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- I'm a voracious reader and author of a how-to guide to online author publicity: "Plug Your Book!: Online Marketing for Authors."
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- Yes, I have a blog with the same title, http://PlugYourBook.com
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- I'm a big believer in leveraging Amazon.com, blogs, and MySpace to jump-start word of mouth for your books.
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How to get prepublication reviews on Amazon
I've contacted a few Amazon Top Reviewers by following your instructions, and they've agreed to read advance copies. However, ther… Continue
Posted on June 19, 2007 at 8:05pm —
Amazon slashes space for book reviews
Book lovers still reeling from cutbacks at newspaper book sections have a new reason to be upset: Amazon.com is reducing space for book reviews, too.
Amazon is reducing the number of book reviews displayed on its book product pages by one-half, outraging authors and many of the site's volunteer reviewers.
The change does away with Amazon's familiar one-column display of six reviews. Now just three reviews will be displayed in their entirety, followed by a link to other reviews.
… ContinuePosted on June 1, 2007 at 10:26am —
Would you risk spamming your audience to get a few sales?
Online book marketing is a rough and tumble environment these days. Let's face it, bad behavior is rampant among authors, just like any other group -- it's easy to be rude and underhanded when you don't have to face people.In some cases, the offending authors think they've done nothing wrong. In… Continue
Posted on May 8, 2007 at 12:01pm — 1 Comment
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New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link
Hi Gang,Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.
Thanks,
Morgan
Time Out for Kindle Reading
Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?
Who's Doing Cyber Monday?
I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.What about you?
Did You Shop on Black Friday?
There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.About Black Friday -
The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.
I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.
I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?
So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?
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Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda
I love seeing familiar names in publications. Congrats!
If you have time, please go to my website, www.martastephens-author.com to the "Author to Author" link. I've developed a 6-part series of articles on developing an Internet presence. The first two are posted now. I'm posting one a week. I look forward to your comments.
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Thank you for inviting me as a friend
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Thanks for the invitation. I look forward to getting to know you.
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