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October 1, 2011
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs! Associated with the multi award - winning series of HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com


From the Desks of
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
and Sharing with Writers Subscribers

In the spirit of the advice I give in the Frugal Editor - - that is to use an extra pair of eyes whenever possible - - this newsletter is voluntarily copyedited by Mindy Phillips Lawrence ~ mplcreative1@aol.com ~ www.freewebs.com/mplcreative. I also tell writers to be patient with other writers when they make editing boo - boos. We're all human. This letter comes out weekly (except when I'm traveling or on deadline) and it's long!
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Contents
Regular Features
~Note from Carolyn: Lessons Learned about Launches
~Letters - to - the - Editor
~Thank Yous (where you also find leads and great resources!)
~Tips and News Galore! (They're scattered, you'll just have to find
them!)
~Opportunities (You may find them in a couple places.)
~On Poetry
~Author Successes
~Mindy Lawrence's Itty Bitty Column: Mise en Place for Writers
~Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
~Wordstuff ™

This Issue

~Q&A a la Ann Landers: What the heck is this f r ^^ business?
~Q&A a la Ann Landers: More on those QR codes!

Join me
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Note from Carolyn

Dear Subscribers:

Many of you know, I believe in owning up. It’s part of the major tenets of good public relations. So I’m owning up.

As the author of The Frugal Book Promoter (http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo) and other award - winning books in the HowToDoItFrugally series of books, I probably shouldn’t have made any mistakes with the online launch of the second edition. And I probably wouldn’t have if I had been taking my own advice.

In the first edition of The Frugal Book Promoter I warned people that it’s never too early to begin promoting a book. That was years ago! Sometimes we need a boot in the pants to remember what we already know. I shouldn’t have waited so long to begin making lists and checking them twice!

And since that first edition was published I had built a great platform that I thought would be sufficient. That brings me to my biggest mistake. Hubris. We authors who have been around awhile are often sure that we can rely on what we have done and who we already know. My contact list included Denise Cassino, an online launch specialist (www.mybestsellerlaunch.com), and I knew I could rely on her. I have a huge contact list I had been collecting assiduously. What more did I need?

Well, The Frugal Book Promoter also warns authors to categorize their lists. Which I did. But I didn’t have a specific category for the kinds of writers and people who run writers’ services I could ask for bonuses.

Bonuses are those things that we offer people when they buy our book on a certain day to try to raise our sales rank. I pulled together a great bunch of bonuses, but after the fact I kept remembering folks I could have asked so it wasn’t nearly as long as it could have been. These bonus partners help an author get the word out (online) about your book, so that was a big no - no.

Further, I took a vacation just before the launch so I hadn’t given myself much thinking time. Again hubris. I thought I could do it in little time, even though I had never done an online launch like this before. I had launches before, of course. One for my novel at the Autry Museum of Western History. One for my book of creative nonfiction at my home. Several at bookstores for chapbooks of poetry. But they were realtime launches. This online launch was different. Launches designed to raise ratings at online bookstores are done online and needed lots of techy expertise. At least I knew that I needed Denise!

I reiterate in most of my how - to books that getting publicity and doing promotion is a partnership. The people an author or publisher hires to help them can’t do it on their own. They need both ideas and cooperation from the author.

Services for online launches are like a bowl of minestrone. They come in different sizes, at different prices. The different ingredients are designed to do different things for the health of your book. The more you know about them before you start, the easier it will be to make choices based on the time you have, the money you have and the needs of your particular book.

I knew that when you hire any publicist, you aren’t just buying services. You’re buying their network, their contacts. Their Rolodex is at least as important as their expertise. I didn’t know how much I could do to support Denise because the word “online” mislead me. It seemed so…well, automated. I was right but I was also wrong. No matter what your expert’s level of expertise, the author is still always a vital ingredient. They bring the personal stuff to the launch buffet.

I also had a grasp of how to promote on online bookstores but I still needed Denise to lead me through lots of little things I didn’t know. Luckily, time wasn’t so short she couldn’t do that. Stuff like getting one’s Kindle edition and paperback edition connected. Things like getting your book into a suitable Amazon category with as little competition as possible. Things like running a “like” and “tag” campaign before you even begin the launch. If you don’t know about those things, you need some help, too. Yes you do.

I thought this campaign would be lots less work than a book tour. Let me tell you, after two days focusing on online sales, I was exhausted. On the night of my launch I fell into bed at 8 pm. I know people who have stayed up all night checking ratings. I am inspired by their stamina but not about to emulate it!

