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A new message board for indie writers to connect with readers
I'd like to invite you all to a new forum where you can get to know indie authors and readers and discuss everything about the self-publishing process.
BestSellerBound.com
It's almost like an online reality show featuring new and up and coming authors who have taken the indie or self-publishing route. I am a moderator on the site along with my fellow authors Darcia Helle and Stacy Juba
Darcia Helle
Stacy Juba
Here's the official press release about the site:
Bestseller Bound Message Board Connects Indie Authors and Readers. Readers and indie authors now have a brand new place to interact. The message board, Bestseller Bound, is having its grand opening this week.
Author Darcia Helle created the forum with input from resident authors/moderators Stacy Juba and Maria Savva.
Here, readers will get a behind the scenes glimpse into what it’s like to be a small press or independently published author. Resident and visiting authors will chat with readers about writing a book, how they do research and get their ideas, how they market their books, and the challenges they face. They’ll share articles, stories and poems, as well as
special offers and discounts.
Readers are invited to hang out, ask questions and chat with tomorrow’s breakout writers. Small press and independently published authors are welcome to participate in the discussion, as well as post threads about their titles in the Connection Café, post a book trailer link, and browse the free Help Wanted section, where authors and book lovers can exchange guest blogging and review opportunities. Members can also receive a free quarterly newsletter packed with information about indie books.
Helle is the author of romantic suspense novels including The Cutting Edge, Enemies and Playmates, Miami Snow, Hit List, No Justice and Beyond Salvation. Juba is the author of the mystery novels Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, along with the patriotic children’s picture book The Flag Keeper. Savva’s published novels are Coincidences, A Time to Tell and Second Chances, and she has also published the short story collections Pieces of a Rainbow, and Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales.)
There are already lots of indie authors and a few readers on the board. We need lots more readers to ask us questions and take part. So please join and support your independent authors.
Everyone is welcome!
BestSellerBound.com
It's almost like an online reality show featuring new and up and coming authors who have taken the indie or self-publishing route. I am a moderator on the site along with my fellow authors Darcia Helle and Stacy Juba
Darcia Helle
Stacy Juba
Here's the official press release about the site:
Bestseller Bound Message Board Connects Indie Authors and Readers. Readers and indie authors now have a brand new place to interact. The message board, Bestseller Bound, is having its grand opening this week.
Author Darcia Helle created the forum with input from resident authors/moderators Stacy Juba and Maria Savva.
Here, readers will get a behind the scenes glimpse into what it’s like to be a small press or independently published author. Resident and visiting authors will chat with readers about writing a book, how they do research and get their ideas, how they market their books, and the challenges they face. They’ll share articles, stories and poems, as well as
special offers and discounts.
Readers are invited to hang out, ask questions and chat with tomorrow’s breakout writers. Small press and independently published authors are welcome to participate in the discussion, as well as post threads about their titles in the Connection Café, post a book trailer link, and browse the free Help Wanted section, where authors and book lovers can exchange guest blogging and review opportunities. Members can also receive a free quarterly newsletter packed with information about indie books.
Helle is the author of romantic suspense novels including The Cutting Edge, Enemies and Playmates, Miami Snow, Hit List, No Justice and Beyond Salvation. Juba is the author of the mystery novels Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, along with the patriotic children’s picture book The Flag Keeper. Savva’s published novels are Coincidences, A Time to Tell and Second Chances, and she has also published the short story collections Pieces of a Rainbow, and Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales.)
There are already lots of indie authors and a few readers on the board. We need lots more readers to ask us questions and take part. So please join and support your independent authors.
Everyone is welcome!
BestsellerBound.com's official launch is on 7th September 2010!
Following on from my recent blog post about the new message board created by my fellow author Darcia Helle, I am pleased to announce that the official launch party (online) is on Tuesday 7th September 2010. I hope you can join us at BestsellerBound.com.
As I mentioned previously, I am a resident author on the board, along with Darcia and our good friend, author Stacy Juba
To celebrate the launch we will be hosting a giveaway! The launch party giveaway will run until midnight on September 30th. Darcia, Stacy and I will then pick the lucky winners.
You can win fabulous prizes, including the chance to be featured in our December 2010 newsletter.
The message board has been running for a few weeks and is proving to be very popular already.
Click here to read all about the launch party giveaway: Bestsellerbound Launch Party Giveaway
See you on the board!
As I mentioned previously, I am a resident author on the board, along with Darcia and our good friend, author Stacy Juba
To celebrate the launch we will be hosting a giveaway! The launch party giveaway will run until midnight on September 30th. Darcia, Stacy and I will then pick the lucky winners.
You can win fabulous prizes, including the chance to be featured in our December 2010 newsletter.
The message board has been running for a few weeks and is proving to be very popular already.
Click here to read all about the launch party giveaway: Bestsellerbound Launch Party Giveaway
See you on the board!
BestsellerBound: The Cutting Edge Campaign
Many of you will already know that I am a resident author on BestsellerBound.com, a message board dedicated to indie/small press authors and their readers.
