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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Amazon's VERY Useful "Like" Button!

Sometimes an item in my SharingwithWriters newsletter bears repeating in my blog. Everyone loves my assortment of tips but this one is about a new and very useful feature from Amazon--one I don't want you to miss!


Tip:  Did you know Amazon now has “Like” buttons on your book’s sales page? They are similar to Facebook’s like buttons. To learn how they work, check my Father's Day chapbook (www.budurl.com/Imagining ) . Click on LIKE. You'll find it in the segment near the book title. Once you click on it, Twitter and Facebook buttons will show up, too!
BTW, when you use tweet and retweet buttons, adjust the wording on the tweets to appeal to your audience.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:22 AM

    Thanks for this tip, Carolyn!

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  2. Anonymous2:37 PM

    I detest the "Like" buttons on Amazon, they are puerile and infantile and demeaning to the concept of reading. If authors are promoting this rubbish then I will certainly not buy their books and advise everyone I know to avoid them as well.

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