All of my currently released work is once again available for free over at Amazon, and will be available until midnight tonight. Head on over and download some books already. 
Category Archives: Creative Commons
First Sale of the Year!
After a bit of oddness and waiting with Amazon, I’m happy to announce that we’re (read: I’m) having our first sale of the year. What exactly is available? Absolutely stonking everything, thanks for asking.
Head on over to my author page at Amazon, and you should find five titles all free for the taking. If you don’t find that, either I’ve broken the hyperlink or Amazon is having some kind of problem. Both have been known to happen.
Be sure to tell your sister, tell your friends, and tell that weird guy at the gas station who always stares at your kneecaps with lusty eyes. Of course, this sale can’t come at a better time, as my sales have been slowly circling the toilet since the start of the year. With a little luck, this will make me a little more visible again.
Stars Rain Down will also be dropping back down to it’s earlier, more sane price once the sale is over. While I’ve got you here, I’d like to take a moment to thank the kind soul who bought a copy for 10 bones. Thank you! If I ever run into you on the street, I’ll buy you a beer. One that’s worth less than $7 (my inner businessman informs me), but a beer nonetheless.
Also, I’ll be launching a new running column called Odds Without Ends right here at the Oktopod Blog. That should be starting around Wednesday of next week, so stay tuned!
Cheers, and have a great weekend!
~Chris
Filed under Arcana Universalis, Creative Commons, ebooks, Self-Publishing, Stars Rain Down, Vengar
What? There’s More?!
In honor of the giant, jagged freaking stones currently crawling through my nether-anatomy, we’re having another sale! Starting at midnight tonight and running through Saturday, you can head on over to Amazon and grab a free copy of Stars Rain Down! Take one. Take two. Send one to a friend. Send another to an enemy. Send it to dozens of sherpas in Tibet!
Seriously… just download a copy. I’m hurtin’ over here.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to go hydrate and cry in the bathroom (not really[but yeah]).
Filed under Creative Commons, ebooks, Self-Publishing, Stars Rain Down
Update: I’m Not Dead!
Been awfully quiet around these parts, hasn’t it? I know you’ve all been absolutely petrified with worry, but I have great news: I’m okay! Sorry for dropping off the face of the Earth for a while, but between a heavy dose of frustration, some meandering background projects, and a pair of kidney stones the sizes of Deimos and Phobos, I somehow forgot I should be here smiling and wishing y’all a howdy-doo.
So, in order to get the chitting and chatting back a’-rolling, I thought maybe I’d reprint a post I made over at io9 a few months back, in response to an article there about the handful of successful self-published authors that everybody hears about over and over again, ad nauseam. I thought the readers there might be interested in hearing what the experience was like for someone who ranks a teeny bit lower on the sales charts.
And now, I figured you lords and ladies might also be interested in the same. Read on for the harrowing account of how I tapped violently at keyboards and eventually sold a few books…
Filed under Oktopod Operations, Creative Commons, ebooks, Revenue, Self-Publishing
Free Promotion — (nearly) Everything Must Go!
It’s that time again, true believers. Starting around 12:00am PDT, it’s another big sale here at Oktopod Digital Press! Stars Rain Down, The Salvaged Sword of Vengar, & both episodes of Arcana Universalis will be available for the bargain price of abso-bloody-lutely nada, so hop on over to my author page at Amazon, grab some books, and read until your eyeballs explode! And remember: it’s all CC licensed, so give a copy to a friend when you’re done. 
Cheers!
Filed under Arcana Universalis, Creative Commons, ebooks, Stars Rain Down, Vengar
Free Promotion — Stars Rain Down
That’s right! Stars Rain Down is once again free through the Amazon Kindle store! You have until 11:59PM PDT tonight, Tuesday the 24th to grab a copy. When will it come up for sale again? I’m aiming to be a bit more cunning with these promotions, and will be hosting a free day every three weeks, so if you miss this one, you only have to wait until half-way through May. If you miss that one, you could always pester someone who already has a copy.
Download a copy! Tell a friend! Eat something delicious and take a nap!
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Free Promotion — Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre
If you don’t have a copy yet, Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre is available for free today through the Amazon Kindle store. Hop on over and grab one for the weekend.
Filed under Arcana Universalis, Creative Commons, ebooks
Release Announcement — Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre
Good afternoon! How ya doing? Good? Great!
After more waiting than I ever expected, I’m very excited to announce the latest chapter in Caleb Gedley’s ongoing adventures… Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre
As regulars around here know, I’ve had a few setbacks over the past few months which resulted in this piece taking much (much, much) longer than I ever would have guessed. The good news, though, is that it’s finally out and ready for your consumption.
What exactly will you find in this episode?
Read on to find out…
They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!
Over at the Amazon Kindle Store, I’m burning up the last day of Free Promotion for Stars Rain Down, and I’ve made The Salvaged Sword of Vengar and Arcana Universalis: Terminus free today as well. If you’re missing copies of any of the above, I should be swatting you in the nose with a newspaper… oh, and you should totally hop on over and grab one!
As always, these releases are Creative Commons licensed, meaning you’re free to read, enjoy, and pass them along to friends. I think it’s a pretty generous deal, if I do say so myself. And I do. That felt oddly recursive.
Oh, and if you happen to be a Woot user, could I possibly ask you to vote up my listing? I’d be forever in your debt… for approximately one click at the time and place of your choosing. My generosity truly knows no bounds.
In tangentially related news, the second part of Arcana Universalis is (finally!) done, and is currently in editing. I also need to design a cover, but I don’t anticipate either taking very long, so be on the look-out for a release next week! Exciting times, aren’t they?
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Well, I think so, so nyah-nyah. :p
Filed under Arcana Universalis, Creative Commons, ebooks, Self-Publishing, Stars Rain Down, Vengar
Stars Rain Down on Paper!
And remember, if you buy 10… you’ll have 10 of them!
Filed under Creative Commons, Releases, Self-Publishing, Stars Rain Down
