Happy Birthday Douglas Adams!

[4dprefect]

...than a great villain.

So they say.

Well, the great villains do.

Hello. My name is Simon A Forward. I, myself, am not a great villain. I’m only the author of several works of licensed fiction, including Doctor Who novels and audio dramas and three novelisations for the BBC’s Merlin series. But my primary focus has always been on my own original works, whether it’s sci-fi, children’s fiction or downright Evil.

Such as...

Evil UnLtd Vol 1: The Root Of All Evil
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evil-UnLtd-Root-All/dp/B00457XLMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM&qid=1287407597&sr=1-1



The Farce Of The Dark Side. Villains are the new Heroes in this Epic Sci-Fi Adventure.

In a Nutshell:   Sinister genius Dexter Snide floats Evil on the intergalactic stock-market and gathers the most dangerous villains in the Underverse to found a dark syndicate with one mission: to make sure Evil always shows a constant profit.

Beginning with a daring heist to steal the greatest prize in the galaxy: a Pocket Universe, held deep in the vaults of the Imperial Mint.

The heist goes wrong – as heists do – and they soon have a siege situation on their hands. All captured spectacularly on Galaxy Six news. And under the watchful eyes of a group of Visigoyles – apparently out to avenge the destruction of their favourite restaurant, but actually shadowing Evil UnLtd on behalf of an unknown enemy with a vested interest in Dexter’s downfall…

To cap it all, Dexter’s choice of hostage happens to be none other than Tanith Troy, film starlet and spoilt girlfriend of Rolph Stengun, invincible action hero, Dexter’s archnemesis and all-round unstoppable force.

Vol 1 The Root Of All Evil is the first in a series and includes the Episodes
1.1:   Pilot: Errors, 1.2:   Run Time Errors and 1.3: The Root Of All Evil
Extras: Interactive Menus, Free Membership of the Minions Of Evil UnLtd, Links to Exclusive Evil Content, Hidden Easter Egg: Your very own E-shirt (TM)

Reviews & Comments:

Harper Collins:
“Evil UnLtd is well-written, sharp, witty, and absolutely succeeds in transporting the reader to a curious and lush unknown world. The book avoids much of the self-importance that ruins a lot of science-fiction, and I found your ‘Dr. Evil’ antagonist Dexter Snide and his bumbling antics to be refreshingly comic.

“The plot is strong and coupled with your very accessible and extremely clean prose the reader is quickly pulled along by your story.”
Rebecca Bilek-Chee, Ed Victor Ltd:
"A number of my colleagues have read your material, and we all agree this is a strong piece"

CJ McKee, Authonomist:
"How fun and well written! I could see this as a continuing series very easily. Your writing is quick-witted, descriptive and visual. I can see the characters and hear the inflections."

Richard P-S, Authonomist:
"We need a successor to the late Douglas Adams and the, alas, fading Terry Pratchett. This looks like it could be a good bet, after the 2 chapters I've read."

Gillian, Authonomist:
"It's clear to see why this is at the top of the charts - it feels original with fresh ideas. Even though I'm not a sci-fi reader (heck, I've never even watched the whole of Star Wars!) I'd definitely buy this if I saw it in a bookshop."

and many many more, as they say on those compilation CD ads.


Any welcomes, help, advice, downloads or PR will be gratefully received.

SAF


Now with added Video Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcUoF-1cPdc

Check it out!  

--- created KindleBoards ebook link

[kcmay]

Hi Simon, welcome to the Cafe. I see you're looking for a few promo tips... as are we all! I've got a list of them and started posting to my blog at http://fantasyauthor.blogspot.com/ The first tip will help you get started here at the Kindle Boards.

Good luck!

[Betsy the Quilter]

Simon--

Welcome to KindleBoards and congratulations on your book!  I've moved your thread to the Book Bazaar, our forum where our authors can promote their books.

A brief recap of our rules follows:

--We invite you to use your book cover as your avatar and have links to your book and website in your profile signature.

--Please bookmark this thread (using your browser's bookmark/favorite function) so you can update it as we ask that authors have only one thread per book and add to it when there is more information.  You may start a separate thread for each book (or you may have one thread per series of books, or one thread for all of your books, it's your choice).

