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Wendy wrote: "Hey guys, with these review swaps, it is better for your ranking to to a 'buy swap'. Swapping PDFs does little for your ranking. So how about spending a dollar or two and buy the books that inter..."

Wendy, Leo Featherstone, http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... , is setting up a group with that goal - set for September 14. Send him a message if you are interested.

Thanks Jason. Yes I am aware of that group. Just wanted to give people the headsup that sending pdfs to each other is not terribly productive. If you can go to Leo's group and be a part of that, your result will be much better.

Love the idea of "purchase swaps." They help with ranking and visibility. And promoting your book when it's $.99 will make it available to more people who will share with others. I'm offering my book, In the Beginning, at $.99 for the month of September. Anyone interested, I'll do a purchase swap with you, or if you want to join a group, (there's a couple), I say "do it." Your ranking at Amazon will go up.

Here's my book, just in case you're interested!:

In the Beginning



My debut novel, In the Beginning, is a mystery/quasi sci-fi that mixes fact with fiction. Not fast paced or action packed, it is a page turner so thought provoking you'll find yourself checking to see if it could really be true. No book written (so far) has this same premise.

I stumbled across this website today ... It's AMAZING! If you want to promote your book and move up the Amazon ranks, there is no better way I’ve seen "EVER" than this website! Six guaranteed sales a day for 30 days!!

Anyway, check it out ... you'll be gad you did!!

Harry.

Abby wrote: "Love the idea of "purchase swaps." They help with ranking and visibility. And promoting your book when it's $.99 will make it available to more people who will share with others. I'm offering my bo..."

Your book sounds right up my alley. I would love to do a swap with you. My book is over here:

If you'd rather have the word doc version of it, I can send you that too. ~Cithara

Authortrade.com is AWESOME. Thanks for the tip! Just signed up!

Cithara wrote: "Abby wrote: "Love the idea of "purchase swaps." They help with ranking and visibility. And promoting your book when it's $.99 will make it available to more people who will share with others. I'm o..."

Okay, let's do it!

Jason wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Hey guys, with these review swaps, it is better for your ranking to to a 'buy swap'. Swapping PDFs does little for your ranking. So how about spending a dollar or two and buy the bo..."

Thanks Jason & Wendy :) Sounds like a great idea! Going to sign up :) authortrade sounds great too but I don't have control over price but when it does a $.99 I will definitely join...great ideas! Ange :)

Abby wrote: "Cithara wrote: "Abby wrote: "Love the idea of "purchase swaps." They help with ranking and visibility. And promoting your book when it's $.99 will make it available to more people who will share wi..."

Sounds good! I'll go check your book out now.

Yes, I think authortrade is an excellent idea so I will put my books on promo for 99c in a few weeks' time.

Hello all!
I would love to do a review swap of romance novels. My book, Out of the Box Awakening is on Amazon and Smashwords and is an adult romance novel.



Let's start reading:)

Hi Jennifer,
Would love to do a buy review swap with you :)
Closure is a romantic suspense.
Ange

send me a message if you want to...I just finished a review and haven't started to read something new yet

Ange
Would LOVE to! Pls post a link to your book and let's do it:)
Thanks!
Jennifer

Here's the link Jennifer :)send me your amazon link and I will buy tonight...I'm excited :)Ange

Here is the link to mine Ange. Thanks:)

Great! Thanks Jennifer :) I'm off to buy a new book and off to bed to read! This is fun...and may it help our ranks...what a great idea! Happy Reading!

Have liked all "likable" books of authors in this forum on Amazon. I note that not all Amazon author pages give a like link. Wondering why that is? I enjoy swapping reads and reviews. Unfortunately my publisher doesn't allow .99 kindle books, but I am willing to "gift" my e-book to anyone who would like to swap reviews. Please let me know. Thanks, Gene

I would be interested in buying a book that is the same price as mine's ($2.99 or close) Here's mine if anyone is interested.
Please get in touch via the contact button on my site.

