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Cornell wrote: "I am so lame at figuring my way around this site. I have an ebook coming out December 2 published by Musa Publishing. I would like to get some exposure on it, but I'm not sure where on this site to..."Holler if you still need any help!
Stephen wrote: "Cambria wrote: "Wow, haven't been to this thread lately! LOL!!Welcome to all our new members! you all rock!"
Some of us older ones rock in chairs."
Or if we have little ones ;)
I'm sorta here...lol... I have work to do, but I decided I needed to try to catch up a bit, especially with the book coming out this week! :-)
Cassie - Gathering Leaves wrote: "I'm sorta here...lol... I have work to do, but I decided I needed to try to catch up a bit, especially with the book coming out this week! :-)"Well thanks for poppin in! We missed ya!
For lack of a better place to stick this, I'm going to put it here until I can figure out where it really should go. It's a link to a mini teaser site for Lost in the Bayou. I hope this is appropriate. If not, just delete it. http://www.lostinthebayou.com. This will be published by Musa and will be available 12/2.
Shannon, welcome! And you're right, this is a fabulous group! Cornell, a tip: if you put a thread asking for reviews you might get a couple, but if you go into the folder and ask people individually you'll get a much better response. Go down the "Looking to Review" threads and see who covers your genre (and whether they do ebook or paperback). Also there are threads for trailers, website, blog, twitter, all that, so have a lurk around and see what fits - there's a lot of useful stuff to be gleaned and if you have anything to add on the help and advice front, dive straight in!
JAC
Stephen wrote: "Cambria wrote: "Wow, haven't been to this thread lately! LOL!!Welcome to all our new members! you all rock!"
Some of us older ones rock in chairs."
Stephen you're rocking but it ain't in no chair (haha) and I have to say, I would love a rocking chair. It'd be so much more comfortable than this piece of crap I currently use. Got a spare? :)
Cassie - Gathering Leaves wrote: "I'm sorta here...lol... I have work to do, but I decided I needed to try to catch up a bit, especially with the book coming out this week! :-)"Been wondering where you've been, Cassie! I know what you mean about trying to catch up. It feels so hopeless at first but if you keep plugging away at it, eventually....you can breathe again.
Cornell wrote: "For lack of a better place to stick this, I'm going to put it here until I can figure out where it really should go. It's a link to a mini teaser site for Lost in the Bayou. I hope this is appropri..."Where do I find that "Looking to Review" tab you mentioned? I don't see if anywhere.
Cornell wrote: "Cornell wrote: "For lack of a better place to stick this, I'm going to put it here until I can figure out where it really should go. It's a link to a mini teaser site for Lost in the Bayou. I hope ..."http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...
At the top right in itty bitty type says start new topic, post it there!
Welcome, congrats and good luck!!
Stephen wrote: "Sarah, The Webbiegrrl Writer wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Cambria wrote: "Wow, haven't been to this thread lately! LOL!!Welcome to all our new members! you all rock!"
Some of us older ones rock in cha..."
Okay, that one made me snort... :-) I can picture it.......
Stephen wrote: "It would be hard to sit and read in, though."You are hilarious!
Stephen wrote: "And you, Ma'am, are a sweetheart."*blush*
Stephen wrote: "Thanks! I haven't made a woman blush since Dubya was President. (And making both sexes blush every time he spoke.)"Awwww come on!
Cornell (sure am hoping you're still following this thread), a couple of things,JA's advice to look in the Looking to Review folder for members of the group who already like to read your genre of book was good advice but note, she did not advise posting a thread requesting reviews there. Jenn did and I think she was mistaken, not having noticed JA's earlier advice and just answering your question asking where this folder was located.
The folder where you want to post your book link and actually ASK for reviews of it is in the Authors Requesting Reviewers folder. You should click on that link and then look for the "new topic" link inside that folder, like Jenn noted, and for a subject put the short (less than 10 words) teaser that you want to use to get reviewers to notice your book.
You can put whatever you want, but you'll notice there are a bazillion "author seeking reviews" subject lines and the ones that list the genre in the subject seem to have substantially more views and replies (forex putting "YA/Paranormal needs reviews" probably words better than "needs reviews").
Personally, I think you should list your name in the subject line so people who want to support your request, specifically, can actually find your thread. That way, if you discuss it elsewhere in the group, you can just refer to "my thread in the authors seeking reviews folder" and people will know which one is yours. I'd suggest "Cornell's [genre] book ready for reviews" or something similar.
Inside the message be sure to explain to reviewers what action they need to take to get a review copy of your book - typically they email you and you reply via email with a file. Specificy if you'll support Kindle emails with MOBI files or just send PDFs or if you have the book already priced at free somewhere and reviewers should just go get what they want (specify the cut off date when the book will stop being free if that's a limited time situation just to get you reviews).
If you provide the reviewers in this group with the proper information in the proper place, they'll actually give you a fairly strong response (lots of them, can't speak for the content of the reviews of course)
Good luck!
-sry
Hey welcome!Please add your blog and twitter to the blogs and twitter thread so we can find ya!
