Rome & Joliet has just been released on Kindle, just in time for Christmas. Gift the book to a friend or loved one for only $3.99.
We asked author Yancey Williams why he wants his works available on the Kindle.
“Airport Terminal. Gate 27. Flight number 998. Louisville – Albuquerque. Guy in the blue business suit is seated comfortably upright holding his Kindle waiting to board. He’s chuckling. His reading glasses are perched on the end of nose. His smile grows by the second.
Guy in the relaxed jeans sitting in the opposite aisle across from the guy chuckling, watches the other guy smiling evermore broadly. He’s now noticing the guy chuckling out loud to himself as he reads along on his Kindle. The guy chuckling then spontaneously breaks out into a full blown belly laugh, remaining focused on his Kindle the whole time. The guy in the relaxed jeans in the opposite row sitting directly across from the guy reading can’t stand it any longer. He interrupts politely, friendly-like.
“Good read?”
“Rome & Joliet,” says the guy knowingly, hardly looking up, reading with an even broader smile and shaking his head with approval. It’s the old double fisted Kindle swag for the in-depth reader technique, recognizable anywhere, airport terminals, bus stations, subway trains, down through row 38, aisle seat D and window seat A. Something akin to the relaxed fit of a new born in the palms, natural, as it should be.
“Hey,” replies the curious stranger-guy in the relaxed jeans sitting across from the beamingly contented Kindle reader who’s still chuckling in the interlude and still wearing the ever more contented and broader smile.
“Hey,” says the curious stranger-guy one more time like he hasn’t said it the first time now fishing about frenetically in his carryon. The inquisitive stranger-dude in the relaxed jeans pulls out his own Kindle, waves it about at shoulder height, and replies, “Just wait until you get to the next chapter!”
“Yeah,” says the woman in the brown tweed jacket two seats over sporting her own Kindle HD in the raspberry ergonomic case. “And the conclusion! To die for!”
And that’s why Williams likes having his works available for Kindle.
Regarding the Kindle itself, Williams said, “For a youngish dude like me, younger than 65, somewhat older than Brittany Spears, who just bought his read-aholic girlfriend a Kindle HDX for Christmas, the little bugger is flat out amazing! What’s next? World peace? Not according to Rome & Joliet. And certainly not in the cards as to Shoot The Messenger!”
