Check out this week’s serial updates: Part 5 of Megan Derr’s Impractical, Chapter 11 of Sasha L. Miller’s Saving Liam, and the conclusion of L.J. LaBarthe’s Sunburnt Country, part of our Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial. You can find all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

New paperbacks: Bound and Fairytales Slashed: Volume 3

Less Than Three Press is pleased to offer the paperback versions of Bound by Megan Derr and Fairytales Slashed: Volume 3, with fairy tales by Megan Derr, Mara Ismine, Remington Ward, and A.R. Jarvis. These two books will be on sale for 15% off for the next two weeks, so order your copies today!

If you are an international customer (outside of the United States) and you would like to place a paperback order, please contact us for details!

Check out this week’s serial updates: Part 1 of The Were Curse by Sasha L. Miller, part of the Bad Moon Rising serial, and Chapter 11 of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our Fairy Tale serial. You can find all current chapters on the serial fiction page. You can find all previous Bad Moon Rising stories here.

New ebook! Forest of Fenris by T.T. Kove in the Book Market

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Forest of Fenris, a new ebook by T.T. Kove, available in the Book Market for just $3.99!

Never bet against a dark forest filled with monsters… Desperate for the approval he hopes it will gain him, Mihai accepts a challenge from his brother: Venture into Fenris Forest, and retrieve a leaf from a rare tree to prove he did it. Though he has been warned to avoid the forest and the monsters that fill it all his life, Mihai’s longing for approval trumps his fear. Mihai soon realizes, however, that it is his fear he should have heeded. Just as victory seems within his grasp, he is attacked by warg, the most dangerous beasts in the forest. Alone and helpless, Mihai resigns himself to being just one more person who went into the woods and never came out— Until he is saved in the most unexpected of ways.

New paperback! Love & Wrath by Kaseka Nvita

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Love & Wrath by Kaseka Nvita in paperback format! We’re offering this title for 15% off for the next two weeks, so get your copy today!

The worst thing to keep from your lover is a secret… Mallory is in love; his boyfriend Alex is all that he could possibly want, and the life they’re building together makes him happy—almost happy enough to ignore the fact that Alex is clearly keeping secrets. As close as they are, Mallory knows practically nothing about him. Alex travels a lot and frequently comes home smelling of blood and is reluctant to discuss his mysterious job. As Mallory has a secret of his own that he is loathe to share, he lets it go. Until Alex comes home smelling strongly of magic, and Mallory’s need to know overcomes his desire to leave well enough alone and cling to happiness. But his need to know has unexpected consequences and puts both of their lives in danger…

Check out this week’s serial updates: Part 4 of A Kind of Remedy by Ashley Shaw, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial and Chapter 10 of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our Fairy Tale serial. You can find all current and prior chapters on the serial fiction page.

Always There by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Always There by Megan Derr, available now in the Book Market for just $6.99!

Tales of knights bound by duty, honor, and each other… Always There—When the princess they are sworn to protect is kidnapped, two knights are separated in their efforts to save her, and in being part realize what they always had together… Tournament—A young man attends accepts an offer to attend Tournament in the hopes that by winning it, he will finally gain the affections of the man he has loved his entire life. Vow Unto Me—two men, divided by tragedy and grief, are ordered to a remote monastery to unravel a mystery, and finally overcome the problems keeping them apart.

LT3 Press will be at Yaoi-con!

Less Than Three Press will have a table in the dealer’s room at Yaoi-con 2011 on October 22-23. We will be selling paperbacks and giving out freebies, so be sure to stop by if you’re attending! We’ll post more details as the con gets closer, so keep an eye out.

Shipping and paperback sales

Due to some crossed wires between our Book Market software and the U.S.P.S. shipping calculator, shipping costs were often calculated to be dramatically higher than they should be for our larger paperbacks or orders with multiple books. As a result, LT3 has changed how we calculate shipping to more accurately reflect actual shipping costs.

• Small orders (typically 2 thick books or a combination of 3-5 thin books) are charged a flat $5.00 shipping.
• Large orders (typically more than 2 thick books) are charged a flat $10.50 shipping.
• Orders for over $40.00 in product (typically large orders) are shipped for free!

As a result of these changes, Less Than Three Press is extending our paperbook sale through Labor Day (September 5 at midnight). All paperbacks are 15% off between now and the end of the day Monday, September 5. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.

Note: Contacting the Editor-in-Chief

Less Than Three Press’s Editor-in-Chief and CFO Samantha Derr is currently without power due to the damage caused by Hurricane Irene. If you have questions or are waiting for or expecting something from her, rest assured she will get back to you as soon as possible. The current estimate is that her power will be restored by Friday. If you need a question answered immediately, please email admin@lessthanthreepress.com and another staff member will get back to you as soon as possible.

