As you know, I often answer authors' questions in this blog. Here is a recent one:
Question:
Q&A: Linden wanted to know if I sell very many books from my Authors Den site (http://authorsden.com/carolynhowardjohnson ).
Answer:
Linden, I don't use Authors Den to sell books. In fact, I (almost) don't do anything to sell books. It's my theory that if we get exposure for our books and ourselves, the books sell themselves. 'Course, we have to have a great book! (-: AD has a huge number of benefits. I use it mostly to distribute my newsletter, as a backup for my regular Web site (www.howtodoitfrugally.com), for networking, and, yep, for exposure! (-: Besides, you'll hear me say over and over again, when a book sells, it's really hard to know exactly what "sold" it. Usually it isn't one site or one promotion. Usually it's a combination of things the reader has seen or heard that finally gets them interested enough to buy a book. I hope you'll read my The Frugal Book Promoter for lots of basic concepts on public relations, getting publcity and marketing in general.
CHJ
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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:
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
So, How Much Credit Do You Get If You Review Books?
As those of you who subscribe to my Sharing with Writers newsletter, I sometimes run a feature called Q&A a la Ann Landers, one of my favorite columnists from the days when I helped do page layouts and edit for The Salt Lake Tribune. I just love the format. Anyway, occasionally I rerun one of my favorites here.
If you'd like to subscribe so you don't miss a single one (or submit questions to be answered there!), please send an e-mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
QUESTION:
Dear Carolyn,
I have been reviewing newly released books (and enjoying it very much). I think my reviews are well done and fair. At the end of the review I write, "Reviewed by Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont." Where allowed (only on Amazon), I post a link to Crestmont.
I thought it was the industry standard for authors to list their books when reviewing to give credence to their status as an author reviewer. However, recently, I received a criticism that it appeared I was trying to promote my own book, not the one being reviewed. The author of the book The Other Life, Ellen Meister, was thrilled with my review. When you read the review, you will see that there is nothing in it about my book, only Ms. Meister’s.
Am I following industry standard here, or, in your opinion, am I off track?
This is the only criticism of this nature I have received from any of the twenty-two reviews I have posted. I want to remain professional, but, in addition, would like to be known for the book I've written. I am very new to the industry and respect your opinion. Can you give me some guidance?
Thank you so much for your help.
Best wishes,
Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont, http://www.hollyweiss.com/
http://twitter.com/HWeissauthor
"Crestmont is a fine and riveting read for historical fiction fans, highly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review
ANSWER:
I agree with you, Holly. And you are backed by the experts. The LA Times for instance, uses a credit line in the reviews in their Calendar section. It often gives the title of a book written by the reviewer. So does The New Yorker, one of the greatest magazines of all time (in my humble opinion!). Most feel that a book published by the author of an article (or a review), gives that review more credibility.
If you'd like to know more about writing reviews as part of your platform and career, check out Mayra Calvani's The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, www.budurl.com/Reviewing .
One word of caution, though. Though Amazon provides the link capability, they have very strict rules governing credits. And they change all the time. So you might want to check their guidelines or go back and remove the live link to your book. But I certainly wouldn’t remove your mini biography or your title.
One other suggestion, double-check the automatic link that Amazon provides when people add content to their site. There is a way to include your title there as well, and that link goes back to your Amazon profile page.
CHJ
PS: You'll also find a chapter on how to promote you book by writing book reviews in The Frugal Book Promoter.
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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:
If you'd like to subscribe so you don't miss a single one (or submit questions to be answered there!), please send an e-mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
QUESTION:
Dear Carolyn,
I have been reviewing newly released books (and enjoying it very much). I think my reviews are well done and fair. At the end of the review I write, "Reviewed by Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont." Where allowed (only on Amazon), I post a link to Crestmont.
I thought it was the industry standard for authors to list their books when reviewing to give credence to their status as an author reviewer. However, recently, I received a criticism that it appeared I was trying to promote my own book, not the one being reviewed. The author of the book The Other Life, Ellen Meister, was thrilled with my review. When you read the review, you will see that there is nothing in it about my book, only Ms. Meister’s.
Am I following industry standard here, or, in your opinion, am I off track?
