D. Bruce Cotton

Self-Published Author

D. Bruce Cotton

Hometown Library

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I visited the library in my home town today. Amazing how much different it looks now! Spent many, many hours reading there when I was younger. I probably read every science fiction and fantasy book they had at least twice!

For those who’ve read my books, the Elliston, Ohio, library in the first part of Book 2, Magician’s Return, was based on the Garrard County Public Library in Lancaster, KY.

Because it meant so much to me growing up, I stopped by to donate a copy of all three books from the Dark Mage series. Hope they bring as much enjoyment to others as I had there as a boy!

Amazon Distribution

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First, a quick apology. Since this is my first time attempting to publish, I should’ve realized there would be glitches. The first one popped up yesterday on launch day. If you tried to find my books on Amazon, you already know something went wrong. I’m using an aggregator (a company that distributes my books to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and all the other channels) to upload my books. The company can preload to every channel but Amazon. That means the files didn’t get sent to Amazon until shortly after midnight on August 16th. The problem (and I just learned this) is that it takes 24-48 hours for the books to show on Amazon after they’re uploaded. Fortunately, mine fell into the 24 hour period. They’re now available on Amazon, just a day later than I expected.

One more small glitch: Although you can find both the ebook and paperback versions on Amazon, they won’t be merged into a single page that shows BOTH versions for two days to two weeks. Again, I’m hoping my books will fall into the shorter time period, but only time will tell.

For now, the easiest way to find my books there is to do a search for “d bruce cotton” (minus the quote marks) in the main Amazon search bar. If you select Kindle eBooks in the search dropdown first, only the paperbacks will show up. At the bottom of the book list, you’ll see “Results for d bruce cotton in All Departments (See all 118 results).” Click on that link and all versions will show up.

Again, my apologies if you searched for the books yesterday and couldn’t find them. I’ve learned a few lessons through this process, so future launches should go smoother. Thanks, everyone!

Magician’s War Update

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The work on Book IV in the Dark Mage Series, Magician’s War, is still in the early stages, but going well.  The first three chapters are finished and I hope to publish in early 2019.  I’ll have a more concrete date as the year goes on. Keep checking back for more updates!

Publication Update

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Hi, everyone.  Just a quick update on the publication schedule for the first three books of the Dark Mage Series:  Magician’s Heir, Magician’s Return and Magician’s Quest.  All three books will be published on August 16th.  They are currently available for preorder at Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Kobo, Scribd, Tolino, 24Symbols, Playster, OverDrive and Bibliotheca. To preorder now, click on the book you want, then click the Buy Now button and then click the button for your bookstore of choice. The ebook and a paperback version will be available on Amazon, but not as a preorder. The button for ordering on Amazon will appear on August 16th.