New Website Helps Nevada Authors Spread the Word About Their Works

 

  Carson City writer Steven Provost, who has written some 50 books covering a wide range of topics ranging from fantasy to horror to travelogue to history, was surprised when he discovered that the Capital City did not have a bookstore selling new books.

  While there were used book places, museum gift shops and other retail outlets, the community had not had an actual brick-and-mortar bookstore selling new books since the days of the fondly-remembered Kennedy’s Books or the Borders Books south of town.

  So, Provost, who had relocated to Carson City about a year ago, set out to do something about it.

  His solution was to create a website that specifically catered to Northern Nevada authors and provide them with a link for them to promote their work and lead would-be readers to places where their books could be purchased.

  Known as ACES of Northern Nevada, which stands for Authors Collective E-Shop of Northern Nevada, the site explains his motivation (in the About section) and lists nearly two-dozen (and growing) local authors with short bios, their photos and links to sites where their books can be purchased, such as Amazon.

  Additionally, the site lists local book vendors around the northern part of the state, including Sundance Books and Music in Reno, the Nevada State Museum gift shop, Luminary Books in Gardnerville and many others.

  Provost has also divided the authors’ book by subject matter, so users can click on topics ranging from Young Adult to History to Mystery to the Paranormal, and find links to books covering that subject by any of the authors.

  An Upcoming Events section lists future opportunities for readers to attend book signings or other presentations by any of the listed authors.

  Among those listed on the site—participation is free to the authors, which is great since most writers don’t make Stephen King-type money—are retired Reno TV anchorman Bill Brown, who has written 13 mystery/horror novels, children’s book author Monica Marcinko, and fantasy and science fiction writer Jade Griffin.

  Others include Nevada history author Peter B. Mires, Jacci Turner, who writes young adult and inspirational/spiritual works and Janice Oberding, who writes frequently about true crime and Nevada paranormal places.

  It also lists Provosts own works, including his latest, Crimson Scourge, a science-fiction novel, and America’s Loneliest Road, a travel-history book devoted to driving on U.S. 50 across Nevada, the so-called Loneliest Road in America.

  Provost is a former California newspaper editor, who enjoyed writing books in his spare time. After being laid-off in 2018, he decided to begin writing books full-time and established his own book imprint, Dragon Crown Books.

  To check out the new website, go to: https://www.acesofnorthernnevada.com/.