This is the only criticism of this nature I have received from any of the twenty-two reviews I have posted. I want to remain professional, but, in addition, would like to be known for the book I've written. I am very new to the industry and respect your opinion. Can you give me some guidance?
Thank you so much for your help.
Best wishes,
Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont, http://www.hollyweiss.com/
http://twitter.com/HWeissauthor
"Crestmont is a fine and riveting read for historical fiction fans, highly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review
ANSWER:
I agree with you, Holly. And you are backed by the experts. The LA Times for instance, uses a credit line in the reviews in their Calendar section. It often gives the title of a book written by the reviewer. So does The New Yorker, one of the greatest magazines of all time (in my humble opinion!). Most feel that a book published by the author of an article (or a review), gives that review more credibility.
If you'd like to know more about writing reviews as part of your platform and career, check out Mayra Calvani's The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, www.budurl.com/Reviewing .
One word of caution, though. Though Amazon provides the link capability, they have very strict rules governing credits. And they change all the time. So you might want to check their guidelines or go back and remove the live link to your book. But I certainly wouldn’t remove your mini biography or your title.
One other suggestion, double-check the automatic link that Amazon provides when people add content to their site. There is a way to include your title there as well, and that link goes back to your Amazon profile page.
CHJ
PS: You'll also find a chapter on how to promote you book by writing book reviews in The Frugal Book Promoter.
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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:
Friday, March 11, 2011
Book Promotion Without Getting Out from Behind Your Computer
Today I'm addressing my blog to writers who are shy or writers who have been putting off joining Facebook.
I’ll tell you right up front. I’m a Facebook fan. And I hate the idea of being a fan of anybody or anything.
I’m a fan because I know Facebook can help writers do what they need to do and that’s let people know about their writing. I’m a fan because at its basic level, Facebook is free. I also know that it is easy—or rather that it can be easy.
From my clients I’ve learned that they avoid Facebook because it all seems like . . . well, way too techy. And way too time consuming. So here I am. Frugal me. Telling you how you can do it without a steep learning curve and without spending much time and without spending any money.
~Set up your profile. Do a good job of it. When you write your biography, don’t forget to talk about what you do in the writing world–complete with links. Use your book cover or business logo as your avatar. None of those canned silhouettes provided by Facebook, please. Just so you know, if you don’t do one other thing on Facebook, this profile could attract editors, agents, and readers. It won’t attract many without a little more effort, but it’s better than nothing.
~When people befriend you, accept, and write them a thank you note on their walls. It always surprises me how few people do this. Sign your communications with a signature of one kind or another, preferably something that gives your new friends information they can use. No excuses. You wouldn’t send a note in the mail without signing it, would you? Emily Post (and your mother!) would be appalled! Here are a couple signatures I use:
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging writers' resources at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Tweeting promotion tips for writers at www.twitter.com/FrugalBookPromo
~Invite a few influential people you know. People who read and talk a lot about what they read (maybe on Facebook!). People who have written books about publishing and its related fields. Other authors because their readers may be interested in your book and because you can share career-boosting ideas with them. Send a personal note, not that canned message provided by Facebook. When you invite them and use a similar signature to the ones above.
~Pop in to leave a message on your FB page now and then. Make it chatty. Let it reflect who you are. Keep your posts mostly focused on something related to your writing. By all means, let your FB friends know when you’ve posted on your blog,when you’re signing books, and on the progress of your new books. You get the idea.
~When you get notices that people have commented on your posts or sent you a message, join the conversation.
That’s about it. Of course you may want to use some of FB’s more advanced features like their amazingly targeted (but not too cheap!) advertising opportunities. Or their “like” pages (once known as “fan” pages). You may want to share photos. Occasionally you may want to use the Instant Message feature. But you can make it work for you with only the basics outlined above.
Facebook now has so many people on it that if it were a country it would be the third largest in the world. Surely you can find readers, radio hosts, fellow authors who need forewords written for their books, and any number of other folks that you can help with their writing careers. That Karma goes out into the FB world and you will find them helping you with yours.
