Authors Experimenting With Low-Priced Serialized Fiction For The Kindle With The Series Yesterday's

Online, August 11, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Sean Platt and David Wright released the groundbreaking first "episode" of the serialized eBook series Yesterday's Gone on Amazon Kindle this week.

Yesterday's Gone is a somewhat unique in its format, being released as low-priced 100 page eBooks every three weeks. Each episode ends with a cliffhanger, just like old fashioned serials, chap books, and one of the more popular recent examples, Stephen King's The Green Mile.

"I remember the feeling I got when I first read King's The Green Mile, waiting anxiously for the next book to come out," said co-author David Wright. "I love that feeling of bringing the reader along on an unforgettable journey. And when you take your time to tell the story in serialized format, you're taking the journey together."

Yesterday's Gone, in the tradition of post-apocalyptic books such as The Stand, Swan Song, and episodic TV series such as LOST, tells the story of what happens on October 15, 2011 at 2:15 a.m. when most of the world's population vanishes.

While Yesterday's Gone is action packed and has plenty of terrifying moments, it is, above all, a character driven series.

"Story means nothing if you don't care about the people inhabiting it," said co-author Sean Platt. "Think about the best books, TV shows, and movies you've seen. Now think about why you liked them. Nine times out of 10, it's because you loved (or loved to hate) the characters."

Here's the back-of-the-book copy.

On October 15 at 2:15 a.m. everyone on Earth went missing.

Well, almost everyone.

A scattered few woke alone in a world where there are no rules other than survival... at any cost.

A journalist wanders the horrible reality of an empty New York in search of his wife and son.

A serial killer must hunt in a land where prey is now an endangered species.

A mother shields her young daughter from danger, though every breath fills her with terror.

A bullied teen is thrilled to find everyone gone. Until the knock at the door.

A fugitive survives a fiery plane crash. Will he be redeemed, or return to what he's best at: the kill?

An eight year old boy sets out on a journey to find his missing family. What he finds will change him forever.

These survivors aren't alone...

Someone or something is watching them.

And waiting...

Strangers unite.

Sides are chosen.

Will humanity survive what it never saw coming?

The only certainty is that Yesterday's Gone.

You've never read anything like Yesterday's Gone - the epic, groundbreaking Kindle exclusive published by Collective Inkwell.

Look for a new 100 page episode every three weeks starting August 2011.

http://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Gone-Episode-1-ebook/dp/B005FHO9AU/

Learn more about Yesterday's Gone at http://SerializedFiction.com

About Sean Platt: Sean Platt is author of the books Four Seasons, Penny to a Million, and co-author of the vampire book Available Darkness, and the serial, Yesterday's Gone.

In addition to being a regular contributor for Copyblogger, the Internet's largest content marketing site, Sean has published for some of the largest blogs on the Net, developed content marketing and social media strategies for businesses ranging from single blogs to massive syndicates, and written page turning fiction.

From children's books to horror novels to books about life, to poetry, Sean writes it all. He currently lives in Ohio with this wife and two children.

About David Wright: David Wright is a writer, former journalist, and cartoonist.

David began his love affair with storytelling as a child, when he drew comics and wrote stories he passed to classmates. Being an outcast with few friends, nothing was cooler to him than having classmates ask him, "What's going to happen next?"

People were not only paying attention to what he wrote, but they actually cared about the worlds and characters he was creating.

David is thrilled to now be given the opportunity to pass his stories along on to even more people. He is the co-author of Available Darkness and the Yesterday's Gone Series. He lives on the East coast with his wife, four year old son, and two annoying cats.