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December 16, 2012
20,000 Copies Downloaded of "Christmas in Wine Country"
Make that 20,001 copies.
Thank you, thank you!
I so appreciate everyone who decided to take a look at my book "Christmas in Wine Country" during the free promo this weekend.
I self-published this book just under a month ago, thinking it would be read by my mom, mother-in-law, and friends. To now have it out in the hands of 20,008 people truly amazes me.
Especially since the cover has all the high-tech quality of a 5th grade book report. Actually, that's not fair to today's 5th graders who are pretty tech-savvy. So, the quality of a 5th grade book report in the 1980s.
Thank you, what a gift!
Now I hope everyone enjoys it!
All 20,018 of you.
Thank you, thank you!
I so appreciate everyone who decided to take a look at my book "Christmas in Wine Country" during the free promo this weekend.
I self-published this book just under a month ago, thinking it would be read by my mom, mother-in-law, and friends. To now have it out in the hands of 20,008 people truly amazes me.
Especially since the cover has all the high-tech quality of a 5th grade book report. Actually, that's not fair to today's 5th graders who are pretty tech-savvy. So, the quality of a 5th grade book report in the 1980s.
Thank you, what a gift!
Now I hope everyone enjoys it!
All 20,018 of you.
#30 Best Seller!
FREE for Kindle Today 12/16 CHRISTMAS IN WINE COUNTRY Best Selling Romantic Comedy by Addison Westlake tinyurl.com/d3qxx8bThe perfect holiday read! Last day free today -- currently #30 on Amazon's Top 100 Free Best Sellers!
December 15, 2012
Into the Top 100 Best Selling Free Books
#72 Best Seller Free in Kindle Store, Christmas in Wine Country.
And there's still another whole free promo day tomorrow!
Almost 4,000 copies downloaded today.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
I hope it spreads some laughter and joy this holiday season.
I'll keep everyone posted on how things go tomorrow!
This time around I have my eye on the #7 Free Kindle Best Seller, Les Miserables.
Don't rest too easy tonight, Les Mis. That's right, I'm doing some trash talkin'. Christmas in Wine Country is coming for you...
And there's still another whole free promo day tomorrow!
Almost 4,000 copies downloaded today.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
I hope it spreads some laughter and joy this holiday season.
I'll keep everyone posted on how things go tomorrow!
This time around I have my eye on the #7 Free Kindle Best Seller, Les Miserables.
Don't rest too easy tonight, Les Mis. That's right, I'm doing some trash talkin'. Christmas in Wine Country is coming for you...
FREE TODAY 12/15 CHRISTMAS IN WINE COUNTRY
FREE for Kindle 12/15 CHRISTMAS IN WINE COUNTRY romantic comedy by Addison Westlake tinyurl.com/d3qxx8b
It's been on the best seller list for the past 2 weeks -- top 15 in chick lit (Amazon's Women's Fiction/Single Women) and in Humorous Fiction
Snap it up while it's hot -- and free!!!
It's been on the best seller list for the past 2 weeks -- top 15 in chick lit (Amazon's Women's Fiction/Single Women) and in Humorous Fiction
Snap it up while it's hot -- and free!!!
December 10, 2012
Yawatta Hotsby, best name ever?
Yawatta Hotsby, best name ever? You decide--and visit her blog & read my guest post http://yawattahosby.wordpress.com
Thank you, Yawatta! (I loved just writing that.)
Also, in my post you'll see tips from my mom about how to get the word out on your self-published book. Spoiler alert: it's my mom who gets the word out.
Thank you, Yawatta! (I loved just writing that.)
Also, in my post you'll see tips from my mom about how to get the word out on your self-published book. Spoiler alert: it's my mom who gets the word out.
December 9, 2012
Frustrated hamster veterinarian does author Q&A
What does a girl who grows up wanting to become a hamster veterinarian do when she's finally an adult and her dreams are crushed?
What? There's no such thing as a vet just for hamsters?
She becomes a romantic comedy writer.
See my new author Q&A: http://betweenboyfriendsnovel.blogspo...
Thank you between boyfriends blog!
What? There's no such thing as a vet just for hamsters?
She becomes a romantic comedy writer.
See my new author Q&A: http://betweenboyfriendsnovel.blogspo...
Thank you between boyfriends blog!
House Swap?
Over the past 19 days of promoting my book "Christmas in Wine Country" I've heard a bit about doing a giveaway. I get the basic idea of this -- you give something away. In this case, I assume I'd give my book away. But I don't 100% understand the logistics of it or how it works with ebooks (anyone who wants to manage this process for me feel more than free to get in touch addisonwestlake@gmail.com)
But I've had another idea, and it's one I'm pretty psyched about.
