Making Connections discussion

Hi!

I have been a member of Goodreads and this group for about 9 months, but I recently released a novel. I just posted a Giveaway for it. My question is, do authors invite the members of the groups they belong to to participate in the Giveaway? I don't want to commit any breach of protocol.

Thanks for any help.

Hi there, please check out my author page for a new giveaway :)

Katarina the Dragonslayer and the Foebreaker's Curse

GIVEAWAY


THREE friends, TWO secrets, ONE lie, and the summer that changed their lives.

RATED 5-Stars by 30 reviewers on Amazon

Reviewers are saying..."Unique", "Put this at the top of your list", "A Must Read", "Captivating", "The characters come alive"

Take a journey back to the days of your youth through the eyes of the teenagers in Atomic Summer, and remember all the friends that have shaped who you are today.

In 1953, three teenage girls’ innocent conversations about what each of them would do if the end of the world were imminent, coupled with a friend’s obsession, become the catalyst for a prank that spins wildly beyond control and draws in an entire town. Left behind in the wake of that summer’s events are their unrealized dreams and open wounds. In 1973, a reunion trip to the small town of their youths returns them to the summer of 1953 and the passion and betrayal that changed their lives.

Elaine D. Walsh, winner of the Chairman's award for excellence, captures the anxiety of the times and draws the reader in with rich characters that linger long after the story ends.
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Janice, I've been posting my giveaway on all my groups. Here's what I'm posting:

Guys, there's a giveaway of my book, , and I'd like that the people I know also enter to win. I'd love that one of you wins. The giveaway is open on goodreads till 15th Jan 2013. P.S.: It's a detective adventure thriller.

You can pick up Mace of the Apocalypse for free from 12/12/12 - 12/14/12.

On a beautiful spring afternoon in San Francisco a deadly toxin is released. Within hours it spreads like wildfire, consuming the entire Bay Area. A small group of survivors, desperate to stay alive, must travel through a gauntlet of raging corpses, battling their inner demons and each other along the way.

Through a priest, they gain access to a partial antidote. Holing up in a hospital in an attempt to create a safe zone, everything they believe in will be questioned. The antidote, they soon discover, is almost as dangerous as the infection.

Things unravel within their walls as a teenage gang deliberately infects themselves after receiving the partial cure. They revel in the power it gives them. Believing in their invincibility, they declare war on all who get in their way.

Faith will be lost. Lives will be surrendered. Heroes will rise.

http://www.amazon.com/MACE-OF-THE-APO...

For today and tomorrow (January 8th and 9th) only if you would like a free PDf or AZW3 (Kindle format) copy of my Caribbean mystery, DEADLY EYES, now with two alternative endings, a very unique concept, then please message me through the Goodreads email system and I will send you a copy ASAP. I only ask that, if you like the book, to please post a review on my Amazon site. If, however, you do not like my book, I sincerely hope that you will do what my mother used to tell me, "If you have nothing good to say, please bite your tongue." I do appreciate your interest in my work. To review this offer, please take a look at the book at my Amazon site. Thank you, and Happy New Year to you all!
Mike Meyer
http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Eyes-ebo...

Hi guys,

Free on Kindle these two days Jan 30 and 31: Memoria. A Corporation of Lies (An Action-Packed Technothriller)

In the bombed-out streets of New York, the corrupt bosses of Memoria Corporation make billions by erasing people's traumatic memories. But their bubble bursts when a humble citizen Frank Shelby becomes a murder suspect on the run. Betrayed by his friends and hunted down by mysterious killers, Frank has to penetrate Memoria and find evidence of their real plans before it's too late for all of us.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EM0D1M

also use this link smarturl.it/memoria
Just clicked the urls. They go to pages right here in the Amazon store.

Happy reading!

I have a giveaway going until March 1st. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

This is a trailer for THE HOBBYIST, a novel about a young sex addict in New York City who invites you into his private world of decadence. The book is based upon the true events of the author. Remember to set the picture to 720p to maximize viewing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_v6V...

My book giveaway competition is now open for February. For a chance to win a copy of Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired my Eating Disorder, in the digital format of your choice, please leave your reason(s) for wanting to read it in the comments section of my website.

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I'm giving away my book, The Valentine's Day Clue, on goodreads from 1st Feb to 28th Feb, 2013. This is the first book in a teen detective thriller series.

Look at what a few readers have to say about it:

"The author has created few characters that are so true to life. The protagonists – the brothers are young and lively. Their aspirations and enthusiasm reminded me of myself at that age (it wasn’t too long ago) very much and that’s what is the USP of this book. Whenever we read a mystery, the protagonist always seems so larger than life either with their detection skills or with their action scenes. I mean if we really had a Poirot, a Sherlock Holmes or a Jack Reacher, then there would be fewer criminals roaming around free. Nayak brothers are not larger than life – in fact they are just amateurs often stumbling on their way. It is their optimistic and ‘never give up’ attitude that makes them so likeable. They grow through their experiences. The plot, in general, is a simple one for hardcore mystery lovers like me, but it was one that an amateur pair could handle." -- Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay

"It takes you to your college days when you dream to pursue your passion as a profession. Here, it’s a story of two young brothers and budding detectives who go through a series of dangerous yet thrilling events while working on their first case ever." -- Sandeep Undale

Free for Amazon kindle for a limited time.

The Fastest Growing Religion on Earth: How Genealogy Captured the Brains and Imaginations of Americans

Subject: genealogy; nonfiction; memoir

For millions of Americans, the quest to find one’s ancestors has become an obsession, and for some even a religion. After writing a book about the history of his family, the author realized that half of it was missing, literally. This is the story about how he found the other half, and what he learned along the way about the history and practice of genealogy, his fellow genealogy fanatics, and himself.

http://www.amazon.com/Fastest-Growing...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBWV1TO/r...



Doug Bremner
The Fastest Growing Religion on Earth: How Genealogy Captured the Brains and Imaginations of Americans

I'm currently running a giveaway for my edgy Christian mystery at https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh....

I have 2 giveaways, one in the US
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

And one for the UK
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

A Fresh Look at Greed



giveaway of 15 signed paperback copies, ends in three days.

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Doug Bremner

Hey Everyone, My giveaway for an autographed of my newest book A Bloody Bloody Mess In the Wild Wild West is still going and in it's final week.

There's still time so enter for your chance to win!

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

*Also if you don't win and still wish to read it just go up a few threads and leave a comment as it's on the ARR thread, its not a physical copy but if you'd still like to read it by all means.

Anatomy of a Poet, by CJ Heck

Goodreads Giveaway Begins NOW: 6/1 to 6/30:
Enter to Win 1 of 10 Free Autographed Copies
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Preview Anatomy of a Poet:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

I have started a giveaway to celebrate the launch of my blog. You can win copies of

Enter to win:
www.authorrakeshranjan.blogspot.com/p...

Three more days left in my June giveaway competition. Only one entry so far.

For a chance to win a copy of Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired my Eating Disorder, in the digital format of your choice, please leave your reason(s) for wanting to read it in the comments section of my website.

C.J. Heck


Anatomy of a Poet
***The Giveaway is Over Now***

About the Book:
"There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken; a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable; a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy, and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being." ~Bri Maya Tiwari

That quote astutely describes not only my life, but the poetry in Anatomy of a Poet.

One of six children, I grew up in a small Ohio town and married my high school sweetheart at nineteen. A Vietnam War widow at twenty, I went on too soon to marry and then divorce twice.

I made a lot of choices, some good, some not so good, but as one of the poems in the book ends, "...at least I made choices. How sad for those who merely hitchhike along, never daring to choose at all."

Anatomy of a Poet was written over a period of nearly forty years. The poetry is rich with memoir, humor and, at times, it is sensual in nature.



Read a Preview of Anatomy of a Poet:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Poet-CJ...

Buy an Autographed Copy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CJHeckBooks

A Fresh Look at Greed, free on amazon kindle today and tomorrow.

Stop pouting about your wealth. Embrace your greedy true self. It will make you feel better about yourself!



http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Look-Gree...
A Fresh Look at Greed

* * * GR Giveaway 5 copies! * * *


VP or not to be...

It's 2017. Newly-elected President, Dean Kirk, has only 10 days to live. He's survived 4 assassination attempts... are there more to follow? His VP, Steve Hancock, is driven to take major action - before it's too late. Enter Callie Braxton, proofreader at Albright Publishing. A manuscript she's proofreading reveals "far more than it should." Amid assassination plots and an affair, Hancock faces the wrath of his lover's revenge. Will the master plan to end President Kirk's life succeed? Or will Steve Hancock finally win the race - the ultimate race of all - to save the U.S.A. from destroying itself?

Janice wrote: "Hi!

I have been a member of Goodreads and this group for about 9 months, but I recently released a novel. I just posted a Giveaway for it. My question is, do authors invite the members of the gr..."

Hi Janice, it would appear, to me, that people are "self-posting" their own releases! Cheers, Sara

Doug wrote: "A Fresh Look at Greed, free on amazon kindle today and tomorrow.

Stop pouting about your wealth. Embrace your greedy true self. It will make you feel better about yourself!

I just downloaded it! Thanks Doug!

http://www.amazon.co..."

Doug wrote: "A Fresh Look at Greed, free on amazon kindle today and tomorrow.

Stop pouting about your wealth. Embrace your greedy true self. It will make you feel better about yourself!



http://www.amazon.co..."

Doug wrote: "A Fresh Look at Greed, free on amazon kindle today and tomorrow.

Stop pouting about your wealth. Embrace your greedy true self. It will make you feel better about yourself!

Thank you.

http://www.amazon.co..."

***GIVEAWAY***
Five more days to get a FREE paperback copy of Her Grace in Disgrace, a Regency romance. Ten copies! End date August 12th.
Here's a blurb or check out my Good Reads page for info.
Reginald Aiken, Duke of Warwick is dead and his young widow is not grieving…until the will is read.
Isobel Kennilworth Aiken, Duchess of Warwick spent 6 years of her young life in a loveless marriage. Now, at the age of 24, Isobel is a widow. As Isobel awaits the reading of her late husband’s last will and testament, she feels no grief, but in fact is quite hopeful. She is eager to start her life anew. But, as the droning of the solicitor’s voice washes over her detailing the bequests to various servants and family members, a shock awaits her. The "other woman" was not his mistress, but his lawfully wedded wife and together they had a son. Six year old Reggie is now the Duke of Warwick, displacing Reginald’s brother Charles.
There is a collective gasp as the revelation is made that instantly cuts off Isobel and Charles and dashes their hopes for the future. Isobel must indeed start again, not as a titled, influential and wealthy widow, but as plain Miss Kennilworth, tainted by scandal, something to be avoided at all costs in Regency England. Can she get past the disgrace and humiliation she has endured and fight her way back into society? Will she find love again with her childhood sweetheart, Andrew Stafford, former vicar, now Lord Saybrooke? Or perhaps she will rekindle the romance with Jeremy Ingles, Lord Westcott, who had caught her fancy at her come out six years earlier, but had not been ready to be leg shackled.
But before Isobel can find true love, she must come to grips with her past mistakes and the people she has hurt along the way. She must discover who she is without the title of duchess to her name.

THANKS and Good Luck

Claudia Harbaugh