Thank you

Jennifer wrote: "Hello all!
I would love to do a review swap of romance novels. My book, Out of the Box Awakening is on Amazon and Smashwords and is an adult romance novel.

..."

I would like to do a review swap with you if you don't mind. (I don't think I have swapped with you yet). Here's the link to mine:

And if there's anyone else who hasn't swapped with me and wants to, I'm willing to swap with you too.

I would love to do a review swap of kindle versions on Amazon (mine is only $2.00 so would like to spend approx the same price).

I like to read (and write) mainstream, young adult, fantasy, dramas, etc. (No horror, mystery or murder plz)

My current book is a story about surfing, addiction, Hawaii, etc) Please have a look and see if you are interested, and if so please send me a link of your book as well :)



LET'S HELP EACH OTHER!!! :)

Here is a list of books that will be on sale starting Saturday, September 14 on Amazon for $.99. Check with the authors for availability to do review and/or purchase swaps.

And yes, that's my book, In the Beginning, and I'm always willing to do a swap!

Cheryl wrote: "I would love to do a review swap of kindle versions on Amazon (mine is only $2.00 so would like to spend approx the same price).

I like to read (and write) mainstream, young adult, fantasy, drama..."
It sounds like you've written a fantastic book, Cheryl. Good luck with the marketing.

Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Happy Hour ends (Don't worry, I'll call a cab). So, if there is anyone who would like to do a swap tonight before midnight, let me know and I'll do it right away. My book is on sale for .99 and can be found at: Just send me a message and I'll hop right on it. Promise.

Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Happy Hour ends (Don't worry, I'll..."

RealAdviceForTheUnemployed (Kindle Edition)
This book stands out as a well crafted book of advice for the unemployed. It helps the reader, not only by giving much needed information, but doing it with a sense of humor that will lighten the load to the tender unemployed psyche. Lighten the pressure with samuel Murphy's cool self-help book.

Allison wrote: "Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Happy Hour ends (Do..."

Those were very sweet and comforting words from you Allison. Knowing that this type of book is not one of the genres you normally read, your thoughts were very kind. I truly thank you. God bless.

Samuel wrote: "Allison wrote: "Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Hap..."

You're welcome samuel.

Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Happy Hour ends (Don't worry, I'll..."

Hi Samuel,
I'd love to swap reviews. My book is .99 cents as well and it's a book of short stories (only 4 of them). It's a quick read! Trying to get to 10 reviews by the beginning of October.

Amazon Link:
Book Trailer:

Let me know if you'd like to review my book and I'll pick your book up today.

~ Rochelle

Ryan wrote: "If anyone is interested in doing a swap, Imminent Danger is a Action/Fantasy novel. It's available in paperback and e-book. I will be happy to write a review after I finish reading your book as wel..."

Hi Ryan,
I'd like to swap reviews with you. My book is Leaping Out On Faith. Let me know if you'd like to read it and I'll pick up your book immediately.

Amazon:
Trailer:

Best,
Rochelle

Hi Y'all! I'd love to do a swap. I'm a contemporary romance author looking to swap reviews. i do have a large review queue list as i am also a book blogger, but i can work things in easily. Here's my Amazon author page with my list of books and if anyone is interested, you can message me here, or comment back or even email me at [email protected]

If anyone would like to review my book "Demented" I will send it to them in PDF. I am willing to swap reviews. No erotica.

Thanks,
Tracy

Rochelle wrote: "Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Happy Hour ends (Do..."

Consider it done. I'm headed there right now this minute. I'm doing all of this very quickly as I am using my wife's credit card to make all my buys today. Need to do it before she notices. If you read my book, you'll understand.

I will read your book and love it and walk it and feed it and give it a review within 48 hours. Promise.

Rochelle, watched your video. Very cool. Dig the music. Great job. I did one of those as well. Should you want to take a quick look at it, just click:

Hey Rochelle! Just messaged you about doing a swap.

OK Rochelle. Done. Done. And done.

Hi!