If you need other promotion ideas, refer to your copy of The Frugal Book Promoter. What?! You don't have a copy? Well use the widget in this post to get one! It's especially useful because you can use the index to review practical tips to make any writing-related activity--from book signings and book fairs to attending writers' conferences--more successful.
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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:
I’ll tell you right up front. I’m a Facebook fan. And I hate the idea of being a fan of anybody or anything.
I’m a fan because I know Facebook can help writers do what they need to do and that’s let people know about their writing. I’m a fan because at its basic level, Facebook is free. I also know that it is easy—or rather that it can be easy.
From my clients I’ve learned that they avoid Facebook because it all seems like . . . well, way too techy. And way too time consuming. So here I am. Frugal me. Telling you how you can do it without a steep learning curve and without spending much time and without spending any money.
~Set up your profile. Do a good job of it. When you write your biography, don’t forget to talk about what you do in the writing world–complete with links. Use your book cover or business logo as your avatar. None of those canned silhouettes provided by Facebook, please. Just so you know, if you don’t do one other thing on Facebook, this profile could attract editors, agents, and readers. It won’t attract many without a little more effort, but it’s better than nothing.
~When people befriend you, accept, and write them a thank you note on their walls. It always surprises me how few people do this. Sign your communications with a signature of one kind or another, preferably something that gives your new friends information they can use. No excuses. You wouldn’t send a note in the mail without signing it, would you? Emily Post (and your mother!) would be appalled! Here are a couple signatures I use:
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging writers' resources at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Tweeting promotion tips for writers at www.twitter.com/FrugalBookPromo
~Invite a few influential people you know. People who read and talk a lot about what they read (maybe on Facebook!). People who have written books about publishing and its related fields. Other authors because their readers may be interested in your book and because you can share career-boosting ideas with them. Send a personal note, not that canned message provided by Facebook. When you invite them and use a similar signature to the ones above.
~Pop in to leave a message on your FB page now and then. Make it chatty. Let it reflect who you are. Keep your posts mostly focused on something related to your writing. By all means, let your FB friends know when you’ve posted on your blog,when you’re signing books, and on the progress of your new books. You get the idea.
~When you get notices that people have commented on your posts or sent you a message, join the conversation.
That’s about it. Of course you may want to use some of FB’s more advanced features like their amazingly targeted (but not too cheap!) advertising opportunities. Or their “like” pages (once known as “fan” pages). You may want to share photos. Occasionally you may want to use the Instant Message feature. But you can make it work for you with only the basics outlined above.
Facebook now has so many people on it that if it were a country it would be the third largest in the world. Surely you can find readers, radio hosts, fellow authors who need forewords written for their books, and any number of other folks that you can help with their writing careers. That Karma goes out into the FB world and you will find them helping you with yours.
If you need other promotion ideas, refer to your copy of The Frugal Book Promoter. What?! You don't have a copy? Well use the widget in this post to get one! It's especially useful because you can use the index to review practical tips to make any writing-related activity--from book signings and book fairs to attending writers' conferences--more successful.
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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:
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Poetry Partners Hold Artwork Contest for Fifth Chapbook
It's been said (quite a few times!) that a picture is worth a thousand words. Even though Magdalena Ball and I are poets, we think the original author may have underestimated, and we'd like you--if you're a painter or a photographer--to prove us wrong.
We are the coauthors of the Celebration Series of chapbooks of poetry.
They include Cherished Pulse (for anyone you love) , She Wore Emerald Then (for mothers on your gift list), Imagining the Future (for Fathers) , and Blooming Red, a Christmas chapbook . Chapbooks have been a tradition in the poetry world since Elizabethan times. The Celebration Series goes beyond the cliched sentiments in most greeting cards - and does it for about the same price.
All four of our chapbooks are illustrated by artists making each a triple effort.
Cherished Pulse and Blooming Red feature artwork from California artist Vicki Thomas. She Wore Emerald Then features photographs by May Lattanzio (see the cover in the Amazon buy-link at the left) and Imagining the Future a photo by celebrated composer Ricky Ian Gordon.
We are planning a fifth chapbook lauding women's issues and feminist themes. We are looking for submissions to be used on its cover. Yes, it's a contest.
