Bena Roberts's Blog, page 20
December 19, 2017
Does anyone use blog links anymore? #romance #authors
Carnival of the Mobilists was the rage and everyone took part in it. So, even if they are no longer the rage, I am creating and making a list for "old times sake!"
It is at the bottom of this blog on the right side. If you would like to be added share or swap just let me know!
ROMANCE LINKS
POPULAR REALISTIC FICTION BOOKS
SIX TINDER WEEKS
UNDER THE COVERS BOOK BLOG ��� BOOK REVIEWS, AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, GIVEAWAYS!
ROMANCE JUNKIES
DIRTY GIRL ROMANCE ��� KINK, SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE
BOOK BITCHES
HEROES AND HEARTBREAKERS
ALL ABOUT ROMANCE
SMEXY BOOKS ��� ROMANCE AND URBAN FANTASY REVIEWS
FICTION VIXEN - BOOKS AND BEAUTY
LITERATURE YOUNG ADULT FICTION | WHERE READING IS A TREASURE
SMART BITCHES, TRASHY BOOKS - ALL OF THE ROMANCE, NONE OF THE BULLSHIT
BEST ROMANCE BLOGS
MONSTER IN THE COOKIE JAR
TWITTER BENA ROBERTS
ROMANCE CROSS PROMOTION
REVIEW MATES FACEBOOK
NEXT BOOK PLACE TWITTER
ROMANCE NOVELS FACEBOOK
NEXT BOOK PLACE FACEBOOK
I LOVE READING FACEBOOK
BOOK PROMOTER FACEBOOK
SHOUT MY BOOK
NEXT BOOK PLACE
ROMANCE PROMOTION
December 18, 2017
Destined and Redeemed a steamy hot romance by RK Cary
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Do you want a hot steamy romance this Christmas? Then check out this book on Amazon.com!!
He was from a world that had suffered horrendous losses and he had committed revolting acts just to survive. He knew he had hurt others and took their very freedoms away. He wasn���t evil or merciless. He was as much a victim as they were, a casualty of circumstance: raised to be stronger, pushed to be smarter, better, tougher, and faster than everyone else. His destiny had been set long before he was born, survival his only option.
She had overcome great odds to achieve what she had. Everything she had, she had earned, and deserved. She was a strong woman who believed in acceptance and forgiveness. Her beliefs, would be put to the test and her life would never be the same again. Would she be strong enough to not only survive, but be able to embrace this new life? Could she accept this situation and accept him, accept who and what he was? To do so, she would have to be able to forgive him. Would she be able to, and against all logic, would she be able to love him?
For better or worse, till death do they part, when all hope was lost, fate put them on the path that they were destined to be on, to save both their worlds.
The saga begins���Destined & Redeemed
December 17, 2017
My first week of sales as a self-published author
My week consisted of marketing my book for about six hours a day. I intended to only spend two hours a day, but somehow whatever you do never seems enough!
So, nearly everyone I meet that knows I just published my first novel asks me how many sales I got. I think that I had a good week, but it was a lot of hard work.
The graph above shows sales for the novel Six Tinder Weeks only from launch date. These are kindle only. Everyone told me that Thursday was generally the best day for Kindle sales and I have to agree. I was jumping for joy with 47 sales on the first day, screaming on day two and then I thought the peak was over on day three. But by the time I woke up on Friday morning I was literally hallucinating!
Thursday was the day that I started my Adwords campaign and also the day that I went crazy on Twitter with my most posts. I think that a combination of both of these helped.
I started using Hootsuite again. I used to use that about ten years ago and it is a great way to track and schedule Tweets. I am missing writing though! With all of this marketing, I just haven't been able to write my quota this week. From Wednesday, I am going to leave the everyday marketing to Google, Amazon and Goodreads.
My first week of Kindle Sales in short
Approximately 700 pages read from Monday to Monday
Thursday was by far the most popular day
I managed to get two reviews one on Amazon USA and one on Amazon UK
Plus one more review on Goodreads. My Goodreads campaign starts tomorrow.
If you would like to buy Six Tinder Weeks (this link) will take you to a list of links to Amazon USA, UK or Germany.
DISCLAIMER!!
I am very new to publishing and my author friend just told me, what I thought were sales were actually pages read of the book! I will do another post next week with the true sales figures and sorry for the confusion!!!
December 16, 2017
Greed by Emily Blythe just released on Amazon!
GREED INFO
Emily Blythe is a great author and this is her book, which was released yesterday! (Amazon link here)
Boom!! What a sexy cover! I can't wait to read it!
All about Greed
Ever since I was a little girl, I���ve known exactly who my Mr. Right would be.
A man who shared my passion for helping others. A man who was compassionate and selfless. A man with a heart of gold and no hidden agendas.
A man who was the perfect reflection of me.
I never believed that opposites attract.
Then I met Oliver Lewin. . .
And boy, was I wrong.
Filthy rich, grossly irreverent and ignorant to the suffering of others. Oliver was everything I despised about the world, all wrapped up in a sexy-as-hell package. Anyone else would have sold their left kidney to get close to him. To bask in his charismatic glow, even for just a second. But I knew from the outset that he was all wrong for me. . .
I just couldn���t put my finger on why I couldn���t stay away.
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This is the first book in a new series of standalone contemporary romance novels called the SEVEN VICES SERIES. Each book in the series is themed around a common human vice. These books are full-length novels that can be read in any order.
Look out for the next book in the series, WRATH, coming in early 2018.
Author info:
Emily Blythe is an indie author who loves writing contemporary romances with smoldering alpha males. GREED is her debut romance novel.
