'Malaria-9' Kindle Freebie Starts Thursday

As has now become traditional when we launch a new Kindle book, there'll be a five-day freebie promo for our latest release, the Cyberpunk/horror action piece 'Malaria 9'.

The e-book giveway starts Thursday 22nd November and runs 'til Monday 26th, inclusive.

US readers can get it here.

UK readers cab grab it here.

Another 'Ring' Giveaway

As a special weekend treat, FWB are also presenting free the first book in the ambitious, 4-part illustrated re-imagining of the epic 'Ring' Cycle, 'Of Gods and Gold'.

The free offer runs from Saturday Oct 13, 2012 to Sunday Oct 14, 2012, all inclusive.

UK Kindle Readers can get theirs here.

US Kindle fans can get it here.

'Maranatha' Up for Grabs Again

Amazon's new 'up to 5 day freebie promotion' option has gone down a blast with us lately. We think it's the best thing yet devised for Amazon Kindle-based book promotion, on the grounds that our latest piece, 'Angel of Vengeance', shifted nearly a thousand units in its 5-day period and has already gone on to out-sell almost everything else in our Kindle catalogue to date in only two weeks.

A few months after we first started these promos, we'd like to offer readers another chance to snap up a free copy of the very first FWB title, 'Maranatha'. The promo starts on the 12th October and runs for 5 days inclusive thereafter.

As ever, you can get the 'Trinity Chronicles' freebie via the following links:

for Amazon US readers

for UK Kindle fans

Early August News Round-Up

Well the first part of the 'Sword and the Ring' Kindle giveaway was a fine success, with a couple of hundred units shifted in three days (and a good few dozen in Germany, fittingly enough - the spiritual and mythical home of the 'Ring' Cycle!) We still have 2 days left of that promo to run so will keep you posted when we plan to run that. The artwork for this series continues to generate a good buzz on Deviantart, probably because there is already a well-defined audience for this kind of myth-based fantasy - albeit in a very idiosyncratic style.

Art and writing work on the Book 2 of this series is going well, although Book 1 will no doubt continue to be tweaked and revised as we gather more feedback. A review with Readers Favorite had been scheduled, then postponed, as I pondered whether to tone down some of the more mature content. That's still on the cards for sometime soon, though.

Morgen Bailey ran this interview with me last year, but she's now re-publishing all her author Q&As on a new blog to raise a little more awareness for folks. Be sure to check out her new pages and give her some support, won't you!

The 'Trinity Chronicles' Giveaway

As the last instalment of our 'summer of freebies', we're offering for free - for 3 days only (commencing 19th July, ending on 21st July) - the Amazon Kindle editions of the first 2 books in the 'Trinity Chronicles' series:

Maranatha and Venus in Saturn.

In the meantime, thanks to everyone who's helped support us this far!

Freebies and Promotion: A Few Thoughts

So our recent experiments with Amazon Kindle's free promo service has come to an end - wherein we offered most of our Kindle novels and comic books for free for a limited time to see what kind of effect it would have on sales.

Boy, were we overwhelmed! - shifting over 700 copies in only a few days, and also securing our first ever 'sales' in foreign territories. In fact, we reached out to all of the Amazon European sister sites: .de, .es, .it and even .fr all accounted for a significant number, though it's fair to say that they were mostly our comic books, rather than the prose works - graphic works will always cross cultural boundaries better than the purely written word, although quite what they may make of the peculiarly British humour of Arf and Mo is anyone's guess...

It's been an interesting time, in which we saw our books briefly chart very high on the Amazon Free Kindle lists, with our comic books both reaching the top spots in all their categories. Seeing our books at the No. 1 ranking was quite a buzz. And as a 'loss leader', our free offer for Maranatha has already sparked some interest in the pay-for prequel, Venus in Saturn. It's also made Chaz think about the idea of producing something to be offered permanently for free on the Kindle store - perhaps a collection of shorter works, or a novella of some sort (he does, after all, have a good many ideas of all sorts floating around the place).

In short, it's been a fascinating experiment, and opens up a very interesting future for FWB and its products. You may recall a post on this very blog not all that long ago where Chaz basically discounted the whole idea of the Kindle book reader as having any real impact on the publishing world any time soon - well, he's more than happy to revise that view now, seeing how times have well and truly changed!

No doubt we'll continue to pick up the long-term effects of this promotional period for some time to come. Interesting times, as they say.

More Summer Freebies!

As part of the current Fenriswulf Books 'summer of Freebies' (i.e, testing the waters with Amazon's new promotional services), we're giving away - for nothing - the first issue of Arf and Mo in Kindle format. The promo lasts throughout 8th July and ends on the 10th at midnight Pacific Standard Time.

