John R. Stuart's -Book Page on ALTERNATE-HISTORY-FICTION.COM

The primary goal for all independent authors is to find ways to get exposure for their novels. One of the best sites around for readers of Alternative History Fiction is ALTERNATE-HISTORY-FICTION.COM

I've been lucky enough to be recently included on their site, check it out at:

http://www.alternate-history-fiction.com/john-r-stuart.html

CONFEDERATE KNIGHTS- REBEL EMPIRE book is now available at Amazon Kindle

My latest alternative history novel - CONFEDERATE KNIGHTS- REBEL EMPIRE book is now available exclusively at Amazon Kindle

https://www.amazon.com/CONFEDERATE-KNIGHTS-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B01LX0O3LS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1475000423&sr=1-1&keywords=confederate+knights

Set in France -an Alternative History Novel

My blog has been receiving a significant volume of traffic from readers in France. Perhaps that is because the majority of my alternative history novel - FOR THE GOOD OF THE CONFEDERACY is set in France post 1900. This novel takes place in France after a war between France and Britain has been fought, with France now divided by a wall, dividing the British occupied west and the eastern portion controlled by the French - German alliance.

https://www.amazon.com/GOOD-CONFEDERACY-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B00TM02HFU?ie=UTF8&keywords=for%20the%20good%20of%20the%20confederacy&qid=1423999351&ref_=sr_1_1&s=digital-text&sr=1-1#nav-subnav

Confederate Knights- Rebel Empire Book 4 - 1st draft completed

Well I took a big sigh this morning as I typed the words "THE END" on the last page of my latest novel- Confederate Knights- Rebel Empire Book 4.

This will be the final book in this series and it gives me the golden opportunity to re-visit some of the great characters from the first 3 books.

Due to the turmoil of a house move last year I blew my deadline several times for this book. I now know how George R. R. Martin feels, but without the huge royalties check.

Now comes the tedious part, the re-writes, proof reading, spell check and general editing etc, etc. My publication goal is Sept 30, 2016

Tentative cover for Confederate Knights.

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - An Alternative History of the Confederate States of America

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - An Alternative History of the Confederate States of America

If you love alternative history books you should try REBEL EMPIRE

Have you ever wondered what North America would have become had the C.S.A won the American Civil War? Now you have the opportunity to find out. My series REBEL EMPIRE explores an alternative history line which begins at the Battle of Gettysburg.

REBEL EMPIRE

1. GETTYSBURG REDUX https://www.amazon.com/GETTYSBURG-REDUX-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B009EBPNAS?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc
2. REBELS & DESPERADOS https://www.amazon.com/REBELS-DESPERADOS-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B00FRKG91C?ie=UTF8&keywords=rebels%20%26%20desperados&qid=1414985280&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
3. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CONFEDERACY https://www.amazon.com/GOOD-CONFEDERACY-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B00TM02HFU?ie=UTF8&keywords=for%20the%20good%20of%20the%20confederacy&qid=1423999351&ref_=sr_1_1&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
4. CONFEDERATE KNIGHTS - due for publication late 2016

420 DAY - For all those celebrating Cannabis 4-20 day

For all those celebrating Cannabis 4-20 day , here's an ebook that you'll enjoy.

RAMBLE ON... - a tale of SEX, DRUGS, ROCK N ROLL and MURDER

http://www.amazon.com/RAMBLE-JOHN-R-STUART-ebook/dp/B00JNCKEW0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1398785826&sr=1-1&keywords=ramble+on...

5 STAR Review for MR. JABLOWSKI'S TREASURE

My free short story - MR. JABLOWSKI'S TREASURE just received a nice five star review.

Review:

an Old Fashioned story.

"I thought this story had depth and I wish all young teenagers would read this story. How people seem to be or should I say, how we think they are, not always the way it seems. Without knowing people, without having a conversation and trying to get to learn something about them, and just assuming the worst, is what a lot of people do these days. They are in such a rush to label a person without getting to know them. I think this really gets the meaning across. A really nice story." Louise

MR. JABLOWSKI'S TREASURE  is available as a free download by most ebook vendors.

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/ebook/mr-jablowski-s-treasure

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mr-jablowskis-treasure-john-r-stuart/1116057697?ean=2940044608344

https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/mr.-jablowskis-treasure/id667813706?mt=11

Please download a copy at your convenience and I hope you'll enjoy the story.

My novel - RAMBLE ON... and my alternative history series - REBEL EMPIRE are available at all ebook vendors

Adventures in eBook Advertising - REBEL EMPIRE, The Series

So you’re and independent writer and you’ve just finished you’re first novel - you probably think the hard work is now finished and soon the accolades and money will start to roll in. Think again! Soon you’ll realize that the hard work is just about to begin. The quest to find an agent and a publisher.

This is virtually an impossible task, yes it does happen, but it’s seldom.

Therefore the next step is to self publish, and there’s nothing wrong with that, in fact I would encourage you to do so. There are two excellent options. Amazon Kindle and Smashwords. Smashwords will get your product to the major eBook vendors, although Amazon will seldom accept a Smashwords product, the good news is you can directly publish your eBook on Amazon. In my opinion Amazon is the easier and superior choice.

I have all of my books listed at both Amazon and at Smashwords, but from the stand point of sales Amazon is far better in my experience. My Amazon sales are quadruple that of my sales on all of the Smashwords vendors combined.

So now your eBook is published and available to all those anxious readers. Now comes the hardest part of the process.  How do you get exposure to readers that enjoy the genre that you have written in?  After all the whole purpose of writing is to get your story into the hands of the reader.  Beyond a doubt this is the most challenging part of the independent writer’s work. 

You can establish a blog to hawk your product, or set up a Facebook page. This will certainly help. Many experts recommend some form of paid advertising. I’ve been reluctant to take this step as advertising can be quite expensive and often the benefits are not realized. However, that being said, in 2016 I have taken the advertising plunge.

Having decided to advertise my books it now becomes a question of where to advertise?  Since, I have a three book series devoted to the concept of what an alternative reality exists where the Confederacy wins the American Civil war, it would seem a Civil War venue would be a good bet.

After some research I decided to go with the Civil War magazine- THE CIVIL WAR MONITOR. This magazine is insightful and well received and dedicated to the American Civil war. Hard print ads are expensive, but the magazine has a great internet based site. The added benefit of taking out an ad on their web site is that a reader can simply click on my ad for the series “REBEL EMPIRE” and it will take them directly to my books on Amazon.

There’s the link to the magazine’s web site:

http://www.civilwarmonitor.com/

So, long story short I’ve taken out 3 months of online advertising.  It will be interesting to see what effect if any this will have on my sales.  I’ll report back with the results later in the Spring.

REBEL EMPIRE

1. GETTYSBURG REDUX

http://www.amazon.com/GETTYSBURG-REDUX-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B009EBPNAS/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

2. REBELS & DESPERADOS

http://www.amazon.com/REBELS-DESPERADOS-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B00FRKG91C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414985280&sr=8-1&keywords=rebels+%26+desperados

3. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CONFEDERACY

http://www.amazon.com/GOOD-CONFEDERACY-REBEL-EMPIRE-Book-ebook/dp/B00TM02HFU/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8