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[Elaine]

Todd wrote: "Hi Elaine,
To submit your book, you will have to type in a comment on the "submit your book page". It's pretty long at the moment and I need to delete some of the comments to clean it up.
As far a..."
I am overwhelmed by your generosity! Since I retired and the market chose that day to start detonating, I have to live on the money I can make on my writing. The 2 books on Amazon now are by Elaine Chaika. Titles are Language the Social Mirror, 4th ed. and Linguistics, Pragmatics, and Psychotherapy. The nove isn't out yet, but I am hoping for a hit considering the reactions of my readers. Because I don't want people to think it is a Roman a Clef, it will be published by Harrie Rose, titled Therapy: A Novel. What is haunting me is how to get tags for the novel when it comes out. I can think of no other way to direct people to it. I can't afford NY Times ads or the like. It is being self-published by Booksurge. All my other books have been with traditional publishers, none of whom I would ever publish with again.

[Elaine]

Dr wrote: "David J
I have used booksurge which is now going to be createspace and have found them to be reliable, efficient and timely. Allison Brown is my contact and her phone number is 1-866-308-6235 ex 8..."

I am publishing with Booksurge for the 1st time. I've published with conventional publishers up to now, so this is a new venture and I'm apprehensive but hopeful. Your comment was helpful I also work with Allison, but she turned me over to another team. Is your book selling well with Booksurge. I have 2 books listed already on amazon and despite rave reviews, sales are poor (the publisher put a ridculously high price on it and did a terrible job on printing it, including leaving out the index.) Do you think if I ask Goodreads members to put tags on the 2007 book, Amazon would position it better? I'll send you the info if you would be willing to tag it. I'll tag yours too, so send me its title and an idea of what it's about. If I put it on my Wish List and someone gives it to me for Chrismukah, I will review it for you, too -- but only a positive review. If I don't like it, I will still tag it, but I won't review it. It's got to be a 4 or 5 star book for me to review it.

[Elaine]

Todd wrote: "Tsilver321732yahoo.com wrote: "Todd,
I have tagged all of November and am starting October. I think this is such a great idea that I would like to write about it in my blog and put a link to your ..."

I just want to know where to get the lists of books neeeding to be tagged so I can go tag them.

[Marcia]

We used Book Surge to do the printing of the new Minstrel's Alley book, "The Guys Who Spied for China."
I would recommend them. They were helpful, professional and the end product was quite wonderful.
Roy Francia was our contact there, and he was great to work with.

[Dr]

Marcia wrote: "We used Book Surge to do the printing of the new Minstrel's Alley book, "The Guys Who Spied for China."
I would recommend them. They were helpful, professional and the end product was quite wonder..."

I agree, Booksurge takes the hassle out of getting your books published and the associates are very competent. The system thorough and complete as you can tell from the books that get to market for you. They don't write the books for you, they don't correct them, what they do is produce, publish and promote. My contact person is Allison Brown and I recommend her as well. This is in no way to take credit away from any associate, I am sure those who work there know what they are doing and will do what is needed to get you a well produced book to market.

[Trish]

Hi Todd,

Just to let you know that I have showcased you on my web site http://trishsilver.com. You are introduced on my blog. There is a detailed article about you and your book on my Authors Who Help page. Congratulations.

[Dee]

When you have talent Todd, you don't need luck, and you have talent :]
{insert waaaaaaaaaay evil grin here}

[Carole]

Have tagged Here All Along, all six requested. Best of luck with it Lori.

Carole

[K.G.]

You are tagged Lori, and I'm caught up with Todd's list once again. Amazon has my name wrong (again) on my latest novel. grrrr!!! Anyway, if you all would tag Well Worth the Wait I would appreciate it.
Hugs to all. kgc
http://www.amazon.com/Well-Worth-Wait...

[Brett]

Deborah wrote: "Gee, I love this tagging business on Amazon. My novel just got two new tags:

fake
rubbish

Now isn't that nice?
Hi Deborah, That happened to me too. The best action is to write to amazon. They will remove the tag promptly. In the mean time, I will vote no on those tags. brett
"

[Brett]

Rowena wrote: "I wrote in "marriage" "married" "married happiness" for you, Brett.

