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November 2016 Wrap Up! Books and Comic books!

These are the books and comic books I was able to read in November 2016. One book and 9 Comic books. So, that's a total of 10 for November :) If there is any book you want me to read and review, send me a PM or email me at

tempest071990 at gmail.com

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDTj8...

Books!
1. Weregirl by C.D. Bell
http://thegeekiary.com/weregirl-c-d-b...






Comic Books!
1. Death of X Issue 3
2. Death of X Issue 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAqk...






3. New Avengers Issue 18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wff9O...






4. Midnighter and Apollo Issue 2
http://thegeekiary.com/light-goes-out...






5. Teen Titans Issue 2
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/teen-t...


6. Civil War II Issue 7





7. Doctor Strange and The Sorcerers Supreme Issue 2

8. Extraordinary X-Men Issue 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8iW...






9. Ms. Marvel Issue 13






Have you read any of these books and comic books?

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October 2016 Wrap Up! Comic Books and Books!

A whole list of books and comic books I was able to read during October 2016. I was able to read 8 comic books and 4 books.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PukkL...

Have you read them too?

If you have any book you want me to read and review, send me a PM or email me at

tempest071990 at gmail.com

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Note: I also read New Avengers Issue 17 though I forgot to mention it in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wHm...

Extraordinary X-Men Issue 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV51c...

Raven Issue 2 of 6
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/raven-...

Civil War II Issue 6
http://marvel.com/comics/issue/58683/...

‘DC Comics: The Big Book of Superpowers’ & ‘On the Go!’
http://thegeekiary.com/big-book-of-su...

DC Comics: The Big Book of Girl Power
http://thegeekiary.com/big-book-of-gi...

'Unblemished' by Sara Ella
http://thegeekiary.com/unblemished-sa...

Ms. Marvel Issue 12 (2016)
http://thegeekiary.com/kamala-khan-ms...

Death of X Issue 2 of 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaVX...

Speak No Evil Issue 1
http://thegeekiary.com/speak-no-evil-...

Midnighter and Apollo Issue 1
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/midnig...

September 2016 Book and Comic Book Wrap Up!

Here are all the books and comic books that I was able to read in the month of September 2016.

Let me know if you've read any of the books or comic books that I did?

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If you're someone who wants me to review their books, let me know. You can send me a PM here or email me at ....

tempest071990 at gmail.com

Books

1. Chainmail Bikini
http://thegeekiary.com/chainmail-biki...

2. The Quantum Cop
http://thegeekiary.com/quantum-cop-le...

3. Brain Storm
http://thegeekiary.com/brain-storm-el...

4. Someone Must Die
http://thegeekiary.com/someone-must-d...

Comic Books

1. New Avengers (2016) Issue 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_LMC...

2. Ms. Marvel (2016) Issue 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWJI...

3. Civil War II (2016) Issue 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J4cT...

4. Blood and Gourd Issue 2
http://thegeekiary.com/blood-gourd-is...

5. Raven (2016) Issue 1
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/raven-...

6. Teen Titans Rebirth Issue 1
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/teen-t...

7. Extraordinary X-Men (2016) Issue 15
http://marvel.com/comics/issue/55446/...

August Book and Comic Book Wrap Up! 2016

Was able to read a good number of books and comic books in August, 2016.

YouTube Link to Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldqc...

1. Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
http://thegeekiary.com/behind-closed-...

2. Paraiso by Gordon Chaplin
http://thegeekiary.com/paraiso-gordon...

3. Literary Starbucks
http://thegeekiary.com/literary-starb...

4. Fandom Frontlines: The Effect of Geek Culture on our Every Day Lives
https://www.amazon.com/Fandom-Frontli...

5. Someone Must Die by Sharon Potts
http://thegeekiary.com/someone-must-d...


Comic Books!

