Tag and Like exchange?

[Alan]

Griffin,

You're liked and tagged. Alan

[Brian]

I just double checked everyone on this page for tags and likes. All caught up again! Yipee! These are my links for any of you kind folks who may have missed mine. Have a great weekend, everyone!

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-How-Ag...

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-How-Ea...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Test-Slayer...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Test-Slayer...

[Graham]

M.E. wrote: "Hi,

I will gladly Like and check your tags for those who do the same back for my YA novel. Just leave me your link on this thread and I will scratch your back back :^)

http://www.amazon.com/Party..."

I have liked your book and tagged it. Here are mine -

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008F0EH38
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-But-Thr...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Out-But-T...

Many thanks :-)

[Richard]

All caught up. I appreciate everyone Liking the reviews. I had a sneak peek of the first seven chapters of Collapse, when I released the full version, Amazon lumped the reviews from the sneak peek in with the full release. The sneak peek reviews were at the top and probably confusing to potential downloaders. Thanks again.

[Griffin]

Alan wrote: "Griffin,

You're liked and tagged. Alan"

Thank you!

[Griffin]

Hi Marie,

All done! Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/Malice-A-Supern...

Griffin

[P.R.]

Just did it for you M.E.

This is mine. Thanks http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008P3WIUO

[Douglas]

Gotcha tagged and liked P.R.!

If you could be so kind…
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AK84V4

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615654177

Author page: http://www.amazon.com/author/douglasa...

[Grant]

Hi P.R.,

I got you on the other thread. Here are my links:

http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Revel...
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Earth-Se...
http://www.amazon.com/Deacon-Leeds-Py...

[Richard]

All caught up!

http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-New-Am...

[Joe]

Please help me promoting my son's book:

http://amzn.com/B008T4TAAA

I'll keep on tagging and liking everyone else on the list!

Thanks in advance!
Joe

[Paulette]

Joe wrote: "Please help me promoting my son's book:

http://amzn.com/B008T4TAAA

I'll keep on tagging and liking everyone else on the list!

Thanks in advance!
Joe"

Just liked and tagged your son's book. Saw it's for elementary age. Very cool! Wishing him great success. Have a go with mine please:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Persecution...

http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Mil...

http://www.amazon.com/Paulette-Mahuri...

[Grant]

Hi Joe,

I liked and tagged your son's book! I wish him the best of luck! Here are my links:

http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Revel...
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Earth-Se...
http://www.amazon.com/Deacon-Leeds-Py...

Thanks :)

[Griffin]

All caught up! Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/Malice-ebook/dp...

[L.J.]

I can't keep up with this thread :\
If you happen to like, tag and agree with my reviews, just send me a message or comment on my Goodreads blog/updates, and I shall return the favour :)

Thanks!

[Tommy]

Hey guys our group Author To Author support has a section dedicated to tagging, as well as a lot of other powerful features. Come on over and participate :).

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/list_g...

[Randy]

Hi to all. Please like and tag my books (Kindle and print) and I will gladly return the favor. Thanks.
http://www.amazon.com/Swan-Loch-Randy...
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Of-The-Mo...
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-From-Lo...

[Paulette]

Randy wrote: "Hi to all. Please like and tag my books (Kindle and print) and I will gladly return the favor. Thanks.
http://www.amazon.com/Swan-Loch-Randy......"

Hi Randy: Just did all the likes and tags on your book.
Here are mine and tks!
http://www.amazon.com/Paulette-Mahuri...

http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Mil...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Persecution...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Persecution-M...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Persecuti...

[Griffin]

All done Randy!

http://www.amazon.com/Malice-ebook/dp...

[Debra Jayne]

Done. Here's mine.:////goo.gl/kjNTF

Lolita wrote: "Pal wrote: "Here is mine.. I liked many above..

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Explosive-S..."

Paul, got your b..."

[Artur]

All done, Debra

Here is my link
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008QVOARO

[Alan]

Randy,
I liked and tagged your books. Would you do my book? Thanks, Alan Zacher, I'm No P. I.
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-....
Thanks

[Richard]

Thanks everyone. All caught up.

http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-New-Am...

[Ciaran]

Hello everybody, please tag and like my book and I'll be happy to return the favor. Thanks a lot.

http://www.amazon.com/Trails-Ciaran-D...

