How to read Kindle books without a Kindle

With my new novel, "The Harder They Fall", now available on Kindle I've found that some people who want to read it don't have a Kindle but still want to try it without having to go and buy one.

Luckily, you don't need an actual Kindle. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android Smartphone you can simply go to your app store, browse for "Kindle" and download a FREE Kindle reading app to your device. If you have a PC or MAC they have one for you too. Click HERE to download one.Then you can get your books straight to your phone and read on the bus, train or wherever.

I have a Kindle myself, I ordered it as soon as they started shipping them outside the States, but I actually prefer to use the Kindle app on the iPad.
The app will have an icon like this in your app store.

You will need to sign up for an Amazon account in order to use your new Kindle app but its a quick and easy process. When you download the app you'll need to enter your personal and billing info with some credit card details but you only have to do this once. Then when the app opens make sure you register when it asks you to. If you don't you'll only have to come back and do it later!

With your app installed you're all set to dive into the digital publishing revolution. Just click on the button to search the Kindle store (It's in the top right corner),

type in your favorite author's name or book title ("The Harder They Fall" for instance...), and download books and samples in seconds.

Happy Reading!

Will

Plugged

One of my favourite books from last year was Plugged, Eoin Colfer's fantastic first crime novel. Eoin is a huge publishing phenom in the world of YA with his internationally bestselling Artemis Fowl series. When I heard he was writing a crime novel I couldn't wait to pick it up.

The story follows Daniel McEvoy, an ex-Irish army man turned New Jersey nightclub bouncer. The novel clips along at a page turning rate but there was one particular scene involving a key that stopped me dead in it's brilliance. It was probably only a couple of lines but it was such a cracking image that it has stayed with me ever since. To be able to pack that much emotion and imagery into such a small number of words is a true test of talent.

And then there's the humour. I don't see much humour in the usual thrillers I read but Colfer delivers laugh out load moments in this, quite a few surrounding a certain shady doctor, and it was a refreshing change of pace.

One of the things I liked most about it is that it gave people like me, i.e. Irish, who don't know anyone in our Defence Forces a window into what they get up to on their peace keeping missions abroad.

I can't recommend Plugged highly enough...so I've put a You Tube vid in of the first chapter of the audiobook. Here's hoping there's a sequel in the works (Unplugged? Replugged?) and that Ken Bruen can make him do it again!

Enjoy.

The Beginning

The first book in my new Adam Kane series, "The Harder They Fall", has just been published on Amazon Kindle.

I'm a huge fan of thrillers and when I decided to try and write one of my own I spent a lot of time reading books and listening to podcasts about writing. One of the biggest so-called rules everyone kept going on about was "Write what you know." Personally, I think it's better to write what you like. So that's what I did.

If you, like me, read authors such as Lee Child, John Connolly, Robert Crais, Tom Cain and James Rollins (I could go on...), then check it out here. I think you'll enjoy it, and if you do, leave me a review or contact me here on the blog or on Twitter and tell me what you think.

Now I'm off to start Book 2...