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By Shannon Yarbrough on June 29, 2009
This is the final week to cast your vote in our 100th Review Contest to determine which of the six books will be our 100th review on August 1st! Voting ends July 4th at midnight. Cast your vote today in the sidebar on the right side of the blog. This is also the final week [...]
Posted in Announcements, Promotions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged 100th review, book contest, free book, free book contest, POD, print on demand, self published |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 28, 2009
John Buckman is one of my favorite people. For over a year now I have been a member of and passionately promoted his website called BookMooch. BookMooch is an online book swapping community where you list books you want to give away to gain points to mooch books you want from other members. You earn more points from members who mooch books from you. The only expense is the cost to ship your own mooched books. To date, I have given away almost 80 books on BookMooch and received 62 other books I wanted to read.
Posted in Announcements, Marketing, News, Promotions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged book giveaway, book marketing, book mooch, bookmooch, free book, generosity book, john buckman, POD, POD marketing, print on demand, self published, self-published book marketing, Self-Publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 28, 2009
The New York Times published a very interesting and thorough article yesterday about the growth of the POD industry and how traditional markets are even suffering.
Posted in Opinions, Self-Publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged bob young, iUniverse, jim bendat, lulu.com, new york times, POD, print on demand, self published, self-publishers flourish |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 1, 2009
Opening the cover of Motherless Child – stories from a life is like arriving at Sarah’s home, where she welcomes you with that special brand of southern hospitality, invites you to sit down for a spell and have a nice tall drink of ice tea while she tells you stories from her past. Reading this book brought back memories from my own childhood of sitting in my grandmother’s parlor and having her tell us stories of life from yesteryear, while gently rocking back and forth in her rocking chair. I could almost hear the creak of the floorboards as her chair went back and forth over that well worn track.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, LK Gardner-Griffie | Tagged adoption, family, Lulu book, lulu book review, lulu.com, memories, motherless child, POD, print on demand, sarah weathersby, self published |
By Shannon Yarbrough on September 21, 2008
At a time when there are more drivers on the road than ever, and with the rising costs of fuel and heavy usage of cell phones behind the wheel, a novel about road rage couldn’t have come at a better time. Although I don’t even own a cell phone, but have definitely spent at least a full paycheck or two this year in gas alone, I definitely suffer from road rage like many others.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Mystery/Suspense, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged driver, driving, Lulu book, lulu book review, lulu review, lulu.com, morning commute, POD, print on demand, red asphalt, road rage, scott cherney, self published, thriller, traffic, traffic jam |
By Shannon Yarbrough on September 15, 2008
I am pleased to announce that as a growing effort to increase our means of promoting books self-published through Lulu, and as part of our commitment to helping POD authors reach their book’s maximum potential, we are now cross posting our book reviews to both Amazon.com and to Lulu.com.
Posted in Announcements, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged book review, Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, POD, print on demand, self published, Self-Publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 29, 2008
Well, in Review 30, I asked what happened to good ole books like the ones Judy Blume wrote, and with Misfit McCabe, I got my answer!
Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Shannon Yarbrough, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged LK Gardner-Griffie, Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, lulu.com book review, misfit mccabe, POD, print on demand, self published, teen fiction, teenage, teenager, tween fiction |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 18, 2008
Many many years ago while living at home and in grade school, going with my parents to buy groceries on a Friday evening was a regular ritual. The last thing added to the shopping cart before we checked out was a copy of The National Enquirer. Amongst the celebrity gossip and tabloids, there were always one page stories with black and white sketches about “real life” survival: people being attacked by sharks or bears, being held captive by robbers or murderers, and stories of people being stranded in the harsh desert or cold frigid arctic.
Posted in Real Life Drama/Action, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged captive, darren g. burton, fire, grave, Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, print on demand, real life dramas, self published, Self-Publishing, shark attack, survival |
