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[Shalonda]

Hey I just placed a new listmania on Amazon. Feel free to search and find some good reads by goodreads authors.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/list...

[Sandy]

Dee Marie,
Criminy, how did you get 149 tags for your book? I'm so insanely jealous! But I'm also proud of you (even though we don't know each other). I had already tagged it when I got there just a moment ago so I wasn't able to do much more. But I did vote "yes" on the good reviews you have so that might do some good for you!
Good luck with Merlin's Prophecy!
From Sandy Lender

[Sandy]

"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."

I'm right there with you, Rowena, but working on the tagging tonight. I have most of my cards out...about 20 to go.
Any December authors who want to make my night, I'm Sandy Lender and my books are at
http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon

http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle

http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon

http://tinyurl.com/WCWMamazon

I'm after tags like fantasy, dragons, wizard, epic fantasy, birthmark, amethyst...that sort of thing. Whatever you feel compelled to hit while you're there. Thank you in advance for your generosity of time! I DO appreciate it!
Sandy Lender

[Sandy]

Jessica Slade,
Love the review you got from Harriet Klausner. She said some lovely things about my Choices Meant for Kings novel as well. I voted "yes" on it being a helpful review for you! (and the others) I'd already tagged your tags so that's all done!

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[Sandy]

Gordon Basichis,
For some reason, the tag "scandal" didn't "catch" when I tagged your book "Beautiful Bad Girl" way back when I was getting caught up with everyone's books so I hit it this evening. And I did the "yes" vote, but I wanted to mention...if someone makes a comment within their review that sounds like a slam on the author, you can request Amazon to remove it.

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[Sandy]

Molly Barrow,
CONGRATS on your Sunshine State Young Readers Award nomination! I'm thrilled for you! I don't have your e-mail address other than the Archebooks one. Contact me at sandy_lender at yahoo dot com.
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[Sandy]

Dante Jolay,
I love the fact that you have a pet snake care book. Do you have the pdf file? I would totally read & review it for you. (I was a board member of the KC Herp Society for a couple years. My specialty is the turtles, tortoises, but I've kept lizards and two cute little corn snakes in my day.)

My e-mail is sandy_lender at yahoo dot com.

Lemme know!
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[Todd Fonseca]

Hi Everyone - did massive updates to the site this morning. Please stop by and tag new books!

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

[Rowena]

Sandy, I just tagged your birthmark. LOL. I'd tagged almost everything else you wanted, so amused myself with some of the leftovers.


Sandy wrote: ""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."

I'm right there with you, Rowena, but working ..."

[Rowena]

Just wrote in "women sleuths" for one of the new books. Why don't authors write in the tags they want on their Amazon page? They have up to 15 chances.

Back to tagging.
Thanks to all who have tagged Forced Mate as "futuristic romance" and "sfr"... also Insufficient Mating Material as "futuristic romance" "futuristic" and "sfr"

[J.R.]

Got all the new ones. Thanks to those who tagged me.

[Rowena]

Todd wrote: "Hi Everyone - did massive updates to the site this morning. Please stop by and tag new books!

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

Todd,
There is a Wordpress error. I tried to follow your link to catch up on November and got a message "You are not allowed to edit..."

October, in the sidebar, works fine, but I've done October. How do I access November?

Even when I logged in to Wordpress, I couldn't tag for November.

Help.

[Sandy]

To the folks in the December list, I'm caught up with tagging and you all should see an additional "hit" on your tags this afternoon. Woo-hoo! Well, a couple of you I'd already tagged before, so your numbers didn't change. But I voted "yes" on your good reviews, so that's a good thing to watch for. Amazon takes 24 hours to process that for some reason, or so the little red type tells me. ;)

My favorite tags from today's venture:
poached in tabasco
enhanced acoustic weapon

most excellent--made me laugh when I saw them

Everyone have a fab weekend and thanks for reciprocating! I'm the one with Choices Meant for Kings and Choices Meant for Gods, which are in the November 2009 list. http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon and http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle and http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon
THANKYOU!
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[Todd Fonseca]

Rowena,

Thanks for pointing out the problem with the November 2009 link - it should be fine now!

Todd

[Carole]

Todd wrote: "Hi Everyone - did massive updates to the site this morning. Please stop by and tag new books!

Hi Todd,
Thank you for doing all this, have just completed your latest list. I do like your idea of showing a couple of the older ones at the beginning!

I was unable to open one of them: The Month of Zephram by Leslie A Susskind -- I don't know if that was general, or just me!

Secondly, it seems I did not update my website when it was altered slightly a while back. It should read:

http://casutton.tripod.com/cazutt

I'd better go and find out how I change that!

Have a wonderful Christmas with your family, and hopefully a prosperous New Year.

Carole

[Svetlana]

I have been busy tagging November list. It looks like I am finally done with it, though on a couple of days when I went back to tagg and found the place where I left it, my side bar would show less progress than before,so it was confusing. But now I made it to the last book on the list. I will tag December and start going back to tag older lists. Some people I have tagged on this thread, some through other tagging lists, but it still should be a lot of point and click time to get it all done a little at a time.

