Top Five Bestselling DCP ebooks for December 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Resurrection Child by Lee Pletzers
3. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
4. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin
5. The Mighty Quinn by Paula Stiles

The paperback bestsellers list looks similar, with the surprise addition of one of our older titles, short story collection Ghosts Can Bleed, at number 2. The most excellent Rayne Hall has been promoting her latest short story showcase, Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies, which contains a story by Ghosts Can Bleed author Tracie McBride (that would be me!), and it has had the intended effect of raising awareness and sales of her other work. Thanks, Rayne!

Top Five Bestselling DCP paperbacks for December 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Ghosts Can Bleed by Tracie McBride
3. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
4. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin
5. Campfire Chillers by Dave Jeffery

Maybe you’re a seasoned ebook connoisseur already. Or maybe you’re a big DCP fan and already have most of our titles. Then look carefully at the following list, because in amongst a range of our old favourites are some new classics-in-the-making.

And the sale titles are:

Ghosts Can Bleed by Tracie McBride
Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
Price of Admission by Sylvia Shults
Resurrection Child by Lee Pletzers
Snareville by David Youngquist
Snareville II: Circles by David Youngquist
The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin
The Dark at the Heart of the Diamond by Sylvia Shults
The Mighty Quinn by Paula R. Stiles
The Taming of the Werewolf by Sylvia Shults

The above links are to the mighty ‘Zon, but the sale is also running on Barnes & Noble, Drive Thru Fiction and Kobo.

Have fun!

For the fifth month in a row, our bestselling ebook is Quiet Houses. Perhaps it was “Love a British Author” month, because the number two and three slots also go to British authors or editors. And readers’ love of all things zombie is reflected in the sales of David Youngquist’s Snareville series (hurry up with Snareville III already, Dave and Ade!).

Top Five Bestselling DCP e-books for November 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
3. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin
4. Snareville II: Circles by David Youngquist
5. Snareville by David Youngquist

For our paperbacks, it’s more of the same in the top two slots. Let It Bleed re-enters the Top 5 after a brief hiatus in October. DCP founding member Sylvia Shults will soon be releasing her highly anticipated non-fiction book Fractured Spirits, and it appears that the interest in this title has flowed onto her other offerings, as she takes out the remaining two spots.

Top Five Bestselling DCP paperbacks for November 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
3. Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz
4. The Dark at the Heart of the Diamond by Sylvia Shults
5. The Taming of the Werewolf by Sylvia Shults

We’re offering 10 ebooks for $10, which I confess is slightly false advertising; we’ve chosen ten of our ebook titles to be discounted to a mere 99 cents each, so if you buy all ten, you’ll only pay US$9.90, not $10.  And you don’t have to purchase all ten to avail yourself of these special prices. Although we’ll be happy if you do, as I am sure you will be with your bargains.

The titles we’ve chosen have been our bestselling titles so far this year. And in alphabetical order, they are:

1. A Gentle Hell by Autumn Christian
2. Along the Splintered Path by A.J. Brown *
3. Blood and Fire by Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman
4.Campfire Chillers by Dave Jeffery *
5.Critique by Daniel I. Russell *
6. The Drunk and the Dead by Andy Taylor
7. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel *
8. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth *
9. Slander Hall by Matthew Tait
10.Werewolves, Apocalypses and Genetic Mutations, Oh My! by Suzanne Robb

(* = also currently available in paperback)

You’re also spoiled for choice for retail sites from which to purchase these top quality dark fiction reads; all of the above ebooks can be downloaded from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Drive Thru Fiction and Kobo (the latter takes a little longer than the other sites to update their prices – feel free to nag…I mean, gently encourage them if your choice of discount title is still showing the usual pricing).

The sale runs until November 30, and it starts…now!

And remember, gentle (and not so gentle) readers – it’s not all about the mighty Amazon; customers wanting to purchase Dark Continents ebooks can also get  them on Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Drive Thru Fiction.