So, was my campaign a success? That’s the other thing I learned. Online launch campaigns are just like marketing in general, though they can be measured more accurately. When you hit #1 in Amazon’s sales ratings you’ve made it. But is that really your only goal? I don’t think it is. My book hit a very low (and fantastic!) rating of 1,422 (the lower the better) in overall books but never made it to #1 in its category. #4 was the best we could do for a book in the competitive category of marketing. Here’s what the campaign did:

1. It gave me new opportunities to connect. Even a mistake we made with the bonuses gave me a chance to reconnect with people who had already ordered The Frugal Book Promoter.
2. The new names of opt - in writers I collected were worth their weight in marketing gold.
3. The new partners who contributed to the bonuses the campaign offered—well, that was more than worth the effort.
4. Oh, yeah! At least for some time, my book beat Stephen King’s On Writing, a moment even noncompetitive me shall cherish! Mmmm. And a couple Writer’s Digest market books!

Online book launches are like anything else in marketing. They’re about branding. They’re about exposure. They’re about networking. They’re about sharing. Most of all they’re about learning more and having some fun. Marketing in all its aspects is a vital part of publishing. An online book launch is a way to learn to love it.

Happy Writing, Editing and Promoting
Carolyn


PS: Because of our little online launch booboo (we didn’t get Bookbuzzr.com listed in the bonus!) we extended the time for bonuses to be available. They include bonuses from folks like Linda Barnett - Johnson, Denise, Dan Poynter, Kathleen Gage, D’vorah Lansky and even some full book offerings! You get all that plus all the new stuff in the second edition of Frugal Book Promoter that wasn’t in the first edition for Amazon’s discounted price of a little over $12.! Go to

http://bit.ly/qHi6DZ

to see the bonuses.

PPS: The Christmas chapbook of poetry that Magdalena Ball and I coauthored just won the silver award of excellence from the Military Writers’ Society of America. We are so excited. Find the list of winners here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/153409308990/doc/10150330613203991/

but also please consider this beautiful chapbook with artwork by Vicki Thomas as an unusual Christmas card for people on your Christmas list. It is the perfect card size and we offer a considerable discount from its $6.95 paperback price for orders of 25 or more. Learn more about it at
www.howtodoitfrugally.com/more_on_blooming_red.htm

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Thanks to Carolyn Howard - Johnson for her honesty about the ups - and - downs she had with her current book launch. Because she told us her successes AND failures, she’s allowed her readers to learn much more.
~ Mindy Phillips Lawrence
www.freewebs.com/mplcreative



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Needing something more meaningful for the celebrations in your life? Something that stays within your budget? Check out Cherished Pulse (www.budurl.com/CherishedPulse) ($6.95) for someone you love. Try Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions for the men in your life. Sure, they like fusses made over them, too! (www.budurl.com/Imagining) ($6.95). She Wore Emerald Then (www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook) ($12.95), for mothers and other women, Deeper in the Pond, for the feminists in your life—both men and women (www.budurl.com/DeeperPond) ($6.95) and Blooming Red (www.budurl.com/BloomingRed), to use as Christmas cards or incidental holiday gifts. Plan next Christmas early. And ask about my special price on chapbook/cards purchased in bulk! All these chapbooks are from the Celebration Series of poetry from Magdalena Ball and me.
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Letters - to - the - Editor

Dear Carolyn:

Thanks very much for your e - mail and the very helpful advice it contains (it wouldn't have occurred to me that replying to a comment on my review would increase traffic to it!). I have now done as you suggested and replied to your comment on Amazon (here is the link, if you want to have a look: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3CA32J8J503T4/ref=cm_cr_rev_detup_redir?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx32TCFUF4QMC7E&cdPage=1&asin=1463743297&newContentNum=2&store=books&cdThread=Tx2QLV5ZA0GRNG8&newContentID=Mx1O2RJG2BTCCCK#MxL8FNDXZMNHCE .

I know there is much more I could be doing to promote my book on social networking sites (but I find the necessary frequency of the updates rather daunting at the minute) and via other means; yet I feel I've made quite some progress and most of it is down to you and The Frugal Book Promoter (both editions). I have learnt a lot from you over the last year or so, which I appreciate very much.

Very best wishes,
Mark Logie,
Award - winning - poet and short - story writer,
Author of Storm Troopers TZ9,
Website: http://www.abctales.com/user/markihlogie


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My review blog is my gift to authors. It’s a place for you to honor authors and books you’ve loved with a review. It’s a place to recycle the review of your own book, the one you love most. It’s f r ^ ^. Submission guidelines are in the left column at www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. =============================================

Tip: At last, iUniverse has jumped into the water; they are in the process of reformatting ALL of their ebooks to sync with Kindle, along with all other e - book readers. Thus, buyers of iUniverse books can now get the Kindle version on Amazon and iUniverse authors, like me, can be part of the mainstream; I’m sure that was one huge negotiation! ~Submitted by Patricia Kokinos, author of ANGEL PARK, in its second iUniverse STAR edition, at http://ChangeTheSchools.com and on Amazon at http://tiny.cc/AngelParkAmz .


