A-Z Challenge 2012

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Looks good Rob, thanks. I got your post on D&D as well Sky.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Damn. Every time I manage to get caught up I find out that my sorry a$$ is behind again. Lordy. Okay, J... Jhorun... I'll get working on it!

Big J

[Mia]

I've got a draft of the Q post done. I'll be reviewing and finalizing in the next couple of days, and send it your way, Scott. :)

[Tricia]

Emailed you mine. Sorry it was so late! Hope it works, too.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

They all look great to me. I have already gotten a couple of sales from featured authors so far. No guarantees of course, but I always hope that a guest spot results in some positive results for the authors who share.

[Mia]

Scott, did you get my post for Q? I know you're busy, so I don't want to be a pest. I just want to make sure it got through! My email is misbehaving... Sigh.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Yep I got it just fine Mia. I'm hoping to get it transferred over tonight or tomorrow. I appreciate the extra post.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Get my last one? For J?

[Mia]

Sure thing. Glad to help. And complain about how presumptuous Quintus is. ;D

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Jeff I got you J post as well. Hopefully I'll have them all entered by this weekend and I'll start getting ahead with scheduling my reviews.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

For those that contributed a post, I just wanted to give a quick update. So far I'm getting about 150 views per day so some new eyes are getting a look at all of your work.

Also I would once again like to thank everyone who participated. if there is ever anything i can do for you guys please let me know.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Hey, speaking for myself, I wanted to say thanks for the extra exposure! Whether you believe it or not, you're developing quite a following!

[Tricia]

Jeffrey wrote: "Hey, speaking for myself, I wanted to say thanks for the extra exposure!"

I second that!

[Mia]

I second that motion. I really appreciate the opportunity! It was also nice to have the chance to publicly chastise Quintus for being more interesting than he was supposed to be. ;)

So... thanks, Scott!

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Well for people who continue to be interested I am hoping to do a guest post/interview every week from now on. I tried to do it earlier, but kind of got overwhelmed and had 3 out of 4 people no show me one month so I just sort of quit.

It will be back though and hopefully I don't get stood up as much.

[B.]

Cool that the guest spots are driving traffic. I've been reading most of them so far. It's almost like a wine tasting where you can sample a taste of each author.
And, of course, I'll add my thanks to the ones that have already been given!

[L.E.]

Well done Scott, I really admire your effort - I struggle to get a blog going once a month so to get 20+ of us to committ and deliver is very remarkable.

The posts so far are brilliant and I feel very lucky to be featured can't wait to see what the rest of the month has to offer.

(I've left a link on my blog so hopefully people will head your way throughout the month).

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

This book review thing is amazing. I feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal by far. I get to read free books and just have to write some reviews about them. Same thing with this blog tour I'm only going to write two posts and the rest is mostly copy and paste. It's weird to get thanked when I feel like I'm almost exploiting the situation.

[L.E.]

Scott wrote: "This book review thing is amazing. I feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal by far. I get to read free books and just have to write some reviews about them. Same thing with this blog t..."

I wouldn't sell yourself short, I've been part of a few of these things that have fallen through and caused no end of stress for the person setting them up. Besides you have provided opportunity and in this game it's important to never look a gift horse...

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Hey Scott, just to let you know... Each day that I was featured on your blog saw a sales increase of about 75%!!

Just wanted to say thanks again for the publicity!

Big J.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Well holy crap!!! That's pretty freaking fantastic! Congrats and your welcome. I appreciate you stepping in to help fill all the spots so I'm glad you saw some gain from it.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Yeah, I looked at sales for the last couple of weeks and three stood out like crazy, with the most recent being yesterday. Then I remembered the blog posts and compared the dates. Sure enough, every day I was on your blog and the sales went crazy!

And you think you don't have a following? Hah!! Proof positive, my friend! :)

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

If only those people would use my Amazon affiliate links!! I wondered about my affect since I don't see a lot of traffic through my profile there. I'm glad a post from my blog actually does benefit the authors though.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Just wondering if any of my other guests have seen an increase of any kind with sales or downloads in the case of free books.

[Steve]

No noticeable bump here, I'm afraid.

[Mia]

I'll let you know if I notice anything after mine are posted. I still have a few more letters to go! ^_^

[B.]

I think I saw a bit of a bump on the day my guest post ran. Did you get any affiliate sales that day?

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

I've only had three affiliate sales this month so I've got no indication of if it's being helpful.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Well today is the last day of the Challenge and everything went really well. I dedicated today to my little girl so stop by and see my angel if you've got a sec http://indiebookblogger.blogspot.com/... I'm very proud of her.

I can't thank all of the contributing authors enough for taking the time to join me on the challenge. Hopefully everyone got a bit of extra interest in their books and possibly some sales. If anyone ever needs a place to go for some new release publicity or as part of a blog tour or anything that I can help with please let me know.

[Mia]

She's adorable! And good to get her started early on the book love. ;)

Thanks for having me for those two guest posts. They were a lot of fun!

[L.E.]

As my three year old would say Scott - you are the dude.

(I had an influx of sales and made it to the top ten epic fantasy for a brief spell - thanks for the help).

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

Mia I'm glad you enjoyed them. I haven't forgotten about my interview with you either. I just want it to be as good as it can be.

LE that's awesome that you hit top 10 no matter how brief! I'm glad if I had any part in helping that happen!

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Ever since those features on your blog, sales have been really good! I know it can't stay that way forever, but I'll certainly tag along for the ride!

Bakkian II just hit #39 in sci-fi on Amazon UK! That's the paid one! Woo-hoo!!!

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

That's awesome Jeff! I love to hear that I'm actually helping people through my blog. It's a lot of work and every once in awhile I wonder if I'm actually accomplishing anything.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Trust me, man, I have no complaints!! Speaking on behalf of myself and other authors, we appreciate any and all publicity that is thrown our way!