Top Five Bestselling e-books for October 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. The Mighty Quinn by Paula R. Stiles
3. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
4. Snareville by David Youngquist
5. Transformation by Rab Swannock Fulton

As previously mentioned, David’s been out and about meeting his fans in person in his local Illinois bookstores, to such an extent that he has toppled Quiet Houses from the #1 spot. Snareville fans can look forward to the third instalment in the series in 2013, which promises to be especially exciting as it is co-written by fellow Dark Continents board member Adrian Chamberlin (while you’re waiting, you might want to familiarise yourself with Ade’s other works, such as #5 on the list below). Daniel Russell has also been busy with signings in Western Australia; those customers who recently purchased The Collector can now also order his novella Critique for a tiny $6.99 plus postage.

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for October 2012

1. Snareville by David Youngquist
2. Snareville II: Circles by David Youngquist
3. The Collector Book One: Mana Leak by Daniel I. Russell
4. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
5. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin

Recently we withdrew the last of the Darkness and Dismay titles from KDP Select (Nook and Kobo owners can look forward to purchasing them soon). We commemorated the occasion by having one last free promotional period for each one, which resulted in a resurgence of interest in the series.  Quite timely, too, as we are working on getting the D&D books out in print via Createspace.

Top Five Bestselling e-books for September 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Critique by Daniel I. Russell *
3. Transformation by Rab Swannock Fulton
4. Along the Splintered Path by A.J. Brown *
5. A Gentle Hell by Autumn Christian *

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

It’s still the same titles cycling in and out of the top five paperbacks, with the exception of new release Dark at the Heart of the Diamond, a collection of dark speculative fiction short stories by DCP board member Sylvia Shults. I wonder if the afore-mentioned Darkness and Dismay paperbacks are going to shake this list up…

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for September 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Dark at the Heart of the Diamond by Sylvia Shults
3. Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz
4. Snareville II by David Youngquist
5. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman

At the time of writing, five titles are available, with many more to go live over coming weeks. If you’re already a Drive Thru Fiction customer, we’d love to hear from you, and love it even more if you follow us on the site.  And if you’re not, you could be…

Commonwealth authors dominate the August e-book charts, with South African author Nerine Dorman featuring on two titles (as well as writing Inkarna, she co-authored Blood and Fire with Texan Carrie Clevenger).  Surprise entry in August was our 99 cent bargain, Choices in the Dark by Robert W. Walker.  This short story was released earlier this year as a teaser for the Dean M. Drinkel-edited Titanic anthology that we’re aiming to publish in 2013.

Top Five Bestselling e-books for August 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. The Collector Book One: Mana Leak by Daniel I. Russell
3. Blood and Fire by Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman *
4. Choices in the Dark by Robert W. Walker
5. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

Not much change in the paperback sales rankings in August – a little jostling for position, and Snareville II yields a Top 5 spot to Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz. We were lucky to be given the opportunity to re-release Let It Bleed after the author’s contract expired with the previous publisher – this book deserves to be in print for a long, long time.

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for August 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
3. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
4. Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz
5. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin

http://www.bookworm.com.au/ghosts-can-bleed-9780983160366.aspx

http://www.bookworm.com.au/the-collector-book-one-mana-leak-9780983160380.aspx

Still with the news from the Antipodes, Melbourne residents can now purchase the entire DCP range of paperbacks from the most excellent Notions Unlimited Bookshop.  Find out more about them here -

http://notionsunlimitedbookshop.blogspot.com.au/p/about-us.html

We’re pleased to announce that Kobo owners can now purchase Dark Continents titles for their e-readers.  Currently we have sixteen titles available, with many more to come.  For a full list of available titles, click here:

http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=%22dark+continents%22&t=all&f=keyword&p=1&s=&g=both&c=9-ZhFS90G0yoBBh3KIFFdA&l=

Happy reading!