Publishers publish and writer's promote!
Earthly Charms: Potent Advertising Solutions! Specializing in promotion for writers.
Many allow authors to post their press releases! I am currently not an active member of any of these sites.
The Belvedere Room: http://www.belvederepoets.com/ poetry discussion site.
Book Lovers Cafe.net: http://bookloverscafe.net/home/ (NEW)
Children's Writers Discussion List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childrens-writers
Fiction Factor Forum: http://fictionfactor.1.forumer.com/index.php?showforum=6
Lamar Cook Writers Forum: http://lamarcookcom.proboards82.com/index.cgi
MakeIt Write for the Aspriring Screenwriter: http://www.makeit.com/
OnceWritten.com Forum: http://www.oncewritten.com:80/Community/viewtopic.php?t=586
THE PARASITORIUM-for lovers of writing and dark fiction: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theparasitorium/ Discussion Group.
Published Authors Forum: http://publishedauthors.org/ (NEW)
Published Authors Net: http://www.publishedauthors.net/cgi-bin/forums/view.pl
Speculative Vision Science Fiction and Fantasy Forum: http://www.speculativevision.com/forum/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Brought Into Focus.
WriteAngles Discussion List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writeangles
Writers Notebook: http://www.sfnorthwest.org/notebook/ forum at forwriters.com
Writers' Resource Central: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writersresourcecentral/ Discussion Group.
Announcement Groups: Please note each group has specific posting rules!
Announce It Write: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Announce_It_Write/
Book Tour: http://www.booktour.com/ (NEW)
Classmates.com: http://www.classmates.com While Classmates doesn't allow out-and-out advertising, an author can post an announcement about signing a new contract, book release, winning an award etc. use the message headed News From (followed by your name). Just leave off the purchase information and you should be fine. Don't send it to your friends as that could be considered SPAM! Likewise, do not post it on the bulletin boards! Classmates sends a newsletter periodically letting people know when there are new announcements. If anyone is interested, they'll look you and your book up themselves!!
My Books Out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MyBooksOut/?yguid=98415932
Announcement Websites: to announce your news!
Author Mania: http://www.authormania.com/news.html Email your news with "Author News" in the Subject line to Elisha Charles TeddyBearTeam@aol.com.
Fiction Factor Forum: http://fictionfactor.1.forumer.com/index.php?showforum=6 Writer's Announcements section
Ghost Talk Internet Talk Show: http://www.ghostlytalk.com/ Paranormal news only also includes events etc.
Long Story Short: http://www.alongstoryshort.net/ Writer's News Page Submit Through Here's My News
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com Post news to your friends via your Bulletin Board.
My Writer Buddy: http://www.writerbuddy.com (Must be a registered member to Submit News.)
National Association of Women Writers: http://www.naww.org/blog/ Submit news. (Members only!)
Author Webpages: A webpage is a must for any writer! Most of the following sites have free basic pages and upgrades that can be purchased.
Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com Premium Service
Axis Avenue: http://www.axisavenue.com/ Free (NEW)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
Find Me an Author.com: http://www.findmeanauthor.com/index.htm Premium Service (NEW)
Inked In: http://inkedin.ning.com/ Free community for writers, musicians and artists
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/home
Long Story Short also has a Writer’s Lodge for $19.99 a year or $35 for two-years. http://www.alongstoryshort.net/WritersLodge.html
http://www.alongstoryshort.net/Application.html
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com
Published Authors Net: http://www.publishedauthors.net/ Free
Publisher’s Marketplace http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ Premium (NEW)
RedWritingHood.com http://redwritinghood.com
Reunion.com: http://www.reunion.com This started out as school reunion site but it now allows networking.
Writer Net: http://www.writer.net Free
WritersMarket.com: http://community.writersmarket.com/ Premium (NEW)
The Writers Gazette: http://www.writergazette.com/library.shtml Library of Writers ($15 first year $5 each year after that)
WritersCafe.com: http://www.writerscafe.org/ Share your writing and make new friends.
Writer's Network: http://www.writernetwork.com (Best to go with a premium site.)