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Please paste this little blurb - - perhaps with a little endorsement - - in your newsletter or Web site: To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com or go to www.howtodoitfrugally.com for an auto subscribe box. Let me know you did it so I can do something similar for you on my Resources for Readers page at www.howtodoitfrugally.com.
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In the News: One reader (our Mindy) says, “It looks like this big publisher is getting into the self publishing business!) Wow! A must read about how the publishing world is changing! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/business/media/perseus - creates - new - service - for - authors - seeking - to - self - publish.html?_r=2&src=rechp



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This is the only site I know that can help novelists, screenwriters, and playwrights get noticed by directors and producers. It’s BooksToFilm and it’s run by iFOGO’s Gene Cartwright. It isn’t as frugal as I’d like, but there are times it pays to spend a little. One of those times would be if our investment leads to something big: http://www.ifogo.com/buy/order_chj.html .
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Tip: Did you notice that the headline to this letter has changed slightly. I was reading Book Business magazine and they suggest that publishers pubt “prominent links to your socil media efforts in every newsletter you send.” This letter has been helping writers since well…long before Facebook and Twitter. It just hadn’t dawned on me. So this is your reminder, too!


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My blog, War, Peace, Tolerance and Our Soldiers is where I get to nag and rag and try to make things better for our troops and maybe for the world. It includes a segment of frugal ways to help our troops and veterans. I'd love to have you leave a comment. www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com
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Author Successes

Rules for this Section: Only subscribers’ successes are listed in this section.
Thus, I do not pick up news of new releases or awards from general media releases for
there is usually no way for me to know those releases come from subscribers.
If you have an Author Success, please identify yourself as a subscriber in the subject line
of your e - mail. Something like: MEDIA RELEASE: Subscriber’s Success


Aaron Lazar Wins String of Awards...
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Here is his letter about this great ride:
Hey, Carolyn!

Just "liked" and tweeted per your request - always happy to do what I can to add to the chorus of cheers for your work!

Healey's Cave has been bringing me some nice surprises this year! After winning a lovely Noble Prize from you, it went on to win and place in the finals in all these awards: WINNER 2011 Eric Hoffer BEST Book, COMMERCIAL FICTION * FINALIST EPIC Awards 2011* GRAND PRIZE FINALIST Eric Hoffer Book Award 2011 * FINALIST Global eBook Awards 201.

It's so nice to be validated in this way. That little green marble has taken me far! ;o)

Best of luck with all your books and endeavors!

Aaron


Humorist Gordon Kirkland’s Christmas Book…
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…could easily top your list of “Christmas gifts that can be given to everyone from the postman to the hard - to - buy for man in your life!) Here is his recent blast to folks he knows. It may be a template you’ll want to keep and emulate when your book comes out! Hi folks:
My new Christmas - theme novel, The Plight Before Christmas came out last weekend on Amazon, and almost immediately hit the Top 100 Kindle Books for Christmas List. The book is also available in paperback.

The story is set largely in the early 1960’s, and it follows a family as they face a variety of comedic calamities and disasters leading up to the holiday.
We believe that at $13.99, signed copies of the book, would make great gifts for stocking stuffers, hostess gifts, client gifts, or presents for those in - laws that are hard to buy for every year. Everyone who orders the paperback version of the book can receive a signed custom bookplate for each book in their order, simply by forwarding a copy of their Amazon purchase confirmation to booksales@gordonkirkland.com.

So, about that favour, could you please pass the word along to all of your contacts, to let them know about the availability of the book, and the bookplate offer. Your help in getting this book off to a great start would be greatly appreciated. The book is available from Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/Plight - Before - Christmas - Gordon - Kirkland/dp/1461188989/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_6.
(Note: American buyers can get free shipping by ordering two or more copies.)

All the best
Gordon Kirkland
gordon@gordonkirkland.com
www.gordonkirkland,com


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Book Proposal Help: The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything
You Need To Know To Sell Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less is now an
e - book or paperback booklet (Only $6.95). Find it at
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In the News: Amazon is finally getting their marketing right. Read that “public image” as well as “sales.” They're partnering with California rather than fighting them. This kind of partnership is best for retailing in general. That includes books. And best for Amazon. I don’t know why they keep getting their public relations wrong. By partnering, they get to bring thousands of jobs to California (along with lots of positive publicity in California as the process develops!) and increase their distribution centers in a huge economy. That means more sales of merchandise (like food) that must be delivered immediately. Readers won’t mind that faster service, either. ~ From an article in the business section of the LA Times

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Tip: Diana Raab, one of my fellow instructors at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, blogs about the relatively new terms “autobiographical fiction” and “fictional memoir” and what they mean: http://dianaraab.com/blog/2011/08/30/autobiographical - fiction - vs - fictional - memoirs/