US readers can grab their copy right here.

You can also pick up, for a limited time only (throughout the 8th and 9th July), The Black Flag graphic novel for exactly £0.00! Don't delay - snatch one up today!

Over the last week or so we've given away hundreds of copies of 'Maranatha' and Episode 1 of 'Sundancer's Regret' - even managing to shift our very first foreign copies on Amazon.de! - so it's been a rather interesting exercise in getting our material out there.

Another Exclusive Amazon Kindle Freebie: 'Maranatha'

Well, because the free Amazon Kindle promo of 'Sundancer's Regret' went down such a storm, we've decided to do it all over again, this time with the first ever Fenriswulf book release - 'Maranatha', the second volume in the 'Trinity Chronicles' series. Catch the freebie online between Thursday Jul 05, 2012 and Friday Jul 06, 2012 (that's Pacific Standard Time).

UK readers can grab their copy right here.

No Regrets...

Last weekend, we offered the first episode in the 'Wish and the Will' fantasy series, Sundancer's Regret, for free on Amazon. Never having been totally convinced of the value of freebies and giveaways in a world where digital products are so cheap to begin with, we nevertheless thought we'd give it a go and see if it provoked any interest. During the brief promo period, we shifted dozens upon dozens of copies, which pushed Episode 1 briefly into the top 40 for the Epic Fantasy category!

In fact, it seemed to attract so much attention that we're planning to do it all over again with one of the books from the 'Trinity Chronicles' series - either Maranatha or Venus in Saturn. Currently Amazon seem to be having some serious problems with the KDP portal, or we would have launched the new promo already by now. Watch this space, as they say...

Sundancer's Regret: Episode 1 Amazon Kindle Freebie

Having just discovered the Kindle Publishing 'Promotions Manager' facility on Amazon, we've decided to test the new service by offering for free the first episode of 'Sundancer's Regret' - Book One in the Wish and the Will fantasy adventure series. The promo is scheduled to start on Jun 30, 2012 and end on Jul 02, 2012 - beginning approx. 12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time and ending approx. 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, according to the Amazon FAQs. Why not take advantage and sample the weird and wonderful world of The Wish and the Will in this freebie?

Chaz Interviewed on the 'Paranormal Wire' Blog

Writer and blogger Natasha Larry has just posted an interview with Chaz at her Paranormal Wire page.


Chaz discusses his work on the Wish & the Will fantasy series, tries to show some humility (and humour), and also has some free goodies on offer.

You can read the full interview here.

Thanks to Natasha for the support!

Forthcoming Fenriswulf Fiction…with Freebies?!

Things haven’t been quiet on the Fenriswulf Books front of late – in fact, they’ve been positively deafening (or at least that’s Chaz’s excuse for not getting enough sleep of late).

While Lulu.com go about the interminable process of trying to re-discover Chaz’s remaining block of ISBNs (purchased in 2008 and now seemingly lost in their cavernous system somewhere, and still no customer support in 4 weeks of emailing and livechat), Chaz has pushed on ahead with 2011’s release schedule as follows:

Trinity Chronicles - Maranatha (2nd revised edition): to be released ASAP
Wish and the Will: Sundancer’s Regret, Episode 1: ASAP!
Trinity Chronicles – Venus in Saturn: scheduled for summer 2011
Last Rose of Summer: Late 2011

Jolly good, you cry. Glad to hear Chaz is so busy and creative. So what about those freebies you spoke of earlier?

Well, we’re seeking “beta readers”, as they seem to be referred to in these circles, or kind people who love reading, with lots of time and their hands, who don’t mind going through the proof of a text and providing constructive feedback and opinion to the author.

If anybody out there would like to take part in this, we’re currently looking to gather opinions on Venus in Saturn and Sundancer’s Regret, ideally within the next 4-8 weeks. Leave a comment here or send us an email and we’ll pop you a proof of the text in PDF format. Your payment, should you wish it, will be a free copy of the finished product (signed, print edition of Venus, full-colour illustrated edition of Regret in e-book format) when all the work is done.

For Fenriswulf's Followers - A Springtime Freebie

Taking a break from editing Venus in Saturn, the next book in the Trinity Chronicles, Chaz thought it might be a nice idea to offer a free sample of the text to Fenriswulf's visitors and followers.

Simply browse to the e-Book page here and download the PDF. The free 63-page sample contains the first half-dozen or so chapters of Venus as things stand at present. Some of the work is still in 'beta' format, so any feedback or opinions at all will be gratefully received.

Warning: some disturbing and adult content lies within.