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Develop your author platformBook Description:

Transform Your Lifestyle and Your Opportunities 

With so much advice available on how to sell more books, it is essential to know what pieces to have in place first. Once these pieces are in place, you’ll have a solid foundation to build upon. 

In this Quick Guide you’ll discover how to develop the three primary legs of your Author Platform: your blog, your Facebook author fan page, and your author page on Amazon Author Central. Once these three elements are in place, you’ll be able to increase your visibility, reach more readers, and sell more books! 

The Build a Business with Your Book Quick Guide Series is designed to support authors in developing key areas of online book marketing as they develop online training and coaching programs based on the topic of their books. Building a business with your book can transform your lifestyle and bring you a great deal of personal and professional satisfaction as your message moves beyond the pages of your book, into the lives of the people who can benefit from your message. By doing this, you’ll not only earn many times the price of the book, you’ll help your readers to digest the material at a deeper level and support them in taking action on what they’ve learned.

My Thoughts:

D’vorah Lansk lays out a foundation for authors to build their author platform online.  She walks the authors the steps that should be taken to build a presence on Amazon, Facebook, Goodreads, and an author website.  None of these should be skipped to build a fairly comprehensive author platform.  She writes easy to follow and understand steps for the author to take action right away.

I would have liked to have seen more on social media included, such as Twitter but that is a small observation.  Though ‘Develop Your Author Platform is a short book of 54 pages, it packs a punch in terms of usable content to get authors on their way to getting noticed on the internet.

4.5/5

I received a Kindle version of this book for my honest review.

About D’vorah Lansky:Dvorah

D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed., Bestselling Author | Marketing Wizard

D’vorah is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online, along with several other books, including the Conversations About Marketing Series. She works with authors across the globe in effectively marketing their books online.

D’vorah’s third published print book has formed the foundation of an online training program for hundreds authors and virtual professionals across the globe. “21 Ways to Launch a Successful Virtual Book Tour” walks you through the process of taking your book on tour, across the globe, without leaving home!

She is the founder of the Build a Business with Your Book Author Community and the producer of the Annual Book Marketing Conference Online. You can connect with D’vorah at:
http://www.BuildABusinessWithYourBook.com

Click here to Buy Develop Your Author Platform for only $2.97 on Amazon

 

Giveaway Winners Galore

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on July 26, 2014
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Thanks so much to all the authors, publishers, and publicists for all of the awesome giveaways! They are so much fun to host and I know my readers appreciate them!!
Thanks to everyone who entered the following giveaways! Winners, please reply to the email I sent you today within 48 hours to claim your books. After 2 days you will be disqualified and a new winner will be picked. Rafflecopter picks all winners using Random.org.

Mating For Life by Marissa Stapley

The winner is Anne B.

The Stories We Tell by Patti Callahan Henry

The winner is Laura K.

GRAND CENTRAL: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion- Anthology

The winner is Anita Y.

THE HOUSE ON MERMAID POINT by Wendy Wax

The winner is Julia H. (already won)
Carl S.

Tempesta’s Dream by Vincent LoCoco

The winner is Marjorie T.

Best Supporting Role by Sue Margolis

The winner is Julia H.

The Summer Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Elizabeth Chadwick

The winner is Anne B.

WARS OF THE ROSES: STORMBIRD by Conn Iggulden

The winner is Anita Y.

Blade of the Samurai (The Shinobi Series II) by Susan Spann

The winner is Carl S. (already won)
Anne B.

EXPECTING by Ann Lewis Hamilton

The winner is Carl S.

Congratulations!

Cavendon HallBook Description:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic saga of intrigue and mystique set in Edwardian England.

Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children. Walter Swann, the premier male of the Swann family, is valet to the earl. His wife Alice, a clever seamstress who is in charge of the countess’s wardrobe, also makes clothes for the four daughters.

For centuries, these two families have lived side-by-side, beneath the backdrop of the imposing Yorkshire manor. Lady Daphne, the most beautiful of the Earl’s daughters, is about to be presented at court when a devastating event changes her life and threatens the Ingham name.

With World War I looming, both families will find themselves tested in ways they never thought possible. Loyalties will be challenged and betrayals will be set into motion. In this time of uncertainty, one thing is sure: these two families will never be the same again. Cavendon Hall is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her very best, and its sweeping story of secrets, love, honor, and betrayal will have readers riveted up to the very last page.

My Thoughts:

I have never read any of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s books before this.  I admit that I have always pegged her as a fluff writer of women’s fiction who appealed mostly to women my mom’s age.  However, I accepted a review copy because this book sounded like just the thing to fill the void I have waiting for the next season of ‘Downton Abby’.  In that regard, it met my expectations, to a degree.

Their are two families that live at Cavendon Hall, the aristocratic owners, the Inghams and those that serve them, the Swanns.  This has been so for centuries. The eldest daughter of the Inghams, has a terrible secret that the reader gets to experience with her and their are many other secrets revealed.

The Inghams and Swanns are very close and show affection for each other.  When each Swann is old enough, they take an oath to protect the Inghams, at all costs.  Such is the case with Cecily Swann.

“”You know the motto? The oath?”
“You will take it now, for the first time. And you will honor it all of your life.”
“Yes, ” I will.”  Cecily stretched out her arm and made a fist. “Loyalty binds me,” she said.
Charlotte stiffened her arm, clenched her fist, and put her hand on top of Cecily’s. “Loyalty binds me,” she repeated.  Alice followed suit.
“It’s done,” Charlotte said.  “you are sworn to protect the Inghams.  You must never fail.  No Swann ever has.””

So, I know what your thinking, “kind of unbelievable”, right?  Yes, my thought while I read the above passage myself.  In fact, I found myself having to suspend disbelief quite a bit while reading this book.  Despite that and the cotton candy, fluff contained between the covers, I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

Barbara Taylor Bradford captured the historical aspects well, especially that of World War I and the landscape. Though not totally believable, I did like the cast of characters, as well.  If you can overlook the fluff, etc.., I do recommend you read Cavendon Hall.  It is a fun trip into Edwardian England.

About Barbara Taylor Bradford:

Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE is one of the world’s best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. All 25 of her novels to date have been major worldwide bestsellers. Her 26th book, Playing The Game, will be published on October 12th by St. Martin’s Press.

Bradford was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire (UK) as the only child of Freda and Winston Taylor. She grew up in the Leeds suburb of Armley and after Town Street Church of England School worked in the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post before going into journalism. By the age of twenty she was the fashion editor of Woman’s Own Magazine and an editor and columnist on Fleet Street for the London Evening News.

Bradford’s books have sold more than eighty-two (82) million copies worldwide in more than ninety (90) countries and forty (40) languages. Ten (10) of her books have been made into miniseries and television movies, making her one of the best-selling authors over the last 30 years.

In April of 2003, Mrs. Bradford was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America alongside Mark Twain, Langston Hughes and Dr. Seuss. She was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen’s 2007 Birthday Honours list for her contributions to literature. Her original manuscripts are archived at the Brotherton Library at Leeds University, alongside the works of the Bronte sisters. In 2009, Barbara’s publishers began a worldwide 30th anniversary celebration of A Woman of Substance. The first annual Woman of Substance Awards took place on September 10th 2009 at the Dorchester Hotel in London. She lives in New York City with her husband, of 43 years, television producer Robert Bradford.

Her official website is: http://www.barbarataylorbradford.com/

Thanks to Ann-Marie Nieves of Get Red PR, I am giving away one print copy of Cavendon Hall. This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on August 8, 2014.  Please use Rafflecopter to enter.

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