Check out this week’s serial updates! We’ve got Part 2 of The Wolf and the Moon by Kayla Bain-Vrba, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial and Chapter 4 of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our fairy tale serial! You can access all chapters for these stories from the serial fiction page.

Crown Jewel by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present the new ebook Crown Jewel by Megan Derr. Get your copy for just $3.99 today!

New Paperbook! Prisoner by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present the new paperbook Prisoner by Megan Derr. Get your copy today, while the 15% off Beach Days Summer Sale is still in effect!

Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 3 of Case 009: Beauty in Repose, part of Megan Derr’s Dance in the Dark; Chapter 2 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller; and Chapter 5 of Mohegan: Native Instincts by India Jackson! As always, you can access all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

Beach Days Summer Sale!

Less Than Three Press recently reassessed our pricing. As part of this, we reviewed our paperback pricing and discovered some discrepancies. We’ve recalculated our pricing and are pleased to announce that most of our paperbacks have dropped in price! Additionally, to celebrate the summer and the hot, lazy days meant for reading, we’re offering an additional 15% off all paperbacks in our Book Market, including the newly released That Famous Happy End anthology! This sale will run through July 31, 2011, so you can enjoy new paperbooks all summer long!

New! Reward Points in the Book Market

LT3 Press is pleased to announce our new Reward Points program! This program awards points for every dollar you spend in the Book Market. Points can then be redeemed as a discount towards your next purchase. You receive 1 point for each dollar, and each point is worth $0.05. For example, if you buy a $9.99 book, you earn 10 reward points and can use them to get $0.50 off your next order.

Reward points do not expire. You cannot use reward points earned for an order on that order. You can select whether to redeem your reward points at checkout or continue to save them for later. If you have any questions, email the admin.

Private Dicks: Undercovers, an LT3 call for submissions

OPEN TO SUBMISSION
The life of a private investigator is boring more often than it is exciting—tracking debtors, tailing cheating spouses, and long hours of surveillance do not add up to a sizzling life of mystery and romance.

But every now and then there comes a case that takes all a good PI has to offer and demands still more. A case that requires not just time and effort, but sliding in to another skin to find that clue or witness that will break the case. How far will a PI go to do his job; how high will he climb, how low will he sink?

Give us your stories of private investigators willing to don any guise to solve the case.

THE DETAILS:

• Deadline is January 4TH
• Stories should be approx 10,000-20,000 words in length (a little longer or shorter is fine).
• Stories must have a happily ever after end.
• Any genre is acceptable; stories may be contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi, etc. There must be a strong element of a private investigator going undercover, but be as creative as you like in executing that theme. We are looking for fun, unique spins on this popular genre.
• All usual LT3 submission guidelines apply.
• Payment is $150.00, electronic copies, and two copies of the print book.

Reminder: Angels and Vixen Submissions

Remember! Submissions for the Something Happened on the Way to Heaven close on June 30, 2011 and submissions for Vixen close on July 31, 2011! If you need more time to finish your submissions, email the editor and request a deadline extension.

Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 2 of Case 009: Beauty in Repose, part of Megan Derr’s Dance in the Dark. We also have Chapter 4 of Mohegan: Native Instincts by India Jackson, as well as the start of a new serial, Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller:

Leyton lived a quiet, simple life as a prosperous, thriving merchant alongside his twin brother Liam. But that life is shattered when Liam goes missing, and Leyton is told that the only way to save his brother’s life is to seduce a king. The task proves to be even more difficult than Leyton feared, and soon he is swept up in a tide of political machinations, betrayal, and a looming threat of execution once the men who blackmailed him are caught. But the threat of his pending death is nothing alongside the constant fear for his missing brother’s safety—and the tangle of intrigue in which he is caught is nothing like the tangle he put himself in after breaking the heart of a king…

As always, you can access all current and prior chapters of our serial fiction from the serial fiction page.

New paperback: Midnight by Megan Derr

You can now purchase Midnight by Megan Derr in paperback for just $12.95!

Lord Devlin White, Duke of Winterbourne, is the last in a long line of powerful witches who assist the Demon Lord of London in keeping control of the Nightwalkers living amongst normal men. With all but one of his siblings gone to the new American colonies, his proud family line all but ended, Devlin is kept from gloom and despair only by unusual ward, Midnight. Neither alive nor dead, sustained by magic and a bond to Devlin, and confined to the night, Midnight is happy to spend his life by Devlin’s side—though he longs for the day that Devlin sees him as more than a ward. But the powerful magic that raised him from the dead is desperately sought by someone who will stop at nothing to obtain the secret of Midnight that Devlin would die to protect…

New ebook: Love & Wrath by Kaseka Nvita

Love & Wrath by Kaseka Nvita is now available in the Book Market for just $4.99!

