MaryMcDonald wrote:I just re-uploaded the book as an epub file, so I hope that fixed any formatting errors. If anyone purchases the book from this time onward, I would love to hear how it looks.
I archived and then redownloaded my copy to see if it corrected the issues I had noticed and it doesn't appear that anything has changed.
Not sure what all was noted before, but here is what I found:
Title at the top of each page says "Untitled"
The title of the book when displayed in my B&N Library is in all caps
The page turns don't always change the page number, but I'm kind of used to that with some books. However, B&N books typically don't do that to me as much as my sideloaded stuff. Currently I am starting chapter 9 and it shows me as being on page 54 of 192. Not sure if that is accurate.
That is all of the technical oddities I've noticed, but none really detract from the book itself, more of a cosmetic annoyance more than anything. As far as the book goes.... I feel guilty having paid only 99cents for it. You are a great writer and really have a talent for pulling the reader into your world. I'm only about 1/4 of the way into the book (if my page numbers are accurate, LOL), but I'm loving it so far. I even put aside my other book just so I could read yours instead. Hope it keeps up the same quality the rest of the way through.
Thanks so much for the feedback. 
Ereaders aren't too accurate in regards to page numbers since font sized can be changed, and that changes the page numbers--as long as it's all there. lol. For perspective, the book is 92,000 words and if it were a mass market paperback, it would be about 320 pages, so about average length for a thriller.
Some good news today. I was awarded an "M" award from a blogger who independently reads and reviews books. I did not approach her to read my book, so that makes it even sweeter.
Also, thanks to the folks who have posted in this thread, I have achieved my best ranking at Barnes and Noble to date. I'm at just over 14,000, and I don't think that includes a couple of sales from today. Out of the many thousands of books available through B&N, I consider the ranking very good. 
Wow! Thanks, Doug. I didn't know that. Did you have to put certain criteria in the search?
On an unrelated note, my husband just called me to tell me that his Zune died. Why is this good news for me? Because he really needs a Zune replacement for the gym and he has thousands of songs already on Zune. That means, I might get the NookColor we already bought for his Christmas gift and get him a new Zune. I'd share it with him. ;-)
MaryMcDonald wrote:Thanks so much for the feedback.
Forgot to respond back to this the other day. Turns out some of the issues were with the Nook itself. No clue why, but it wans't changing anything even after archiving/unarchiving. It took my Nook crashing once to set everything right.
Also, I finished your book on Sunday and loved it. Great suspenseful book. Very much looking forward to the sequel.
MaryMcDonald wrote:Thank you so much for the feedback. I glad you enjoyed the book and I'm hard at work on the sequel.
I was going to ask about that sequel, not that it's busy time of year or anything like that.
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Even though I have a long list of 'to be read' books your sequel is getting bumped to the top when it comes out.
Haha! No pressure, right?
While I'm here, I thought I'd leave a link to an interview I did with an Aussie blogger/reviewer who gave No Good Deed an 'M' Award. I don't quite remember what the 'M' stands for, but considering my book was out of her normal reading genre, I was very honored to receive it. So, if anyone is interested in reading the interview, here you go:
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know at least two of sisters did as they received Nooks. One the NookColor as she already had the regular Nook, the other got a regular Nook, and I think the third was hoping for one, but wasn't sure if she'd get it. I didn't see her yesterday, but I hope Santa was good to her.
MaryMcDonald wrote:I'm so excited, I just wanted to share. I received a wonderful five star review for No Good Deed from Red Adept. She's an independent reviewer with a great reputation for her unbiased reviews on ebooks. To give an idea of how sought after she is, I sent her my book in early October, so there is at least a three month backlog.
Hey, congratulations Mary! A big high-five! Looking forward to reading your next work as well -- hurry
Woot! Woot! I finished the rough draft of the sequel yesterday. However, the first 3/4 has been pretty much edited already as when I had writer's block, that's what I did. I have sent it off to the betas/proofers. Depending on their reading speed, I could get it up by the end of the month.
Also, I noticed that No Good Deed is featured on the Pubit home page. Under Sci-fi & Fantasy. That's a head scratcher since I have catagorized it under thriller/suspense. There is the one paranormal element, but it's definitely not in the realm of either scifi or fantasy.
Yeah, mousetater. I know other authors who sold tons after being featured, but my numbers just came up (pubit reporting has been broken all month until today) and my sales weren't very good. :-(
I have the sequel coming out in a few days, but not sure that's going to be very successful here. Maybe if made Mark 17 and a vampire, it would help.
