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  • FREE Caleb J. Ross novel. Read today. Change life tomorrow.

    FREE Caleb J. Ross novel. Read today. Change life tomorrow.

    GrumpyCat-FreeKevin

    Every once-in-a-while one of my novels gets promoted as a FREE Kindle eBook for about a week. That every-once-in-a-while has come again, now. Head over to Amazon.com to get your absolutely FREE copy of I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin. No fine print (except for the super fine ass print that is I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin).

    Click to start reading now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0088QLPFM/thecalebrosso-20

    FREE not enough to convince you? Check out some of the wonderful things some wonderful people have said about this wonderful novel:

    Publishers Weekly

    “A stirring novel, this extraordinary work plays upon the reader’s willingness to suspend disbelief and turns it on its ear…The novel casts a similar spell on its readers…Covering ground similar to the works of Sherman Alexie and Chuck Palahniuk, this is an author worth keeping an eye on.”

    Rayo Casablanca, author of 6 Sick Hipsters and Very Mercenary (Kensington)

    “Brilliant…one of the most amazing fiction concepts I’ve ever read.”

    Joey Goebel, author of Torture the Artist and Commonwealth (MacAdam/Cage)

    “In I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin, Caleb J. Ross writes fearlessly, never shying away from the wild, insane places where his fertile imagination leads him. The first half a twisted take on small-town aimlessness, the second half the American road novel from hell, the book is ultimately a darkly comedic evaluation of a generation of motherless men.”

    Paul Tremblay, author of  The Little Sleep and No Sleep til Wonderland

    You read this for the truly memorable cast of characters and Caleb’s smart, funny, and imaginative spin on a Palahniukian conceit…Here’s hoping some of that mainstream audience can pull their heads out of their asses long enough to read Ross, and then be gloriously horrified.

    Ready to spend your hard earned nothing on this book? Go here now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0088QLPFM/thecalebrosso-20

  • FREE copy of my “new” novel, Stranger Will, to willing readers

    FREE copy of my “new” novel, Stranger Will, to willing readers

    Click the image above to view the video
    Click the image above to view the video

    My first novel, Stranger Will, is being re-released this January 25th, 2013 through Perfect Edge Books. However, I have a stack of unedited proof copies from the previous publication that I need to get rid of. Here’s where you come in.

    I will send a free copy (until my limited supply runs out) to anyone willing to read the book and provide a video review. The review doesn’t even have to be positive. Just provide your honest response.

    What’s the catch? No catch. I’ll even pay for shipping the book to you.

    Because the book will be released on January 25th, 2013, I’m hoping for reviews to be uploaded as soon as possible. However, if you can’t meet the 25th deadline, anytime soon after is quite cool by me.

    If you have questions, just ask in the comments at the YouTube video page.

  • 100 YouTube Subscriber Giveaway – Open Through September 30th

    100 YouTube Subscriber Giveaway – Open Through September 30th

    Click the image above to watch the video

    100 subscribers! It’s a milestone, to be sure. The first milestone of what I hope to be many, many more. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed (and will subscribe, after getting a whiff of what’s being given away to celebrate this 100 subscriber achievement).

    As a thank you to all subscribers of this book channel, I am giving away a one-of-a-kind, handmade, leather bound edition of Warmed and Bound, an anthology in which one of my stories appears. Warmed and Bound is a truly exceptional collection of dark, noir-inspired stories of sometimes dystopian, sometimes too-real-I-wish-it-were-dystopian fiction.

    Authors include: Matt Bell, Blake Butler, Vincent Louis Carrella, Craig Clevenger, Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Bradley Sands, Paul Tremblay, me, and many, many more, including a forward from Steve Erickson! Click here to watch a video trailer promoting the original Warmed and Bound anthology.

    I warn you, I’m no professional book binder. In traditional homemade-Caleb fashion, this bound edition, though absolutely lovely, isn’t something you could sell on eBay for thousands of dollars, at least not until I’m dead…and not until shoddy craftsmanship goes for a premium on the black market for some reason.

