If you are looking for a great book on self-publishing, look to these amazing ladies with Dollars & Sense, a guide to self-publishing success! Each author provides inside information to how to self publish your book, how to use social media to also market it. Even if you don’t plan to market at the moment, it’s an important book to have as these ladies have what it takes and have been doing it so well. So if your into learning how to self publish, market using facebook, twitter and the like, get this book! You will not regret it. It’s a treasure trove of knowledge and information.
Amber Scott bio:
In between naptimes and dishes, Amber Scott escapes into her characters’ addictive lives. She often burns dinner, is a sucker for chocolate and still believes in happily ever after. She makes her home in hot Arizona with her two children, husband, and one day, two cats.
Contact info:
amberscottbooks@gmail.com (for readers)
amberromances@yahoo.com (for main contact)
Twitter: @amberscottbooks
Weblog: http://amberscottbooks.com
Facebook: http:// HYPERLINK “http://www.facebook.com/AmberScottBooks” facebook.com/AmberScottBooks
Bio for Carolyn McCray
Carolyn is the Founder of the Indie Book Collective, a group dedicated to helping authors use social media to its fullest potential to sell their books.
The #IBC exploded within 4 months to have over 5,000 members and its work has already been covered in major, national publications.
She has been described as an eBook marketing guru (others’ words not hers), a volcano of Amazon.com eBook knowledge (again, not her words), and the Borg Queen (ok, maybe she coined that one herself).
Each one of her novels have reached bestselling status on Amazon.com and her super controversial thriller, “30 Pieces of Silver” topped (as in #1) the Men’s Adventure category, #3 in the War sub-genre, and #183 overall (out of about1 million books) in the Kindle Top Bestsellers.
Carolyn also has contributed to Digital Book World.com and has been covered by the Huffington Post (Books). Carolyn appeared on a panel with Jane Freidman at SXSW regarding the future of digital publishing and will appear on several panels at the NY Indie Book Event (7/2011).
RACHEL THOMPSON BIO
Rachel Thompson (aka RachelintheOC) is the author of the consistently 5/5 star reviewed humorous and at times, poignant, collection of essays, A Walk In The Snark (released 1/2011), which recently hit #3 on the Amazon Humor/Parenting & Families Kindle list (beating out the likes of Jenny McCarthy!), after just a few months of release and has consistently stayed on the Amazon Top Humor Lists.
In May, 2011 A Walk In The Snark hit #1 on Smashwords Entertainment Bestseller list also.
Rachel is also one of the cofounders of the Indie Book Collective, an organization with over 6,000 members which is dedicated to helping authors utilize social media to the fullest to sell their books. The Collective offers free workshops, a live advice radio show, innovative programs such as Blog Tour de Force & Bestseller for a Day, and so much more to its members.
You can find Rachel most days on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, giving daily tips on the IndieBookIBC Twitter stream, contributing posts to the IBC blog or her own popular blog, giving free social media workshops for writers, promoting her current book or working on her next book, The Mancode: A Survivor’s Tale. She lives in the OC aka Orange County, CA (home of Disneyland). Somewhere in there this redhead in a sea of blondes fits in being a full-time wife and mom to her two young children and just one husband. She loves coffee, dirty martinis, and sleep.
Rachel and the IBC were recently profiled (April 13, 2011) in the Huffington Post Books section regarding social media and ePublishing.
Blurb for Dollars & Sense
“Dollars & Sense: The Definitive Guide to Self-publishing Success” is a step-by-step actionable road map to increasing royalties for beginners and seasoned professionals alike. Divided into three sections; Producing a Sales-Friendly, Professional eBook, Establishing & Leveraging Your Social Media Platform, and Selling Smarter, Not Harder, “Dollars & Sense” walks authors through the process of creating then actually selling their eBook.
Blurb for Fierce Dawn
“X-MEN action meets True Blood heat.”
-Ann Charles
Nearly Departed In Deadwood, 2010 Daphne Winner
“Intensely satisfying!”