I'm talking house swap.
And I'm talking, specifically, to the 9 people who've bought my book in France. C'est incroyable!
I love France! And when I say I love France I mean I love reading about it and watching movies set there because it's not as if I've been dripping with opportunities to spend significant time in France.
But maybe I can turn that around?
Here's my proposal: do you live in a cool, hip quarter in Paris? A historic and pastoral estate in Provence? How about, in exchange for a free copy of my 0.99 cent ebook, I get to live in your house for a week? And when I say "I" I mean my large family with several small children?
Not a good enough deal? How about we make it a week-long house swap? I live "just outside" the metropolitan hotspot that is San Francisco! (full disclosure: we're a BART ride away in a sleepy suburb that shuts down around 8pm. And we're living in the house we could afford, aka the house sliding down the hillside due to massive foundational flaws).
Think about it! Merci!
But I've had another idea, and it's one I'm pretty psyched about.
I'm talking house swap.
And I'm talking, specifically, to the 9 people who've bought my book in France. C'est incroyable!
I love France! And when I say I love France I mean I love reading about it and watching movies set there because it's not as if I've been dripping with opportunities to spend significant time in France.
But maybe I can turn that around?
Here's my proposal: do you live in a cool, hip quarter in Paris? A historic and pastoral estate in Provence? How about, in exchange for a free copy of my 0.99 cent ebook, I get to live in your house for a week? And when I say "I" I mean my large family with several small children?
Not a good enough deal? How about we make it a week-long house swap? I live "just outside" the metropolitan hotspot that is San Francisco! (full disclosure: we're a BART ride away in a sleepy suburb that shuts down around 8pm. And we're living in the house we could afford, aka the house sliding down the hillside due to massive foundational flaws).
Think about it! Merci!
December 7, 2012
Crashing the Best Seller Party
Picture a party-crasher, some girl all dressed up who has somehow worked her way past the velvet rope, past the bouncer, through the secret side door into the VIP lounge. Her heels are too high, her dress is too short and she’s freakin’ psyched.
That is my book right now. Self-published as an ebook just 2½ weeks ago, Christmas in Wine Country is party crashing in the biggest way. And it’s not behaving itself at all. It’s the drunk one dancing in stilettos up on top of a table, hooting and hollering, whipping her bra off and circling it over her head like a lasso. Because my book has crashed Amazon’s Best Seller party.
Yup, it’s on Amazon’s top 100 best seller list in chick lit (that’s single women’s fiction in proper Amazon terms) and in humorous fiction. Alongside some wicked big names. Heard of Sophie Kinsella? Emily Giffin? Janet Evanovich?
My book has! And it came from such humble beginnings! Written at my tiny kitchen table in the midst of indescribable clutter, it has somehow cleaned itself up and talked its way into the party! And it is Tearing It Up.
“Wassup, Shopaholic!” my drunk, partying book is yelling over the loud dance music. “We’re freakin’ best sellers! High five me!!!” Of course, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (#12) is like “Whatever” to my book Christmas in Wine Country (#24) and leaves it hanging. But my book doesn’t even care—doesn’t even notice—because she’s too busy doing a shot with David Sedaris’ book Holidays on Ice (#84). And my book is like “You totally rock, Sedaris!!!” And Sedaris’ book is like “This is my favorite song!” and they run out on the dance floor together.
Anyway, that’s how I picture it.
Self-publishing! How else does this kind of thing happen?
All I have to say is, you writer-types out there—and you know who you are—waiting like wall flowers for the phone to ring with that super popular literary agent calling to ask you to the prom. Go out, buy yourself something super cute and sparkly at H&M, and take yourself to the prom. Put that book up on Amazon. Because what have you got to lose? This weekend, your book may be at the party, too. And my book will be like, “WASSUP!?!?!” and your book will be like “WASSUP!?!?!” and they’ll party together all night long.
December 6, 2012
Holiday Baking: or poisoning your co-workers one cookie at a time
Ever poisoned your co-workers with holiday baking?
Me too.
And now I've blogged about it.
tinyurl.com/a72nvyj
A big thank you to the fabulous book review website "Melissa's Midnight Musings" for inviting me to guest blog.
Me too.
And now I've blogged about it.
tinyurl.com/a72nvyj
A big thank you to the fabulous book review website "Melissa's Midnight Musings" for inviting me to guest blog.
December 5, 2012
Top 100, baby!
"Christmas in Wine Country" has cracked into Amazon's top 100 bestsellers in chick lit! #94 in chick lit (single women's fiction). Woo hoo! Thank you so much, everyone!