    Rules:

    1. You MUST be a subscriber to my YouTube channel: https://calebjross.com/CalebjrossSubscribe
    2. You MUST leave at least one comment at YouTube on the video that announces this giveaway (linked via the image at the top of this post). Feel free to leave as many comments as you want—the more conversation the better—but know that you will only have one entry into the giveaway no matter how many comments you leave
    3. If you win the giveaway, you must be willing to send me your mailing address. Otherwise, how would you receive the amazing prize?

    More meta:

    1. Giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. I understand shipping costs may be crazy to some places, but I don’t care; I’ll just skip lunch for a few days.
    2. Must be at least 18 years old
    3. Giveaway is open for comments/submissions through September 30th

    If you are reading this and haven’s subscribed, what the hell are you waiting for? Subscribe: https://calebjross.com/CalebjrossSubscribe

  • Day 4 and 5 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

    Day 4 and 5 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

    (Sorry for the lack of an update yesterday. No excuses. I just forgot)

    Some of you may have caught wind of the I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin free Kindle giveaway that is currently going on now through August 28th. What you may not know is that I am also planning to post details about the giveaway—details such as the giveaway totals and the tactics I used to make people aware of the giveaway—every evening here on my blog as part of my Book Marketing Tests and Studies category. This post serves as the fourth and fifth in the 5(ish) part series.

    For full details about the test, see the first post here.

     Day 4 tactics

    Day 5 tactics

    Day 4/5 results

    As of 8:52 pm, 8/28/12, the metrics are:

    • Total copies downloaded: 1,004
    • Daily highest rank (that I happen to screen-capture) in the free Kindle store: #1,168
    • Daily highest rank (that I happen to screen-capture) in the book’s category/genre (which is Fiction > Literary Fiction): #25 (though I actually saw it at #18 at one point, but failed to get a screenshot)

    How am I feeling after this fifth day?

    Great! I passed the 1,000 downloads goal. However, I’m pretty far away from the other three goals I had for myself (outlined here). All in all, I’m quite happy. Now, I hope that those who downloaded the book actually read it.

  • Day 2 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

    Day 2 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

    Some of you may have caught wind of the I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin free Kindle giveaway that is currently going on now through August 28th. What you may not know is that I am also planning to post details about the giveaway—details such as the giveaway totals and the tactics I used to make people aware of the giveaway—every evening here on my blog as part of my Book Marketing Tests and Studies category. This post serves as the second in the 5(ish) part series.

    For full details about the test, see the first post here.

     Day 2 tactics

    • I was informed by a generous friend that $50 has been donated to promoting a Facebook message about the giveaway. Thanks to you, anonymous SuperPac donor.
    • 12:00 am (CST): Goodreads CPC ad at a $0.50 CPC bid and a $5 daily cap.
    • 5:28 pm: I sent an email blast to my 145 email newsletter subscribers. I assume many of these subscribers already caught wind of the giveaway via my 8/24 whorings, so I was sure to include a bit of an apology at the front of the email.
    Goodreads Ad

     

    Day 2 results

    As of 9:15 pm, 8/25/12, the metrics are:

    • Total copies downloaded: 677

    • Daily highest rank (that I happen to screen-capture) in the free Kindle store: #607
    • Daily highest rank (that I happen to screen-capture) in the book’s category/genre (which is Fiction > Literary Fiction): #23

    How am I feeling after this second day?

    Still pretty great. I’ve over half way to my download goal of 1,000. Though I’ve dropped some places in the free Kindle store ranking, I’ve gained a position in to overall Literary Fiction category. I do think, however, that I’ve about exhausted any distribution lists, so now I’m having to rely on word of mouth.

    Click here to read day 3 results > > >

  • Get a free print copy of I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin. Goodreads giveaway ends March 31st.

     

    Goodreads Book Giveaway

    I Didn't Mean to Be Kevin by Caleb J. Ross

    I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin

    by Caleb J. Ross

    Giveaway ends March 31, 2012.

    See the giveaway details
    at Goodreads.

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