Monday, May 17, 2010

Free Excerpts & Prizes Galore


Dare I become repetitious? Sharon has already announced the Samhain Authors Spring Showers event at Coffee Time Romance. However, something this cool bears repeating. It's going on all month with almost 80 authors participating and to participate we're all offering a prize.
Here's the link to my excerpt from SEDUCING THE SHERIFF.


http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/showthread.php?t=12995


The only catch is you have to comment in order to win a prize. No, I cannot remember what prize I'm offering. I signed up weeks ago, and the list for week 3's prizes hasn't gone up yet.


Why do we authors participate in such events? Now that's the big question. It's all about promotion and getting our names and work "out there." Coffee Time Romance is a huge review/reader site and they have many members who've probably never heard of some of us. This is our chance to garner new readers who might never have read or tried an e-book before.


So I'll be watching my stats this week and hopefully responding to all the comments from readers. It's all part of this wonderful job. Yes, writing is a job, but it's one for which I'm particularly suited.


ADDENDUM: The prize list is up, so I'm pretty sure my prize is a GC at Amazon.com.

Cheers,

Marie-Nicole
Believe in the dream... Beware the danger.
http://marienicoleryan.com/

2 comments:

Carolyn Matkowsky said...

Good luck with the promo, Marie-Nicole. I'll stop by Coffee Time Romance. It will be interesting to see your stats when the promo is finished.

Carolyn/Cara

Marie-Nicole Ryan said...

Thanks, Carolyn. It's not looking too promising. The hits on my web site down down yesterday from the day before, and the thing started yesterday.

I had a lot of views yesterday, but only eight comments.

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