I have done nine book give-aways so far, but I am not sure that I actualy agree with giving my books away. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the principles behind the book give-aways.
The first eight I did, were just so simple, I did no promo at all, I just turned the free function of Kindle on and let it run. Most of the them found 500-600 takers and I was happy with that.
The ninth book give-away was different though. I really promoted it and I mean really, really, promoted it and I do know how to do that. Believe me.
I had 32 takers! I could not believe it, but I was not upset – after all, I don’t really agree with giving my work away – but I was very, very surprised. I don’t know what went wrong.
Anyway, I want to set up my own service for book give-aways. It will be free, but other than that, I am not sure how to set it up. I saw lots of systems on my last book give-away.
I particularly liked the systems of book give-aways, where the author enters all the details and the programme posts them to the web site, but I don’t know how to set it up.
Another way of doing it that I think might be easier, is to have a bulletin board, where people can post their book give-aways for each day that it will be available free of charge.
The only problem that I can foresee with this is the deluge of spammers that attacked my last bulletin board.
So, if you have any suggestions on how to set up a system for promoting authors’ book give-aways, would they please get in touch with me as soon as possible.
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Owen Jones, Amazon Best-Selling Author from Barry, Wales, has lived in several countries and travelled in many more. While studying Russian in the USSR in the '70's, he hobnobbed with spies on a regular basis; in Suriname, he got caught up in the 1982 coup; and while a company director, he joined the crew of four as the galley slave to sail from Barry to Gibraltar a home-made concrete yacht, which was almost rammed by a Russian oil tanker and an American aircraft carrier.
“I am a Celt, and we are romantic”, he said when asked about his writing style, “and I firmly believe in reincarnation, Karma and Fate, so, sayings like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around' are central to my life and reflected in my work. I write about what I see, or think I see, or dream... and, in the end it is all the same really”. He speaks seven languages and is learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of fifteen years.
His first novel, Daddy's Hobby is from the seven-part series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya', but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. He has written fifty novels and novelettes, including: Dead Centre; Andropov's Cuckoo; Fate Twister; The Disallowed (a philosophical comedy); Tiger Lily of Bangkok; and A Night in Annwn (Annwn being the ancient Welsh word for Heaven). Many have been translated into foreign languages and narrated into audio books.
Owen Jones writes stories set in Wales, Spain and Thailand, where he now lives. He is a life-long Spiritualist, and this belief is interwoven, in a very realistic way, into many of his books and storylines. If you like a touch of the 'supernatural', try his books
He sums his life up thus: “Born in the Land of Song, Living in the Land of Smiles”.
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