Dear Fellow MWSA Members:
As many of you know, my grandson is back now from two tours of duty in Iraq and is now stationed (very luckily) near Monterrey, CA. Thus, the plight of our troops is a subject near and dear to my heart. My poetry writing partner Magdalena Ball and I are giving away e-copies of chapbook of unconventional love poetry Cherished Pulse to 'our' troops overseas as part of Operation e-book drop. They will get an e-mail with a coupon code for a free copy at Smashbooks.
We would love to have you have a copy, too. Partly to see how the program works. Partly to share our poetry with you. The coupon code to use to get it free is ZF39H (not case sensitive).You will enter the code prior to completing your checkout.
Expires: February 28, 2010
You may want to do something similar for the troops with your books. More about Op Ebook Drop is here:
http://blog.smashwords.com/2009/09/smashwords-supports-operation-ebook.html
And they have a Facebook group here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-EBook-Drop/172002003420
If you prefer to send a real copy of Cherished Pulse to someone, that is easy, too. It is only $6.95 on Amazon, certainly a doable gift. And it is really beautiful with Vicki Thomas’s artwork. Go to www.budurl.com/CherishedPulse.
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Submitted by Carolyn Howard-Johnson who also blogs all things publishing at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com and at War Peace Tolerance blog.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Participate in the LA Times Festival of Books Without Being There!
Let Your Book Be Seen in the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books
Many of the authors I know have been disappointed that we no longer display books unless the author is signing. Truly,there is no ulterior motive. We have just found that a display without the author present to chat up the book and to sign is not the best way for an author to spend his/her promotion dollars. That goes not only for our booth but most booths.
But here's a way you can participate if you'd like. As part of the service to participating authors and to readers who stop by and purchase a book from our booth, we give a free book from a pretty little basket. Yours could be among them. Who knows who might get a free one. An editor? A director? A Screenwriter?
So, if you have returned books or slightly damaged books and can send in lots of six or more, please contact Christine at Chalexwrite@yahoo.com. She'll give you an address to send them. When you send them please mark on the outside of the box GIFT WITH PURCHASE BOOKS. That will help her lots!
Thanks to all authors who have done this in the past, especially to Leora Skolkin, author of EDGES. She sent a huge box last year and I am always proud to suggest it to people who want a literary novel. BTW, her book is now being made into a movie!
PS: Don’t forget to sign your books. Many readers get VERY excited about a signed book. (-:
Left over gift-with-purchase books will be held over for giveaways the following year or donated to libraries of literacy groups.
Learn more about the fair booth at www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com.
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
MWSA blogger and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com
Many of the authors I know have been disappointed that we no longer display books unless the author is signing. Truly,there is no ulterior motive. We have just found that a display without the author present to chat up the book and to sign is not the best way for an author to spend his/her promotion dollars. That goes not only for our booth but most booths.
But here's a way you can participate if you'd like. As part of the service to participating authors and to readers who stop by and purchase a book from our booth, we give a free book from a pretty little basket. Yours could be among them. Who knows who might get a free one. An editor? A director? A Screenwriter?
So, if you have returned books or slightly damaged books and can send in lots of six or more, please contact Christine at Chalexwrite@yahoo.com. She'll give you an address to send them. When you send them please mark on the outside of the box GIFT WITH PURCHASE BOOKS. That will help her lots!
Thanks to all authors who have done this in the past, especially to Leora Skolkin, author of EDGES. She sent a huge box last year and I am always proud to suggest it to people who want a literary novel. BTW, her book is now being made into a movie!
PS: Don’t forget to sign your books. Many readers get VERY excited about a signed book. (-:
Left over gift-with-purchase books will be held over for giveaways the following year or donated to libraries of literacy groups.
Learn more about the fair booth at www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com.
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
MWSA blogger and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com
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