The End-of-Summer/Glad to be Rid of the Kids Special!

The Juno Letters is only 99 cents at Amazon.com for your Kindle.

Don't have a Kindle?  Go to: SMASHWORDS and select ADD TO CART.  On the Shopping Cart page is a COUPON CODE box - enter WN96X to get The Juno Letters for 99 cents!

This offer will run through the end of October, 2013.

ONE MORE THING...
If you are an Amazon customer, and you write a review (see the Amazon link above for information or email if you have questions) I will place you on the list for a complimentary pre-release version of the sequel, CROSS OF FIRE - due out in late November or early December.

Email me at: larryh@hewittmbm.com

Cross of Fire Chapter 2 - A Polish Army - now on Wattpad

Chapters 1 and 2 of Cross of Fire are in beta on Wattpad; take a look and let me know what you think:
http://www.wattpad.com/23244225-cross-of-fire-book-2-of-the-juno-letters#.Ug_FbBbx-QZ

I have started a 99-cent promotion of The Juno Letters on Amazon.com through October.  I have requested a feature of PixelofInk to help promote this, but that is never a guarantee.

Last note - I have started getting reviews on Amazon.  Good to see.  If you want to place a review online, please go ahead:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Juno-Letters-ebook/dp/B00CQAU58O

Cross of Fire and D-Day

 © Bram Janssens | Dreamstime.comUsed under license.

Now that The Juno Letters is out and distributed, including the print version, I have been working on the sequel, Cross of Fire - the Story of Gela.  I have a great new cover and am about half-way through the first draft.  I plant to have the second book in The Juno Letters series published in December.

The third book of the series, Ariéle, will be out by late spring in time for the trip to Juno Beach in June.  2014 will be both the 100th anniversary of The Great War (WWI) and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.  I have been in touch with both the Juno Beach Center and the commune of Courseulles and am planning to take part in the activities.

More information will follow.  Several readers have emailed me and plan to also attend.  While we will be doing all our own travel and hotel arrangements, I plan to have some sort of get-together in Courseulles.  It will be a lot of fun.

I will post snippets of Cross of Fire when they are edited here on the blog.  I will also take orders for a free prerelease version in exchange for a review, so stay tuned!

100/70 Anniversary Events

The Juno Letters - in print and
eBook formats from all major retailers.
Visit hewittmbm.com/juno_letters
for easy links and information

The Great War 

2014 will be the 100th anniversary of the war to end all wars - The Great War - World War 1.  The carnage that occurred as warfare models of the 19th century clashed with the onrush of technology and industrialization resulted in an unprecedented bloodbath.  The system of alliances that had governed political affairs was exposed as deadly in the new world of rapid communications and industrial warfare.

There will be opportunities to participate in anniversary events all over the world, and particularly in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium where the western front stagnated; and Poland, the scene of the bloodiest fighting in the east.  Keep an eye on this blog and I will keep you informed of events as I discover them.





Day-Day - 70 years old

The greatest amphibious assault in history will observe its 70th anniversary.  Events will be planned all over France, especially focused on the coast of Normandy.  The Juno Letters staff will be on hand in Courseulles-sur-Mer (Juno Beach) where the Canadians came ashore for a book signing and other activities - still in the works.  We will also be visiting the other beaches, and especially Omaha Beach where so many of our countrymen gave their lives for each of us.

If you want to join us in France, email me at larryh@hewittmbm.com.  Or keep an eye on this blog for more information.

Distribution in print - lessons learned

One thing I have learned in the past month is that the art of self-publishing is complicated.  You HAVE to pay very close attention to details.  Learn the craft - it will save you time and money.  I realized that I missed an opportunity to move my print books into general distribution by the options I selected the first time around.  So I had my cover redesigned slightly, reformatted the pages to a general distribution size, and posted the new version.  I have paid a premium for an expanded distribution.  It all went smoothly, but I could have done this the first time and saved one of my ISBNs.

I have checked - I am on Barnes and Noble and Sony, as promised, plus a host of smaller retailers.  Of course, Google, Amazon, and iTunes.  

Now, on to the sequel!

The Juno Letter is now available in paperback!  For those of you who long for the touch and smell of a REAL book, this is the ticket!  Go to the link at Hewittmbm.com.

I must admit, it looks real cool on my bookshelf!

Enjoy,

Larry

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