She lives with her husband, dog (Rufus) and two cats (Pipper and Pumpkin). Emily���s hobbies include reading, playing guitar and coffee (if coffee is a hobby).
December 15, 2017
My first reviews have started coming! Six Tinder Weeks
I am not sure how other authors feel when reviews come in for their books. I have been jumping up and down and pinching myself!
As many of you know, if you want to sell on Amazon, then reviews are essential. So, getting them is a fantastic feeling. I know that my friends and family have supported me with the book launch, but after that you need the long tail and reviews guarantee that.
So, in the past, I have added book reviews here, and I will keep on doing so to support other authors. I have also signed up for some blog tours. Which means that when people have new books, I will be posting some links and possibly reviewing them. I read all the time anyway, so I might as well!
If you are on Good reads - you can read my reviews here
Follow my author profile here
Or my Amazon Profile here
I am also attaching a little snippet here.
Thank-you everyone for a spectacular first five days as a published author. I will announce how I did, sales and more bits and bobs next week.
Hugs Bena
December 14, 2017
My first Google Adwords ads for Six Tinder Weeks
Marketing is vital for any self-publisher. I feel like I am learning by doing! I hadn't used Adwords for years. It makes me crazy as I was so talented in SEO and everything like that for so long. This time around, I am re-learning keywords and will add about eight more adverts today to improve my click-through rate!
I knew it before, so I just hope that chemo hasn't fried my brain too much and it all comes back to me!
So, here are my first adverts. More to come!
December 13, 2017
Getting obsessed with Amazon sales information I made it in the top 50K sales books
I am fully aware that bestselling authors will laugh at me!
But I have never been happier! I made it into the Amazon top 50K best sales list for two days! TWO DAYS!
My novel came out on Monday and by Wednesday there I was!!
I started on Monday morning at #600,000 so to make such an enormous jump really made my day. I am heading down a again a bit now though, but my Goodreads and Amazon campaigns start tomorrow. So, I hope they will help!
I honestly think I also under-estimated self-publishing the first few days understanding how things work and meeting so many authors with a lot more experience than me has been intimidating! But, I hope with the next book everything will be easier. I am currently on about 12K words for the next novel and I will be publishing it in Spring. A lot shorter than Six Tinder Weeks, probably a novella - but also set at about 99 cents.
I see that most books have that price range if they stay high on the best selling list.
December 12, 2017
My book is out and now the marketing bit!
Writing a book is an uphill struggle. The easiest part was writing the fast draft. After that the editing nearly killed me and now the marketing is murderous.
Despite my background in mobile marketing, navigating my way around Amazon, Goodreads and currently, Google advertising has given me a headache.
But I am nearly there.
This is what I have done so far.
I have signed up for three online Fiverr gigs to promote the book online and on Twitter.
Then I signed up for Goodreads Then I created a promotion which just got approved!
Congratulations! Your giveaway for Six Tinder Weeks: Love after divorce? Online dating at forty? Realistic romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud has been approved. It will start at 12:00am PT on Tuesday, December 19 and finish at 11:59pm PT on Tuesday, January 16.
Google Adwords is next and that is the biggest challenge and also my largest budget. So, I really hope paid search works for me. I know it worked back when I was a blogger and fingers crossed it only gets better! I will post the adverts here as they go live X
December 11, 2017
Six Tinder Weeks available now!
I have booked a blog tour in January!
But my book is already out. You can pick up a copy here
Paperback is here - Amazon.com Paperback Six Tinder Weeks
Amazon.co.uk Paperback Six Tinder Weeks
on Kindle - Amazon.com Six Tinder Weeks
The Blurb!
Forty-something scientist Helen leaves her husband after twenty uninspired years of marriage. Plagued with making the wrong decisions she looks towards holistic therapy and the universe to guide her choices. She meets hairdresser Alex and takes his advice to download the dating app SPRK.
Helen embarks on a voyage of self-discovery, paganism, hedonism and desire. What could go wrong? Well for one secret agent CJ is convinced that Helen is part of a notorious Romanian smuggling gang.
Six Tinder weeks is not the usual romantic novel; it is realistic fiction adventure full of twists and turns that will make you laugh out loud. If you like something different, then you will enjoy this Pandora's box of love, action and the unexpected.
The first book review
What do you do when your miserable marriage of twenty years comes to an end? Follow Helen���s hairdresser���s advice! Six Tinder Weeks is a roller coaster of fun exploring the adventures of an open-minded, newly separated woman and her jump into the world of online men and hooking up. This fast-paced novel is full of well-developed characters that revolve around Helen and her search for what happens when it���s time to jumpstart a new chapter in her life. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for fun, laughter, and great sex!
Beth Sorensen, author of Crush at Thomas Hall and Divorcing a Dead Man
December 8, 2017
Want a book with a strong female lead? Six Tinder Weeks will be out next week!
Writing Six Tinder Weeks has been a rollercoaster! Coupling online dating, men, love with mindfulness and self-discovery was a challenge. I wanted a book with a strong female lead and I hope that I managed to achieve it. I got this first review of the book and I thought I would share it.
Six Tinder Weeks will be launched on Amazon next week! More details will follow!
I received my first book review for Six Tinder Weeks!
The first book review
What do you do when your miserable marriage of twenty years comes to an end? Follow Helen���s hairdresser���s advice! Six Tinder Weeks is a roller coaster of fun exploring the adventures of an open-minded, newly separated woman and her jump into the world of online men and hooking up. This fast-paced novel is full of well-developed characters that revolve around Helen and her search for what happens when it���s time to jumpstart a new chapter in her life. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for fun, laughter, and great sex!
Beth Sorensen, author of Crush at Thomas Hall and Divorcing a Dead Man
