Author: Catherine Lyon Author/Writer

Wait! Hold Up! Pay Hundreds of Dollars for a REVIEW? WHAT?

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Hello Authors, Writers, Readers, and Visitors,

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Now I won’t be a bad book promoter and name names, but I happen to come across a website while book promoting for one of my clients, and I happen to came across this:

 

How to Get Your Book Reviewed

1.) REQUEST A REVIEW

  • Request a review by simply clicking the Get Started link. You’ll provide as much information as possible about your book, choose whether you want to send us a printed (mailed) or digital (uploaded) submission, select either standard service (7-9 weeks) or express service (4-6 weeks) and pay for your review (standard service $425, express service $575). When you submit your order, you’ll get a response from the BLANK Indie team confirming receipt of your request.
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Now why would you go and pay that kind of money to have a company read and do a review for your book? Man, I could be out promoting your book, do a review, and post the reviews on all the sites your book is for sale on for 6 times over for that price! Authors, there are plenty of FREE places to get your books reviewed. Many book bloggers will read and post a fabulous review on their book blog, and like myself, as part of any purchased book promoting plan, I offer reviews as part of the package.

Then I also go place your review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GoodReads, and any other place you’d like that your book is for purchase. If your going to pay good money like this amount above? They better give you a Gold Plated Certificate Book Review for that price!
Now I don’t mean any disrespect to this service, but my own personal feeling is you can get more out of book promoting for that kind of money spent then just one book review.

I am putting together a promo page here on my book blog that will list many free services offered to help get reviews for your books, free promo sites you can list your books, free press releases, and much more on how to help you promote your books. And yes, I have gotten very good results with all the ones I’ll have listed. There are a few place that may cost a small investment, but those sites will help with wonderful results and exposure of your books.

My page should be up in few more days, but until then, here is a great place to start for free if you “Click Here On My Invite Link to About.me.com . . . https://about.me/invite/code/86db8d1e68d148c207848c3aa7c3aa48

This website has a great community of Authors, Writers, Book Bloggers, and most importantly, readers! Readers come to look for new authors and their books! You can make a beautiful Author/Book Bio page using your book cover as your background, a little photo of yourself, and a full “Edit” page to make an easy page with colors, fonts, and tools to show off your books! It is also a Global Community, so even better exposure! Here is my other business About.me page I made for my book promoting:
https://about.me/invite/code/6a3339023ee44f3836dfac7f1b46fb75

You can click on either link and get your page free! They also have social media sharing links to add all your social media link address to all your sites, and you can even link your own Author Website or Blog Feed to your page, so when you post an update?, it will show up on your About.me page feed automatically! All these tools for FREE.

So please, don’t waste money like the above example for one paid review! Come back and visit my soon to be live “Book Promoting & Social Media Tips” page and learn how you can find your readership and Book Reviewers at NO COST to you.

HAPPY BOOK PROMOTING!
Lyon Book Promotions ~ Author, Catherine Lyon
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“I’m Honored Each Year to be In Remembrance ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

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“I Have a DREAM” . . . . Oh Yes he surely Did”. . .
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“We all are human beings with the same color blood. We all have feelings, a heart, a soul, and all of us bleed RED,. . .
NO matter the color of our skin, we are all God’s Children and will be in the same Heaven”. . .
~Author, Catherine Townsend-Lyon~
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A Guest Blog Re-share by Deborah of Dancing Palm Trees & Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit & By Original Blog share, Lionel Sneed of  https://LionelSneedDailyInspiration.wordpress.com/

“We celebrate the man, the life and the legacy”

Dr__Martin_Luther_King_Jr_(1)“Every now and then a once in a life time figure evolves into eternity. We love you Dr. King!” – Lionel Sneed

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To God be the Glory, Amen.

“Let’s all please remember him Today”. . . . Author, Catherine Townsend-Lyon and Lyon Book Promotions . . .

Guest Author Spotlight~Meet Author, Ellie Pulikonda & her book, Split Second.

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Hello Readers and New Friends,

 

I’m very happy to introduce a new author to all my readers and blog friends. I’m pleased to share ‘Author Ellie Pulikonda’ and her fantastic book titled, Split Second, now available online on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Ellie found me and was needing to have a wee bit of help with promoting her new book, so she can stay busy writing, and I can tell she is a delightful woman. And she is very serious about her craft as a writer, and the few months her book has been out, she has over 25 Amazon Fabulous Reviews already! I have added her book to my Goodreads book list and surely can not wait to read it myself.

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Product Details

Split Second ~ by Ellie Pulikonda

About The Book:

We all know of families that seem to be golden.  Life touches them lightly and success is the norm.  But when such a family is faced with a potential tragedy, the seemingly perfect relationships break open to reveal flaws and shortcomings.

Liz Reynolds is the only daughter in such a family. Her attempted suicide forces her parents to examine how they have contributed to her desperate act. Old secrets they have kept from each other and from their daughter threaten every facet of their seemingly perfect lives. Do they have the courage to admit their own shortcomings in order to save Liz?

“Richard heaved a sigh of relief. Liz would get help, and he wouldn’t have to witness any more scenes like the one he had walked in on this afternoon. Maybe it was going to work out all right”.

When do a family’s secrets become too dangerous to keep? Find out in Ellie Pulikonda’s shocking debut novel, Split Second.

About The Author:
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A prolific writer right out of the literary gate, Author Ellie Pulikonda’s first book is destined to be an Amazon Best Seller! With more than 20 Amazon Reviews already, Ellie has shown her literary strength with her very first book release of ~ Split Second. . .

Born in the Pacific Northwest of  Kennewick, Washington and graduated from Kennewick High School, Ellie went on to several colleges earning her degrees:
Knox College, Galesburg, IL BA, education ~University of Illinois, MA,Library Science University of Illinois, MS, Adult Education. She has been writing for work and pleasure for sometime now.