[Sandy]

"I have been busy tagging November list. It looks like I am finally done with it,"

Svetlana,
From a November listed author...THANK YOU! I appreciate your reciprocity. ;) The whole list does take quite a bit of time, but I felt so "accomplished" when I got to the end of the year's worth. It was like some bizarre quest. He he.

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[Lisa]

Question: I have been awaiting "word" to begin tagging the December list. Has the list been finalized yet? I tagged much of the November list already (even though I'm not on it)... I'm a newcomer to the tag-fest as of December.

[Sandy]

Lisa,
December is up (or at least in motion). I tagged it the other night and voted on peoples' good reviews. It's on the Wordpress blog.
From Sandy Lender (a November list author--welcome aboard!)

[Shalonda]

I just really find it easier to follow the discussion and then tag them as they come to my email. Oh and thank you all who did tag "A Heart's Thoughts". It is number one in the Christian Living category. For those who haven't tagged it, please do.

http://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Thoughts...

I will be introducing my new book "PurposeFull You" to be tagged also.
http://www.amazon.com/PurposeFull-You...

I pray everyone's Christmas is awesome! Thank you for supporting me and each other. We all need it!

[Sandy]

Shalonda wrote: "I just really find it easier to follow the discussion and then tag them as they come to my email. Oh and thank you all who did tag "A Heart's Thoughts". It is number one in the Christian Living cat..."

I found a couple new tags on your page, Shalonda, so I hit those when I rechecked things. My books are Choices Meant for Kings (at http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon and http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle) and Choices Meant for Gods (at http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon). Please click whatever tags you're comfortable with. I'm after "fantasy", "dragons", "action adventure", "heroine"...that sort of thing. THANK YOU!
And Merry Christmas to you as well!
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Sandy]

Sandy wrote: "Shalonda wrote: "I just really find it easier to follow the discussion and then tag them as they come to my email. "

Actually...I should say when I 'double-checked' things. Re-checking would cause tags to 'undo' and that's bad. :)

From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Rowena]

Shalonda wrote: "I just really find it easier to follow the discussion and then tag them as they come to my email.

Really, Shalonda?
And you are number one in Christian Living?

[Maria]

Hi Todd, yesterday I added 'Pieces of a Rainbow' to the 'Submit your book' page on wordpress, but it's not showing up. I thought I'd let you know, because the same thing happened last year when I added 'A Time to Tell' and it had gone into your spam folder by mistake. I tagged loads of the new books yesterday and will return to tag some more soon...
http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Rainbow-...

[Sandy]

Maria wrote: "Hi Todd, yesterday I added 'Pieces of a Rainbow' to the 'Submit your book' page on wordpress, but it's not showing up. I thought I'd let you know, because the same thing happened last year when I ..."

Gotcha tagged, Maria, and voted "yes" on the helpfulness of those two wonderful reviews you've received so far! I also suggested a couple more tags based on what I saw in the book's description. Amazon will let each person (including the author) write in or vote on 15 so I would totally encourage you to come up with some more. It looks like you've got something fabulous there...might as well talk it up and promote the living daylights out of it!

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[Maria]

Wow! Thanks Sandy! You're a star!

[J.R.]

I've tagged it, too, Maria.

[Maria]

Thanks J.R.!

Sandy, I've been onto Amazon to tag your books. I've tagged two of them, but the new one doesn't have any suggested tags, perhaps you could add some then I'll go back and tag :)

[Sandy]

Maria wrote: "Thanks J.R.!

Sandy, I've been onto Amazon to tag your books. I've tagged two of them, but the new one doesn't have any suggested tags, perhaps you could add some then I'll go back and tag :)"

Hi, Maria,
Something must have been funky with Amazon when you were in there. Choices Meant for Kings has tons o' tags. I maxed out my 15...then a few friends have written in a couple for me. Please give it a try when you have time in the future and see what you get!
Thank you!
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Sandy]

William wrote: "Hi Todd,
On December 23rd I added “The Great Ship of Knowledge” to the “Submit Your Book” page, but it has not shown up yet. I don’t think I did anything wrong submitting it, but I did see Maria h..."

I don't think it's automated. I think Todd has to physically leave his family celebrations and manually update the blog stuff. It might take a couple o' days for him to get back to the system. I'm one of the pathetic people who didn't travel for the holidays so I'm doing the computer-nerd stuff ad nauseum. ;)

From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Maria]

Hi Sandy, I've just been back on Amazon, but I still can't see any tags for 'Choices meant for Kings' either on the UK or US site - strange! If you suggest a few tags to me, then I'll go and add them...

William, I have tagged your book :)

[Todd Fonseca]

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the new submissions. I did "release" a few items either caught up in spam filters or in pending folders.

I will try to update the site over the next few days (finished a couple of book as well I need to write reviews for).

Todd

[Jeff]

I've been lurking and reading this group for a while.

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I hope you enjoy the podcast, and I welcome your feedback.

