ABNA Author Susanne O'Leary's novel, Finding Margot, received a rating of 5/5 and was reviewed by Trashionista Reviewer Helen Redfer .
Here's an excerpt:

"Margo Hunter feels trapped. Her husband is sitting beside her in the car swearing at her, calling her a half-wit with venom in his voice and she has had enough.  In a split second decision she decides to hitch a lift to Paris, leaving her husband whilst he is sitting waiting his turn for the petrol pump.

Margo and her husband Alan had been driving on the French motorway when he asked her which exit they needed. But Margo hadn’t read the map correctly and Alan goes into his usual rage. This time, however, enough is enough..."

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This is hot off the press about the work of April L. Hamilton, an ABNABooks Author who has created quite a buzz after choosing to independently publish her novels.

Judges in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest didn’t deem April L. Hamilton’s comic novel Adelaide Einstein worthy of advancement beyond the semifinal round, but readers beg to differ. During the semifinal round 36 Amazon customers gave Adelaide Einstein an average rating of 4.75 stars out of 5, and on the strength of those reviews Hamilton elected to forge ahead and publish her novel independently. Despite the lack of backing from any major publisher, and with sales generated from word of mouth alone, the Kindle edition of Adelaide Einstein has risen to the #10 spot in Amazon.com’s Kindle bestsellers list under the category of “Motherhood” and since its release on February 12, 2008, has ranked as high as #803 in Kindle bestsellers overall.

Hamilton’s Kindle edition of Snow Ball, a dark comic mystery also independently published earlier this year, is even more popular with readers, having ranked as high as #5 in Amazon’s Kindle bestseller list under the heading of “Mystery”, higher than bestselling authors Patterson, Robb and Evanovich. The Kindle edition has ranked as high as #742 in overall Kindle bestsellers. Snow Ball currently enjoys an average customer rating of 4.5 stars out of a possible 5. Reviewer J. Schisler says, “What a fun read - dark comedy that will remind you of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen and Jennifer Crusie at their best. Read this book and brag to your friends that you've discovered the "Next Big Thing" in fiction.”

Both novels were released in trade paperback edition at the end of February. April Hamilton is working to encourage an indie movement in authorship to match those of the music and film industries, by offering free, IndieAuthor how-to Guides at her author website (http://www.aprillhamilton.com), where free excerpts from her novels are also available.

April Hamilton's novels Adelaide Einstein and Snow Ball are available in the General Fiction section of ABNABooks Published Novels.

ABNABooks Author Stephanie Feuer had her story, "Tunnel Visions," published in the New York Times on March 16, 2008.
Here's an excerpt:

A COUPLE of days before Christmas, when my 9-year-old son couldn’t sleep, I thought he was excited about our forthcoming vacation.

That was not the problem. “It’s just too quiet,” he complained.

My son is used to hearing traffic, traffic that comes in waves like an urban ocean — the traffic of the 80,000 or so vehicles that, according to the Department of Transportation, pass through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel each day. But the holiday weekend had left the city eerily silent.

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ABNA Books Author and columnist, Julie Ann Shapiro was quoted in USA Today, and her novel Jen-Zen and the One Shoe Diaries was mentioned as being available on Kindle.
Congrats, Julie!

Short Kindle supply is keeping e-book fans waiting
By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY

Julie Ann Shapiro's debut novel Jen-Zen and the One Shoe Diaries is among more than 100,000 digital titles for sale
on Amazon's Kindle e-book reader. But the author is one of many readers who cannot get hold of a Kindle. "I wish I
could tell you I had one," she sighs. "Most people I know are frustrated about not getting one."

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