Thursday, August 15, 2013

Welcome to BB Books!

     Thanks for visiting the home site of BB Books! This is also the home site of our authors, Tessa House and Josef House. Any information you need on them, you can find here. BB Books is Josef & Tessa's Independent Publishing Company that they publish their books through, along with Kindle Direct Publishing and Creatspace.

     Josef & Tessa House were published by us, and Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing in 2012 with their first official title "A Dead New World: The 11:11 Series Book One." They earned their place in the world of writing after the first book sold over 500 copies in the first months of release, prompting the team to take on a second project, "The Human Condition: The 11:11 Series Book Two." During writing the second book, they also individually completed a book of their own, Tessa with "The Book of William Singer: An 11:11 Short Story," and Josef with "The Book of Dan Lynch: An 11:11 Short Story." They initially published these books as e-books, but now are available in paperback as well. Links to purchase their books are listed below.




A Dead New World (11:11 Series Book One):
(E-Book) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ABSXBCA $2.99
The Human Condition (11:11 Series Book Two):
(E-Book)http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BP2JPNA $2.99
The Book of Dan Lynch: (E-Book) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADGXECM $0.99
The Book of William Singer: (E-book) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AD5F3U4 $0.99


     Also, if you do not own a Kindle device, don't worry! You can download the e-books straight to your PC from Amazon.com. Just about every smart phone and tablet device has an app store. There, you can download the Kindle Reader app from your device's app store. Once you have the Kindle app, you can download the e-books directly to your phone or tablet!



               


   
     Josef House was born July 8th, 1984 in Spearman, Texas, but moved to Ada, Oklahoma when he was young. Tessa House was born September 30th, 1986 in Ada, Oklahoma, where she was raised, and in early 2011 the two finally met and began dating. In 2012, the couple got married at Tessa's family home in Byng, Oklahoma. The couple were in the process of completing the first novel at the time, and because they loved the zombie genre so much, they decided to have a zombie-themed wedding as well. They have been happily married, and writing together since.

     They will begin the third installment of The 11:11 Series soon, but a title hasn't been announced yet. There will also be a couple more 11:11 Short Stories, including The Book of M. Brisco, and The Book of Skinny. When the series is completed, and all 11:11 Short Stories have been written as well, the books will be united into one large book called "The Dead Testament."

     The authors are also looking to expand their writing and take on different angles of their beloved horror genre. Tessa is currently working on a horror novel about the Aokigahara Forest, entitled "Jukai." The release date is unknown at this time. Josef is working on other angles as well, and is in the process of writing another potential thriller series about a Private Investigator that discovers the world of the supernatural. In this series, Josef has decided to collaborate once more, this time with another writer, Drew Inslee, who has yet to be published, but speculation is that this series could be his break-out author debut. Tessa and Josef are expanding even further by starting their first Graphic Novel "Sanctum." The story line includes supernatural creatures of all shapes and sizes. With the "Sanctum" project, they are working with a Graphic Artist, Mike Freeland, who has worked on several Graphic Novels previously with other writers. Please check the "What would you like to read about?" section and our posts for updates on all of these projects.

BB Books is also ready to take on new authors. If you are a writer, and would like to publish through BB Books, please email us at BB Books Publishing. We will be happy to read your manuscript, and if we decided to publish, here is what we will do for you: Editing, Cover Design, Back Design, Interior Layout Design, Formatting for E-Book, Formatting for Print Book, book pricing based on market, set up book signings & interviews, release parties & promotions for your books, and much more!

Please feel free to like us on Facebook! You can click on the Facebook widget to the right of the page, or click here -> BB Books Facebook Page.

See book reviews below in the comments of A Dead New World and The Human Condition! Please, feel free to leave a review in the comments and definitely leave a review on Amazon.com!

(Reviews provided by Amazon.com, left by readers on their own free will.)

To book a book signing, please email us at the above email.

We look forward to all the wonderful things to come in BB Books future and we hope you will enjoy the ride with us! Thanks, and happy haunting!
-BB Books.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

A Dead New World: Product Description

A Dead New World (11:11) $2.99
Click here to order. ^




Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2012
When the world falls apart, what will be important in your life? Will you give up and die, or will you fight against all odds to protect what is most valuable to you? In this series, we follow the viewpoints of two characters who could not be more violently different: Alan Hawthorne, CFO of a Fortune 500 company in Los Angeles, and Alexis Jackson, Veterinarian for a small Texas town as they both struggle through the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. As fate brings these two together, they struggle through the reality of loss, the terror of the undead, and the failing humanity of the remaining survivors. The chaos of the city outbreak and the quiet unknown of the country wilderness bring different perspectives to these unlikely heroes, and they cling to the hope that humanity can prevail over a great darkness. As the sun sets on life as they knew it, these two opposites must find common ground to push back the hordes of zombies, stave off the depravity of a lawless wasteland, gather the shattered remnants of their former lives and carve a place for themselves in this dead new world.

