Leaving for "Lockdown at Bellbrook" Thursday!!

Here's the linkage "Lockdown at Bellbrook" to prove I'll be there along with my friends of RIP Chris Matheny and Kimberly Brouillette. You can check the link to see who else will be in attendance. Much of what is going on this "spooktacular" weekend will be televised--well that should be interesting--for your viewing pleasure.

I of course will be there selling and signing my books, one of the rare opportunities you'll have to actually visit and talk with me and we all know you want to do that!!!!!

Why rare?

Well because no large bookstore will let ANY author in unless they sign on to make their books returnable via a return policy (designed to save bookstores during the depression) that will sink all small publishers eventually and is actually taking its toll on large publishers now. Yes. My books are returnable but not in regards to that insane "industry standard" return policy so not even the local Barnes & Noble in Dayton Ohio will allow me to visit you there. Way to go B&N!! You so RAWK! *Sue wipes sarcasm spittle from mouth with back of hand.*

So Bellbrook is just another effort on my part to "get out there." So come visit and come buy. I'll have my 2007 Bram Stoker short-listed Black Bed Sheet books edition of Never Ceese as well as that "electrifying" Electric Angel.

For the record, even though B&N won't order my books to carry in their store, you can order ALL DAY LONG at Blackbedsheet.goshopper.net (you can order it at ANY bookstore including B&N I'd just prefer if you not order it from those scumbags if you're going to order.) In fact, this is the only place you should buy my books as they can give you the best price AND you can order any of my books in a variety of instantly downloadable e-book formats there as well including but not limited to Kindle and Nook. I don't list my Kindle e-book on Amazon and never will. I don't list my Nook e-books on B&N and never will. Of course that means it will never show up on a "best sellers" list even though it may sell well enough to deserve to be there but HEY, it ain't about the numbers anyway. Or is it?

Enough already! ;D

Come to "Lockdown at Bellbrook" and we can talk there!!!

All for now!

Dayton Ohio Barnes & Noble

As you should know by now, and if not you will be hearing more soon, I'll be in the Dayton OH area Halloween Weekend for "Bellbrook on Lockdown" with my friends Chris Matheny and Kimberly Brouillette or What Lies Beyond. What you don't know is that about five minutes before scribing this note, I contacted the Dayton Ohio Barnes & Noble to set up an event. Of course I knew what they'd say and almost wish I'd written the words down somewhere so I could prove it to you. I told them I would be in the area and was interested in setting up an event. Here's how the very short conversation went:

"What type of an event?" The story manager asked.

"I'm coming to sell books," I replied.

"Are there any in our warehouse?"

"Of course not. I've asked my publisher to make my books non-returnable according to industry standard as the industry standard return policy doesn't work for small publishers at all. In fact they lose money."

"I'm sorry. We can't do an event unless the books are returnable[industry standard returnable not a return policy that benefits BOTH parties.] "

"In other words no small publisher can do an event unless they make their books returnable according to industry standard which will eventually put them out of business."

His classic response. "Yes."

So, if any bookstore in the Dayton, OH area is interested in hosting an event, and actually cares about giving small publishers the same chance large publishers get, I'll be in the area. Do I expect a response? *Sue laughs to herself.* Nope. Not one bookstore will even feign interest. So I'll see y'all at Bellbrook. It's your best chance at getting a signed copy of my books because in spite of my work being just as good if not better than most of the crap large publishers put out, I don't get to sell my goods in larger bookstores even if I wanted to. Not unless I sign my life away and well, that just ain't happening.

Thanks Barnes & Noble!

Thanks for nothing!

Ghost Hunters, Paranormal, Sue Dent, Oh MY!

Check it out! Yours truly has been added to the guest list along with Chris Matheny and Kimberly Brouillette of RIP/WLB! Watch for the press release coming soon! Yeah Baby cuz it ain't Halloween unless you entertain some spirits . . . and settle down with some "fitting for the season" reads!