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I’ve reworked my Web site. Please use the huge Resources for Writers section http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/links_for_writers.htm. And please let me know if you find broken links. I need your help! =================================================


Tip: If you are a publisher or publish your own books you might want to download Book Business mag’s f r ^^ - bies—21 Tips for Book Publishers to Build an Efffective Social Media Strategy, www.bookbusinessmag.com/whitepapers/21tips/


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I am journalist in residence at Book in Sync, which means you can find my articles in their newsletter each month and even access old ones in the archives. Go to http://www.booksinsync.com/booksinsyncjournalist.html.
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In the News: Amazon introduced competition for iPAD at a much lower price. It’s called the Kindle Fire. Imaginative branding! But what really interested me was that the LA Times said “…the world’s largest online retailer brings to its Fire a huge library of movies, music and books—content that no other iPad rival can match.” This kind of thing is why I advise authors to hate Amazon if you must but, as my mom said, “Don’t cut your nose off to spit your face!” Hate it fine, but play the game for the good of your book.


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Subscribers who have websites or newsletters of their own may be interested
in the F r ^^ Articles 4 Readers and Writers on my site, http://howtodoitfrugally.com/free_content.htm . I try to add new articles to it frequently. If you don't see what you need for your blog or newsletter, just ask. HoJoNews@aol.com.
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On Poetry
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This is a running feature for the poets among us and those who would like to try writing poetry but feel . . . well, inadequate about the writing or the promotion. Please send in your poetry tips and resources for this section.

Swedish Poet Awarded Nobel . . .
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…late but better late than never. Tomas Transtromer is 80, has had a stroke that took most of his ability to speak and put him in a wheelchair. He’s known for his skill for “making fine, oncentrated observations without ducking larger questions [including] themes of memory again and death.”


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Endorsement: I wanted to tell you how your workshops, reading your newsletter, and just chatting with you has been a great help to me. I have a background in marketing from the fashion world and even though it has helped me get my foot in the door, I honestly have to say that after getting to know you, reading your books, and everything else I just said has truly helped me put Stories for Children Magazine on the map. ~ VS Grenier, Founder and Editor - in - Chief Stories for Children Magazine. http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org.
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Editing Tip: Do you know how to TRACK using your word processor? This is a handy tool for editing. It’s especially useful for letting more than one person at a time peruse your work and give you suggestions because each can use a different color font. What a time - saver just as you get really eager to get your book to your agent or into print! The Frugal Editor (www.budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor) gives details on how to use this function with Word, but those who use other programs can get what they need with the little “help” button in their program—whatever that program happens to be.


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Ta Da! E - books are great tools for promotion
http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/ta - da - e - books - are - great - tools - for - promotion/
The Anatomy of a Free (Read that Promotional!) E - Book
http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/the - anatomy - of - a - free - read - that - promotional - e - book/
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Q&A a la Ann Landers

Ticked Off with F r ^ ^ and Other Yukky Squiggles? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

SUGGESTION:

Carolyn - - I still don't get your "FR^^* " ($%#^&*) notation in your newsletters. Yes, it gets my attention. No, I don't understand the purpose. Yes, it distracts me from the rest of the text and annoys me. FYI. - - Rich
Rich Moser
rich@transcendentalastrology.com


ANSWER:

Glad for your input, Rich. It's an opportunity for us all to discuss this and learn something from it. Yep, those squiggles mean “fr ^ ^.” But when one sends out anything on the Web with the word fr ^ ^ in it (even things like this note to you), it often goes to spam folders or doesn't get there at all. Thus, the idea is to trick the censors and their filters. There are lots of other words that cue programs to do this, too, by the way.

So, to make a long story short. My attempt at fooling the filters isn’t likely to go away. I hope what I share with you in my Sharing with Writers newsletter is worth getting it through the filter so you at least get a chance to get…well, annoyed! ( - : Would F R @@ annoy you less?

AND, I hope that now you know its purpose, it helps you when and if you do any mass mailings.

NOW, may I have permission to use your question in my newsletter? With or without attribution to you? F R x x anything probably annoys a whole lot of people. ( - :

CHJ


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In the News: Jon Krakauer blew the whistle on fellow author Greg Mortenson for alleged inaccuracies in his book on building schools in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Controversy can be good for marketing but charges of plagiarism and…mmmm, exagerations…are one thing we want to avoid. That’s why I covered plagiarism—both accidental and intentional—in the new expanded and updated edition of The Frugal Book Promoter (www.budurlc.com/FrugalBkPromo). That section also warns against letting the fear of plagiarism curtail your writing career.


