Wednesday Readup
for the week of October 29, 2008
for the week of October 29, 2008
Free Books, As Long As You Blog
Thomas Nelson has launched a formal program to enroll interested bloggers and provide them with free review copies of "select titles" in exchange for the promise of a posting of a review of at least 200 words on a blog and at Amazon.com.
Nelson ceo and active blogger Mike Hyatt,
"My goal is to have a rich database of bloggers who are actively selecting Thomas Nelson products that they are interested in to read and review. The positive reviews will be a priceless word-of-mouth marketing vehicle and the negative reviews will be a useful tool in understanding why a product might not have sold at retail."For more information, and/or to register for the program, go here.
I like this concept.
- Book review bloggers can also be rated.
- Thomas Nelson encourages good and bad reviews.
- It adds to the solution of having more respected Amazon reviews.
- Reviewers can choose what books they want to review.
- It's a great promotion tool for book bloggers.
Faking Grace Blog Tour
Sinful Too Review
This week CFB will be participating in Tamara Leigh's Faking Grace Blog Party hosted by WildCard.
Christmas Book Give Away Contest
Now you know Christmas books are my favorites. So I am excited to be giving away a Christmas book and I think I have another one coming down the pipeline. The book I'm giving away is Jerry Hoggatt's The Christmas Wish(Random House.)Here's the scoop on the book:
The Contest: What is your Christmas Wish for your family? Answer on your blog and send me the link. Or answer on Twitter. Or email me your response. The deadline to enter is November 5, 2008. I will announce the winner on November 23, 2008.
Something strange is brewing at the Comeback CaféA grandfather’s song has turned a diner into hallowed ground. A contrary girl with a gypsy heart feels the tug of home. And a truck driver named Jedidiah keeps his foot on the gas, ready to sweep you into an unforgettable story of belonging and grace.
Sinful Too Review
McGlothin’s steamy sequel to Sinful reveals what happens when the wicked Dior Wicker determines to marry Dallas pastor Richard Allamay, star of Church TV’s High Praise and “shepherd of Methodist Episcopal Greater Apostolic Church” (M.E.G.A. Church, for short). Richard, bored with his wife, is ripe for a fall. McGlothin unravels at a relentless pace a sexy and twisted story of marital and spiritual unfaithfulness, culminating in a shocker of a conclusion. Eric Jerome Dickey, watch out. —Publishers Weekly