-Carolyn McCray
Kindle Bestselling author, 30 Pieces of Silver
Snarling teeth, glowing eyes. Someone–something–is after Sadie Graves.
Elijah Stokes, the man who haunts her dreams, enters her reality claiming she’s transforming into a changeling–not quite immortal but no longer human.
Battle lines are drawn and blood spills as the two fight not only for Sadie’s life, but for all of mankind’s as well.
Blurb for 30 Pieces of Silver
Overview:
A Christian suicide bomber.
John the Baptist’s bones inscribed in ancient Greek.
A secret carried from the foot of the crucifixion.
Can science solve the world’s greatest mystery?
30 Pieces of Silver
For anyone who doesn’t mind some serious controversy and can’t get enough of James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and Brad Thor… “30 Pieces of Silver” is your next thrill fix!
Blurb for A Walk in the Snark
“Sometimes I think I’m too jaded. But then I think no, it’s just the lighting.”
A Walk In The Snark now a bestseller! It reached Kindle Top 10 status (#3) on the Humor Parenting & Families list, Top 20 on Humor Essays (#11) in April 2011, and #1 on Smashwords Entertainment list in May!
With her trademark snarky humor and candor, Rachel whisks you into her caffeinated world where she deconstructs common phrases (I’m Fine) and makes up words (Refrigeratoritis) in order to help dudes understand chicks…and vice versa.
Rachel believes “Men are from Seinfeld, Women are from Friends,” and so do her legions of fans. She dares to ask “why do men want to change the world but can’t change a roll of toilet paper?”
Drawing on her decades (dear god has it been that long?) of marriage, friendships, and past relationships, Rachel’s specialty is observing male behavior and dissecting it with humor (Shopping is NOT a Verb). Think of her as the Scientist of Snark…without the ugly white labcoat of course. #asif
“Husband: Mumble, mumble, mumble.
11yo: What?
Me: It’s okay. I speak husband.”
But don’t let that witty veneer fool you. Sprinkled throughout these funny essays are some poignant stories of tragedy and loss (The Difficult Kind). This chick will tear at your heart. And then, you know, stitch it back together with humorous aplomb.
Don’t take our word for it. The critics are going nuts for it too!
About Bestseller For a Day:
“Making authors dreams come true one promotion at a time.
Each month, for one day, readers, friends, family and peers rally together to drive an ebook up the Amazon Kindle rankings with a goal to pierce the top 100. The aim of the program is to help indie authors get a foothold in the traditionally published dominated market. Authors coordinate with book review sponsors to show readers that the 99 cent promotional price is worth every penny.
As thanks, each author creates give aways for participants and drives traffic to participating review sites. Additionally, readers are offered Bonus Buy reads discounted to 99 cents for the event with that price offered to be rebated back by the participating authors when readers fill out the relevant form.”
Barb’s comments: The above is straight from the website but I know that there is still some confusion as to exactly what happens on BSFAD events. BSFAD features and promotes one book – this month it is Dollars & Sense. We are all promoting it in some fashion. We are posting reviews, we are posting promos, we are posting a feature. In all these posts we need to let our readers know that they can buy a copy of Dollars & Sense for 99 cents from Amazon. You can put a link in place if you want some Amazon affiliate money. You don’t want to direct your readers to Barnes & Noble, just Amazon. Once they buy the book, they get a sales confirmation with a number. They then go to the Bestseller for a day website (bestsellerforaday.com) and sign up for a newsletter and enter their sales confirmation number. Signing up for the newsletter and entering their number enters them into a draw for a Kindle. They can also buy a copy of each of the three bonus buys and get the purchase price refunded. So, that’s 4 books for 99 cents and a chance to win a kindle.
In addition to the above, on June 29 th (if you are available) we all be spreading the word about this promotion and encouraging our followers to buy a copy. We will use Twitter, Facebook and even the phone to spread the word. Someone from IBC will be dropping by your site and leaving comments to encourage your followers to get a copy of this book. Have fun and enjoy the days! We’ll send you an update at the end to let you know how the book did.