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Are you confused about how to credit facts or quotes when you write articles or nonfiction? Check out my Frugal, Smart and Tuned - In Editor blog: http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/10/q - la - ann - landers - academic - accreditation.html
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Tip: www.twitpic.com lets you upload images to Twitpic so you can link to them from your Twitter accounts. It even tracks the number of views the photo gets. Neat, huh?


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Yes, I do consult. I tailor my fees to your needs - - everything from coaching to full edits (sorry no partial edits) to hour consultations to help you with your marketing campaign or your path to publishing. http://budurl.com/carolynsconsulting
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Tip: Denise Cassino, my book launch expert (www.mybestsellerlaunch.com), says, “If you buy books or anyone you know says they'll buy books, don't buy in bulk, bulk sales count as one sale on your Amazon ratings.”



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Recent guest blog posts: BookBuzzr.com’s regular blog for writers: http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/your - stepping - stones - to - credibility/
`Recent podcast links: Elemental Musings from Bev Walton - Porter of Scribe and Quill: http://budurl.com/waltonporter
Talking with Funky Writer Rob Batista about starting a career, promoting the hard - to - promote genres:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefunkywriter/2010/07/30/the - funky - writer - radio - show - episode - 74
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Q&A a la Ann Landers

Using QR Codes in E - Books?

Question on a Blog I Do at BookBuzzr:
1. Great info, Carolyn. I’ll share this everywhere! Authors need to know stuff like this.
Is there QR code automatically embedded in some of the more interactive of the conversion softwares, such as epub?

I’ll definitely check out your link for getting a f r ^ ^ QRCode. Thanks again for all your informative articles and books. Very helpful!

Aggie Villaneuva

Answer:

To make this as simple as possible, Aggie. A QR (quick response) code can direct people to ANYTHING you can put on a Web page, an autoresponder or on a recording for a phone line (and maybe a lot more. If you go to the new edition of the The Frugal Book Promoter, I know you have a copy! - - www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo), it gives you lots more information on this. Once you start to explore the sites where you sign up for a free code, you'll see what I mean. I know you are tech savvy. This is going to be a cinch for you.

BTW, I’m suggesting here you make that discount more than 10% on your new e - book. I know you'll get many more results from the campaign if you do. Or do a double - bubble. 10% Off and a FR ^ ^ white paper. I know you have tons of those!

And, I'd use QR Codes to lead to:
• Discounts
• Resources
• The buy pages of your other books (you are listing your other books in the backmatter, aren't you?)

Having said that, I think the greatest use for them is to expose a lot of material to people who don't have time for a lot of material - - people on the run with their smartphones in their pockets. ( - :

Best,
Carolyn


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Here is a list of small publishers for your consideration: www.howtodoitfrugally.com/small_publishers.htm
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Thank Yous


Thanks to the First Lady of First Ladies …. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
. . .for a great review of the new (expanded and updated!) Frugal Book Promoter on Suite 101:
http://feather - schwartz - foster.suite101.com/the - frugal - book - promoter - - - a - book - review - a390639 Please go by and “Like” it. Doing this kind of thing - - especially comments - - can improve your search engine optimization (SEO) when you leave your Web address. It helps your exposure in other ways, too. Yes it can!
~ Feather Schwartz Foster is an independent historian - lecturer, who focuses on the "old" First Ladies - Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, to be specific. She teaches for the Christopher Wren Association, affiliated with the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. She has written four books: "LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities," (historical fiction); "Garfield's Train", historical fiction, "T: An Auto - Biography," (children) and most recently, "The First Ladies," (nonfiction).

Thanks to Gene Cartwright . . .
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . . . for posting his review of the new edition of The Frugal Book Promoter on the front page of iFOGO Village: http://ifogovillage.ning.com/group/bookpromotion/forum/topics/ \He’s even made a forum out of this review, so his members can ask questions!

Thanks to Patricia Fry . . .
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. . . the mother of Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN), for quoting my the new edition of The Frugal Book Promoter in her blog on plagiarism. I know even those subscribers who have been in the publishing industry for a very long time will find this post and her blog useful. Find it at http://www.matilijapress.com/publishingblog/?p=1388#comment - 11131 Learn more about her books for writers at www.matilijapress.com .

Thanks to Kingdom Expansion . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…for publishing my most recent release on the launch (including lots of free bonuses!) of the new Frugal Book Promoter on several of its kingdom of blogs:
http://authorspressed.blogspot.com/
http://author - book - online - magazine.blogspot.com/
http://global - prayer - needs.blogspot.com/
http://author - book - magazine.blogspot.com/

To learn more about Smitty’s promotion service send an e - mail to kingdomexpansion1@gmail.com


Thanks to Morgan St. James . . .
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…mystery writer, for giving The Frugal Book Promoter a boost in the L.A. Examiner Spotlight and her October Writers’ Tricks of the Trade newsletter. Here’s one of them: http://www.examiner.com/writing - in - los - angeles/spotlight - los - angeles - author - promoter - carolyn - howard - johnson#comments

Thanks to Denise Alicea . . .
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…for this entry on her review blog www.thepenmuse.com. You’ll want to check this out; it’s accessible for new writers to get reviews. Put it on your list and visit often.

