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June 2009 Blog Posts (224)

BBC Radio Interview with Mitzi Szereto

Re-broadcast of Interview and discussion with author, blogger and Mitzi TV creator/presenter about erotic writing and male versus females writers.

http://mitziszereto.com/blog

Added by Mitzi Szereto on June 28, 2009 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Latest reading

I finished McCarthy's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter this week. I was disappointed in the book, I think it attempts to be melancholy but I just didn't connect with her characters. The book was first published in 1940 and part of the charm of the book is the time period and how its depicted, but that is also a drawback as well because it dates the book, in my opinion. I also had trouble with her attempt to "take on" the rhetoric of facism, which came across at times as preachy. Regardless, I was… Continue

Added by Carol on June 28, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

TRANSCENDENCE from ALL THINGS THAT MATTER PRESS

TRANSCENDENCE

BY

GABRIEL HORN & AMY KROUT- HORN

Transcendence is a mesmerizing book of magical realism seamlessly woven with threads of primal wisdom. It will reacquaint readers with the profound beauty of our mother planet, while turning their mind's eye to rarely realized realms of possibility.

Gabriel Horn (White Deer of Autumn) is an award-winning author and professor of literature and creative writing, as well as an activist for the… Continue

Added by Philip Harris on June 28, 2009 at 10:05am — No Comments

Miss Mae Needs Your Help, Please!

Greetings to all!

I hope everyone is having a great day, and managing to stay safe and cool despite the heat!

I wanted to share with you the exciting news that my latest release, "It's Elementary, My Dear Winifred" is now up for her very first award. Yes, I'm asking a favor of you AGAIN! to please go to the site, read the reviews in their poll, and if you truly think "Winifred" should win the award, I'd dearly love your vote!

Voting is open all day today and… Continue

Added by Miss Mae on June 28, 2009 at 6:19am — No Comments

Last day of book tour

Hello! Today is the last day of my book tour. It has definetly been an interesting tour. I hope everyone has been able to stop and say hello or has learned more about the series. I am going to be on two sites today. The first is http://myheartbelongs2books.blogspot.com/ They will be reviewing Book 1-The Case of the Missing Sock. The other stop today http://www.thewriterslife.blogspot.com/ should be an interview about me and my book. Feel free to stop by and check them out. Thank you to all who… Continue

Added by Renee Hand on June 28, 2009 at 5:27am — No Comments

Virtual Launch Party, Chat & Sony e-Reader Contest w/Author Rachel Caine

Join us Tuesday 6/30/09 with author Rachel Caine who will be at http://bittenbybooks.com/ to talk about her new release "Carpe Corpus"

She’s also giving away a Sony Digital Book Reader to ONE lucky winner. Contest open to readers worldwide.

RSVP here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=8125

and get 50 entries… Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on June 27, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Literary Saturday

Today has really be a "Literary Saturday"

It all started with Kim Smith being my special guest on "A Book and a Chat" talking about her new book "A Will to Love", amongst many other things

Actually it started before that, when for the first time many weeks we actually… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 27, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

The Voice of Anton Bouchard Receives Another 5 Star Review

It's great to be able to report that 'The Voice of Anton Bouchard' has just received its second 5 star review at the site of Amazon.com. This is what the reader had to say:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Clever., June 26, 2009

By Ralph R. Deluca Jr. (USA) - See all my reviews

(REAL NAME)

The Voice of Anton Bouchard is a book of short, well written, and entertaining storys. I blew through the book in one short afternoon. The storys contain horror, brotherly love,… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 27, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

The People You Don't See by Kevin Emery

Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.freado.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 27, 2009 at 6:33am — No Comments

Double Hit by Alec Wright

Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.freado.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 27, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Come in from the Summer Heat and Enjoy Some Wonderful Podcast Interviews

Writers in the Sky July Podcasts Offer Information on Author Services and Conversations with Writers Who Create with Emotion

Nashville, TN, June 26, 2009—The Writers in the Sky podcasts for July will feature interviews that provide information about services that may prove helpful to both new and experienced authors, as well as conversations with authors who have new thought-provoking releases that will leave the listeners thinking. The month begins with a poet who has… Continue

Added by Yvonne Perry on June 26, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Brian Jud Free Webinar tonight 6/25

Do not miss tonight's FREE webinar with more than 100 things you can do today to increase your unit sales, revenue and profits

How to Sell More Books in a Down Economy

By Brian Jud

Tonight -- June 25 -- at 6:00 pm Eastern time

You don't even have to pay for the call

if you listen using your computer's speakers

Sign up at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/321794344

There are many ways to increase your marketing effort… Continue

Added by Lisa Copen on June 26, 2009 at 11:25am — No Comments

Check me out on Goodreads.com!

Anges et Demons (French edition of Angels and Demons)

Anges et Demons by Dan Brown

My review

The Illuminati, a legendary secret society, plans to destroy the Vatican City with a newly discovered power of… Continue

Added by Ben Furman on June 26, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

Book Trailer

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Available for Purchase at Passion Tales book… Continue

Added by Quoren on June 26, 2009 at 10:48am — No Comments

Voice of Conscience reviewed by Ellen Feld for Feathered Quill

There is much to recommend Voice of Conscience. Kaya has an easy writing style that quickly draws the reader into the rich world of Muslim culture. The first section of the book, before the murders, is replete with descriptive events of the villagers, including customs revolving around daily life, dealing with adversaries, as well as preparations for a wedding. The author carefully outlines the codes each member of a family must uphold through both good and bad times. More importantly, he never… Continue

Added by Behcet Kaya on June 26, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

Voice of Conscience reviewed by Nancy Eaton for bestsellersworld.com

The author does an excellent job with his descriptive writing. He not only describes his characters in great detail but also creates a picture for the reader about everything from what the family is eating to what traditions they might be following at that very moment. Behcet Kaya has created a protagonist that is so filled with feelings of revenge that life could not be normal even though he had everything one could want. I have read many books but have never experienced the great detailed… Continue

Added by Behcet Kaya on June 26, 2009 at 8:18am — No Comments

Marketing books

I have two books that are published and I want to market them. My first book, "Mind Full of Scorpions" is a journey through severe mental illness and my second book is "Daily Meditations With Your Cat" which is an inspirational book centered around sages, saints, sinners, hymn writers, poets, and of course cats. I do not have the money to put into a professional marketing package so I'm looking for inexpensive or fee methods to do some kick ass marketing. I need to generate royalties from my… Continue

Added by Kathy on June 26, 2009 at 7:14am — No Comments

Book Reader Statistics

31 percent of in-store or online purchases are impulse buys.

Source: Business Intelligence for R.R. Bowker.

Added by Bill Frank on June 26, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Timothy Peterson Releases "Influence And Persuade Anyone With Psychology" On SmashWord.com

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all you have to do is copy and paste the link into your browser. Also I want to reccomend John Kremer's "Ten Million Eyeballs" Internet Marketing Course. I have it and it's really good!
Sincerely
Timothy Peterson

Added by Timothy Peterson on June 26, 2009 at 1:16am — 1 Comment