1. Extraordinary X-Men #13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA7Fe...

2. New Avengers #15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwMRH...

3. Ms. Marvel #10

What did you think? I know the voice recording is a bit weird in the video. So, I apologize for that ^^

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July Wrap Up 2016! Books

So, this is my first ever July Wrap Up video. Only had the time to read 6 books in total. Will hopefully finish more books in August.

YouTube Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPsG1...

Note. If you're an author and are interested in a review feel free to contact me here or by sending me an email at .... tempest071990 at gmail.com ^^

Books I read in July, 2016 and my reviews on Goodreads

1. My Wizard Buddy #1
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. My Wizard Buddy #2
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. My Wizard Buddy #3
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Raven's Peak
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Graveyard of Empires
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
http://thegeekiary.com/harry-potter-a...

The Diary of "A": Book Promotion Deals at "TheGeekiary" and Affordable Editing Services

Hi, all. First of all I apologize for not being here lately. Life has just been too hectic but slowly and steadily I'm taking out time to enjoy writing and reading. Anyway I decided to make this post in order to help fellow authors with promotion. There are many websites that offer promotional packages for indie authors, but the truth of being an indie author is that most of us don't actually have the funds to spend on promoting their works on various websites.

So, why such a post? Well, here I'm going to talk to you about some interesting promotional packages that being offered by an influential website by the name TheGeekiary.com ...some of you might have already worked with them as they do have a very impressive track record with indie authors ranging from interviews, book reviews, etc. which you can check out here

http://thegeekiary.com/category/books...

TheGeekairy is proud to stand behind authors, especially indie ones, and they are offering these promotional packages you might find interesting to try out and get your book out there to thousands of potential readers.

Package 1: $2

Author interview posted on the main website.

Permanent inclusion of your book in the site's astore http://astore.amazon.com/thegeek-20?_...

All above content will be promoted on site's FB, Twitter and Tumblr pages.

Package 2: $10

Author interview posted on the main website.

Permanent inclusion of your book in the site's astore
http://astore.amazon.com/thegeek-20?_...

A unbiased book review posted on the main site, Amazon US, UK and Goodreads.

All above content will be promoted on site's FB, Twitter, and Tumblr pages.

Package 3: $15

Includes all of Package 2.

Your book will be advertised as a banner ad on the main website for ONE MONTH and be promoted in front of thousands of daily visitors.


All of the above packages are open to negotiation if you feel you aren't able to come up with the funds mentioned above. Like I said, the site is all about promoting works by indie authors.

So, if you are interested then feel free to shoot an email at: tempest071990 at gmail.com or send me a PM here and I'll hook you up. Let's get your unique work in front of more people ^^

If you happen to be looking for beta-readers and/or editors for your book at very affordable prices...I'm talking as less as just $200 for a 50k worded novel :)...even less depending on what you can afford. Editing will include punctuation, grammar correction, and suggestions to make the story even more great than it already is.

Feel free to contact about editing etc. services as well.

For all queries Email at:

tempest071990 at gmail

Hope to hear from you all soon :)

The Diary of "A": Let go of Amazon Sale's Rank!

There's no doubt that when it comes to selling books all over the world, Amazon plays a very important role. A lot of authors have self-published their work through Amazon and tweet and share the links to promote sales. Now, it you are someone who uses Amazon and you've made a sale, you will notice a Bestseller's Rank. What is that? Are you loosing sleep checking your product page every hour? Well, let me tell you a thing. Let it go!!!! Let it go!!!

You might have spent hours upon hours Googling how Amazon ranking system worked but what did you find? I'm betting you really didn't understand a lot of it, right?

Truth be told even I don't know how the ranking system really works. The only thing I can do is make a guess. The numbers keep fluctuating every hour, even faster if you've reached a higher ranking. Who knows how many copies you actually sold if you hit a 60,000 ranking.

Amazon ranking seems to be determined by how much a product has sold in a given amount of time. Even if your product has reached the 1,000,000 ranking it can shoot up with a couple of sales, made in an hour. The ranking in mostly the number allotted to your product compared to sales of other products on the site.