“I write for the pure joy of writing. At first, it was diaries, journals, and musings; then I graduated to short newspaper articles, some unpublished but staged mystery/comedy plays, scripts for amateur musical productions and now books”.

My life has encompassed many quite varied activities. I have worked in an attorney’s office, a travel agency, a welfare office, a newspaper office, as a teacher, a librarian, and finally as the director of a public library in Tipton, IN.  I am or have been a mother, daughter, single parent, wife, widow, partner, a grandmother and even a great-grandmother. Writing has been the one constant through all of these roles. So what are her literary goals as a writer for her books?

“My hope is that my readers will enjoy my books, and also be prodded to think about the actions and motives of my characters, to question their choices and why they made them, and to see the characters with greater insight”. . .

Soon Ellie will be blogging again, so keep your eyes out for that. I’ll be showcasing her blog/website very soon. You can however connect with her on her Goodreads Author profile here: http://www.goodreads.com/ElliePulikondaAuthor/
And now on here new Facebook Author Like Page too!
https://www.facebook.com/SplitSecond.ElliePulikonda/likes?ref=page_internal
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Here Is What Amazon Reviewers Are Saying:

“Ellie has written an engrossing psychological mystery. The characters are very realistic and well-developed. I was involved in the story and couldn’t wait to see what happened next. The plot was well paced so there were surprises throughout the novel. I hope Ellie writes many more novels”.
“A must-read mystery with great depth of characters”!

“I love mysteries and this one has every element, making it a great read! Keeping you guessing until the end, it gives you just enough little clues along the way for the weary reader. But in addition to being a mystery, it also explores the psyche of the characters and their relationships, giving the novel a richness and depth to it. Yes, this is definitely a “page-turner”, but it also is a book that gets you thinking”!
“Great, suspenseful read”!

So don’t wait, go grab your copy of this excellent new read before there all gone! It should be what your reading today. I hope you all enjoyed meeting and learning more about Author, Ellie Pulikonda, and I thank her for letting me share all about her here on my book blog.
http://www.amazon.com/Split-Second-Ellie-Pulikonda-ebook/dp/B00KUEB01E

 

 

 

A Happy New Year Free E-book Read by Author, A. R. Tirant ~ Echoes from the Oasis.

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Hello Readers, Friends, and New Visitors,

Let us all celebrate the New Year with author, A.R. Tirant with a free e-book promotion! Starting today for 5 days you can read her beautiful Historical Romance Novel for free from Amazon Kindle. And to add a little spice to this awesome event? I’m running a contest along with the it. Please check out all the details on my “Contests for Readers page in a few days and learn how you can Win! All you need to do right now is go grab the free e-book and start reading. Then come back on Jan 7th to learn how to enter here on my blog. Here is how to get a copy of her e-book.

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We are pleased to offer “Echoes from the Oasis” free from Monday 05 January 2015 for 5 days. Please go to any amazon online sites to download or click on the links above… Have fun and happy reading everyone . . .
Just download at Amazon online sites and get your e-book copy today!

A Update on  1/6/2015 . . . WOW! Rosie’s e-book was downloaded 698 books in ONE DAY!
Now just made Amazon’s Best Seller List! HAPPY READING.
Read & Review Contest Now Open ~ See Contest Page.
About The Author:
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Rosie Tirant-Longhurst, aka A.R. Tirant, was born in the Seychelles in November 1958, the daughter of a policeman and the eldest in a family of four brothers and four sisters. She grew up on the northern coast of Mahe island, in the tiny seaside village of Beau-Vallon. Her working life started in 1975 as a nurse at Mahe’s Victoria Hospital, followed thereafter by a career in the Hotel Industry. She emigrated to England in 1995 and now lives in West Sussex with her husband. She has two grown-up sons and a granddaughter.

Rosie wasn’t born with a pen in her hand, far from it. Life growing up was hard and strict. The home comforts we all now take for granted were but a dream for the young girl whose days were divided between household chores, cooking, cleaning and looking after her young siblings. Water for all the household use had to be carried from a stream, with one hand holding a pail on her head, and the other keeping a second pail from spilling.

Education only happened because it was the one way of getting some rest during the daytime, even if the chores still had to be done by the light of a coconut oil lamp. They were difficult times… times when she would lean against the pillar of the outdoor kitchen waiting for dinner to cook in the large black pots, staring at the tropical skies and marvelling at the diamond beauty of the scattering of stars above, and all the while wishing for a different life…

‘Echoes from the Oasis’ is her debut novel which will be followed by other titles in the same series.

There is a “Read & Review Contest” along with this Fabulous Giveaway! If you were lucky enough to be readers who grab a free e-book download of this wonderful novel? Please do a review for A.R. Tirant and then go to my “Reader Contest Page and Enter to Win 1 of 3 Prizes! The e-book free giveaway ends  tonight at midnight! The review contest is Jan 7th thru Jan 30th 2015. . .

Happy Reading!
Lyon Book Promotions ~ Author Catherine Lyon

WordPress Presents: “Lyon Book & Social Media Promotions Blog 2014 In Review”! ~ How Did We Do?

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. WOW! And what a short but busy year!! I’m proud to have BOTH my blogs here on WordPress. They truly are the Best Hosting Site to have your Website or Blog. What are you waiting for? Come join the Fun & Features on your own New Year Blog on WordPress!!
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Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,200 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Now I’m not sure why WordPress hasn’t sent me my 2014 in Review for my Recovery Blog? But come on over and see how I share HOPE to others in recovery from Gambling, Alcohol, and all other addiction types!
http://CatherineLyonAddictedToDimes.wordpress.com

God Bless All and Have a Happy Blessed New Years!!
*Cat*