The winner's work will be featured on Deeper Into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity to be published later in 2011. There is no pay but since Ball runs respected review Web site The Compulsive Reader (http://www.thecompulsivereader.com/ ), and Howard-Johnson is the author of a multi award-winning series of books for writers including The Frugal Book Promoter, they can promise a wide distribution of the cover image, credit, and a biography of the cover artist in the book, and tons of marketing exposure.
See the other chapbooks' covers at www.howtodoitfrugally.com/poetry_books.htm.
Here is a poem from that chapbook to give you an idea of its contents:
Ariel
Memory's two voices,
the you-girl
suffering the moment
and the you-now
who interprets.
You promise yourself
you won't fear the secrets,
won't tell what happened
without the feelings.
You deny yourself that
and you become Ursula
stealing your own song,
leaving yourself gurgling
under the sea. You need
the music to tell your story,
to find it, to understand it
to know the truth,
to reach above the
ocean's surface
where
others
live.
If you have something you'd like us to see, please e-mail your creative work to Ball at maggie_ball@bigpond.com with SUBMISSION: DEEPER INTO THE POND in the subject line. We hope to have a decision by June 1, 2011 and we reserve the right to select no winner. If a winner is selected, we may also choose runners-up so those acknowledgments may be used by the winners for purposes of marketing. There is no fee for entering, and only the honor and publication of the artwork for being selected. Oh, yes. And two copies of the finished chapbook. We hope to hear from you.
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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:
We are the coauthors of the Celebration Series of chapbooks of poetry.
They include Cherished Pulse (for anyone you love) , She Wore Emerald Then (for mothers on your gift list), Imagining the Future (for Fathers) , and Blooming Red, a Christmas chapbook . Chapbooks have been a tradition in the poetry world since Elizabethan times. The Celebration Series goes beyond the cliched sentiments in most greeting cards - and does it for about the same price.
All four of our chapbooks are illustrated by artists making each a triple effort.
Cherished Pulse and Blooming Red feature artwork from California artist Vicki Thomas. She Wore Emerald Then features photographs by May Lattanzio (see the cover in the Amazon buy-link at the left) and Imagining the Future a photo by celebrated composer Ricky Ian Gordon.
We are planning a fifth chapbook lauding women's issues and feminist themes. We are looking for submissions to be used on its cover. Yes, it's a contest.
The winner's work will be featured on Deeper Into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity to be published later in 2011. There is no pay but since Ball runs respected review Web site The Compulsive Reader (http://www.thecompulsivereader.com/ ), and Howard-Johnson is the author of a multi award-winning series of books for writers including The Frugal Book Promoter, they can promise a wide distribution of the cover image, credit, and a biography of the cover artist in the book, and tons of marketing exposure.
See the other chapbooks' covers at www.howtodoitfrugally.com/poetry_books.htm.
Here is a poem from that chapbook to give you an idea of its contents:
Ariel
Memory's two voices,
the you-girl
suffering the moment
and the you-now
who interprets.
You promise yourself
you won't fear the secrets,
won't tell what happened
without the feelings.
You deny yourself that
and you become Ursula
stealing your own song,
leaving yourself gurgling
under the sea. You need
the music to tell your story,
to find it, to understand it
to know the truth,
to reach above the
ocean's surface
where
others
live.
If you have something you'd like us to see, please e-mail your creative work to Ball at maggie_ball@bigpond.com with SUBMISSION: DEEPER INTO THE POND in the subject line. We hope to have a decision by June 1, 2011 and we reserve the right to select no winner. If a winner is selected, we may also choose runners-up so those acknowledgments may be used by the winners for purposes of marketing. There is no fee for entering, and only the honor and publication of the artwork for being selected. Oh, yes. And two copies of the finished chapbook. We hope to hear from you.
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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:
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Celebrating Read and E-Book Week with Free E-Gift
This comes to subscribers and visitors as a gift, but also as an example of how authors--yep, even poets!--might use promotional week and month designations as an excuse to promote. This is, after all, what they were designef for! (-: It is copied from a special edition of my newsletter but could easily be made into a media release. If you want the freebie, use the link in the letter, not the Amazon widgets; they will let you buy paperbacks, though!