[Griffin]

All done!

http://www.amazon.com/Malice-A-Supern...

[Neil]

Hello,
I’m liking and tagging on numerous threads in this forum. Hope to get all of you. Here’s three of mine. Thanks.

DROP OUT
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FX0K7U
DEGENERATES
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FFN5LY
FROSTPROOF
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083WSXL0

[Paulette]

Neil wrote: "Hello,
I’m liking and tagging on numerous threads in this forum. Hope to get all of you. Here’s three of mine. Thanks.

DROP OUT
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FX0K7U
DEGENERATES
http://www.amazon.co..."

Just got all your amazon likes and tags. Please have a go at mine and tks!
http://www.amazon.com/Paulette-Mahuri...

http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Mil...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Persecution...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Persecution-M...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Persecuti...

[Ciaran]

Neil, Griffin,

done for both of you.

[Alan]

Ciaran,
I liked and tagged you book Would you be kind enough to do mine? Alan Zacher
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-....
http://www.amazon.com/A-Ghoulish-Good...
Thanks

[Ciaran]

Hi Alan,

with pleasure and done. Ciaran

[Marshall]

I have a new novel up on Amazon. Tags and likes appreciated. I'll gladly do likewise. Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wedding-Cor...

[Grant]

Ciaran wrote: "Hello everybody, please tag and like my book and I'll be happy to return the favor. Thanks a lot.

http://www.amazon.com/Trails-Ciaran-D......"

Hi Ciaran,

I tagged and liked your book on another thread :)

Here are mine, just in case:


http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Revel...
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Earth-Se...
http://www.amazon.com/Deacon-Leeds-Py...

Thanks!

[Grant]

Hi Marshall,

I just got you liked and tagged. Also liked your author page. Congrats on the new novel, by the way!

[Marshall]

Thanks, Grant. Got you too! *g*

Grant wrote: "Hi Marshall,

I just got you liked and tagged. Also liked your author page. Congrats on the new novel, by the way!"

[Damon]

To Self-Published Authors

I have met people who are energized by their own genuine enthusiasms here on Goodreads, as well as in other online communities. I have a deep sense of gratitude and thankfulness for the correspondence that has been established between us, and still continues. But in terms of Goodreads, a community now having reached ten million members if I have read correctly, there is an even larger confusion of purpose.

Being an indie author is not cute. Nor is it clever or respectable. It is not enough to think an idea followed through to a bound book makes one a serious writer. In reality, to be an indie author is to be prepared to wallow in not only the malaise and self-doubt that comes with authorship, but the general belief in your uselessness and irrelevance from the publishing world, which includes readers. Ever hear the phrase “If you can’t do, coach?” It’s unfair but no different. Ever hear “No one wanted to publish your work, so you published it yourself?”

I am an indie author, but I wish to rescind the label. And I know, above all and before anything else, I am looked down on because I put money and effort into producing my debut novel. Perhaps I’ve earned a modicum of respect for the financial and temporal sacrifice, which is in its own right a generosity of spirit from people as frustrated as myself, people who could easily have not offered that. And I knew this ahead of time. I knew it would be a gamble, of perception, reception and reward. But I did it because of my understanding of two things:

1. I believe in the relevance and importance of my novel.
2. With the evolution of the publishing industry, I recognized the level of difficulty in convincing an agent or editor to consider a debut novelist who can not guarantee a return on initial investment, as well as a marketing plan that is to be handled mostly by the author. Most good books...hell...most amazing books, spend their time in slush piles before seeing the light of day. I understand established writers and their contention when it comes to self-published authors perverting the system. (And it should not be a system. But because it’s become a system, a tacky machine of superfluous words, the indie authors’ negative reactions to being shoved off in to the margins as not being “true writers” are NOT valid. So prove yourself!)

But just don’t try to prove yourself by engaging in some factory of Likes, Tags and Reviews being exchanged for those who don’t even read your writing. Recently, I commented on a thread here in Goodreads about kindness, humility and gratitude. Someone responded, adding to the end of his/her comment that he/she wasn’t promoting his/her own work before doing it a few hours later in the same thread. And what has pushed me toward this conversation is that today, when corresponding with a show host for books and authors in Canada, the host told me he’d be interested in my book, but mostly he feels self-publishing is a hustle. A hustle. And he isn’t wrong, especially when I see something like what I saw last night on Goodreads: a “writer” was actually asking for help with plot lines for the book. And people were lining up to share their two cents.

