Can you believe it is less than one month until my book comes out! I am so super duper excited I can hardly stand it! I can't wait to put a copy on one of my book shelves (which I clearly also adorn with stuffed animals and old radios) I appreciate everyone who is putting one of my book banners on their blogs or My Space profiles to help me spread the word!
Funky Town
Inky Knits
Giddy Girlie
Miss Multiples Colores
Joyce
Kattalyne
I'll be emailing the 4 winners of the phone necklace today!
Feel like your blog or My Space page needs a little flair? Well I'd love you forever if you added one of my two book banners to your site. They are over in the left column. Leave me a comment here and let me know that you added the banner and I'll be sure to link to your blog in a post! I'll mail you a free piece of Naughty Secretary Club Jewelry if you do!
In preparation for Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girls Guide to Handmade Jewelry I have also started joining every book related social networking site that will accept my application. If you too belong to any of these wouldn't it be neat if we were friends? We should add each other!
For instance I have joined Amazon and sometimes I repost my blog there when it is book related. More than anything I have enjoyed killing time with Listmania making lists like 10 Books to Satisfy Your Kitsch Itch and Take a Peekie at Some Tiki.
What seems to be the most popular of all the book related social networking sites is Good Reads. I like that they let me register as an author and that I can post reviews with HTML links. This is the site where I get the most friend requests and there seems to be the most action.
Aesthetically I am most attracted to the layout of Shelfari. I love the faux wooden book cases that the covers of the books I have reviewed and listed sit on. Shelfari is probably the first of all of these that I had heard of, though not the first I joined.
I discovered Library Thing while perusing the Random House website. It seems to have the least amount of action of all of the social networking sites for book worms, but I could not join all the others and not this one. Library Thing is also in beta so maybe that has something to do with it, they are working out the kinks.
Are there any that I am forgetting? Do you use a book related social networking site? What do you use it for? Promotion, book recommendations, meeting other book lovers? Just curious.
I don't have the slightest idea about book networking sites. I am a member of Bookins.com but that's for book trading, doubt that's what you are looking for.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, I posted a banner for your book on my MySpace profile www.myspace.com/pulpsushi
I'm sure it's gonna do really well. :)
Thanks for putting my banner on your My Space page Marilyn! Your the best. Bookins sounds fun, I'm into trading. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteHey Jennifer! I put your banner in my blog...on the right hand side under my blog links (which includes Naughty Secretary Club). www.jessicaisweird.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteBest,
Jessica
Hey! I haven't added a banner (I'm still figuring out how to do layouts in blogger), but I will be reviewing the book once I get my hands on it--I was won over by the garden gnomes.
ReplyDeleteI'll do one for Visual Bookshelf on Facebook, too!
I stole your banner and placed it on my blog. I'm obsessed with the mannequin head on the cover.
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteI posted the widget on http://DIY-OR-DIE.Net
http://cbtscloset.blogspot.com
& http://myspace.com/cbtscloset
-Michelle
P.S. I've been counting down the days too! Can't wait for the book to come out! :)
Its a pleasure ! :)
ReplyDeleteWell i dunno very much about those networks, here in Argentina we dont have very much in spanish to help us spread the word.
FOr my bussines i use Fotolog.com, Myspace.com and Facebook.com they all work in some way :)
Oh and im planning major changes soon ... i will have home decorating things! Cant wait, so many things on my mind right now.
Have a lovely day :D And sorry for having a blog in spanish ... :S
Whoa I just realized I spelled accept except. Lord help me.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for posting the banner. I blog about you dudes next week!
Holy cow, I think I have social networking overload! I just signed up for goodreads and have been on Amazon for awhile now. I am a craft book junkie! I just posted the countdown on my blog. Can't wait for your book to come out!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://peptogirl.blogspot.com
I'll be looking for your book! How exciting, you must be thrilled!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, you might want to check out my list of resources for some other self-promo and social networking sites for authors:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fivebyfivepr.com/resources.html
I've been doing book publicity for 7 years, so please feel free to email me if you have any questions. I'm a member of the New Orleans Craft Mafia and would love to help out a fellow CM sister!
Rachelle
Rachelle, thanks so much for the link you have a ton of information there. You just opened yourself up a can of worms with that kind offer to answer my questions!
ReplyDeleteHi Jen! I have added your booklink to the sidebar on my blog! The idea of my blog is FUN and altAred art so your stuff fits right in! Here's my blog link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pclouse.blogspot.com
Paula's Palace of AltAred Art
My Beading Broad Blog now has a linky link to your book launch--congrats & good luck! Ali
ReplyDeletehttp://www.beadingbroad.blogspot.com
I haven't been reading blogs lately (cept looking at pictures on fashion blogs) or else I would have posted the link to your new book sooner.
ReplyDeleteI just posted it onto my blog:
http://www.myclosetdiary.blogspot.com
and will be posting it on my myspace in a minute.
Can't wait for the book!!! And Congrats once again!
Just put up an Amazon link!
ReplyDeletehttp://sweatersurgery.blogspot.com/
Does that count for swag?
Also your jewelry is in 1000 Jewelry Inspirations! You might want to add it to your side widget of books where your work is!
Also did you get a copy of that and Making Designer Jewelry with Hardware, Gems, and Beads?
Let me know.
Happy Crafting at CHA!
Stefanie Girard