Shamus Award winner "Akitada's First Case"

[I. J. Parker]

If you follow Joe Konrath's blog, you may have noticed increased discussion about proper pricing of e-books and e-stories.  Lately, opinion has swung away from $ 0.99, because buyer reaction seems to be that the price denotes crappy writing.  That makes pricing short stories difficult.  I decided that I'd see what would happen if I asked $ 2.99 for this one.  At 0.99, the author's share is 0.35.  That doesn't recoup publishing costs.

"Akitada's First Case" also has a bonus chapter with it, in this case the first chapter from DRAGON SCROLL which continues Akitada's career.