MISFIT LIL GETS TOUGH

BHE Westerns, a new paperback imprint, looked to be floundering before she properly set sail - the intention was to put these slim paperbacks on the shelves at low prices, the way they used to be.

However the realities of modern publishing meant that the book was priced at a much higher rate than author and publisher, Chap O'keefe would have liked.

Chap O'keefe said, "I would like the book to sell on its merits, like its predecessors in the BHW range. These sell at around £3 more than £10, £1 less for a limited time on release . . . or like the last Lil book, Misfit Lil Cleans Up, not at all once no longer on the Hale website and listed by Amazon UK as: 'Currently unavailable – we don't know when or if this item will be back in stock."




However the book's out there now and offers great value for money - Misfit Lil and Chap O'Keefe are a popular team with previous adventures selling out within weeks of publication.

The book is now listed on Amazon. Com priced at a very reasonable $15.22. It's a lovely looking paperback original - Not only is it a good read but as the first BHE it could prove highly collectable - copies of out of print Chap O'keefe books can go for silly prices. For instance a copy of The Outlaw and the lady is being offered at the time of writing for $120.63.

Check out the listing HERE

And if a great action packed western with a favourite character isn't incentive enough to buy the book there's also a big cash prize which anyone buying the book will be eligible to win.

BHE Books are offering a big cash prize for one lucky reader. The competition will be held in conjunction with the next Wild West Monday and will be announced on The Tainted Archive. To qualify for entry you will need your email receipt for the book from Amazon, Lulu, Book Depository or other on-line retailer.

If this book is a success then it means that BHE will publish other paperback originals and Chap O'keefe has said that he'd like to throw the doors open to other writers. So come on folks...head over to Amazon and put in your order and take a chance of celebrating this Wild West Monday with a fistful of dollars.

Misfit Lil costs the Earth

There has been much excitement and anticipation about the new line of paperback westerns from BHE Books but this has led to disappointment and not only for fans of Lil but for the author himself.

"I've a nasty feeling this one isn't going to fly. I love the look, the feel, the weight of it, and I can see how an unpublished writer might find Lulu very alluring. But this route to paperback westerns for the future does seem to demand too huge an act of faith from too many followers. The book may be a "cracker", as more than one person has said, but is it worth $15 plus shipping?"

The price is simply too high but there's something we can try here - all us western fans together, without spending a penny - and I say we can do it. You see if the price is brought down to make the book more attractive to readers then I'm sure the book will get the success it deserves. The Lil series is a favourite with readers.

Some months ago author, Chap O'keefe gave the Archive the rights to a full novel of his that had once sold in hardback with Robert Hale LTD. The novel, The Sheriff and the Widow is still available to read via the right hand sidebar of this blog.


Now I want to repay the favour and get the new paperback noticed - what I'm asking is that anyone who has an Amazon account sends an email asking if the book will be available. Request it by title and ISBN - 978-1-4092-8943-2 . No one need spend a penny but if Amazon list the book then it will be interesting to see at what price they offer it. The author has taken the lowest royalty rate to try and bring the price down but Lulu are not budging.

So let's do this, join together and get the book listed. And not only Amazon but hit the Book Depository with those emails too.

So think of this for a trial run for the next Wild West Monday -

And coming up on the Archive next week will be a mega Wild West Round-up with new of all the latest wonderful Black Horse Westerns, some film news, details on the new Lawman TV series and many items of historical news.