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Sunday 3 July 2011

Our 'fon' books set to roll out in the Fall!

Although all our works will be available in softcover and as e-books (on Amazon), we are excited at ways that we can reach the African market. As such, we have just signed an agreement with Mobile Content - a Ghanaian based company - to have our books delivered by phone! Kente is the first ever company (in Ghana and probably Africa!) to do this and we are absolutely thrilled that the 74% penetration that mobile phones have in Ghana will be put to some good use :)

Now the next question is...which of our books will be first up? We will have the following categories available for download - short shorts, Novellas, Novels, Religious and Kids. At the moment, this is the line up we are going to start off with:

Short Shorts
1. Ayele's Dilemma (see teaser excerpt on this site)
2. Gifty: A chase to catch the elusive prize...and you'll be surprised at what the prize is!


Novellas
1. The Funeral: Ridiculous family shenanigans at a Ghanaian Funeral
2. The House: What do you do when squatters have moved into your beautiful, hilltop house in the Akropong Hills and you are three thousand miles away in Canada?
3. The Brother: A man thinks he has seen his long lost brother at the Ahenfie Hotel. Is it really him? After forty years?
4. The Medicine Man: Selling herbal medicine on a bus is a tedious job; Sometimes a death can make all the difference!
5. Tamar: Sleeping with your father-in-law is NOT what you are supposed to do. Tamar did it though...
6. Haggai: She did her duty and bore a son for Abraham. So why is she running away?
7. A Spy in the ER: Dr. Oppong's dying patient thrusts an SD card into his hand. What could possibly be on it and could it have something to do with why he is now being followed?


Novels
1. Mistress of the Game: Politics of Oil, Life with AIDS, Infertility and Mother-in-laws...which is the worst?
2. Serwa Akoto's Diary: A peak into the life of a 20-something, self-obsessed Ghanaian girl who embarks on a daring experiment to snag the man of her dreams.


Scripts
The Story of an Hour - African Adaptation of Kate Chopin's classic.


Religious
1. When in Rome: Daily Bible Devotionals from the book of Romans
2. Genesis Corp: A contemporary re-telling of the Adam & Eve Story

Kids 
Science Adventure Chapter Books
1. The Adventures of Kobby Badu Smith: A Space Adventure
2. The Adventures of Kobby Badu Smith: A Sweet Adventure
3. The Adventures of Kobby Badu Smith: A Poolside Adventure

Fairy Tales (Western Fairytales re-set in Africa)
The Chief's New Clothes


We'd love to hear from you - which are you just dying to read?

Leopard

4 comments:

  1. Great, great, great innovation and breakthrough! Good to know I can have a steady supply of good books in the comfort of my 'palm' whenever I am in Ghana!
    keep rolling out the books!!

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  2. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the plots...can't wait to get a peek at "The funeral" and "The house"

    KUDOS

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  3. Thanks so much for the support! I like the whole 'palm' thing...palmbooks - ideal image with one sitting under a palm tree, ocean front, reading a Kente book!

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  4. @AfiaMartina - you will love them both! Will be compiling the 'The ?" into a sort of anthology called 'The Something" :)

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