Amazon has millions of books so, a ranking of 50,000 isn't really that bad. And even then it depends on the market. Breaking into the YA book market can be tougher than let's say, adult fiction.

Anyway, the point of this post is to remember to give yourself a chill pill. No one's going to share the secret behind the Amazon ranking system (good for you if someone from the inside does) so, there's no point in loosing sleep over it and making yourself stressed.

It's better if you devote your time to promoting your work and pray to the 'Purchasing' Gods to urge someone to buy your book ;)

Now, take a deep breath and say it with me: "I will not check the sales rank of my book after I'm done reading this post".

Wait!

Where are you going?

Don't go to that Amazon Link! Stop it right there!

Good for you :)

The Diary of "A": Marketing Your Book is Tough!

One of the toughest challenges I’ve experienced is the marketing of one’s book especially when you are an Indie author or work with a small-publishing press. I mean, even books by big traditional publishing houses find it hard to reach their intended audience. So, what is one to do?

If you ask me, my answer is to shamelessly self-promote: A trait that all Indie authors should possess. There are millions upon millions of books out there, and new ones are released daily. Amazon is probably the biggest money-maker for published authors and even it has millions of books. You can’t just self-publish a book and then wait for your readers to find it….sigh! If only it were that easy!

So, let’s go over some things that all authors should do in the age of the World Wide Web. You don’t even have to be a full-time computer nerd to do these things.

Have a Twitter account!

I think Twitter is the best social media platform for you to reach potential readers and create a ‘following’. Even before you publish your book try to follow people like other authors, fans of the same books you like, or even fans of TV shows you like, etc. Strike a conversation. Being active on Twitter can really help with increasing your followers. I never trusted those ‘buy followers’ thing. I don’t even know if they are real people. You don’t have to have thousands of followers. Even hundreds of followers you can directly interact with is good!

Once you get used to things start promoting your work. You can directly contact other authors on Twitter and ask for a ‘review’ swap!

Keep in mind that no one likes their timeline to be swamped with ‘Buy my book’ Tweets. So, pace your promotional tweets, and use appropriate ‘#’s like #mystery #kindle #bestseller etc!

Follow me on Twitter: @tempest071990

Have a Goodreads account!

A Goodreads account is what every author should have. It’s one of the best book related social media sites to be on. You get to create an ‘Author Page’ and upload all your works. You can make friends, and even attract fans.

You can also do ‘Giveaways’ and rate other books. It’s a good place to find like minded people and targeting the reading audience you want.

Come say hi to me on Goodreads: A. J. Raven

Start a Blog!

I mean it’s free so why not make one? You don’t have to blog everyday or even every week. Just login and write whenever you feel like it. Do you read a lot of books? Why not create a ‘Book review’ Blog or one where you interview other Indie Authors?

A blog is also a good place to post excerpts of your books or releasing a few chapters before initial release of your novel to generate a buzz. Also try and follow other related blogs and see if you can get them to interview you.

If you like a post feel free to reblog it and don’t forget to leave a comment!

Paid Advertising?

Hmmm, this is a tricky one. Paid advertisements do help reach a huge number of people if the website is famous enough. If you have the money to spare then who am I to stop you! But try and see if the website offering the paid advertisement spot attracts visitors that might be interested in your book. You don’t want to promote a YA mystery novel on a car-repairing website now do you?

A site called “TheGeekiary” has paid advertising spots starting at $25/month. It’s the perfect place for you to put up an ad if you are targeting people who can be described as geeks and/or nerds. If you have book that can be placed under Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, YA, Teen, Crime, or all of the above, then do check that website out. They will be more than happy to work up a deal if you feel $25 is cutting into your wallet.

I know there are a lot of other social media websites out there as well, but I don’t want anyone to spread themselves too thin and neglect a lot of the outlets they decide to use. Even doing a little can help in the long run if you stick to it.

So, what are the ways you’ve used to promote your book?