I received a note from a new author about this blog so I thought I'd share what a told her. She said (approximately):
"Carolyn:
"Carolyn:
I am new at this and trust that my higher power lead me to the right place."
This is my answer to her:
LOL. I think your higher power knows what it is doing!
Maybe we should take one thing at a time. I take it that all of this was
written by you. In that case, I need permission that it is yours and that you
give me permission. If not, I need assurance that whoever wrote it gives me
permission. I also need metadata on your book. Info on how to do that is in the
side column of The New Book Review at http://TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com.
OR, you can copy the format of one of the reviews on that blog. You can also
include a biography with links to where your book is available. And if a
reviewer did wrote it for you, you can include a bio for them with links to
their book or business. Everyone wins! You'll see that my own bio is at the
bottom of each review--yes with links!
Then you send the whole shebang to me at HoJoNews@aol.com. This is a free service so
it must be a copy and paste effort for me. I know you will understand that. But
you'll also see how liberal I am with information and links that can benefit
writers everywhere. I want the blog to be a resource for names of reviewers,
publisher, as well as good books to read. It helps (but isn't required) when all
who participate also subscribe.
And right now you need help with reviews. As it happens Bookbaby.com is
offering the third in my multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books
for writers as an e-book absolutely free. Find it at http://Bookbaby.com. If you can't find it, sign
up for their newsletter. It will be featured in many of those before October 30
when their free offer expires. After that, How to Get Great Book Reviews
Frugally and Ethically will be released on Amazon as a paper book and as an
e-book on Kindle. Until then you can learn more about it on its new page on my
Web site at http://bit.ly/HowToGetReviews. I am
adding to it--slowly. (-:
This book includes all the hard-won secrets of review-getting--and I mean
ALL--for my fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books. I know you would also
benefit from my The Frugal Book Promoter (some of it on reviews) at http://bit.ly/FrugalBookPromo.
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Multi award-winning poet, novelist, and author of how-to books for writers and retailershttp://howtodoitfrugally.com
Twitter: @frugalbookpromo
and @frugalretailing
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ABOUT THE BLOGGER AND THIS BLOG Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Multi award-winning poet, novelist, and author of how-to books for writers and retailershttp://howtodoitfrugally.com
Twitter: @frugalbookpromo
and @frugalretailing
Facebook: http://Facebook.com/carolynhowardjohnson
Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/chowardjohnson
The New Book Review is blogged by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. It is a free service offered to those who want to encourage the reading of books they love. That includes authors who want to share their favorite reviews, reviewers who'd like to see their reviews get more exposure, and readers who want to shout out praise of books they've read. Please see submission guidelines on the left of this page. Reviews and essays are indexed by genre, reviewer names, and review sites. Writers will find the search engine handy for gleaning the names of small publishers. Find other writer-related blogs at Sharing with Writers and The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor.