Tag Archive | Susan Toy
How YOU can invest in Authors and Books …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
WITHOUT spending any money! I know, I know … finding the money to support authors by buying their books is not always easy. I have a hard time in that department myself. However, there are many ways that Readers can help Authors of books they’ve already read and…
Announcing … that first step towards a print edition!
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
It may not seem like much of a step to you, but I did assign an ISBN this morning for a future print edition of my most recent novel, One Woman’s Island! And that’s cause for celebration in my books! There’s still a lot of prep work to…
Authors continuing to behave badly …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
It seems to be time – again! – to remind some “authors” out there how they should be conducting themselves in the world of promoting their books. Not everyone has bad manners, but there are enough who make it difficult for the rest of us who DO abide…
FREE continuing promotion right under your nose …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
READERS will also find this interesting (and they can *see below how they may help), but … This post is mainly for all you angst-ridden authors out there who moan and groan about how little promotion and publicity you receive for the books you publish. Yes, it’s true,…
More Best Bloggers Blogging to check out … | Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
I love getting up in the morning and finding little treasures. Today Susan Toy posted some of her favorite blogs. First, I checked out each blog I didn’t already know about, then I followed their blogs. What a great way to find new bloggers out there. Thank you, Susan. Here’s her…
Best Bloggers Blogging in 2016!
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
These past few years (2015 and 2014), I’ve wrapped up twelve months of blogging by listing my favourite bloggers who I have subscribed to and read, and whose blogs I believe would be of interest to my readers. Chris Graham (aka The Story Reading Ape) created this nifty…
A challenge to all Readers …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Earlier in the summer, I wrote and posted this to my blog: Why not read books simply because they’re well-written? Then I asked Chris Graham, aka The Story Reading Ape, to create three memes that promoted three of the ideas I’d covered in this post: Ask for a…
The problem of book theft …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Close to two years ago, I discovered that my eBooks, both of them, were being listed for sale on a site about which I’d never heard before. They were not under contract to sell my eBooks nor was I receiving any payment for the nearly 1000 times the…
Island in the Clouds – a review
Originally posted on reading recommendations reviewed:
I’m going to start the review ball rolling on this new blog with a review of my own novel, because I received exactly the type of review I hope other Readers will feel encouraged to write and post here. The reviewer in this case was unknown to me previously,…
The Writer’s Pro Shop Series, Why You Need It – A Guest Post by Hubert O’Hearn
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Hubert O’Hearn has previously been featured on Reading Recommendations. He is a Canadian-born playwright and journalist who now lives in Ireland. When he announced his new The Writer’s Pro Shop Series recently I asked if he’d like to write a guest blog post to help promote this service…
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