1. What is it? The thumbs up ‘Like’ button we’ve become accustomed to seeing on Facebook and other linked sites has now made an appearance on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. 2. Where is it? You’ll find it when you are on a particular book’s page, just below the title and next to the book’s rating and…
Have a look at the sidebar on the right. See it? Big red button? Feel free to click it–after reading the rest of this post, of course. 🙂 You may remember last week I mentioned I was looking into Mail Chimp and YMLP. Here’s my comparison after spending a day working in each. Mail Chimp…
How many author newsletters have you signed up for? Am I the only one who avoids them (sort of) like the plague? I can certainly see why some authors need them. Authors with fans. Authors with platforms. Famous authors–the ones that fill the eight feet of fiction shelving in small town Christian bookstores. Everyone else?…
I mentioned a few days ago that I loved By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson. I’m not always into asking story questions in an interview, though. Sometimes there are other things I want to know! Such as… VC:You sold your novel to a small press with very limited marketing budget. What does Marcher Lord Press…
Are the social media sites only for people with too much time on their hands? No, I don’t think so, though they can certainly serve as a major time-sink. Why do people blog? Why have a profile on Facebook? Why on Twitter? Why on other sites (that I know less about)? I’ve been blogging for…
My friend David Bridger has been researching Social Media and shares his new wisdom here. If there’s anything you want to know about Facebook, Shelfari, MySpace, Twitter, and a whole bunch of other social sites, some of which I’d never heard of–what the heck is *Plurk*?–check out David’s review. Oh, and feel free to friend…