Hi. I'm happy to have come across this group through a GR friend. I like to read GR authors, and I like to help them (as they help me) by writing thoughtful, supportive reviews. Since joining GR in April 2011, I've written 36 reviews, most of them of books by self-published GR authors.I will read and review what I like to read - literary fiction, police procedurals, realistic-cerebral thrillers and some Sci-Fi (hard science). I write literary fiction
Impediments
and realistic-cerebral thrillersThe Abomination Assignment: a Bowin novel
The Honeymoon Assignment
I will be on the lookout on CR for books to review and fellow members to review my books, but feel free to respond or message me.
LOL Stephen you are so hilarious. Good to have you back and chatting!Cornell - hope you got it all figured out!
Cassie - thanks for coming back! We missed you!!!!
*blushing*you are breaking a record here Stephen! LOL
I meant the blushing and have heard the broken record saying before! *gasp* That must mean i need to invest in a rocking chair and get to rockin....pretty soon y'all will be callin me granny!
Stephen, please pass the Geritol. I am suddenly feeling very old lol.Splitter
Stephen wrote: "But have you actually experienced the phenomenon that the phrase 'you sound like a broken record' or 'you're like a broken record' refers to?"I can say that I have.
Stephen wrote: "Me, too, Splitter, but it wasn't sudden.Cambria: How very diplomatic of you. To admit that you HAD would be dating yourself. (I tried dating myself once, but all that going back and forth tired m..."
lol, you are SO AWESOME
C.S. Splitter wrote: "Stephen, please pass the Geritol. I am suddenly feeling very old lol.Splitter"
I'll take an ensure thanks
Lee wrote: "Hi. I'm happy to have come across this group through a GR friend. I like to read GR authors, and I like to help them (as they help me) by writing thoughtful, supportive reviews. Since joining GR in..."Thanks so much for joining!
If you need anything or have any questions, let us know!
Hi Lee, and welcome! I'd say welcome to the madhouse but I suspect the others have already demonstrated that admirably....JAC
Thanks for the invite! I'm new on goodreads and already getting great reviews on amazon from goodread's authors. Upon Release From Prison
Glenn wrote: "Thanks for the invite! I'm new on goodreads and already getting great reviews on amazon from goodread's authors. Upon Release From Prison"Great news!!!! Congrats and welcome!!!!
Stephen wrote: "Me, too, Splitter, but it wasn't sudden.Cambria: How very diplomatic of you. To admit that you HAD would be dating yourself. (I tried dating myself once, but all that going back and forth tired m..."
I said I would date myself? I don't remember that but you know I think i would get very annoyed with myself... my husband seems to think i am high maintenance. LOL......
Hi everyone, new to this group and I've really gotten involved with writing book reviews in the last 4/5 months :) I absolutely love reading and have a bit of a pile up in books at the moment (I always seem to have a pile up tbh) but I'm getting through it.
Hayley wrote: "Hi everyone, new to this group and I've really gotten involved with writing book reviews in the last 4/5 months :) I absolutely love reading and have a bit of a pile up in books at the moment (I al..."Hi Hayley!
So glad to see you and welcome to the group!
Make sure to add your blog and twitter to the list so we can follow you!!!
Thanks Jenn, already done (wow I'm quick on the ball this morning!) I'm so glad there's a group for this :D
Hayley wrote: "Thanks Jenn, already done (wow I'm quick on the ball this morning!) I'm so glad there's a group for this :D"heading to the thread now to find ways to legally stalk you ;)
Hayley wrote: "Thanks Jenn, already done (wow I'm quick on the ball this morning!) I'm so glad there's a group for this :D"Girl, I been stalking you since bookspark...lol
Jenn aka Texas Long Hair wrote: "Hayley wrote: "Thanks Jenn, already done (wow I'm quick on the ball this morning!) I'm so glad there's a group for this :D"Girl, I been stalking you since bookspark...lol"
Well, if it makes you feel better - I've been stalking you back since then too ;D I'm currently going through the twitter list to follow everyone - blogs will be tonight or at work later :)
@Ritesh - well this site seems to be a good one :)
Ritesh wrote: "I need some stalkers as well, where do i apply?"http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...
Leave your twitter and blog info here and let the stalking begin!!
Welcome Hayley!Ritesh, if your blog address and Twitter are on the relevant threads you'll have stalkers and to spare!!
JAC
Hey everyone, this is a great space you guys have set up here. Thanks for the invite!
Welcome Rachael! It's a cool place to hang out...JAC
Rachael wrote: "Hey everyone, this is a great space you guys have set up here. Thanks for the invite!"Hey! Glad to have you!
Classic thread! I'm new here and love sharing book reviews so help me catch up!
Good morning everyone. My name is Georgina Anne Taylor and I am a writer (of Gothic Fantasy and Fairy Tales) and a visual artist. Thank you for the opportunity to join this group (I particularly like the group rules; enjoy and be polite).
Hi, I am SenoraG and I blog at Telly Says. I will add it to the correct place as soon as I find it. I read just about anything and I also review for Suspense Magazine. I am glad I found you guys. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Georgina Anne wrote: "Good morning everyone. My name is Georgina Anne Taylor and I am a writer (of Gothic Fantasy and Fairy Tales) and a visual artist. Thank you for the opportunity to join this group (I particularly li..."Hi!!!! Thanks for joining!!!
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