50 heroes/7 days – Evernight’s BookBoyfriend Blog Hop is here!

Book Boyfriends…

They can be strong and sexy, dark and dangerous, rebellious and reckless or cute and quirky. We love to fall in love with these irresistible heroes and Evernight Publishing has them all!

The authors of Evernight invite you to a Speed Date challenge. Their cowboys, Doms, detectives, millionaires, royalty, vampires, soldiers, shifters, even steam-powered heroes are waiting to meet you on each author website. 50 heroes in 7 days! Are you up for the challenge?

Pull up a chair and get to know every single one.

something-shifty

I’d love to introduce you to my hero Seth Dustin from Something Shifty. Here is an interview with the sexy professor:

Seth Dustin finally speaks OUT about coming OUT with rocker Connor Dex!
by Erin M. Leaf, RockstarZEST! Entertainment
April 15, 2013 – 9:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK (RZ!E) — We’re pleased to welcome Seth Dustin, college professor, mild-mannered pianist, and hottie extraordinaire to our studio. In case you don’t know who he is, Mr. Dustin is the lucky fellow who has single-handedly removed Connor Dex (our favorite rockstar) from the dating pool and turned him into an almost-married man. The two of them took the world by storm when they performed an acoustic love song together at one of Connor’s concerts, finally proving once and for all that Connor is not only the coolest man on the planet, but also a romantic at heart.

Erin: Welcome to our studio, Seth!

Seth: Thank you for having me, Erin.

Erin: So, Seth, you and Connor performed that incredible love song at Madison Square Garden last summer. It was your first time playing before an audience that large. Were you nervous?

Seth: No, not at all.

Erin: Oh, come on now, not even the littlest bit? You have to admit, coming out in front of the whole world had to have been scary.

Seth: (chuckles) I knew that Dex was a little nervous, but for me it was easy. I’d already done the hard part.

Erin: And what was that?

Seth: Well, I didn’t know I was gay, so, that was a bit of a shock. The first time I met Dex, I didn’t understand why I liked him so much. I kept telling myself he’s just a guy, but every time I saw him again, I felt this strange attraction. We didn’t really date, you know. We became friends.

Erin: So Connor was your first boyfriend?

Seth: (laughs) You make that sound so high-school. Yes. Dex was my first. I guess technically I’m bisexual.

Erin: So you still like girls?

Seth: Women are beautiful, but it’s a moot point for me. I’m with Dex now. This is a forever kind of thing.

Erin: Aww. That’s so romantic. I heard somewhere that you had no idea Connor was a rock star? How is that possible?

Seth: Apparently I was living under a rock. (a loud ‘hmpf’ sounds from the other room, Seth rolls his eyes.)

Erin: Oh, do tell…

Seth: I listened to the radio once in a while, but mostly I only listened to classical music. When I first met Dex, he was just a guy who’d come into the library with his sister, Del. I’d met her in the woods a few days earlier. We’re both runners, so…

Erin: If you like women, why didn’t you ask her out?

Seth: I wasn’t looking for anyone. I didn’t date. I found dating exhausting. I just wanted to be left alone.

Erin: Sounds lonely.

Seth: (shrugs)

Erin: When did you find out Connor was a rockstar?

Seth: (flushes slightly) Um, well, that happened after we’d been dating for a while.

Erin: He didn’t tell you?

Seth: He didn’t. He led me on. (‘Hey!’ someone calls from the other room.) And he is still paying for that, believe me. (Seth yells this last bit.)

Erin: Weren’t you angry?

Seth: (grins) It was way too late for that. I loved him too much by then. Even being a famous rockstar wasn’t a deal-breaker. (looks thoughtful) I don’t think anything short of cheating on me could be a deal-breaker, and Dex would never do that. (raises voice again) Because I would kill him.

Connor: (entering room) Okay, that’s enough. You can’t badmouth me to the press, Seth. You’ll destroy my career. (laughs)

Seth: (slings an arm around Connor’s waist) I believe you’ve met Dex before?

Erin: I have. Nice to see you again, Connor. By the way, why does he call you Dex? I thought that was your last name?

(the two exchange looks)

Connor: It’s just his way of driving me insane.

Seth: I do what I can to keep him humble.

(they exchange a kiss, it grows heated)

Erin: I guess that’s it for this interview, folks!

As for our Book Boyfriend hop, what’s up for grabs? —>

  • One lucky hopper will win a KINDLE PAPERWHITE eREADER sponsored by Evernight Publishing.
  • Every book blogger/reviewer site is giving away one free eBook from Evernight (winner’s choice of any eBook from Evernight Publishing’s website).
  • Plus, each author offers their own unique prize! So visit each blog hop stop for a host of fabulous prizes to win. I’m offering a free ebook copy of one of my books OR one of my alter-ego Marie E. Blossom’s books. Click HERE for Erin’s books and scroll through the list for something that catches your eye. Click HERE for Marie’s books and scroll through the list for something that catches your eye.

 How to enter? Just answer the question below:

What would Seth do if Connor Dex cheated on him?

Be sure you leave the answer and your email address in the comments below to be eligible to win a prize. Please follow me here on my site and Twitter (@erinmleaf).

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Keep hopping to the next author or blogger. After you’ve met each hero click here to vote for your favorite book boyfriend. You’ll earn an extra grand prize entry!

 You’re one step closer to meeting your next Book Boyfriend…

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What ebook format for what ereader?

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Did you know that when you buy a book directly from an ebook publisher, you often get it at a discount for the first week it’s released? Sometimes, publishers release books on their sites first, and on other distribution outlets later. Did you know that getting an ebook on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK platform usually lags weeks behind the release date at the publisher or Amazon? What’s an avid reader to do?

The answer, of course, is to buy direct from the publisher. Not only do you get what you want faster, possibly at a discount, but authors also make more money when you buy it directly from the publisher. Our royalties aren’t being eaten up by the overhead a third party distribution site demands. Of course, the next question is: what format will suit my ereader?

There are a plethora of options: mobi, epub, pdf, prc, etc. Once you buy the ebook from the publisher, which format do you download and copy to your ereader? Here is a basic chart:

  • Kindle: PRC & MOBI
  • NOOK: EPUB
  • Kobo: EPUB
  • Sony Reader: EPUB
  • iPhone/iPod/iPad: PRC or EPUB
  • Android/Blackberry: PRC or EPUB (depending on your application)
  • Windows/Mac OS: HTML, PRC, or EPUB (depending on your application)

If you’d like a more detailed chart, click here for BookStrand’s Formats and Devices page. They do a fabulous job of explaining what applications, what devices, and what readers to use for your new book.

If you need instructions on how to copy your downloaded book from your computer to your device, here is another handy chart. I’ve linked to BookStrand’s instructions, once again. When you click on a link below, it will take you to BookStrand’s instruction page. However, the instructions are the same even if you download a book from Evernight Publishing or any other ebook publisher. The basic thing to do is find out where your device stores books and simply copy the downloaded ebook to the correct folder on your device (Documents folder on a Kindle, My Library/My Documents on a NOOK, database/media/books on a Sony Reader, etc.)

Tango Trio is at Amazon!

Tango Trio is at Amazon, available for the Kindle. Yay! I had no idea it was available at Amazon until a lovely reader sent me a Facebook note about it. She posted a wonderful review, too, thank you so much Lisa! You’re awesome!

Here’s a bit of what she had to say: “It’s not your typical menage either – yes there is the sex scenes (and WOWZA) – but what I really liked was that this book had a good story and plotting.”

*dances around happily*