[Kimberly]

Thank you for this discussion, All! I'll be publishing my first novel in early 2010 & I need all the help I can get! It can certainly feel like a lonesome endeavor from time to time. This forum is a great way to see that we're connected & have great ways to help each other. I'll be learning from you & hopefully contributing some helpful tips of my own.
Peace,
Kimberly

[Sandy]

Todd wrote: "Hi everyone! Thanks for all the new submissions. I did "release" a few items either caught up in spam filters or in pending folders.

I will try to update the site over the next few days (finis..."

Todd,
I've looked for a place to send this request...failed...
How can I submit a copy of my latest novel for review? It seems you enjoy fantasy.

Thank you!
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Svetlana]

Congratulations! I have finished tagging November list and plan to tagg everything else a little at a time after New Year. We are super busy with family, guests and all the holiday social events. Being snowed in sounds romantic and cosy for a few days, provided the kitchen is well stocked.

[Todd Fonseca]

Sandy wrote: Todd,
I've looked for a place to send this request...failed...
How can I submit a copy of my latest novel for review? It seems you enjoy fantasy

Hi Sandy! If you'd like to send me a copy of your book to review - send me an email here on goodreads and I'll send you my contact info!

[Todd Fonseca]

Hey everyone - just posted my review for "Circles of Mercy".

Wow - what a good book - very different and unique. I give it five stars. It's a cross between Fargo and Witches of Eastwick.

Check it out on Amazon or Goodreads and/or check my review here:

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

[Thomas]

Hi Guys, I would like to start tagging books again. I would also like to leave some comments and click those reviews that are helpful. Does all of this help ranking higher on the list? Or, ultimately, it is just sales that influence rank?

Thanks!
Thomas, author of
Allah's Garden: A True Story of a Forgotten War in the Sahara Desert of Morocco
I am also advertising the "Buy a Book, Win a Trip to Morocco Sweepstakes" here on Goodreads.

[Dianne]

Hey All

I went through and tagged so many books today! Please return the favor. Kissing Frogs in Cyberspace by Dianne Sweeney. I am off to do more tagging. Thanks for the tips.

[Dianne]

Hello all! I went through and tagged some books. Would love it if you tagged mine. =)

Dianne Sweeney
http://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Frogs-C...

[Sandy]

Dianne wrote: "Hello all! I went through and tagged some books. Would love it if you tagged mine. =)
i..."

Gotcha, Dianne! And I clicked "yes" on those reviews. Folks have said great things!
From Sandy Lender
(My Choices Meant for Kings is in the November list on the Wordpress site so you've probably already got me! Thanks!)

[Sandy]

Thomas wrote: "Hi Guys, I would like to start tagging books again. I would also like to leave some comments and click those reviews that are helpful. Does all of this help ranking higher on the list? Or, ultimate..."

I had already tagged your book, Thomas, so I went through and gave a "yes" vote on the good reviews. As to your question: I've been told that the higher tag numbers help influence the rank, but I'm not exactly sure how that part works. What I DO know is the tags bring your title up in the list o' titles for each search word...and that's a good thing! ;) So I totally thank you for participating! (I'm in the November list with Choices Meant for Kings so you probably tagged me. Thanks!)
From Sandy Lender
"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."

[Dianne]

Thanks all. Sandy I went back and made sure I tagged you!

[Shalonda]

Hey all, this is the link to my amazon page. I've finally gotten two reviews. Yea!!! I am also very high on the tag for Christian Living and would like your support to remain. If anyone can and haven't already please tag this book for me and my goodreads authors listmania(which I will be doing more of). Here are the links. Happy Holidays and be peaceful.

http://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Thoughts-Lo...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listman...

[Maria]

Yes, I also found that your links didn't work, Shalonda. I have been onto Amazon.com anyway and tagged your books :)
Here are the correct links everyone, go and tag!!

http://www.amazon.com/PurposeFull-You...

http://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Thoughts...

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Walk-Medit...

[Thomas]

Hi Sandy, thanks for visiting Allah's Garden and tagging that on Amazon. I have to catch up for December and will be adding my book to the Dec and Jan list. I will also give thumbs up to reviews and any Listmanias. For tags, I am looking for "morocco" "human rights" and "africa" for now (along with any other on the list).

And, any links posted here and on the Tag My Book website, I will catch up and do. Thanks so much! Great way to help each other out!

Very Best,
Thomas

[Dianne]

Thomas wrote: "Hi Sandy, thanks for visiting Allah's Garden and tagging that on Amazon. I have to catch up for December and will be adding my book to the Dec and Jan list. I will also give thumbs up to reviews an..."

Hey Thomas

Just tagged yours, would appreciate it if you tagged mine. Internet, humor, love

I just agreeed with all yours.

Dianne
http://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Frogs-C...

[Maria]

I've just tagged yours too, Thomas :)

My book links:

http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Rainbow-...

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Tell-Maria...

[Dianne]

Maria wrote: "I've just tagged yours too, Thomas :)

My book links:

http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Rainbow-...

Maria lets tag each other

http://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Frogs-Cybe...




http://www.amazon.com/Time-Te..."