Mallory is in love; his boyfriend Alex is all that he could possibly want, and the life they’re building together makes him happy—almost happy enough to ignore the fact that Alex is clearly keeping secrets. As close as they are, Mallory knows practically nothing about him. Alex travels a lot and frequently comes home smelling of blood and is reluctant to discuss his mysterious job. As Mallory has a secret of his own that he is loathe to share, he lets it go. Until Alex comes home smelling strongly of magic, and Mallory’s need to know overcomes his desire to leave well enough alone and cling to happiness. But his need to know has unexpected consequences and puts both of their lives in danger…

Check out this week’s updates! We’ve got Part 1 of Case 009: Beauty in Repose, part of Megan Derr’s Dance in the Dark, as well as Chapters 11 and 12 of Love and Wrath by Kaseka Nvita. Don’t forget to check out Chapter 3 of our third serial, Mohegan: Native Instincts by India Jackson! You can access all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

Pimp LT3 Contest!

Less Than Three Press is holding a “Pimp LT3″ contest! Prizes include a set of free, personalized and autographed copies of Megan Derr’s Sandstorm and The King’s Harem, as well as three runner-up prizes of a $10 book market gift certificate! To enter, all you need to do is pimp Less Than Three Press. Link us on your blog, twitter, facebook; post a flyer for LT3 and take a picture! Simply include a link to Less Than Three Press (http://www.lessthanthreepress.com), then leave a comment here with a link to the proof and you’re automatically entered.

Rules:

• One entry only! You can pimp us in multiple places, but you can only enter once (i.e., you cannot leave one comment for a link on LJ and another for a link on twitter).
• Contest is open from now until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 10.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.

New paperbacks in the Book Market

You can now purchase the following paperbacks from the LT3 Book Market! Click a title for more detail.

Serial updates

This week, we’ve got the start of a new Famous Happy End with Megan Derr’s Looking For More and Chapter 4 of Moth to the Flame by A.R. Jarvis! Check out all new and previous chapters from the serial fiction page. You can read the previous Famous Happy End stories here.

The Dragon’s Tamer—Fundraising for Japan

Less Than Three Press is donating $1.50 from every purchase of The Dragon’s Tamer, a new ebook from Megan Derr, to the Red Cross in support of their relief efforts in Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Buy the ebook here. Learn more about the Red Cross’s efforts. Donations to the Red Cross are accepted here.

Summoned to the royal palace by the King, Alaith spends his days either handling the dragons that plague the kingdom, or holed up in his lonely tower. Unusual in appearance, manner, and his method of taming dragons rather than slaying them, his only distractions from his painfully outcast state in caring for the tamed dragon who resides with him, and admiring the handsome Lord Trey—and arguing with the infuriating Prince Rythe.

Paperbooks available through the book market!

Less Than Three Press is pleased to announce that we now offer paperbooks through our ebook market! Check out our “Print book” category for all the paperbacks we offer!

Currently, we can only offer shipping domestically within the United States, as our software is not equipped to handle international addresses. If you are an international customer and would like to purchase print books through us, please contact us directly with the books you want to purchase and we will calculate shipping for you. (Important! Because we cannot sell print books internationally through the Book Market, international book orders must be paid through PayPal, check, or money order. We cannot accept credit cards through email.)

For questions about our shipping process, see our Shipping and print book FAQs. If your question is still not answered, feel free to contact us!

Submissions
There are just three weeks remaining before submissions close for our Bad Moon Rising anthology. For submission guidelines, check out the submission page.

Printed books
Did you know that you can buy some of your favorite LT3 books in print? Printed LT3 books are available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million. To find out whether we offer an ebook in print format, check the ebook page. We provide convenient links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million for each book! Be sure to check out our two latest offerings: Magic & Mischief by Megan Derr and Midsummer Days by Megan Derr. (Note that Midsummer Days includes all three Midsummer short stories.)

LT3 Press will be at Wincon
Less Than Three Press is pleased to announce that we will be a vendor at this year’s Wincon. We will be selling the following books for $8 each:

• The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr
• Living Words by Sasha L. Miller
• Magic and Mischief by Megan Derr
• Midsummer Days by Megan Derr
• The Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr

If you are attending Wincon, stop by and say hello!

LT3 Ebooks available from the Kindle store
You can now purchase LT3′s ebooks from the Amazon Kindle store. Some titles are currently being processed by Amazon, but most titles should be available for your Kindle by the end of the week.

Excerpts now available for every ebook!
LT3 Press now offers a short excerpt for each ebook in our store, giving you a glimpse of each book before you purchase it! To read an excerpt, click the “Read an excerpt” link below the summary on the ebook product page.

Darkling Mine by Andra Sashner
Check out the short ebook Darkling Mine by Andra Sashner, now available for free in our ebook market!

Set to solve the mystery of a recent string of highway robberies, Bjorn is startled when he hears the details of the crimes—as though the very darkness comes to life to attack the nobles trapped within their carriages. It is a description he knows very well indeed, a description that puts the robber far closer to home than he dares let anyone realize…

Read an excerpt