:-)

Brett wrote: "Rowena wrote: "Giggling at the things we do for one another. I love this group!"
You are the best Rowena!

Hi Everyone, I want to than..."

[Brett]

Deborah, Would like to help you out, but I had trouble finding the book. Can you leave a link directly to the page on amazon? And if you do not have any tags, what do you suggest? brett
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tags...

[Sandy]

This post is not exactly on tagging your book, but definitely on marketing books in the Great Recession. I just posted an article on my Blog, Your Shelf Life featuring super seller Dennis Batchelder. Dennis is the author of two top selling books and a living sales machine. He's sold 16,000 of his first book since last spring … Take a gander at the article.

Todd––I'd love to see your tagging site written up like that. I can do it in the coming year … interested ???

Sandy Nathan
Numenon

[Rowena]

Deborah,

I went to look, as did Brett, and was unable to find the objectionable tags. Kudos to you for getting them removed.

I did tag the top two tags. You now have 24 or 25.

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry
Knight's Fork tag: sfr, futuristic romance



Deborah wrote: "Gee, I love this tagging business on Amazon. My novel just got two new tags:

fake
rubbish

Now isn't that nice?

"

[Elaine]

Brett wrote: "Hi Everyone, Today someone tagged my book with the word idiot. I can only assume that they meant to describe themselves. Does anyone know how to get rid of inappropriate and malicious tags? h..."
I just tagged you by going to your book directly from your Goodreads page and then going to tags. They only let me put in 15 tags.

[Elaine]

I just clicked on the tags that were there. I didn't add any new ones, and fortunately didn't see the word "idiot." Actually, are you aware nobody can see inside your book?

[Elaine]

I am still trying to find the place that lists Goodreads authors' books that need tagging. I see that people have "finished with October," etc., but I can't find those monthly lists. Can someone please direct me to them?

[Shalonda]

Hey, I am grateful for the tagging suggestion. They are steadily helping. I pray they keep coming along with support of the book. Thank you all for the advice.

Shalonda "Treasure" Williams
Author of "A Heart's Thoughts: Love Walk Meditations Series"

[Brett]

Elaine wrote: "I just clicked on the tags that were there. I didn't add any new ones, and fortunately didn't see the word "idiot." Actually, are you aware nobody can see inside your book?"

Thank you Elaine. That malicous tag has been removed.

[Rowena]

Elaine,

The first message in this thread explains everything.

If you are on page 26 or 27 now, you need to click on Page 1 and start reading until you find Todd's link to his wordpress site.

[Rowena]

Elaine wrote: "I just clicked on the tags that were there. I didn't add any new ones, and fortunately didn't see the word "idiot." Actually, are you aware nobody can see inside your book?"

The "Look Inside" feature is a matter of a contract between a publisher and Amazon. As part of the contract, Amazon scans every page of a print book.

This could in theory result in the unintended creation of an e-book in the system. It's also a bit of a grey area if the publisher does not own all the rights.

At one time, there were rumored abuses of the Look Inside feature (which I am sure have been taken care of). I heard that a determined reader could search for a word such as "and" and have a very good chance of reading the entire book while "Looking Inside" it.

[Elaine]

It's a real Catch-22: people are often afraid to buy if they can't look at a writing sample or two. Someone can abuse anything, I suppose. I know i am more likely to buy if I look inside and am grabbed by the writing itself. I usually look at the first page and a "surprise me" excerpt. For nonfiction, I look at the copyright date to make sure it is up-to-date on certain topics.

[Alice]

Elaine, Go to www.tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.com and you'll find books submitted by the month which you can start tagging. Hope this helps. Alice

Becoming Alice A Memoir

[Alice]

Stuart, I found your review on Amazon. Thanks again!
Best to you, Alice

[Rowena]

Well!

