For
the first time ever, I have reviewed a book for Goddess Fish Promotions and boy
was it ever worth it.
Barb will be awarding a
$20.00 GC for Amazon or Barnes & Noble to a randomly drawn commenter during
the tour.
My Review
Ms.
Drozdowich has done a wonderful job of taking all of the questions I have ever
had about approaching a book blogger and plopped them all into one very well
written book. Through the use of research (I’m a scientist so I like this
aspect very much) and her own experiences as a book blogger, this book was
born.
Ms.
Drozdowich has now become an author and I’m sure that by utilizing her own advice
she’ll rise to the top of the book charts.
She
breaks down how to approach a book blogger by telling us what they like and
don’t like, which is pertinent information for us authors.
If
you’re a new author, get this book, it will guide and light your now darkened path.
For older authors who need an extra tip or two on how to get into the good
graces of book bloggers, then this book is for you, too.
I
give this book five out of five book shaped chocolate bars.
BLURB:
Do you feel out of your comfort zone when dealing with book
bloggers? They are the New Gatekeepers to book publishing success – but how can
you tap into that source of free promotions by putting your best foot forward?
The Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers combines the
advice of 215 blogging professionals collected in a survey covering all aspects
of communication between authors and Review Blogs. Whether you are a new
author, or have many titles under your belt, let us demystify the promotion of
your book on a book blog.
You’ll learn about whom and where book bloggers are, and the
following:
The Query,
The Review,
The Giveaway,
The Author Interview,
The Guest Post,
The Book Blurb Excerpt and Cover Reveals and more!
Excerpt:
The Guest Post
What is a guest post and how can it
promote your book?
As we have discussed before, book bloggers
are the new slush pile. They are inundated with review requests. Their email
inboxes seem to magically fill up with emails from publishing houses, PR
people, authors, and their assistants. Book blogging is a hobby, and while I
personally feel that it’s the best hobby a person can have, it shouldn’t take
over a person’s life.
Some bloggers read faster than
others, so posting 4 or 5 reviews a week is doable. Some blogs have multiple
reviewers and they can post 10 or 15 reviews a week, as they post multiple
times a day. We can assume that most book bloggers post reviews because they
want to share their love of books! But there are other ways to publicize your
book.
In today’s publishing environment,
readers want to get to know authors. Well, we want to get to know the public
persona of the author. We don’t really want to know the day to day minutiae of
the author’s life, but we want to know what they are like as an author, what
their interests are, how they research the books they write, and how they come
up with ideas (especially totally non-creative people like myself). I’m
continually fascinated by the over-used question of where do your
ideas/inspiration come from? We want to know what books they’ve written, and
what’s coming up next. Many of us want to go to book signings or author chats.
We want to be able to get a feel for their writing before we spend money on a
book.
One way we can do this is by reading
a guest post the author has written. Guest posts are a little window into the
thoughts and ideas of an author. And to the addicted reader, they are a source
of fascination and entertainment
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Social
Media and Wordpress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught at University,
trained technical personnel in the banking industry and, most recently, used
her expertise to help dozens of authors develop the social media platform
needed to succeed in today’s fast evolving publishing world. She owns Bakerview
Consulting and manages the popular blog, Sugarbeat’s Books.
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteSounds like I need this!
ReplyDeleteHi Cathrina!
DeleteI want to be as helpful as possible to as many authors as I can with this book! Please let me know what you think of it when you get a chance to read it!
Barb
HI Nana!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words! Very much appreciated! The whole goal of this book when I started was to be helpful to authors - new authors and more experienced authors. Seems like you feel I succeeded :) Made my day!
Yes you did. There are some tips I've already started putting into practice. Thank you for making things easier for us authors.
DeleteExcellent! Those that know me, know that I just want to be helpful - especially with this book :)
DeleteBarb
Wow, this book sounds tailor-made just for me! I definitely need it and will be checking it out. Thanks for sharing, Nana.
ReplyDeleteHi Julie!
DeletePlease let me know what you think! Positives and negatives! Thanks for dropping by!
Barb
Your welcome, Julie.
DeleteI'm looking forward to reading it!
ReplyDeleteHi Cat!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to hear what you think about it! Thanks for dropping by saying hi!
Barb
Wow! That's a lot of great information--thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by! I appreciate it!
DeleteBarb
Very useful, Nana!
ReplyDeleteIt is, Celestine.
DeleteSounds like an interesting book!
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance to read it, please let me know what you think!
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