I see you all get the value of swaps! My name is Natalie Roers (feel free to check out my profile) and I'm the co-creator of a new service called Authortrade.com. If you've ever done book swaps with other authors on ŷ������ or Amazon, we do the same thing, but we make it much easier for you with an automated system. We're about to start our swaps next week and we're looking to get people to sign up so we can start. You get to swap with as many people as you want at only .99 for each book. It's totally free to join for a week. Try us out and see if you like it. You'll be asked if you want to continue after trying us out for a week and if you do, you will only be charged $9.99 to use the site. If you don't like us, you can walk away no questions asked and at no charge. This is a great supplement to your current promotions or great to use if you've exhausted every other avenue, but are still looking for exposure. Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. I'd be happy to answer them. Please pre-register and help us get started! You get all the ranking and exposure of swaps without the work- a major life-saver for busy authors.

Best,
Natalie
Authortrade.com
[email protected]

Ryan wrote: "Hey Rochelle! Just messaged you about doing a swap."

Just messaged back!

Samuel wrote: "Rochelle, watched your video. Very cool. Dig the music. Great job. I did one of those as well. Should you want to take a quick look at it, just click: "

That's a great trailer Samuel! Makes me want to read the book even more.

Samuel wrote: "Rochelle wrote: "Samuel wrote: "Just finished doing a swap with some other authors. The results were quite encouraging. So encouraging in fact, that I still want to stay here until last call for Ha..."

Hey Sam,
Just bought your book! Again, will strive to finish by next Friday. Have a 6wk old & am battling time to do my book promotion before going back to work. I'm a quick reader and with so much non-sleeping going on I'm sure I can finish up quick. :-)

Ryan wrote: "Hey Rochelle! Just messaged you about doing a swap."

Just purchased Imminent Danger Ryan!

Rochelle wrote: "Ryan wrote: "Hey Rochelle! Just messaged you about doing a swap."

Just purchased Imminent Danger Ryan!"

Just purchased "Leaping out on faith." Very excited. Cheers!

Ryan wrote: "Rochelle wrote: "Ryan wrote: "Hey Rochelle! Just messaged you about doing a swap."

Just purchased Imminent Danger Ryan!"

Just purchased "Leaping out on faith." Very excited. Cheers!"

I'm excited too! Your cover looks bang on polished and professional! Can't wait to start reading! Just checked and it's already on my Kindle. :-)

There's about 2 hours left in the day. As promised, I will sit here until midnight to swap book buys and reviews with anyone who is interested.

Well I want in on book buys. Can't do a link because I'm doing this from my phone. My book, In the Beginning is $.99 on Amazon. Let me know if you want to do a purchase swap.

The Pierce of Shadows is now FREE for Kindle until Monday! Would appreciate any reviews for Amazon and ŷ������. Thank you!

Great new promotional tool for authors, check it out! If you're serious about the success of your ebook, don't let this one pass you by. For a limited time, sign up and get a 1 week FREE trial.

Best

Harry Toews

Hello Struggling Authors,

I'm trying to put a list together of authors supporting authors.

If you're interested in lowering your book's price to $0.99 on Saturday, October 5, let me know.

We're trying to get 20+ people who'll buy your book and you theirs. This will boost you up in your Top 100 and get you a lot of visibility for the whole weekend and a bit longer.

Here's a link showing how you can promote it, and get even more visibility:



Send me a message if you're interested and I'll add your name to the list.

It’s 2:30am and here I sit at the keyboard. Guess I took the news a bit harder than I thought. After all, as a writer, I, like most of you, have dealt with rejection time after time after time. You would hope that somehow you would get immune to it all, but you never really do. Rejection is part of the game. It is the from this bottle we all are forced to drink.

But we continue our path, knowing that in the end our obstinance and faith in ourselves will somehow prevail, and we will somehow win over our critics and meet with the success we imagine for ourselves. It is our lottery, our winning poker hand, our salvation and redemption.

