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Clever Amazon gives us a chance to link to a preview of our book. Go ahead. Bet you can’t stop reading!

Read it here at Pacific Book Review. We even got a star!

An excerpt: “Allen has created a provocative mystery laced with secrets, scandal, and even bits of humor. With memorable characters and an eye for detail (including a well-placed nod to a familiar magnifying glass), this series debut showcasing a viable alternative to the original Doyle/Sherlock Holmes contention, should appeal to any classic mystery lover, and especially those who can appreciate a smart and savvy woman, ahead of her time.”

You now have direct and immediate access to a 17 page biography of Louise Conan Doyle. I’ve placed it on the Louise page of this website. You can go there to view it, or you can simply click here.

Brimstone, the first book in the Louise Conan Doyle Mystery Series is now available in print format.

You will find, at least as of today, 22 May 2008, that Amazon is not yet displaying the cover image. Many self-published authors have long been complaining about how Amazon is treating self-published authors who use Lightning Source for their on-demand printing. Many claim that Amazon is trying to force the self-publishers into using Amazon’s CreateSpace as their on-demand printer.

I share their concern. Shadow Woman is mysteriously no longer available for same day printing, and it is priced way higher than we asked for. That pricing and lack of ready availability is brutal with respect to sales, and does put considerable pressure on us to use CreateSpace.

For now, we are sticking with Lightning Source, partially for good reasons and partially out of spite.

We have long expected that we would make earn from Kindle sales than from print sales. That too may be a motivation for Amazon to undermine print books. They can automate the entire sale and delivery process of a digital book far better than they can with a print book. They can also save on the postage.

So the print book is available, and we would be thrilled if you choose to purchase it, even without seeing the cover, or being able to peek inside. Or you can wait just a bit for the Kindle version.

Either way, we welcome you as one of the very first readers of the Louise Conan Doyle Mystery Series.