BestsellerBound was created by Darcia Helle to give a voice to indie authors and to help readers find new and exciting books to read.
Indie authors are some of the most dedicated and passionate people when it comes to writing. We are often belittled by the literary press. The truth is that the publishing world is changing. Traditional publishing is no longer seen as the best way to enter into a writing career. With the launch of ebooks the indie author is now finding that they are able to compete with the bestselling authors. Overpricing of ebooks by the large publishing houses has caused outrage amongst readers lately. Some bestselling authors have chosen to self-publish their own books. People are starting to look for alternatives to the mainstream. This is an exciting time to be a self-published author and we want to celebrate that.
At BestsellerBound we would like to propel an indie author to the top of the Amazon kindle charts. We want to show that indie authors are commercially viable. We have started up a Facebook page. Please show your support for indie authors by 'liking' our page and recommending it to your friends.
We have chosen Darcia Helle's book The Cutting Edge as the book we would like to use to front our campaign.
Darcia Helle is a very talented writer who has self-published no less than 7 books. Here's the blurb from "The Cutting Edge"
My name is Skye Summers. I'm a hairstylist and I can't stop fantasizing about killing my clients. Not all of them, of course. I only want to kill the ones who irritate me, which, if I'm being honest, is most of them. My occasional fantasies have turned into chronic daydreams. They're bloody and vivid, like watching a slice-and-dice movie on IMAX. I also want to kill my husband's ex-girlfriend. She's not a client but she tops my list. Eighteen years ago, she gave birth to his daughter and she has tormented him ever since. I should be troubled by this growing desire to use my surgically sharpened shears for more than a haircut. Instead, I wonder how I can get away with it.
The idea of the campaign is that when we have enough followers on our campaign page we will announce a date for the download of the kindle book on Amazon. Darcia has kindly agreed to reduce the price of the ebook to 99c on the day of the download. If enough people download the book it should go to No.1. Hopefully on the US and UK Amazon kindle lists.
This campaign has been set up because we as indie authors feel passionately that all books, irrespective of how they were published, should have an equal chance to be read and enjoyed.
I hope you'll join us!
The Cutting Edge Campaign
BestsellerBound was created by Darcia Helle to give a voice to indie authors and to help readers find new and exciting books to read.
Indie authors are some of the most dedicated and passionate people when it comes to writing. We are often belittled by the literary press. The truth is that the publishing world is changing. Traditional publishing is no longer seen as the best way to enter into a writing career. With the launch of ebooks the indie author is now finding that they are able to compete with the bestselling authors. Overpricing of ebooks by the large publishing houses has caused outrage amongst readers lately. Some bestselling authors have chosen to self-publish their own books. People are starting to look for alternatives to the mainstream. This is an exciting time to be a self-published author and we want to celebrate that.
At BestsellerBound we would like to propel an indie author to the top of the Amazon kindle charts. We want to show that indie authors are commercially viable. We have started up a Facebook page. Please show your support for indie authors by 'liking' our page and recommending it to your friends.
We have chosen Darcia Helle's book The Cutting Edge as the book we would like to use to front our campaign.
Darcia Helle is a very talented writer who has self-published no less than 7 books. Here's the blurb from "The Cutting Edge"
My name is Skye Summers. I'm a hairstylist and I can't stop fantasizing about killing my clients. Not all of them, of course. I only want to kill the ones who irritate me, which, if I'm being honest, is most of them. My occasional fantasies have turned into chronic daydreams. They're bloody and vivid, like watching a slice-and-dice movie on IMAX. I also want to kill my husband's ex-girlfriend. She's not a client but she tops my list. Eighteen years ago, she gave birth to his daughter and she has tormented him ever since. I should be troubled by this growing desire to use my surgically sharpened shears for more than a haircut. Instead, I wonder how I can get away with it.
The idea of the campaign is that when we have enough followers on our campaign page we will announce a date for the download of the kindle book on Amazon. Darcia has kindly agreed to reduce the price of the ebook to 99c on the day of the download. If enough people download the book it should go to No.1. Hopefully on the US and UK Amazon kindle lists.
This campaign has been set up because we as indie authors feel passionately that all books, irrespective of how they were published, should have an equal chance to be read and enjoyed.
I hope you'll join us!
The Cutting Edge Campaign
Evil reviewers, indie writers, murder, mystery, and a bit of fun...
As many of you know, I am a resident author at BestsellerBound
For the past couple of weeks I have been involved in a fun writing exercise with a fellow writer on the site, Jason McIntyre author of, 'Shed', and 'On the Gathering Storm'.
We are effectively writing a joint novel/story.
Jason has blogged about it on his blog, click here to read more:
Jason McIntyre's Blog
To read the story so far go here: The online novel
For the past couple of weeks I have been involved in a fun writing exercise with a fellow writer on the site, Jason McIntyre author of, 'Shed', and 'On the Gathering Storm'.
We are effectively writing a joint novel/story.
Jason has blogged about it on his blog, click here to read more:
Jason McIntyre's Blog
To read the story so far go here: The online novel
