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The Mercenary’s Bride in Print

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The Mercenary's Bride, #1 of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval Scottish romancesI’ve just created mini-book print versions of The Mercenary’s Bride. I call these “mini-books” because they’re 4.25″ by 7″, almost the same size as mass market paperbacks, but are still print-on-demand.

This makes them an excellent size to give away or donate. I’ve sent 100 copies of this print book to Lori Foster’s Reader-Author Get-Together to go into the goody bags. They won’t be signed—because I’m not an attending author—but I hope the readers in attendance will enjoy the story. RAGT has over 500 attendees so not everyone will get a book, but people will probably swap them around, based on their reading preferences.

If you order a signed print copy of The Mercenary’s Bride from my online store, you get the digital edition for free. After you buy the print copy, you’ll get an email from BookFunnel about the delivery of your ebook. They’ll make sure you get the ePUB or the MOBI on your device of choice. Here’s the buy link for my online store.

Print Editions of the Brides of North Barrows

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A Duke By Any Other Name, #2 of the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romances by Claire DelacroixI decided to try a little experiment this month and am pretty happy with the results so far. My Brides of North Barrows Regency romances are novellas. This means their word count is between 25,000 and 30,000 words – while my books are closer to 100,000 words. I’ve had people ask about getting these stories in print editions, but in trade paperback, they’d make pretty thin books.

My Dragons of Incendium books – which end up being between 40,000 and 50,000 words, because they include a longer novella and a short story – are available in a special size from Amazon, which is 4″ by 6.5″. I like these mini-books a lot. The problem is that they can’t be distributed beyond Amazon and not all of you want to shop there. They aren’t even available to readers in all Amazon territories.Something Wicked This Way Comes, #1 of the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romances by Claire Delacroix

The other company I use for print editions is Ingrams, and books from them are in wide distribution internationally. So, I tried out a new size there. It’s 4.25″ by 7″ which is pretty close to the mass market trim size of 4.125″ by 6.75″. The first two books I tried in this size were the two Regency novellas, Something Wicked This Way Comes and A Duke By Any Other Name. They’re about 1/4″ thick.

My copies arrived today, and here they are:

Print editions of the Brides of North Barrows Regency romances

The buy links for them are also live at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I’ve added them to the book pages.

You can also order signed copies directly from me in my online store. These will also include the digital version of the story, which will be delivered by BookFunnel once your purchase is complete in the store. Right now, the print edition of Something Wicked is available in the store, while the one for A Duke will be available on March 27.