Your Book Cover is a Powerful Marketing Piece

For those of you who are just starting out on your publishing journey, you should know that your book cover is a powerful marketing piece.  When I wrote The Soul's Mark: FOUND, I was worried about the story and the editing and writing, and the cover was the furthest thing from my mind, but I soon realized how important the cover of my book really was.  So today I want to share a little bit about the importance of a great book cover.

I know we’ve all heard the saying ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover’, but the truth is, we all do it. Your cover is the first thing that a reader sees when they pick up your book, and in most cases, if your target audience doesn’t like it, they’ll move on to the next one.

Here’s interesting Self-Publishing statistic: “Hiring a professional cover designer earned them on average 18% more.” - Published at epublishabook.com (Click here to read the full article)

Stacking the Shelves (7)

Stacking the Shelves, a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This mean you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course, ebooks.

Note: All title's link back to goodreads.

 

Well, I managed to stay away from the book stores for a few weeks while I attempted to catch up on my TBR shelf.  It didn't work.  My TBR shelf just keeps growing and growing.  :)

 

This week I hit up the bargain rack at Chapters and found a bunch of books for under $5.00. 

 

A Vampire Revelation

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who may have missed it, today I wanted to share a guest post that I did for Jonel @ Pure Jonel Book Reviews.  I hope you all enjoy it. :)

 

Happy reading,

Originally posted on March 31, 2013 at Pure Jonel Book Reviews

Today I’m going to share my vampire revelation. Last week, I was chatting with a friend about my upcoming release of The Soul’s Mark: BROKEN, and he asked me: How do your vampires become vampires?

Of course, I wouldn’t tell him because, well, I didn’t want to spoil it, but the conversation spiraled from there, and it got me thinking ...

Upcoming Projects

First off, I’d like to say thank you to all you awesome readers who have been emailing me. I love hearing from you all. :)

 

Since the same question keeps coming up in the emails I thought I'd share it.   The big question is, will there be another book in The Soul’s Mark Series?  The answer is yes. 

I have two projects in the works right now, both of which are at the planning/first draft stages. The first one is the last book of The Soul’s Mark Series. The characters have been a wonderful cast to play with, but I feel that it’s time to say goodbye to them. At this point, I do not have an anticipated release date, but as soon as I do, you all will be the first to know.

2013 Indie/Small Press Reading Challenge Link Round-up (1)

So, for this challenge, my goal is to read 50 Indie/Small Press books in 2013. I’ve found some really fantastic books this year with the challenge, and some new favorite authors. Check out the below list, you may just find your next favorite book, too.

Note: Titles are listed in the order I read them. All titles are linked to my Goodreads review, and author names are linked to their Goodreads author page. All purchase information/links are from Amazon.com.

The Books

Waking Dreams Now Available ~ Free on Smashwords.com

Hey Everyone!

Waking Dreams is now available for FREE on Smashwords! (all eBook formats)

Click Here to get your copy today.

Synopsis
In The Soul’s Mark, Eric Carter felt a burning spark when he first laid eyes on Amelia Caldwell. There was just something about her—something familiar—that pulled him to her. The problem was acting on the spark was suicide. Amelia was marked for his father.

Eric had been around for a long time, and before Amelia, life happened. One day he was a simple rancher and then the next, he was thrust into a world that he had never known existed, and dreaming of a girl that he knew he couldn’t live without.

In this novella, Eric Carter’s history is revealed.

Note: Coming soon to Amazon.com and other online retailers.

The middle of the night

Lately, I’ve been getting up in the middle of the night to write. I don’t mean that I’ve been setting an alarm or anything like that. I just wake up. For a few nights, I forced myself to stay in bed with my eyes closed, hoping that sleep would come.

It didn’t.

Instead of sleep, all I could think about was this new idea I’ve been working on (something different than The Soul’s Mark). So finally, I decided to get up. I just had to get the ideas out of my head.