Amazon Secrets FREE For Subscribing to Valuable Newsletter

Authors love to hate Amazon.com. Trouble is, we can't thrive without it. Sadly most authors and even publishers don't know how to effectively use the features Amazon offers -- especially the trick to achieving bestselling ratings. I don't want Frugal Book Marketing blog subscribers to be one of those folks.

Luckily, Aggie Villaneuva learned that stuff the hard way -- and she achieved two category bestsellers in 2010, each book in three separate categories! She freely shares that knowledge with us in her TWO white paper reports in ONE, "How Choosing Kindle Categories Wisely Got me Two Best Sellers This Year." Plus "How to Gain Bestseller Status in Amazon’s Print Bookstore Too."
Miraculously, (because Aggie is a peach!)  I'm offering it at no charge to authors willing to help other authors learn even more about the writing and publishing world by subscribing to my Sharing with Writers newsletter. One report for the author who recommends my newsletter. Another for the author who signs up. It doesn't get any better than that!

To qualify for this double gift, put SUBSCRIBE-FREE "AMAZON Secrets" REPORT in the subject line of an e-mail and send it to HoJoNews@aol.com. In the window of the e-mail, list the e-mail address of the recommending author and the new subscriber. Both authors will get an e-copy of Aggie's report back in their e-mail boxes. Easy as that!

PS: You'll also find the section on using Amazon in my The Frugal Book Promoter useful. Amazon isn't perfect but they are trying to be author friendly. And, I have to say, they've never been late with a royalty payment. Authors can't always say that about their publishers, can they? (-:

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Christian Author Promotion For Free Christian Book Marketing

Dear Christian Authors,

Would free marketing on 25 separate sites help you to promote your book? Would that free marketing help you to increases your online presence, possibly page ranking and placement on the major search engines? What if the marketing was for one full year, shared your book cover, a description of your book and a link back to your authors site, blog or authors page?

Join The Authors Page Now To Enter

1st Place: One Year Of Free Marketing On 25 Christian blogs.
2nd Place: One Year Of Marketing On 15 Christian blogs.
3rd Place: One Year Of Free Marketing On 10 Christian blogs.

How do I enter? Simple, become a active member of The Authors Page or sign in and follow us. Your membership automatically qualifies you in the drawing.

What is a active member? Become a blog author, place a post and share your book with our readers. It's free.

How do I become a follower? Simple, visit the blog, find the follow us section and sign in.

When will the drawing take place? Drawing and winners to be announced December 31st, 2010.

How will the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners be determined? That's simple, each member will receive a number assigned to them, all numbers will be placed in a hat and 3 numbers will be drawn for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Rules: Let's keep it simple. Your book must be a Christian book, you must have a authors site, authors blog or authors page.

The Authors Page
Email: kingdomexpansion1@gmail.com

How About Some Expanded Free Christian Book Marketing

Coming soon .... for the Christian author, a drawing for members of The Authors Page.

1st place free marketing (to be announced)
2nd place free marketing (to be announced)
3rd place free marketing (to be announced.

Become a member and follow The Authors Page.

Details to be announced soon ...

CBM Book Review, Imagine God

Title: Imagine God
Author: H. Eric Fearman
ISBN # 978-1-61638-221-6
Review Date: November 05, 2010

Reviewed By: Brenda of CBM Book Reviews
9.5 on a scale of 10.0 stars
“Imagine God” is one of those books that you will not want to put down. Like fresh manna from heaven, the book is masterfully and beautifully written, full of wise counsel, filled with life changing applications and is simply a blessing to read.

Author H. Eric Fearman, dispels darkness and ushers in God’s glorious light by revealing eternal biblical truths about mankind’s God given imagination from a biblical and practical perspective. The author brings to the forefront that all knowledge begins with God, His living Word and God’s plans and purposes in our lives. This book will enable every reader to take hold of powerful kingdom truths.

Carefully constructed through diligent meditation and instruction from God’s Holy word, “Imagine God” will not only encourage you on a deeper walk with God, but also stir your heart to dig deeper into God’s precious word. This book is a faith builder that will help to guide you into greater depths of God’s plans and purposes for your life. “Imagine God” shares pearls that open doors to kingdom principles and truths that will enable you to live a prosperous and abundant life through the simplicity of the understanding of who you are in Christ and the gifts that God has blessed you with.

If applied, the teachings in this book will not only change your inner life, but also cause an inner awakening to be birthed with in you. As someone who reads books authored by many within the body of Christ, “Imagine God” opened my heart to some fresh and exciting realities.

If you desire a closer walk with God, then read this book and allow yourself to embrace the powerful spiritual truths set forth. This book will enrich your life, expand your faith and provide you with fruit bearing seed from God’s Word.

God created us in His image and God created our imagination. This book through sound biblical insight built upon the scriptures that God, the creator of all things, created our imagination and works through our imagination is an excellent read. “Imagine God” describes the process of the mind of man whereby the renewal of the mind through God’s word will cause you to see yourself as God sees you and enable you to accomplish His will, His plans and His purposes for your life through accessing the imagination that God gave you.

This is a must read for every believer, those seeking a deeper relationship with God and is a blessing to the body of Christ.

Imagine God by H. Eric Fearman

Highly Recommended
9.5 stars on a scale of 10.0 stars
Review by: Brenda of CBM Book Review’s

Perfect Stocking Stuff for Budding Authors

The Great First Impression Book Proposal

Subtitle: Everything You Need to Know to Impress a Publisher in Twenty Minutes or Less
By Carolyn Howard-Johnson
ISBN 9781453690956
$6.95

First reviewed for Amazon by Robert Medak
Four of five stars

The Great First Impression Book Proposal is a book that all authors need to get past the gate keepers as Carolyn refers to them in her books. This book is by no means a step-by-step plan, but it does give you the basics for publishing your book.
The publishing industry has changed. In today’s environment, more is placed on the author to make a good impression on agents, editors, and publishers if they want to get their manuscript published.

The first impression is all you have to get the attention of those that hold the publishing purse strings. If you do not create something of value for their time and effort in your first impression your chances of becoming a published diminish greatly.

Carolyn’s The Great First Impression Book Proposal while not guaranteeing publishing does offer things that will aid you in the possibility of becoming published.

The Great First Impression Book Proposal is another in a series of little $6.95  pamphlets about various aspects of writing, editing, and publishing including Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers.


This is a book that anyone considering writing for publication should read. In fact, they should read all of Carolyn’s pamphlets about writing. Some may feel that they know the information in Carolyn’s pamphlets; even prose will find they are still a good source of information and review of what authors need to know about getting past the gatekeepers.
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The reviewer is an editor and reviewer.