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Excerpts from book reviews showing on Amazon page 1 Reply

When I look at my books page on my Kindle or iPhone excerpts from the customer reviews show before the actual reviews themselves but they don't show on my CPU. I'm not complaining because the…Continue

Started by George Cook. Last reply by Irina Shapiro 17 hours ago.

Do you giveaway? 10 Replies

I was looking at my blog timeline which shows me post updates for blogs that I follow, and noticed that many of the book blogs that I follow have giveaways. Is this essentially a way to lure people…Continue

Tags: win, blog, books, Giveaways

Started by TheBookPosh. Last reply by Melissa E 14 hours ago.

What are the steps to hosting a successful giveaway? 10 Replies

I own a huge number of romance novels and can no longer keep the due to space issues. I'd love to give them to people who will appreciate them and since I now have a blog I wanted to ask, would it be…Continue

Started by Adria Reyes. Last reply by Lola's Book Café 16 hours ago.

International bloggers and publishers 20 Replies

Do you know any publishers working with international bloggers? I know that US publishers mostly send arc only to US bloggers, UK publishers to Uk bloggers and so on. I don't want to work with my…Continue

Tags: ploggers, international, publishers, ARC

Started by Dominika (disincentive) Gołąb. Last reply by Eric T. Benoit yesterday.

Book Blog Tours—What are they? 31 Replies

Can anyone help me figuring out the whole book blog tour thing? In my research to query book blogger reviews, I found Innovative Book Tours Online (…Continue

Started by Olivia Boler. Last reply by Irina Shapiro 17 hours ago.

Giveaway Recomendations 10 Replies

I know this has been discussed on here before and reading a previous discussion helped me before.  I completed a goodreads giveaway for my first novel and it was easy to use and fun.  I then tried…Continue

Tags: rafflecopter, goodreads, marketing, giveaways

Started by Logan Grey. Last reply by Andrew Friedman May 18.

Bling for my blog??? 6 Replies

Hi All,I am looking to add some bling to my blog. I love when a reviewer adds something to the end of their reviewsex: 4 hearts, 3 stars, 2 lips, 1 and a half roses etc or things like the book was 4…Continue

Started by Kerry Pacious. Last reply by Brittany Weaver on Sunday.

How do I get more people to comment on my posts? 19 Replies

At the moment I have around 236 followers via GFC, but I still find it really hard to get comments on my blog. The number of pageviews I receive are fairly high giving me the impression that people…Continue

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Started by Laura Hartley. Last reply by Jennifer Patterson Prada on Tuesday.

Rules of the Book Blogs Ning 79 Replies

The administrators of the Book Blogs Ning have drafted up some rules for this group that we feel are for the protection of all our members. I would encourage you to read what we have written up and…Continue

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    As an author I love to read other authors' books as well. I love to read a book that have me hook from page one to the ending, and since there are millions of book out there, I like to choose a book by it's reviews. I hate to pick a book and then once I read it, I get bored and I feel like the book is dragging on. But how reliable are the reviews. I have found some books that's are 4 or 5 stars and found out that It wasn't a good book to me as well as some of the reviews that gave it 1 or 2…See More
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