Thanks to VS Grenier . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…the power behind The Writing Mama, http://thewritingmama.blogspot.com, for helping to put the word out to her, well, her Writing Mamas. Those of you who write children’s stories need to know VS.

Thanks to Whos Who in Writers’ Sites . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…all of which you should look up for help for your own writing career. Thanks also to many others with sites and services that could well be just what the doctor ordered for your book. Some of them include C. Hope Clark’s www.fundsforwriters.com, Donna McDine’s blog for writers at www.donna - mcdine.blogspot.com, Chaz DeSimone, my cover designer at www.chazdesimone.com, Connie Gotsch’s Imagination on Board, http://conniegotsch.blogspot.com/2011/10/news - from - carolyn - howard - johnson.html; Kathleen Gage’s great blog for sharing at http://www.kathleengage.com/2011/10/publicity - gold.html; on Kathy Stemke’s Education Tipster blog http://educationtipster.blogspot.com/2011/10/frugal - book - promotor - new - edition - of.html ;
Kristi Holl’s Writers First Aid Blog, http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers - First - Aid - blog/2011/10/07/marketing - help - is - here ;


Thanks to Walter Brasch . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…who notified one of his writing organizations, The National Society of Newspaper Columnists, about the release of the second edition of The Frugal Book Promoter. Find it here.
http://www.columnists.com/?p=11749 One of the suggestions I make in The Frugal Book Promoter for extending the promotional reach for authors is to join and utilize professional organization, so if you are a columnist, you’ll want to check out the site! And check Walt’s new book Before the First Snow: Stories from the Revolution.


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Fun and F r ~ ~: If you purchased the Frugal Book Promoter or the Frugal Editor, I'd love you to review it on Amazon or BN.com. Make it simple; just tell what part of it you found most valuable. If you do, send me the review link (URL) and I will send you a 35 - page handout from one of my UCLA classes. As a thank you, of course. HoJoNews@aol.com
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Tip: If you have a Fan page or a business/author page on Facebook you can use their Facebook Insights to get all kinds of stats that will help you understand which promotions on FB are working and which ones aren’t. Read the Facebook Insights dashboard frequently asked questions page (FAQ) at http://www.facebook.com/help/?search=insights. When you’re logged in, click to the Edits page. Then watch the video on how to use that special dashboard. I don’t have a fan/like page yet. I try to keep it simple. But I may change my mind! Find my regular page at www.facebook.com/carolynhowardjohnson


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Chaz DeSimone has a new f r ^ ^ way to get a great poster for your office or a gift. You subscribe to his free poster offer and newsletter on design (including book cover design) and a different poster will come to your e - mail box about every other week. Each is entirely
different, all the highest quality in design and all associated with the ampersand and, by extension, our love of writing. Each also comes with directions for printing, framing, making this into a f r ^ ^ bie that lasts. To subscribe go to: http://forms.aweber.com/form/91/119176491.htm
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Opportunities


Christian Authors Blog Promotion Offered
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Dear Authors,

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Order our 50 - site book marketing package and we will throw in an additional 50 sites for free. You get book marketing on 100 sites for one full year and at a huge savings.

The marketing comes with your book cover image, a professionally written article (500 to 600 words) about you as author and your book with a link that sends visitors to your authors website, blog or book page.

The marketing will expand your reach, create additional online links to be found on the major search engines, in online directors, in additional networks, social communities and send more visitors to your site. We even tweet the marketing on Twitter monthly to over 1,000 people.
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Blessings,
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Do You Know How a Membership Site Can Help Your Marketing? . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For years, Terry Whalin has been traveling around the U.S. teaching at conferences and speaking. In fact, I met him when we were both presenters at the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop in Dayton. He has discovered an important method and wanted to pass it along to you. It’s called the Simple Membership System. You can get this
new product at: http://yourmembershipcourse.com .


Terry uses this exact method for his course on writing proposals: http://WriteABookProposal.com .


With the Simple Membership System, he wants you to have the tools to create your own income stream.

Almost everyone that Terry knows has learned some type of skill that they could teach to others through this system. Until now setting up your own membership site to teach these skills has been a bit of a challenge to pull off. It's not easy coming up with new content day after day. And there have always been complicated and pricy "scripts" to buy and install to make the membership site work.

That's all changed.

Simple Member System teaches you how to get your own membership site setup with just ONE article in easy little as 48 hours! It's very "beginner friendly" and yet profoundly profitable enough that even ten year veteran gurus are using the model!

