Those who say the western genre has no chops should be eating humble pie now because one the strongest selling eBooks at the moment is a western, Follow the Stone by John Locke - granted it doesn't look like a traditional western and is not marketed as such, but it is fairly traditional none the less.
International best-selling author John Locke (Saving Rachel, Wish List, Now & Then, Lethal People, Lethal Experiment) tackles a new genre, with hilarious results.
"I love the idea of westerns. It’s a simple dynamic: a man or woman overcoming hardship to carve out a meaningful life in a savage land, while maintaining their integrity." John Locke
Follow the Stone (An Irreverent Western Adventure) is a good-hearted, rollicking story about a former gunslinger and his crablike scout, who journey West with a mail order bride, a witch, and a wagon full of prostitutes!
Expect a full review and interview with the author, soon.
2 comments:
Cheers Gary, it's now safely on my Kindle. Only 69p too, a sensible price-point. Some e-books are a lot more expensive, as much as £6.96! A cheaper price-point makes it an easy decision to buy.
Thanks for the tip - the Locke blog is a good read too.
That "every 7 seconds, 24 hours a day" line has me completely baffled. Why is it that other well-reviewed westerns (my own included) are almost ignored by the ebook buyers? Is it that the going price for a well-written western ebook really is just 69 pence? Why aren't these same buyers rushing to pick up, for example, Ed Gorman's Wolf Moon, acclaimed as a western noir masterpiece?
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