Infographics and me!

I only heard about infographics a month ago when I was involved in a "don't text and drive" campaign to promote audiobooks.  Duh.  Seems obvious now.  I've seen them everywhere, I just didn't know what they were called.

Since then, Mr. L has made a few for me to help promote my Jeff Resnick audiobooks.  Here are a few of them.


This first one was based on something my friend Doranna Durgin did. Sadly, she's lost several friends who were driving late at night and fell asleep at the wheel.

It's been said that infographics for audio work well if you show how people can better enjoy them.  Say you're painting.  (OMG--is that boring or what?) You might not get the job done any faster, but it won't be as tedious if you listen to an audiobook.



And what about that commute?  It would go by faster if you got involved in a story instead of thinking about that next red light. (This one was put together by my friend Evelyn David.)



Made a New Year's resolution to exercise more?  Listen to an audiobook while you do it.




Where have you seen infographics and what message did they give?

And, in case you have a hankering to listen to the Jeff Resnick Mysteries on Audio, here are some links.

Murder On The Mind:Audible US:  http://tinyurl.com/n9u6zwu
Audible UK:  http://tinyurl.com/nt5ygkm
Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/owvy4f9
iTunes:  http://tinyurl.com/nncv6g5

Dead In Red
Audible US:  http://tinyurl.com/d4sewcg
Audible UK:  http://tinyurl.com/pyac5zd
iTunes:  http://tinyurl.com/cmyb8u3
Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/cfjyy6y

Room At The Inn
Audible US:  http://tinyurl.com/oys5qq6
Audible UK:  http://tinyurl.com/qf6u8p6
Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/c79cgy6
iTunes:  http://tinyurl.com/o7ux2ky
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Need an ereader? Try Kobo -- and visit their 50% off sale!

A lot of people carp about Amazon and say they are going to take over the world.  (Hmm...Amazon ... drones ... maybe they will.)  I want to support all e book distributors because they have changed the lives of so many midlist authors.  We can now make a living wage, and that's nothing to sneeze at.

I'm really pulling for Kobo. Kobo is small ... but really, very large.  They sell their readers all over the world and, unlike Amazon, the only thing they are ebooks!

Kobo has been very good to me. They frequently offer me the opportunity to get my name out there by letting me put certain of my books on sale.  I've had a hard time getting the word out because the sales are usually country specific.  Right now one of my books is on sale at Kobo for 50% off in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

If you've got a Kobo reader, maybe you'll want to try Love & Murder.  It's half price ($1.49) until the end of the year (That's Dec. 31st.)

Love & Murder, by Lorraine Bartlett (and her alter ego L.L. Bartlett), explores the highs and lows of love, and humanity. This sampler will give you an idea of the kinds of themes she explores in her New York Times bestselling novels. The collection contains seven stories: Abused: A Daughter's Story, Cold Case, An Unconditional Love, We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert, Prisoner of Love, and Blue Christmas.

Here's the link.  Use the coupon Code at Checkout:  50COUPON

Several of my friends have books in the sale, too:

Doranna Durgin's fantasy novels Wolverine's Daughter & Dun Lady's Jess

Tonya Thomas's women's fiction collection of short stories:  The Edge and I

Maryann Miller's suspense novel, One Small Victory

If you're in the US and you'd like to try out a Kobo reader (they're quite nice), you can do so at your local independent bookstore.  They have one for only $79. 

Try it. You'll like it!