Magdalena Ball and I are celebrating Read an E-book Week by giving e-book copies of our poetry to all comers from March 6 to 12.
Our chapbooks of poetry include Cherished Pulse (for anyone you love) with artwork from California artist Vicki Thomas, She Wore Emerald Then (for mothers on your gift list) with photographs by May Lattanzio, Imagining the Future (for Fathers), and Blooming Red, a Christmas chapbook. All are priced to compete with greeting cards at any time of year but this is a celebration of F r ^ ^ (and e-books!).
Chapbooks have been a tradition in the poetry world since Elizabethan times. The Celebration Series goes beyond the clichéd sentiments in most greeting cards—and does it for about the same price.
Now the full series is being offered for f r ^ ^ during Read an E-book Week from March 6 to 12 to help raise public awareness of electronic reading. Read an E-book Week’s Web site (http://www.ebookweek.com ) provides information on the latest e-book reading devices, different e-book stores, benefits of e-books, as well as the history and the future of e-books. Visitors will be able to download free reads from different major retailers, authors and publishers during the Read an E-book Week event period. The Celebration books can be read in over nine digital formats on any computer or portable reading device anywhere in the world. This is a revolution for both authors, both of whom started their writing careers when the latest technology was a typewriter and carbon paper for copies. To access the free books, visit:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/maggieball
Magdalena Ball runs the highly respected www.compulsivereader.com review site. She is the author of the poetry book Repulsion Thrust, published to unanimous 5-star reviews. Her novel Sleep Before Evening, published in 2007, was a Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist. You all probably know about my poetry except for the one published quite a while ago by Finishing Line Press, (www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings ), which isn’t being offered f r ^^ by contractual agreement. For more information on any of the chapbooks in this poetry series, contact either of the authors or visit media rooms at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
or http://www.magdalenaball.com/
.
Happy promoting, writing and poetry reading!
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
PS: I just learned that Aggie Villaneuva is also celebrating e-book week by offering hers at Smashwords for I've at 50-75% off until the 12th: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/myaggie2 . Aren't we all just so smart!
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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:
Magdalena Ball and I are celebrating Read an E-book Week by giving e-book copies of our poetry to all comers from March 6 to 12.
Our chapbooks of poetry include Cherished Pulse (for anyone you love) with artwork from California artist Vicki Thomas, She Wore Emerald Then (for mothers on your gift list) with photographs by May Lattanzio, Imagining the Future (for Fathers), and Blooming Red, a Christmas chapbook. All are priced to compete with greeting cards at any time of year but this is a celebration of F r ^ ^ (and e-books!).
Chapbooks have been a tradition in the poetry world since Elizabethan times. The Celebration Series goes beyond the clichéd sentiments in most greeting cards—and does it for about the same price.
Now the full series is being offered for f r ^ ^ during Read an E-book Week from March 6 to 12 to help raise public awareness of electronic reading. Read an E-book Week’s Web site (http://www.ebookweek.com ) provides information on the latest e-book reading devices, different e-book stores, benefits of e-books, as well as the history and the future of e-books. Visitors will be able to download free reads from different major retailers, authors and publishers during the Read an E-book Week event period. The Celebration books can be read in over nine digital formats on any computer or portable reading device anywhere in the world. This is a revolution for both authors, both of whom started their writing careers when the latest technology was a typewriter and carbon paper for copies. To access the free books, visit:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/maggieball
Magdalena Ball runs the highly respected www.compulsivereader.com review site. She is the author of the poetry book Repulsion Thrust, published to unanimous 5-star reviews. Her novel Sleep Before Evening, published in 2007, was a Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist. You all probably know about my poetry except for the one published quite a while ago by Finishing Line Press, (www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings ), which isn’t being offered f r ^^ by contractual agreement. For more information on any of the chapbooks in this poetry series, contact either of the authors or visit media rooms at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
or http://www.magdalenaball.com/
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Happy promoting, writing and poetry reading!
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
PS: I just learned that Aggie Villaneuva is also celebrating e-book week by offering hers at Smashwords for I've at 50-75% off until the 12th: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/myaggie2 . Aren't we all just so smart!
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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:
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