CORRECTION: The ebook version of "Once in Every Generation" is NOW downloadable for FREE on Amazon for 5 days beginning today. You do not need a Kindle to download it. You can download it to your PC or other e-devices (Kindle for PC is free - and I have no doubt that Apple devices have their own version). This is in CELEBRATION of its two year anniversary of publication! After the free 5-day period, it will be available exclusively to Amazon Prime Members and their Lending Library for 90 days. Maybe by then I will be ready to launch my second novel. Here's the link: http://amzn.to/d0MUEz.

Amazon's Lending Library

Okay, I have succumbed to something I swore I would never do. I joined the Amazon Kindle Select Program. Although my book is on Amazon as a paperback and as an ebook, and I felt it was pompous of Amazon to expect exclusivity. That meant shutting down Smashwords and Barnes & Noble.com and any other avenues that distribute "Once in Every Generation" electronically. But, in the past few months I have been hearing from other authors that there have been major downloads of their books through this program. While readers have been buying my book steadily since it's publication, and I have on occasion offered it discounted, I have wearied of promoting it. Ugh, the business end of the book business. So, when I hear that authors can get their books into the hands of 400-1000-plus readers, who might then suggest it to others, I decided to give it a try. This affords me two important "shot-in-the-arms." 1) I don't particularly care if a reader gets it for free (without royalties coming to me), because it means a reader is reading it. My message is getting out there. And that has been my greatest wish for my novel. 2) This gives me uninterrupted time to concentrate on my second novel which has been moving along quickly. Perhaps, those readers of my first novel will then want to buy my second novel as well. In the industry this is called "building a platform." Though I must warn all my readers that this second novel is vastly different than my first: Suspense/mystery/thriller/historical fiction - it has it all. So, there is a 5-day window of FREE downloads through the KDP Select programs and the link is below. After that it gets put into the lending library for 90 days. I'm giving it a try. At least, I will have 90 days to work exclusively on my new novel. ONCE IN EVERY GENERATION - For 5 days only for Amazon Prime Members: $0.00 (borrow for free from your Kindle). http://amzn.to/d0MUEz. Please share this with your friends.

I'm No. 1! I'm No. 1!

Yea! Please, tell your friends. "Once in Every Generation" is No. 1 on Amazon in this category:
Books - Literature & Fiction - multiple sclerosis.

I'm Number 2!!!!!!

Yea! My novel is now #2 on Amazon under literary/fiction - multiple sclerosis!!!!

I'm celebrating with https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50529?ref=laurenbgrossman. A 99cent promo.

It's a novel about two women with extraordinary singing voices who learn to overcome challenges in their lives.

Read it, then get back to me. I love feedback - good or bad - it doesn't matter, as I learn from everyone.

The Count is In!

    The count is in and it seems 95 people took advantage to download "Once in Every Generation" for free, through Smashwords, during READ AN EBOOK WEEK.

    Why give it away for free?
1) It coincided with the beginning of MS Awareness Month.

2) 95 more people will have an opportunity to become aware of MS (if they were not previously aware).

3) 95 people can re-gift or re-cycle the book and continue to spread awareness.

    I would invite anyone who downloaded the novel to please post a review on my Amazon book’s page:  http://amzn.to/d0MUEz or if you are a Goodreads member: http://bitly.com/GH7bpE.
    You may not consider yourself a critic, but I value all opinions of my story. So, do not feel it has to be lengthy. Even a couple of sentences are valuable. Ask yourself: how did this story make me feel? Was it an enjoyable read? Would I recommend it to others? Or, what was it about the book I hated? The truth is that I value the truth – good or bad – I learn from everybody. Of course, please remember that constructive criticism is the best kind.
    By the way, thanks to all of you who have taken the time to contact me directly at lauren@laurenbgrossman.com. I love the feedback and try to get back to you within 48 hours (kind of like the doctor’s office).