BOOK REVIEWS ROCK, PLUS HINT # ELEVEN
Hint Number Eleven for Getting them
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Hint # Eleven
(When asking for reviews)"Don't overlook staff members at bookstores where you have given presentations. A large percentage are avid readers, and many are fellow writers. Some do reviews for the store's newsletter. Your personal thank you to them should be a signed copy of your book."
Page 105: How to Get Great Book Reviews
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One thing I know for sure . . . Authors are a wonderful group of people, and by and large so willing to help one another.
It's just that life has a way of keeping us all so busy.
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BRIGHT IDEA
1. CHOOSE ONE BOOK FROM THE LIST BELOW THAT INTERESTS YOU.
2. ASK THAT AUTHOR TO SUGGEST JUST 50 PAGES TO GIVE YOU ITS FLAVOR.
3. READ THOSE FEW PAGES.
4. THEN WRITE YOUR AMAZON REVIEW, POSTING IT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
*** USE YOUR REVIEW TO HELP PROMOTE YOURSELF AS WELL. ***
HOW?
JUST END IT WITH THE WORDS: AUTHOR OF (YOUR BOOK TITLE)
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TITLE: SOLAR DIVIDENDS: How Solar Energy Can Generate a Basic Income for Everyone on Earth
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
DESCRIPTION: puts forth a bold original plan for solving global poverty and global warming with a single program. In brief: we set up every person on the planet with a big section of solar panels, sell the electricity the panels generate, and deliver the money as solar dividends to the person as their basic income, for the rest of their life. The book provides compelling reasons and a detailed blueprint for this inspiring program.
AUTHOR'S NAME: Robert Stayton
E-MAIL: stayton.robert@gmail.com
FORMAT: paperback, PDF, Kindle, or Epub
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: Adult
TITLE: NOVEMBER TO JULY
NUMBER OF PAGES: 282
DESCRIPTION: Eleanor Simons has been serving as a nurse in the Great War. When the fighting stops, she faces bleak prospects. Her fiancé, a fighter pilot, is dead. In Paris, where she now lives, a conference of delegates from around the globe is meeting to remake the maps of Europe, Asia and Africa. Their effort to create a peaceful world is doomed; but through it, Eleanor faces the challenge of shaping a better future for herself.
AUTHOR'S NAME: Marilyn Oser
E-MAIL: marilynoser@gmail.com
FORMAT: PDF, E-BOOK, TRADE PAPERBACK
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: adult
AMAZON URL: https://tinyurl.com/tk5n62y
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TITLE: ONCE UPON AND EVER AFTER
NUMBER OF PAGES: 15 ebook, 32 paperback
DESCRIPTION: After years of training the prince is finally ready for his quest to rescue a princess. But can h e find a princess who needs to be rescued and what happens if he can't?
AUTHOR'S NAME: Caroline L Thornton
E-MAIL: carolinelthornton@outlook.com
FORMAT: Mobi
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: Up to 8
TITLE: NUMBER EIGHT CRISPY CHICKEN
NUMBER OF PAGES: 232
DESCRIPTION: Immigration minister, Peter Ruddick, is enroute to remote Pulcherrima, the site of his latest privately-run, fast-food chain-inspired detention centre. But chaos ensues when Peter misses his connecting flight and finds himself confined to Turgrael airport, without a lounge in sight. Stranded with nothing but crispy chicken burgers to eat and nobody but a bleeding-heart liberal for company, Peter’s misunderstandings of Turgistani language and culture
AUTHOR'S NAME: Sarah Neofield
E-MAIL: sarahneofield@gmail.com
FORMAT: (PDF, E-BOOK)
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: Mainstream adult fiction
TITLE: TALES2INSPIRE ~ THE OPAL COLLECTION
NUMBER OF PAGES: 125
DESCRIPTION: A collection of 16 non-fiction short stories by contest winning authors participating in the 2019 Tales2Inspire® contest. The theme for this Opal Collection, Stronger Today Because, is portrayed in both words and original photographs reflecting the true experiences of these authors.
AUTHOR'S NAME: Lois W. Stern
E-MAIL: tales2Inspire@optimum.net
FORMAT: 5 Paperbacks, PDF, Epub
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: Young adult and adult
AMAZON URL: http://tiny.cc/po1ahz
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TITLE: I AM ME: Teen Artists and Writers Speak Out On Being Yourself
NUMBER OF PAGES: 104 (a quick read)
DESCRIPTION: This book pairs award winning poetry and art to empower young teens to shake off the negative power of the media and peers to realize it is okay to be themselves. This anthology is a fresh voice that lets teens know that you don’t have to achieve “perfection" to be “perfect.” Created from over 100,000 submissions of art and poetry.
AUTHOR'S NAME: Tom Worthen, Ph.D.
E-MAIL: tiffani@poeticpower.com
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: Teens – 12-18
TITLE: WOULD YOU RATHER BE IN THE COFFIN THAN GIVE THE EULOGY? - how to take the terror out of public speaking: A PRACTICAL guide for all types of speeches
DESCRIPTION: Your career prospects may depend on your ability to speak in public. Authors, sports stars, actors and business people may also be asked to ‘give a talk’ about their success, which can be an intimidating prospect. This step-by-step guide gives you practical advice for giving many types of speeches, with examples that show you what to do, what not to do - and what can go hilariously wrong! (Some things are only learned by experience).
AUTHOR: jannev@mweb.co.za
FORMAT: (PDF, E-BOOK)
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL: High school age and upwards
AMAZON URL: https://amzn.to/2KpE4w8
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ABOUT YOUR TRUSTED BLOGGER, LOIS W. STERN
Tales2inspire was a kernel of an idea I started in 2012. It has grown to proportions even I didn’t dare to envision. My innate curiosity about potentially fascinating human interest stories was the spark that ignited this idea, but it was the confused state of traditional publishing that propelled me forward. Tales2inspire delivers exactly what it promises as both an authors-helping-authors project and a contest. Winners get their stories published in print, e-book, and some even in video formats, with their names, headshot photos, and mini-autobiographies. Then I spread the word about the winners and their stories on my blog, my monthly newsletter, and on several select social networks. Free to enter, this competition is open to talented newbies and seasoned authors alike.
Learn more about me and the Tales2Inspire project at: www.tales2Inspire.com
and get a FREE sampler filled with six published T2I stories at: www.tales2inspire.com/gift
Lois is also a regular contributor to this blog.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tales2inspire
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tales2inspire2
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