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5 Places to See Dead Human Body Parts [video]

February 9, 2014

See hair in Turkey, skulls in Paris, an Arm in Maryland, several penises in Iceland, and human skin pants in Iceland, really Iceland again? You can even visit a few strange human part themed roadside attractions in my novel I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin. 1. Hair Avanos Hair Museum in Cappadocia, Turkey contains hair samples, names and addresses from more than 16,000 women from all around the world. The founder, Chez Galip, admits that the hair collection began as a way to increase membership in his pottery workshops. While visitors to the cave are not required to donate a lock of hair, each year Galip does select 10 locks of hair at random whose owners are awarded with a trip back to his pottery studio and are allowed to stay in his guest house free of charge. 2. Head The Catacombs of Paris, are essentially underground walls and walls and…

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

June 9, 2013

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…

A Drinking Playlist for Reading I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin

October 26, 2012

A drinking playlist. A brilliant idea, or the brilliantest idea? Lori, over at The Next Big Book Blog was kind enough to have be back after my August stop at her blog when I read my story "Petty Injuries." This time, she asked me to supply a drinking playlist, which is exactly what it sounds like: what to drink to elicit or compliment specific moods, specifically with regards to books. I outline for you a playlist according to my novel, I Didn't Mean to be Kevin.

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

August 28, 2012

(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 10:57 am: Sent tweet using my personal account, and my literary news aggregator account. 12:03 pm: Sent tweet using my personal account, and my literary news aggregator account focusing on my daily documenting of this kindle giveaway (rather…

Day 3 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

August 26, 2012

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 third in the 5(ish) part series. For full details about the test, see the first post here. Day 3 tactics 11:08 am: Sent tweet using my personal account, my literary news aggregator account, and I hijacked The Velvet account for this one message. 11:31 am: Posted about the giveaway to The Cult and Lit Reactor forums. 11:46 am: Shared link to the Day 1 results on Stumbleupon, Digg, Delicious,…

Day 2 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

August 25, 2012

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…

Day 1 of Does a Free Kindle Promotion Work?

August 24, 2012

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 first in the 5(ish) part series. The plan I am giving my newest novel, I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin, away for FREE through the Amazon Kindle store from 8/24 through 8/28. No catches. No gimmicks. Totally Free. My hope is a simple one: I want to see how many free copies get downloaded, which I hope translates into a few reader reviews, which I hope perpetuates future readers…