Publishing Pointers

[Joel]

Here's a resource which may be of some value to authors. They make review ARCs available like NetGalley, only you get to approve the reviewers; and they have group promos, opportunities to work with other authors, share mailing lists, etc. And, at least for now, it's free.
https://storyoriginapp.com/

[Joel]

For ll you authors who do paid advertising: I'm now swearing by BookBub sponsored deals. My most recent book has had them for the US and non-US, English-speakng countries, and the results have been fantastic.

[Ralph]

Hi guys, would anybody be interested in doing some beta reading for my funny short stories?

[Howard]

Hi Ralph

Love to read them

Howard

[Joel]

Anyone have any book projects going? It seem pretty quiet on the Humour Club author front lately.

[Howard]

Joel wrote: "Anyone have any book projects going? It seem pretty quiet on the Humour Club author front lately."

Yes, just finished the sequel to 'Learning To Fly' called 'Going Solo' and hope to publish early September. The series is set in a pre-Millenium flying club in the UK. Non PC humour. My memories of actual events 1980 - 2000 written into a fictional scenario. Published on Amazon amzn.to/2wEv2bj

[Dave]

Yup, getting ready to ship Bikini Cowgirls of the Urban Legion off to the line editor, in prep for release this fall. Second book of the Urban Legion trilogy. It's been great fun to write, can hardly wait to get it out there.

[Rebecca]

I'm just starting to work again after my life was pretty much destroyed. I still hope to get the new book done by early in the new year, but the pre-Xmas goal is pretty unlikely.

[Leon]

Joel wrote: "Here's a resource which may be of some value to authors. They make review ARCs available like NetGalley, only you get to approve the reviewers; and they have group promos, opportunities to work wit..."

I've used this for a few weeks now. I did some newsletter swaps with two authors. So far it seems to work. I also used Voracious Readers to give out Review copies.

[Joel]

I just found out something interesting: When Amazon gives its cumulative rating of a book, it's not based on the mean (average) of all the ratings. It includes things like whether or not the book was purchased on Amazon, and whether Amazon's algorithm believes the reviewer is legitimate. Yet another reason not to like them, and to try and cultivate other booksellers.

[Leon]

Yes, Amazon is frustrating. My annoyance is that they don't combine all reviews from different countries. I have 2 from the US, 1 in Canada, and 2 in the UK. So if someone looks on the US site, all they see are 2. I have sent feedback about this, but you know how that turns out.

[Joel]

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