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[9 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 126 views]
Disappearances: stats on the first 48 hours

Here are the stats for the first 48 hours of my recent novel release. I pay attention to this information, even if it isn’t sales, because it interests me and I like to see how any work is doing when I release it.
The overall winner for generating hits is Scribd.com. They were gracious enough to feature my work once I put it up there. That front page bump really helps.
3,556 “Reads”
413 Downloads
8 5-Stars (including one by Scribd’s CEO)
9 Comments
1 Featured Award
1 Rising List Award
The next is Feedbooks, which is a …

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[7 Apr 2010 | 2 Comments | 104 views]
Novel Release – Disappearances

Here it is, folks, the product of years of labor – my first novel: Disappearances.

Disappearances tells the story of a young man mentally disconnected. Early one morning he’s awoken from a restless sleep by a plane crash outside his apartment window. Rushing down to the scene, the young man is unable to find anyone – no people, no rescue workers, no survivors. He is alone. Everyone he loves, everyone else on the planet as far as he knows, has disappeared.
The young man sets off on a journey through the deserted …