Marketing New Books

Take a look at the video trailers to market new books that I found on writer,  Stacy Eaton's blog.   The books are Come Back to Me, which will be available November 1st; My Blood Runs Blue, by Stacy Eaton herself; Sounds of Murder, In Leah's Wake, and Black: Beast: A Clan of MacAulay, all now available on amazon.

You may be interested in this book review of an authorized biography titled simply, Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson which covers the good, the bad, and the ugly about Jobs.

Here is one more link that I found interesting.  It's a link to a new children's book, Island Princess, by Diane Browne, one of the best geography teachers I ever had in high school. (I remember her being short and dainty walking in her extremely high heeled shoes.)  I liked her insight about book covers to market children's books.  Her comments are true; most Jamaicans do have family who live abroad or know someone who has family abroad.  I have family members who emigrated to the United States in 1919.  I also liked the most recent post on book covers and Caribbean culture.

Meet Julie Garwood, Kansas City, August 9th

The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood will be released on August 9th. To celebrate the release, Rainy Day Books will host a book signing in Kansas City on August 9th. 

If you are in Kansas City find out how to get your tickets here.   If you are out of state or even out of the country and would like an autographed book, check out the Rainy Day Books website for  a signed copy.

International fans email  Mailbox@RainyDayBooks.com for a shipping quote.

You can follow the author on Twitter and Facebook.

Connect with Julie Garwood

Julie Garwood is a social networking author. This is my latest email from the writer Julie Garwoood.  Check out all the ways you can connect with her :

Dear Readers,

Finally, all of my books are joining the digital age and are becoming ebooks.
If you'd like to order the latest releases, click here.

Castles, For the Roses, Guardian Angel, and Prince Charming are now available for download. As a bonus for ordering any one of these, you'll get a sneak peak at my next book, The Ideal Man.

Saving Grace, The Bride, and The Gift can be pre-ordered for a June delivery.

The Secret, The Wedding, and The Prize will be available in July.

And you can now pre-order The Ideal  Man, which will be released on August 9.

For current updates, please join me on my Facebook Page or Twitter @JulieGarwood.

All the best,

Children's Authors

I wrote to DearReader.com , an online book club, about my book purchasing dilemma which I addressed yesterday. I got an email response with some links to children's Authors on Kids Buzz. Here are just three of the authors that I discovered on the DearReader book blog:

First, there is the writer with the unusual name, Lit Judge, and her book, Born to be Giants, is for the 5-12 year olds with an interest in dinosaurs.

Lisa Brown has a vampire book for the 3-8 year olds; perfect for those who celebrate a not too scary version of Halloween.

Robert Forbes has a Facebook page promoting his second book of poetry for children, Let's Have a Bite!

New Books

I received excerpts of these new books from an online bookclub :

Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig

Also, take a look at the link to the International Thriller Writers Debut Authors. Never can tell Drue Allen, Lisa Brackmann, Carla Buckley, and the others may one day become household names with future bestsellers.

Social Networking and Authors

Well, well, well, Dan Brown is on Twitter and Facebook. See an excerpt of The Lost Symbol, Brown's latest book. That's the way to go!