Pathetic.

And so, we are not writers here. We are salespersons. And I see fully, now, what is wrong with self-publishing. I am proud of my book, inside and out, and pleased with the company I’ve paid to produce it with me. Not for me. But I am also completely satisfied with one person a month falling in love with my story, indefinitely, rather than one hundred thousand readers “liking” it temporarily just so I will follow their blog.

Wrong.

[Alan]

Marshall,
I got you liked and tagged. Would you be so kind to do mine? Alan Zacher
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-....
http://www.amazon.com/A-Ghoulish-Good...
Thank you for helping me. Alan

[Marshall]

Gotcha, Alan!

Alan wrote: "Marshall,
I got you liked and tagged. Would you be so kind to do mine? Alan Zacher
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-......"

[Neil]

Hello,
I’m liking and tagging on numerous threads in this book blogs forum. Hope to get all of you. Here’s three of mine. Thanks.

DROP OUT
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FX0K7U
DEGENERATES
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FFN5LY
FROSTPROOF
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083WSXL0
PULP
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008B7RNFY

[Neil]

Hello,
I’m liking and tagging on numerous threads in this book blogs forum. Hope to get all of you. Here’s three of mine. Thanks.

DROP OUT
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FX0K7U
DEGENERATES
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FFN5LY
FROSTPROOF
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083WSXL0
PULP
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008B7RNFY

[Douglas]

Gotcha Marshall! Liked and tagged!

If you could be so kind…
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AK84V4

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615654177

Author page: http://www.amazon.com/author/douglasa...

[Lauryn]

Great Idea, I'm working my way through all of your links, here's mine.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008SG0ACQ

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Deep-Laury...

http://www.amazon.com/Lauryn-April/e/...

Thanks in advance

[Ciaran]

Lauryn wrote: "Great Idea, I'm working my way through all of your links, here's mine.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008SG0ACQ

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Deep-Laury...

http://w..."

Hi Lauryn

done for yours. Could you please do mine when you have a minute? Thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/Trails-Ciaran-D...

http://www.amazon.com/Ciaran-Dwynvil/...

[Alan]

Lauryn,
I liked and tagged your books. Would you be kind enough to do mine? Alan Zacher
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-....
http://www.amazon.com/A-Ghoulish-Good...

[Brian]

Hey all, It's been awhile.

To all the new people here, my name is Brian Brown, and I've written two illustrated children's books that deal with real world situations (drugs, peer pressure, etc.). If you could please like and tag both of my books on Amazon, as well as like my author page, I would be more than happy to return the favor. Plus I'd really appreciate it. If there's anyone that would like me to do theirs, feel free to let me know.

My Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/Brian-A.-Brown/...

Think About It 1: http://www.amazon.com/Think-About-It-...

Think About It 2: http://www.amazon.com/Think-About-It-...

Thanks.

[Ray]

I just tagged/liked and upvoted useful reviews for books by:
- M.E.
- Randy
- Ab
- Corey
... and will continue with others.

I'd appreciate the same!
1) http://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Eight-Se...
2) http://www.amazon.com/Mice-Hitmen-Eig...
3) http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Singu...

Thanks all!
Ray

[Ray]

Jan -- I tagged/liked and upvoted reviews for your book : )

[Ray]

Gotcha Jack -- tagged/liked & upvoted helpful reviews. I love your cover, too!

Please do the same for me if you can!
1) http://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Eight-Se...
2) http://www.amazon.com/Mice-Hitmen-Eig...
3) http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Singu...

[Ray]

Hi G.G. --

I just put you up to 41 likes : ) Congrats on passing the 40 milestone... you're over the hill!

If you'd like to help me out with likes/tags/yesses, my three novels are linked just a couple posts earlier.

Cheers,
Ray

[Alan]

Corey,
I liked and tagged your book. Would you do mine? Thanks. Alan Zacher
http://www.amazon.com/Im-No-P-I-Alan-....
http://www.amazon.com/A-Ghoulish-Good...

[Graham]

I have tagged, liked and listed reviews as helpful for:

Lauryn
Ray
G.C

Would appreciate the same for mine -

http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-But-Thr...
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008F0EH38
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Out-But-T...

Many thanks.