I see that Amazon has removed sample chapters from under Editorial Reviews. Once upon a time, authors were able to add their first chapters there.

There is always the Blog. I don't think there is anything to stop an author who doesn't have "look inside" from posting an excerpt on their Amazon blog.

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry

[Rowena]

There's an easier way to remove cruel and spiteful tags such as "idiot" or "spammer" or "fake" which some of our group have encountered.

Again, I trust that Todd's followers will only use this information to support one another.

To the right of the tags other people have added is a text link "Agree With These Tags" and you can either vote up or down.

That's a far quicker way to get rid of unwanted personal attacks.

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry

[Rowena]

Just visited the Tag UK page to catch up, and I see that Todd has Tag My Listmania, too.

Todd, you rock!

[Peggy]

Hello to Everyone,
I'm glad to find this 'tagging site.' Everything we can do to help promote, I'm all for it.I'll start back at page 1 and come forward. I'd really appreciate your tags for my book, Friends in the Meadow-Birds. My website it http://birdandnaturefriends-children.com.
Thanks to all. Peggy Williams

[Todd Fonseca]

Hey all - trying once again to update the site. Had some family health issues, but I'll try to get it up to speed soon. Thanks for the continued support for the site and each other!

[Elaine]

Peggy wrote: "Hello to Everyone,
I'm glad to find this 'tagging site.' Everything we can do to help promote, I'm all for it.I'll start back at page 1 and come forward. I'd really appreciate your tags for my book..."

For us to tag you on Amazon, you have to provide your Amazon URL so people can go directly to it on Amazon. My book is at
http://bit.ly/LgSoci
I'd appreciate tags like "language,linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology of language" and any others you may find appropriate if you look into the TOC on the site. I have another book on that page as well, which you can also tag with "therapy," plus "linguistics," etc. I'l tag yours as soon as I get your book's URL

[Lisa]

Hi, all.
I'm intrigued by this discussion. I'm going to explore the "tagging" functions on the Amazon site. I'm learning something new every day about promotion and marketing... wow! Once I get the hang of "tagging" I'll post here with my progress.

-Lisa Lipkind Leibow
Author of Smart Women's Fiction
www.LLLeibow.com

Lori wrote: "Hello to all,

This is so much fun and a great way to see everyone's books as well. I have worked my way back up the list and will continue to tag some more today. Wanted to say thank you to those..."

[K.A.]

Tagging is my new favorite thing! Thanks for this thread, I'll continue tagging!

[Todd Fonseca]

Hi Everyone!
Well I've finally updated the site with all the November books (wow, what a long list).
Please stop by and tag them here:

http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...

I'll start the December list in about a week.

Todd

[Joseph]

Kristin wrote: "Todd,
I was wondering why my tags don't seem to be working, any thoughts?

KB"

Maybe you are trying to tag .com amazon books and you are signed in as a .com.uk user. Also, could be a browser conflict--use Firefox if you aren't already.

[Dee]

Good Gravy Todd,

How many books did you add in December? Wow! No wonder you have not finished the second book in your Time Cavern series. Tisk Tisk :]

Get off the web and get writing. You need an assistant! And we need to read your next novel ;]

Excellent work as always in promoting your fellow authors.

I hope your family health issues are taken care of, and were not too serious. Keep well, and blessing go out to you and your family for a peaceful holiday season!

Dee Marie

[Elaine]

Joseph wrote: "Kristin wrote: "Todd,
I was wondering why my tags don't seem to be working, any thoughts?

You havww to tap the letter t twice and a window opens that asks you to save tags. Just checking off tags doesn't work. You have to save them.

Elaine

KB"

Maybe you are trying to tag .com amazon books and you are signed in as a .com.uk user. Also, could ..."

[Carole]

Alice wrote: "Stuart, I found your review on Amazon. Thanks again!
Best to you, Alice"

Talking of reviews, Alice, check this one out:
http://internetreviewofbooks.com/holi...

