Friday, September 30, 2011

It's FREEBIE Friday!!! Using Twitter To Promote Your Books

As always be cautious and use your own common sense when determining whether to try any of these freebies.

Use this Free Resource to schedule your tweets.
http://www.hootsuite.com
Looking to spruce up your Facebook, MySpace or Twitter Profile, check this out.
http://www.worldsbestbackgrounds.com/?spu=true&partner=ZKxdm503

100 Totally Free
Twitter Power Strategies...
www.TwittinSecrets.com



The Twitter Guide Book
http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Article on Marketing Your Books on Twitter
http://www.sellingbooks.com/10-ways-to-market-your-book-on-twitter/

Promote Your Book on Twitter - Top 10 Strategies for Authors
http://www.publetariat.com/sell/promote-your-book-twitter-top-10-strategies-authors

Promote Your Book on Twitter in 10 Minutes a Day
http://website101.com/twitter/promote-book-twitter-minutes/

How To Promote Your Book Using Twitter
http://www.go-publish-yourself.com/book-marketing/twitter-book-marketing

9 Ways to Use Social Media to Launch a Book
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/9-ways-to-use-social-media-to-launch-a-book/

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kindlegraph!

I just signed up with Kindlegraph. I know it's not Really signing the book, but I really think this is an awesome thing.  If nothing else its a great place to see your book cover and it's linked to your Amazon Product Page. 

http://kindlegraph.com/books

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Authors Marketing & Tools

http://www.booksie.com/  You can post excerpts and it looks like you can post purchase links.


New and experienced authors and publishers can take advantage of BiblioScribe's free press release and article submission service to publicize their works.
http://www.biblioscribe.com/

Biblio Tweet http://www.biblioscribe.com/twitter-authors.php

http://hootsuite.com/  HootSuite  Social Media Dashboard...FREE OPTION

Tweet Deck  http://www.tweetdeck.com/

Bitly  Helps you track, shorten and analyze your url  https://bitly.com/

Storybook Software for plotting your novel  http://www.novelist.ch/joomla/index.php/en/about-storybook

Book Hitch  http://www.bookhitch.com/listtype.aspx  Create a free listing.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Free Resource for Some Computing in the "CLOUD"

I have had the miserable experience of losing valuable information on both an SD card and an External Hard Drive.   Now, I'm a little paranoid about my data. 

When it comes to my WIP I worry as we all do about losing all of my hard work. 

For the last several months I've been using an online venue called Drop Box.  It enables me to sync my selected files across my three computers and always have the most recent changes on whichever computer I decide to work on.

I hadn't even thought about it until this morning when I responded to a thread about mobile computing using a laptop, but they offer 2  GB of free storage.

You can check them out by going here http://db.tt/OsQV0n3

I am very pleased with their service.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Freebie Friday: Software

With many conversations taking place on forums everywhere about poor editing and proofreading, I decided to scour the internet for some of the available proofreading and writing software available.
NOTE: I have NOT used any of this software or their trials, so use your due diligence before downloading anything to your computer, and if you don't feel comfortable, Don't Do It!


White Smoke is a grammar check and editing program. They offer a FREE trial.

http://www.whitesmoke.com/grammarchecklp4/?lang=en&d=9&a=143&r=3507&keyid=5940&gclid=CLGhyMbOoasCFYPu7Qodl2wOfQ


Grammarly: Online Based. Subscription Levels. 7 Day Trial, must give cc or paypal info.
http://www.grammarly.com/?q=proofreading&gclid=CMm-nuDPoasCFRJX7Aod732kmA

ClearEdits: Free Trial
http://www.clearwriter.com/clearedits_freedemo.html

Style Writer 4: Free Trial, Demo
http://www.editorsoftware.com/

Auto Crit: Free Trial, Sample Screen, Subscription Levels
http://www.autocrit.com/index.php

Serenity Editor-Free Trial
http://www.serenity-software.com/pages/new_how.html 

Writing Software: Helps to organize your novel.

Write Way Pro
http://www.writewaypro.com/product_info.php


Please email me with any suggestions for our list. tammiecgibbs@yahoo.com

Thanks and have a wonderful and productive weekend!
Tammie

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Free Ebook For the Holiday Weekend!

MEGAN'S WAY by Melissa Foster is now a FREE EBOOK on AMAZON!! Get it quick! http://amzn.to/qRo159 Please SHARE!
amzn.to
Amazon.com: Megan's Way (2011 Beach Book Festival Award Winner, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist) eBook: Melissa Foster: Kindle Store

Friday, September 2, 2011

Friday Freebies for All My Writer Friends!

The Coffee House Wordsmith Guide to Paying Writer's Markets and Resources  

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/84733


The Writer's Secret: MasterMind Your Way to Publishing Success   http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/48752

Ebook By Jennifer Sander
$0.00 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: March 21, 2011
Category: Non-Fiction » Reference » Writing skills
Words: 10635 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook Short Description
What is it that successfully published writers know that everyone else should now too? That the best way to get ahead is to get ahead with your friends rather than trying to do it on your own. Jennifer Basye Sander, a NYT bestselling author, and JT Long, a successful magazine writer, share their advice and philosophy in this short but powerful book.

Cover for '50 Ways to Look and Feel Beautiful'