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[Amy]

Yes, better than nothing. I earnt a whole £40 this week. Yay! (Groan)

[Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger)]

Congratulations, Alex!! Hugs

[Helen]

Alex wrote: "Just to contrast the latest ggrrr, I have today had my pre-orders for A Perfect Pose from Amazon UK show up and it was 250 sales which is more than I expected and enough to cover the cost of the co..."

Awesome. Congratulations!!!!

[Helen]

Carole wrote: "Oh Susannah got an Indie B.R.A. G. award https://www.bragmedallion.com/award-w..."

Congratulations, Carole. Great news!

[Carole]

Helen wrote: "Carole wrote: "Oh Susannah got an Indie B.R.A. G. award https://www.bragmedallion.com/award-w..."

Congratulations, Carole. Great news!"

Thanks, Helen!!

[Carole]

I don't remember who told me about Reader's Favorites,(someone from here, thank you very much- whoever you are!!)) but they give free reviews. I submitted a few of our books to test them out and most of the reviews were good enough to put in the editorial section of Amazon.

[Christine]

I just got back from a trip and I'm trying to catch up. I've read everyone's posts and I'm really happy so many good things are happening for you all!

[Ben]

Carole wrote: "I don't remember who told me about Reader's Favorites,(someone from here, thank you very much- whoever you are!!)) but they give free reviews. I submitted a few of our books to test them out and mo..."

Could have been me, I use them all the time for my books. They have loved all my children's books. Also we got an award there, like you did! ;)

[Anita]

I like Readers' Favorite and also used their review service for my books. Matter of fact, theirs was the first review for each book. Each got a five star and it was a huge boost. I have used their reviews in the press releases and other promotions for the books. As soon as I get the new book completed, I will be using them again.

[Ben]

Anita wrote: "I like Readers' Favorite and also used their review service for my books. Matter of fact, theirs was the first review for each book. Each got a five star and it was a huge boost. I have used their ..."

Yep, they also have a section now where you can grab a copy of a press release tailored for each book and it's free for the template. Pretty cool!

[Carole]

Thanks, Ben- they are terrific. I think I buried them with all fifty of my books. lol

[Carole]

Can I be a proud Mama? Look what I found today.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mons...

[Carole]

My younger son is in charge of that. I am so proud of him, too.

[Erica]

You should be one proud mama, Carole. ;)

Thank you for telling us about the press release, Ben. I didn't know they had that. :)

[Ben]

Carole wrote: "Can I be a proud Mama? Look what I found today.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mons..."

Nice! Also, about reader's fav, they post their reviews on Goodreads, Barnes & Noble if you ask them.

[Carole]

Yes I red they do that. The best part is the reviews are free, unless you want them faster than the 12 weeks.

[Ben]

For my kid's books, I don't think I have ever waited for longer than 1-2 weeks.

[Carole]

Yes, they did the kids book really fast- the turnaround was sometimes just a few days- but the adult books took a like 12 weeks. But I was in no rush.

[Erica]

Three of my kids books were done in just days, but the forth was 4 weeks. I think it may have slipped through the cracks, but it was done eventually.

[Carole]

Yes- it took them a while to start on us- but then I had a bunch done at once.

[Carole]

Free Little Library asking for book donations


Thank you for your time,

Jeff Tate
3570 E. Fulton Ave
Decatur, Il 62521

[R.L.]

Finally finished my trailer for Book 2 in my series. “Crashing No More”.

https://youtu.be/sepX5WaEqmI

[Amy]

Well done. It won’t work on my phone I’ll check it out later.

[R.L.]

Thanks guys

[Carole]

Love it. Love the music.

[R.L.]

Thanks Carole!

[Jon]

Carole wrote: "Congrats!! Nice work!" Thanks Carole and everyone else for your congratulations. Much appreciated!

Just been catching up on the other good news bouncing around in the thread. Well done Alex on your numbers and to everyone else who's managed to grab a piece of good news. Thanks for sharing these stories.

[Angel]

R.L. wrote: "Finally finished my trailer for Book 2 in my series. “Crashing No More”.

https://youtu.be/sepX5WaEqmI"

Hi, R.L. Great trailer. I gave you a like on Youtube.

[Erica]

That is a fantastic trailer, R.L.!

[Christine]

I really like your trailer, R.L.!

[R.L.]

Thank you guys! Xoxo

[Amy]

Just submitted Iridessian Haunts to the Radish Halloween collection now that there's enough of it written to do so. "give us a halloween story" they said in late September. Me two weeks later: OK here's something brand new. (They'd better bloody feature it lol)

[Trishna]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1...

Got my first review for my novel, Bag Exchange, on amazon.com. A four star rating :) a small start, nevertheless its a start!
A share would be great!

[Carole]

Link not working- try again. Happy to share.

[Trishna]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1...

Hopefully this works..

[Carole]

shared!

[Trishna]

Thank you Carole!

[Helen]

CeDany wrote: "Trishna wrote: "https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1...

Hopefully this works.."

Congratulations Trishna. BB, V-V!"
It's a great feeling when you get a good review, right? Congratulations Trishna. I received a great review myself today from our local paper.
.https://www.facebook.com/HelenPiccaAu...

[Trishna]

Thank you !
Congratulations :)

[Amy]

Well done everyone. I like all the good news.

I've also got a thing that reads out loud to me. It's brilliant. Things I wish I had before I published my first book were Grammarly, PWA and the read aloud option.

[Amy]

I have appeared on this web site. If you wouldn't mind sharing if and when you can. Thanks.

http://www.agirlandherebooks.com/2017...

[Amy]

I am also here introducing Radish Fiction if you can share, please do.

https://princessofthelight.wordpress....

[Elina]

Just got the final proofread from my editor.
It's finished.
I can't believe I actually did it! I wrote a novel.

This may sound a bit silly to you all, but actually having it finished after 1,5 years makes me just.... thrilled and SCARED! Because now, I have no excuses to not cross the line and publish the damn thing. (And it's kind of freaking me out a bit)

[Amy]

Well done Elina, it’s a major step. Good luck with it.

Thanks Alex, appreciate it as always.

[Carole]

Congrats, Elina!! It's a great journey.

[Trishna]

Congratulations Elina! All the very best ..

[Amy]

Denise wrote: "
I'm not on social media, but I read the excerpt and left a message. YIKES! Nice job, Amy."

Thanks Denise.

[Carole]

Happy Monsterland Day!! Monsterland is OPEN for business- Thanks to all our good friends who have become like family! I am sooo excited!

https://www.amazon.com/Monsterland-Mi...

[Amy]

Awesome. Congrats all round.

[Erica]

Congrats on the big release! You all have worked so hard for this. Hope it goes well. :)