Terry would like you to check out the Simple Member System at
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Just a FEW of the things you'll discover in this from scratch to sales course are…

* How to setup your own membership site in 48 hours or less!
* A 10 - step "Startup Checklist" broken down into bite - sized action steps!
* How to create the perfect first lesson to drive up member interest!
* Why you need just one 2 - 3 page lesson per week to make it all work!
* How to blow away the average retention and "force" subscribers to stay 12 months!
* 4 Simple things to do to "run" your membership site in just 2 - 3 hours each week!

And that's just the beginning. The course itself is fantastic a bargain but, what Terry is offering "Quick Start Models" that are included as bonuses…

1. Special Report: 20 Membership Site Ideas That Sell Like Crazy
2. Special Report: How To Get New Members Fast and Frequently
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Drop by and check it out. Terry thinks you'll be pleasantly surprised at the price and even more pleased with the end results if you work through the week long set of steps. Go now to http://yourmembershipcourse.com/




F r ^ ^ Reviews from Foreword Magazine ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ForeWord Reviews offered FREE on Zinio!
Same resourceful literary magazine, now available digitally online
ForeWord Reviews, the only book review magazine to feature independent publishers exclusively, is now available online free from Zinio, one of the world’s largest online magazine and newspaper sources! Read more on my http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2011/09/site - offers - foreword - review - free.html . This resource is for readers but writers are readers, too. Besides, you may need some of the information on Foreword Reviews when it comes time to get review for your book.



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A free book from my marketing friend Dana Lynn Smith:
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In the News: Kindle is now available on the French Amazon! Kid you not. Here is Amazon’s notice:

Hello,

We are excited to announce Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.fr!

If you have distribution rights in France for books you’ve published through Kindle Direct Publishing, they are already available in the new Kindle store on Amazon.fr. The list prices and royalty plans for titles sold on Amazon.fr are based on those you've chosen for the Amazon.com store.

In addition to KDP titles becoming available for sale on Amazon.fr, sales made to customers living in France, Belgium, and Monaco will qualify for 70% royalty on titles enrolled in the 70% royalty option.

If you would like to review or change your preferences for each title sold on Amazon.fr, please visit the KDP Bookshelf here: https://kdp.amazon.com/self - publishing/dashboard

Also see our press release here: http://phx.corporate - ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol - newsArticle&ID=1614743&highlight

Sincerely,

Kindle Direct Publishing Team


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I know. I am a glutton for punishment and everyone hates me for my zero - tolerance rule on italics. But I was inoculated with it during UCLA’s Writers’ Program classes and I know anyone would be hard put to find a major writers’ program that doesn’t agree with them. So why risk the ire of exacting agents and publishers. Know the guidelines! http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/10/lets - talk - italics - again.html . Learn other publishing - friendly editing ideas in The Frugal Editor, www.budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor. =================================================


An Itty - Bitty Column on Writing

Mise en Place for Writers
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By Mindy Phillips Lawrence
I’m a baker, not by trade but by hobby. I love kneading bread and watching it rise, pushed higher and higher by a chemical reaction I can see but can’t explain. When I begin this process and am not properly prepared, I am heartbroken when I have all my tools pulled out all over the counter and realize I am out of yeast. People! This is not a good way to bake.

It’s also not a good way to write. When I sit down at my computer and realize I don’t have my writing tools around me…no pens, paper, dictionary (or link to one), references or FRUGAL books…then I have to get up and down a million times just to get myself together. By then, my time set aside to write is less than I wanted and often gone.

Mise en Place, defined by the Culinary Institute of America as “everything in place,” means that all ingredients, tools, equipment and directions are gathered and reviewed so everything needed is readily available for that shift and no work time is lost. It means that when I begin to cook a book, or an article, the shelf behind my worktable should have my dictionary on it and all my research and FRUGAL books there so I can start right away without doing a search for what I need to begin and complete the job. Writing implements and scratch pads are within arm’s reach and my To - Do list is right beside me.

I still get unorganized but not as much as I did before I began taking the lessons Ive learned from bread baking into my writing life. I don’t forget the yeast anymore. But, if I should, I haven’t dragged my entire kitchen out onto my counter before I’ve gone to get some. I make sure the day before that I have the ingredients I need for that delicious whole wheat honey and oatmeal loaf. I also have the ingredients for my next - day’s writing ready to go so I can bake up a great story.

LINKS

Home Sanctuary – Mise en Place
http://www.homesanctuary.com/rachelanne/2011/06/mise - en - place.html

Writing Fear Free
http://bectonliterary.com/2010/08/09/writing - fear - free - mise - en - place/

A Writer’s Mise en Place
http://writingalife.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/a - writers - mise - en - place - by - louise - desalvo/

The Shape of Writing
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1 - 184188394.html

~ Mindy Phillips Lawrence, www.freewebs.com/mplcreative, is the author of the poetry collections One Blue Star and Above and Below. She is co - author of The Complete Writer and a publicist. She is in the process of researching a novel titled Alone is Where We Begin. Blogging at: http://mplcreative.blogspot.com/. Her specialty is helping writers with their media releases. Reach her at mplcreative1@aol.com.