From the Back Cover:

It seems like everyone has a plan for the zombie apocalypse. Chances are, if you're reading this, you probably already have one. But what about the people who don't? The 11:11 series follows two characters, Alan Hawthorne and Alexis Jackson, as they are caught completely off guard by a world where the dead don't stay dead. As far as being prepared for the end of the world, they could not be farther from ideal. As a Fortune 500 CFO and a Mid-Texas Veteranarian, they haven't even had time to so much as watch a zombie movie, let alone make a survival plan. They suffer through the panic of this in a realistic portrayal of events from both of their drastically different points of view, each fighting to stay alive on opposite ends of the social spectrum. As they move to find each other they battle through the loss of all of their friends, families, jobs, and homes. In their escape, they fight to stay alive while evading not only the dead, but the frantic attempts of the government to contain the virus and establish order. Between hungry walking corpses and fearful armed men of authority, they are beset on all sides by death and destruction. They struggle as escape plan after escape plan fails and the dead close in. You say you are prepared for the end, but are you really?


Product Details

  • File Size: 380 KB
  • Print Length: 155 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00ABSXBCA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled 
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,275 Paid in Kindle Store



Editorial Reviews

Available in paperback! Copy link and paste into browser. createspace.com/4072258

"Please, please, please keep this series going. I need more 11:11 in my life!"

-@Coderjones via Twitter


3.8 out of 5 stars
(5)
3.8 out of 5 stars


5.0 out of 5 stars dead new world, March 5, 2013
By 
john donahue (BLACK FOREST, CO United States)
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This review is from: A Dead New World (11:11) (Kindle Edition)
I really enjoyed this book. I hope for more in this group. I can't say much more as I am at a loss for words. A great book.


4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!November 24, 2012
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This review is from: A Dead New World (11:11) (Kindle Edition)
Classic zombie tale with heart stopping twists and turns on every page. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Kuddos to the young authors.



5.0 out of 5 stars great bookJanuary 2, 2013
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This review is from: A Dead New World (11:11) (Kindle Edition)
Really loved this story!! I have read plenty of zombie books this is the first time I have left a review. Cant wait for the next book to come out!!!


Behind the Cover: The Human Condition

Here's some photos from behind the scenes at The Human Condition photo shoot! Thanks to the Ada Landfill for letting us shoot there!

Here's the link to the full album on Tessa's Facebook page. The Human Condition Album

Also, thank you to Brian Wilke, Bryan Reed, and Logan Spencer for being in the cover. Yes, you may have noticed that there are four people on the cover. One of the zombies is one of the books authors, Josef House! The more you know...




     Here's the final cover for the paperback book!


               And here's the final cut for the E-book!

The House Walking Dead Wedding

House Zombie Wedding!

     If you click on the link above, you will be taken to Tessa House's facebook album for Josef and Tessa's Walking Dead Themed Wedding!

     Both of the writers have been married before, their marriage to each other being the second marriage for both of them. Since they had already done the white wedding version, they decided that they wanted it to be fun, and also wanted to find a way to incorporate the guests instead of them just showing up and then going home without interacting with the wedding party much or the bride and groom. They decided that, if their wedding party were zombie apocalypse survivors, they could interact with their guests by having them dress up as zombies, and the wedding photos would include a zombie attach by the guests themselves. They wedding was a success, and everyone who attended had loads of fun. If you would like to see the full album, once again, click the link at the very top. The photos below are a few of Tessa and Josef's favorite pics from the wedding.















Behind the Cover: A Dead New World

Hey Everyone! I thought it would be pretty cool to do a Behind the Cover! Here is the photo shoot for book one. The photos where taken at the Ada Airport, in Oklahoma, so a big thank you to them for letting us shoot there! And also thank you to the pilot who ended up on the cover along with his aircraft!

As you can see below, we weren't really sure what we wanted on the cover of A Dead New World, we only know that we somehow wanted to incorporate the airport. After finishing a couple different versions, we finally went with the last one on this page.


















This is the final cover for the E-Book!


Here is the Final cover for the paperback edition!