--While you may respond to member posts to your thread at any time, you may only bump your thread (back-to-back posts by you) once every seven days.  Once you've responded to a member, that resets the clock to zero and you must wait seven days to post, unless another member posts before then.

--We ask that Amazon reviews not be repeated here as they are easy to find at your book link.  Also, full reviews from other sites should not be posted here, but you may post a short blurb and a link to the full review instead.

--Although self-promotion is limited to the Book Bazaar, our most successful authors have found the best way to promote their books is to be as active throughout KindleBoards as time allows.  This is your target audience--book lovers with Kindles!  Please note that putting link information in the body of your posts constitutes self promotion; please leave your links for your profile signature that will automatically appear on each post.

All this, and more, is included in our Forum Decorum: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,36.0.html.  Be sure to check it from time to time for the current guidelines and rules.

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[intinst]

Here is a clickable link for your book cover:

[4dprefect]

Hi and thanks for the welcomes - plus advice. Sorry I posted to the wrong place. I will learn.

Apologies for the delayed response too. Been out today, spending some time with the in-laws who are visiting from the states. It's tough juggling PR campaigns with real life, let alone actually doing some writing 

SAF

[4dprefect]

Evil UnLtd. Now with a FREE E-Shirt:

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/free-e-shirt/

There just aren't many books that can say that.

SAF

[4dprefect]

Cos, you know, everything's better naked, right?

No?

Oh well.

Anyway, the hot Evil news is that Evil UnLtd is now on sale at a reduced price until New Year's Day. That's 01/01/11. Or 01/0111 for Americans. Hurry while stocks last.

I've also made a Special Edition of Evil UnLtd available on Smashwords. At the slightly higher price of $3.99, but there's more in it. Lots of Extras. It's like a Special Edition DVD release, y'know.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/29225


Watch out for more developments soon. Ish.



SAF

[Shayne Parkinson]

Nice to see you here, Simon - and congratulations on putting Evil UnLtd out into the wide world! Best of luck with it.

[4dprefect]

Nice to see you here, Simon - and congratulations on putting Evil UnLtd out into the wide world! Best of luck with it.

Thanks, Shayne! Yes, I figured it was high time. Evil wasn't content to languish on my hard drive. Dexter and Co are an impatient lot when it comes to their plans for taking over the universe

SAF

[4dprefect]

For your added entertainment value, here's a little song I (re)wrote as an ode to the Kindle

http://prefectjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/kindle-in-wind.html

And I should also mention while I'm here, that Evil UnLtd: The Special Edition is available from smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/29225

Enjoy!

SAF

[4dprefect]

Never speak unless you have something to say, my mum always used to tell me. I think she just wanted me to shut up. But anyway, I don't tend to update this thread unless I have something new to offer.

This week it's a competition - check out the details on my author blog:

http://prefectjournal.blogspot.com/

where we're offering 5 signed copies of my most recent Merlin novelisation - whether for collectors or for those with kids who might enjoy reading it! Like it says on the blog, they'll be the only ones I'll be signing, so kind of a limited edition.

And among a number of online interviews I've done recently, there's this one which focuses on E-marketing and E-books, as well as, of course, E-vil

http://www.brightideas-uk.com/marketing-in-chichester/evil-marketing/

I'm no expert at all and I'm still very new to this game, but who knows, maybe a newbie's instinctive viewpoint has some fresh perspective to offer.

Enjoy and we at Evil UnLtd hope to catch up with you all soon.


Edited to add the 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion!

On the First Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

The Gang in a bunch of cartoons!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-1/

Early concept 'art' for the main Evil UnLtd characters.

On the Second Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Two paperbacks!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-2/

Prize draw to win one of two signed paperback versions of Evil, due out in Feb 2011!

Best wishes and best of luck. More to follow in the 12 Days Of Christmas Evil!


On the Third Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Three Daft Songs!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-3/

A trio of Evil Christmas Carols to get you all in the festive spirit. Sing along!

More good stuff to come over the next nine days!


On the Fourth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

4... dprefect sings!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-4/

Kindle In The Wind, The Video.

More good stuff to come over the next eight days!


(I'd say better late than never today, except once you've seen the video you'll say, no, never please. )

SAF

[4dprefect]

Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Fifth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

5 Gift Ideas!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-5/

Some super Christmas shopping ideas for everyone!

More good stuff to come over the next seven days!


Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Sixth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Six Minutes Reading!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-6/

Our first instalment of Evilnory, giving a reading of Evil UnLtd, with celebrity guest reader...

Stephen Hawking!

More good stuff to come over the next six days!


Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Seventh Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Seven Mini Profiles!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-7/

Brief character profiles of all the main Evil players.


More good stuff to come over the next five days!

Next up...

On the Eighth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Eight Colour Portraits!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-8/

All new colour pics of the main characters in Evil UnLtd Vol 1!

More good stuff to come over the next four days!


Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Ninth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Nine Dexterous Smiles!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/twelve-days-of-christmas-9/

Collecting together nine of the best smiles from main character, Dexter Snide, in order to see what that tells us about the fellow...


More good stuff to come over the next three days!




Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Tenth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Ten Ebook Coupons!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/twelve-days-of-christmas-10/

Lemme hear your Evil laughs!


More good stuff to come over the next two days!




Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Eleventh Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Eleven Evil Extras!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/twelve-days-of-christmas-evil-11/


Evil McNuggets.
Includes special preview of Evil Vol 2

More to come over the next, er, one day!




SAF

[4dprefect]

Next in our 12 Days Of Christmas Evil promotion.

On the Twelfth Day Of Christmas, Evil gave to me...

Twelve More Mins Reading!

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/twelve-days-of-christmas-12/

We round off our Evilnory storytelling pre-Christmas with this continuation of Evil UnLtd Vol 1. Direct from my kitchen.


More good stuff to come in the New Year. But alas - sniff - our Twelve Days of Christmas Evil journey draws to a close today.

We hope you've enjoyed the (sleigh) ride. And here's to a Happy Christmas and a Great New Year to all of you!



SAF

[4dprefect]

and a Happy New Year to you all.

SAF

[Ali Cooper]

Hi Simon! Xmas was Evil in a nasty snowed in way but sledging by torchlight was brill!!

[4dprefect]

Hi Simon! Xmas was Evil in a nasty snowed in way but sledging by torchlight was brill!!

Wow, sledging by torchlight sounds fab. Hope it made up for the nasty snowed-in Christmas for you.


Last night we saw people releasing glowing lanterns to drift through the New Years Eve sky. Looked kind of magical.

SAF

[4dprefect]

Wow, has it really been that long. Well past time for an Evil update.

Amongst other things which needn't be discussed here, I've been busy prepping Evil UnLtd Vol 1: The Root Of All Evil for paperback release. Glad to say the book has now been published in ye olde fashioned paper form - but don't worry, it's still also available on the Kindle and in other ebook formats. So there's no Luddite in me, I'm just offering readers the choice.

Information on the various ways you can get your hands on a copy, in whichever form you prefer, can be found on my blog site:

http://prefectjournal.blogspot.com/2011/03/paper-view.html

So do please go and check it out. Happy reading!

SAF

[4dprefect]

Towel Day is here!

In honour of the late great Douglas Adams, we're offering - for a limited period only -

Evil Unltd Vol 1: The Root Of All Evil

for $0.99c

See link for details.

http://prefectjournal.blogspot.com/2011/05/towel-day.html


Happy reading and have a Pangalactic Gargleblaster on us.

SAF

[4dprefect]

In book form.

<b>Evil UnLtd</b>

It's been a while, but the story continues in Vol 2: <i>From Evil With Love</i>

New book released on 4th Feb 2012 for Kindle and in other ebook formats on Smashwords. Also available in paperback.

To kickstart our virtual book tour, a little article about the Evil series at:

http://iriswildthyme.blogspot.com/2012/02/now-major-new-tv-series-guest-post.html

Watch www.evilunltd.co.uk for further updates, stories and articles.

Enjoy!

SAF
*you can find me on Facebook as Simon Forward and as @prefect4d on Twitter.

[4dprefect]

In honour of the late great Douglas Adams, who would have been 60 this Sunday had not Death, the Universe and Everything intervened, we are offering

Evil UnLtd Vol 1: The Root Of All Evil for HALF PRICE in all ebook formats. See the link below for details:

http://4devil.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/happy-birthday-dna/

THIS WEEKEND ONLY

Wicked original SciFi series from an author of a number of Doctor Who books and novelisations for the BBC's Merlin series.

As the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation would say...

Share and Enjoy!

SAF