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I talked about Your Soaring Book Sales: How to use F r ^ ^ e - books and QR codes to sell more of what you want to sell! with the famous Career Czar Paul and his nutty sidekicks Coach Christine and Millian. Tune in at http://www.careerczar.com/mp3/career093011B.mp3 =================================================


Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
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 Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk and read poetry with Connie Gotsch on her Write On radio program on real, live radio on December 14, 2011, probably at 10:30 am Pacific time or 2:30 Mountain time. Go to www.KSJE.com to confirm the date. If you miss the live program, pick up the
f r ^ ^ podcast at

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksje/.jukebox?action=podcasts.
Find the show date and download it to listen at your leisure.


 Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk about book marketing with Connie Gotsch on her Write On radio program on real, live radio on January 4, 2011, probably at 10:30 am Pacific time or 2:30 Mountain Time. Go to www.KSJE.com to confirm the date. If you miss the live program, pick up the f r ^ ^ podcast at. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksje/.jukebox?action=podcasts. Find the show date and download it to listen at your leisure.


 Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be a presenter at a Love Boat Writers’ Retreat on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas from Feb. 5 to Feb 12, 2012. I’ll be teaching dialogue, point of view and finding your voice. Geraldine Saunders, the author of the novel that the Love Boat series is based on will be keynote speaker and present as well. I’d love to see some of my subscribers there! Learn more at http://loveboatretreat.webs.com/

Next Year!  As a co - sponsor of the Muse Online Writers’ Conference (and the first one at that!), I’d like you to put a tickler file on you calendar to register for the 2012 weeklong event in October. I can’t tell you how many of mysubscribers have been disappointed that they can avail themselves of this f r ^ ^ conference (every year!) because they miss the deadline. August would be a good time to let your digital calendar remind you to enroll at http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/.

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Wordstuff ™

Something to Make Writers Smile
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(Fun with language from The Washington Post and other publications.)

Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.


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Essential Book and Record Keeping:

This is a place to share with others and learn from others.

Although I do attempt to verify information used within this newsletter's pages, Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information. Subscribers should research resources.

To submit information articles, tips or other information, e - mail Carolyn at HoJoNews@aol.com. Please put "Submission: Sharing with Writers" in the subject line.

If you do not care to receive this newsletter, send an e - mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with "Unsubscribe” in the subject line, but please, please don't tell me you've given up writing or promoting!

To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com.

Please pass this newsletter to friends or e - groups. It needn't be pasted in its complete form, but please credit this newsletter, and the individual contributors with anything you snip and paste.

Ordering Information

The HowToDoItFrugally Series for Writers

Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo
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The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor

The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less,
Paperback: http://budurl.com/BookProposals
E - book: https://www.createspace.com/3468136
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042JT1UA


Great Little Last - Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Booklet for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper - Perfect Copy
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The Survive and Thrive Series for Retailers (Authors need to know about retailing, too!)

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
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For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H1TACC
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Carolyn’s Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

This Is the Place: http://budurl.com/ThisIsthePlace

Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered: http://budurl.com/TrueShortStories

Carolyn’s Poetry

She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball Paperback: www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GXB4AW

Cherished Pulse: Unconventional Love Poetry. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GXB4AW
In print to be used as a greeting card or booklet: www.budurl.com/CherishedPulse
For Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/imagining - the - future - magdalena - ball/1021152596?ean=2940000904893&itm=4&usri=magdalena+ball
She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball.
Paperback and Kindle: http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook
For Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/she - wore - emerald - then - magdalena - ball/1020032782?ean=2940000807408&itm=5&usri=magdalena+ball

Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball
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To order as a paperback or for Kindle: www.budurl.com/Imagining

Deeper into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity, Co - Authored with Magdalena Ball. Artwork by Jacquie Schmall
To order as an e - book: https://www.createspace.com/3608866 To order as a paperback: http://budurl.com/DeeperPond
Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press)
http://budurl.com/CarolynsTracings

Contact Information

Website
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com

Blogs:
http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing
http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, all things grammatical and ungrammatical. On editing, formatting, and craft.
http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews
http://www.WarPeaceTolerance.blogspot.com War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers.
http://www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com, a blog where you can learn to get some mojo behind your own booth by learning from the successes and mistakes of others. It is no longer active but there are lots of ideas you can use here, just the same.

Tweeting at:
www.twitter.com/frugalbookpromo
www.twitter.com/frugalretailing