Becoming Alice has a place on the Internet Review of Books -- Christmas Issue -- Memoir section. I have also reviewed two others in the Fiction section.

Cheers
Carole

[Brett]

Hi Everyone, Welcome newbies. I will tag you this week. I have been tag, tag tagging away...working backwards...I think I am back to June, 2008.

Tag me for marriage if you have not already. Thanks it is on the second page of tags.

http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Right-M...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...

http://www.helptalking.com/you-can-be...

Happy Tagging, Brett

[Alice]

Hi Carole,
I am overwhelmed. I did not know a thing about the site, Internet Review of Books and then to find your magnificent review of Becoming Alice in their Holiday o9 post is what my kids would say, "over the top!"

Thank you so much! Is it possible for me to do likewise with "Ferryman?" Just give me the word.

My best to you, Alice

[Todd Fonseca]

Hey all - just posted review for Dennis Batchelder's Soul Intent - good book. Check it out here:
http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.co...

[Carole]

Alice wrote: "Hi Carole,
I am overwhelmed. I did not know a thing about the site, Internet Review of Books and then to find your magnificent review of Becoming Alice in their Holiday o9 post is what my kids wou..."

Hi Alice,
As far as I am aware you can't add anything on to the list that is there, as they had a deadline to follow in getting the Christmas books up. But the site continues to show reviews from month to month, I believe. You could always check with the moderator Ruth Douliette -- If you would like to do one for Ferryman, I'd be delighted. Every little mention helps (providing it is not a terrible one :) I'd rather none that that!
BA looks good on there, doesn't it. The cover is so clear. My reward, apart from your thanks, :) was they did a little blurb about the reviewers - which advertised my web page. BTW are you on Twitter?

[J.R.]

I've tagged all the new editions. Todd has been busy.

[Peggy]

Elaine, Message # 1316 As I understand it this is only the discussion page. You have to submit your book info & links in the "Submit Your Book" Section for your book to get on the official tagging list for people to find your Amazon url. To get to the correct page to click on "Submit Your Book" go to page one of this discussion section and click on Todd's link in his first message. That will take you where you need to go to submit your book for tagging. Thanks for your concern for me, but didn't want your book not to get submitted. Peggy

[Elaine]

I did submit my book on the Submit Your Book section and I have not gotten many tags, but my mailbox is crammed with email messages from that site with requests to tag others' books. Unfortunately, one can't click on the books' URL's from an email. I have about 12 requests in my mailbox today alone.

[Peggy]

Hi Elaine, I've been tagging by the 'months' listed, but went ahead & tagged yours instead of waiting until I ran across it. I am on twitter also & several authors are following me that write different genres. Join me if you like. @wildbirdlady.

[Rowena]

Elaine,

I'm sure you know that the more similar groups you belong to for tagging purposes, the more likely it is that someone will accidentally remove their original tag... because tagging a second time undoes a pre-existing tag.

People who are not in a hurry generally notice a brown check mark in a box beside a tagged word. If the check mark is there, it means that they have already tagged the book.

If you see your tag rank going down instead of up, you will know that this is happening.

[Vincent]

Thanks for the tags!

[Svetlana]

Lori wrote: "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Everyone!!! My book, From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years, just hit the #1 search return for Christian Non-Fiction on Amazon. I've been tagged like 72 times th..."

Congratulations!

[Rowena]

Congratulations, Lori.

I'd also like to thank you everyone who has tagged Insufficient Mating Material as sfr, futuristic romance, fantasy, humor.

It seems that the search engines are now picking up Tags on Amazon as newsworthy!

http://romancebookfiction.info/insufficient-mating-material-mass-market-paperback-tagged-romance-134-times/

I haven't tagged for December, yet (haven't done Xmas shopping or sent out my cards, either), but intend to get to it in the next couple of days.

Rowena Cherry

[Svetlana]

I have been tagging on this topic thread, but only yesterday finally submitted my books on Todd's website. How long does it take for the books to be listed for tagging?
And where on his website do I start tagging others, so I can do it in orderly fashion and not miss anyone?