I woke up in a somewhat reflective mood this morning and as my mind rambled through various reflections, I stopped when I came to one of the authors I have known for a few years, PJ Cowan.
LK: First of all, I’d like to thank the LL Book Review for hosting the Tattered tour.
Pavarti K. Tyler has created a world that is similar to others in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy realm, but is distinctive in many ways. The introduction of the strange land is immediately enticing, as a we meet a water creature that has been captured by those of the land. It is clear that there is going to be much to learn about this land at war. Although we do not learn it all in Vol. 1, it surely sets everything up quite well.
Mick Rooney stops by today on his virtual book blog tour to discuss self-publishing and his new book, The Memory of Trees. Welcome Mick!
When author R.J. Keller first queried us to review her book, Waiting for Spring, back in 2009, we sadly turned her down. However, her book began getting so much attention, I decided to revisit it and bought a copy for myself. My review of it is #101 from August 2009 if you care to read it. Since then, R. J. and I have become great online friends through Facebook, Twitter, and other blogs. I have a lot of respect for her as a writer, so when her book was acquired by Amazon Encore last year I asked R.J. for an interview. She gladly accepted. But to make things fun and interesting for us and for our readers, we decided to do the interview via Twitter. So, our questions and her answers had to be 142 characters or less. Enjoy!
Yesterday, I reviewed Judith Schwartz’s book The Therapist’s New Clothes, which is printed and published using the first Espresso Book Machine in the country located at the Northshire Bookstore in Vermont. Today, Judith sits down with LLBR to talk about the EBM, her book, and self-publishing:
Yesterday, I reviewed Nick Nolan’s Double Bound, recently re-released with AmazonEncore after having first been published with BookSurge. I had the pleasure recently of interviewing Nick and learning about his experience with AmazonEncore.
Recently, Mario Lurig, the creator of NovelRank, left a comment on LLBR and added all of our reviewer’s books to his site. Mario’s site tracks your book’s sales on Amazon, and his service is free. It’s a great tool for authors and Mario is always posting lots of useful information on the blog portion of his site. Look for a post later today highlighting the “best and worst of Lulu.” We caught up with Mario to learn more about NovelRank and how it works.
One of the things I absolutely love about reviewing books, is I get to hear from excited authors about fun things that are happening with their work. Sometimes it might be an upswing in sales, or interviews which help broaden the exposure.
April Hamilton, founder of Publetariat.com, a website designed for indie authors, recently interviewed me about my thoughts on self-publishing, my personal use of Lulu, and the creation of the LLBR. I’ve always been a fan of April’s, ever since both of us participated in the very first ABNA contest. It’s amazing to look back and see how far both of us have come since then, and to see what we have accomplished. To me, Publetariat is my online newspaper of information when it comes to self-publishing. Before visiting all of the other review blogs, I usually stop there at least once a day.
