try to hurry them along.
All the best,
Kat Richardson
Now - let me go to our klicker thread, add this book, and go klick on some more of those listed...