And so, being mostly alone and unknown and operating in the shadows, we push and we pull and we know that if we push and pull enough, we’ll be OK. We just need to find like-minded people who share the same belief and the same ultimate goal. A place where there’s enough room for all at the table.

Hundreds, thousands of us, having gone down one alley after another, have come to rest in what we could believe to be a safe harbor; a forum that focuses on “Authors Supporting Authors.�� At least that’s what the headline says.

Being amongst your own, surely the word “no�� wouldn’t exist here. Surely, everyone else whose ship is docked in these waters will be of some help in the navigation of it all.

And so after the proper introductions, you join in on the conversations and try to be as much help as you can be to others, asking only that in return, you get a short respite from hearing the words, ”No, we’re sorry, but at this time…��

But here I sit at the keyboard and the clock now says 3:04am, not able to sleep as one more rejection notice has come in.

“I think it'd be best if you sit this one out; already there are a lot of the same books and you won't get any reviews.��

This message I recently received pertains to the anticipated October 5th swap. Having participated in the first two, I welcomed joining in on the exchange one more time.

But I only have one book. And that makes me poor. As we all scramble to catch the crumbs that fall, there seems to be no room at this table either.

The one story that I created and published may not be the most beautiful offspring, but it’s mine, and through all of the “no’s�� from some, and the sheer indifference of others, it managed to get out. Because it was there, inside, and it needed to have a life of its own. Isn’t that why any of us write?

But it is only one of one. It is all I have to show.

Think back to the many roads you have taken just to get here, the wasted time, the walls and the mazes. And you feel like that child in the back of the classroom constantly raising your hand because you know the answer, but are never called upon.

You’re not supposed to be there any more. You’re supposed to be with others who take a real interest in you. Others who can show the same scars in the same places as you. People who truly feel your pain only because they have felt the same sting.

I was hoping for that very thing when I first landed here, but as I see what lies beneath, this place resembles the last place, which resembled the last place��.

I am not naïve. All places have their own version of a pecking order. Here, this “Authors Supporting Authors�� place has its own as well, and you can be hit by some sort of prosaic drive by, or simply told “No�� at this place just as easily as any other place.

Here, those who have more published works seem to hold more sway because they have more options. I don’t need to be here for that. I get enough of that in the real world. I don’t need that from here.

"...and you won't get any reviews?��

I have not and do not look for reviews regarding the work I have published. I’m on my own for that. In the final analysis, if my work does not stand up on its own, then I will accept it.

But if I don’t get invited to play with the others, or called on, how will I ever move up in the classroom-seating chart and be seen? I am, like you, looking for sales, pure and simple. Reviews do not immediately move me up in the rankings so that my work can be seen by the reading public. But sales do. And the mass swaps help all of us do that. After that, as I said, I’m on my own. I just want the chance to be on my own.

The clock now says 4:40am and it’s time to go. At least I was able to play a couple of innings, and I want to sincerely thank those of you who have attempted to give aid and comfort to me on my journey. And I do thank those of you who have read my work and have graced it with some very kind words. Bless you for that.

Hello all! Have read some great books here and enjoyed doing several review swaps with fellow authors. Thank you to everyone.

If there are more of you out there interested in reading and swapping for an Amazon review on a non-fiction, here is my book link:


I like to emphasize to reviewers that this is non-fiction so be sure non-fiction is something you'd be interested in reading. I will read and review either....

Feel free to email me at [email protected] and put Review Swap in the Subject line. I can send a PDF version via email. Thanks again!

Regards,
Zari

Hi Tina,

Would you like to trade reviews? I can send you a .pdf.

Thanks,

Elly
To purchase For Love of a Cause or read a free sample, click here:
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Tina wrote: "The Pierce of Shadows is now FREE for Kindle until Monday! Would appreciate any reviews for Amazon and ŷ������. Thank you!

..."

Looking for new books to read and swap reviews. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Thanks,

Elly
To purchase For Love of a Cause or read a free sample, click here:
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