Writerspace: http://www.writerspace.com/ Founded in 1998, Writerspace is the home for over 550 authors, primarily romance and mystery, of the best fiction on the market today.
Designing a Website: http://www.jessett.com
Myebook.com: http://www.myebook.com/index.php This would be a great way to create a teaser for your book. (NEW)
Blubings.com: http://www.blurbings.com/index.html Put the Spotlight on your book. (NEW)
Best Book Links: http://bestbooklinks.com/
Book Lovers Cafe: http://www.bookloverscafe.net/
Booklist Magazine: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/hqops/publishing/booklist_publications/advertise/advertise.cfm Through the American Library Association an author can purchase advertising. (NEW)
Christianstoryteller.com: http://www.christianstoryteller.com/ Premium Service
eBook Heaven: http://www.ebookheaven.co.uk (Both eBooks and Print Books)
List your screenplay or novel synopsis.
Historical Romance Writers: Add a Book http://www.historicalromancewriters.com/index.cfm (NEW)
Internet Authors Network: http://www.xenite.org/internet_authors/announcebooks.html Announce Your Book
Parapublishing.com:
SUCCESS STORIES- A
place to list your book. No charge. Be sure to follow the site's listing
instructions!!
http://parapublishing.com/sites/para/resources/successstories.cfm
(NEW)
The Savvy Click Gallery of Books: http://www.thesavvyclick.com/Gallery.htm
Substance Books: http://www.substancebooks.com/online-book-publicity.html Premium service.
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WorldCat.org: http://www.worldcat.org/ This is a great way to check to see how many libraries have purchased your books but remember not all libraries report their holdings. (NEW)
Book Listings Strictly Speculative Fiction:
Debut Science Fiction and Fantasy: http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/debut.html Doesn't list vanity press titles!
Dowse SF & Fantasy Hub: http://www.dowse.com/science-fiction.html
sffworld.com: http://www.sffworld.com/ezines/fantasy/ (list an excerpt)
eBooks Cafe: http://ebookscafe.writergazette.com/addbook.php (Free listing. Note: No Erotica.)
Mind Like Water: http://www.mind-like-water.com/ (Get your eBook listed in their Directory for free. Note: No works that contain pornographic, hate, violent, racist or sexist material are allowed.)
Myebook.com: http://www.myebook.com/index.php This would be a great way to create a teaser for your book. (NEW)
Bitten by Books: http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=3 Paranormal fiction, urban fantasy, horror (occasional fantasy or Sci-fi review when authors overlap genres or the genres incorporate one another) (NEW)
Book Talk With J & J: http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com/ (NEW)
Eye on Romance: http://www.eyeonromance.com/reviewquery.cfm Please read their list of acceptable publishers before making your request!!! (NEW)
Falacata Times: http://members.lycos.co.uk/falcatatimes/ We don't accept books from Vanity Press sources!! (NEW)
Feathered Quill Book Reviews: http://www.featheredquill.com/ (Note: This is a pay service.) (NEW)
GetBookReviews.com: http://www.getbookreviews.com/ (This is a pay service to help author and publishers find reviewers.)
Scribes World: http://www.scribesworld.com
Sci-Fi Weekly: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/submissions.html From the Sci-Fi Channel. Reviews are not guaranteed! (NEW)
Book Review Submissions: Submit Reviews of Your Book
Allscifi.com: http://www.allscifi.com/default.asp
Offers low cost advertising on their website.
AdanAd Free Classifieds: http://www.adanad.com
Authorlink: http://www.authorlink.com/
All about books, writing, and publishing. We're the publishing marketplace for
editors, agents, writers, and readers--the place to be seen and discovered.
Premium ads.
The Savvy Click: http://www.thesavvyclick.com/work/advertise.html Low cost ads.
Spilled Ink: http://www.tfcdesign.com/spilledink/classifieds/ Free
Contests: A great way to get your name out there!
A Woman's Write: http://www.awomanswrite.com/
Con Anti-Harassment Project: http://www.cahp.girl-wonder.org:80/ (NEW)
Convention Listings by Jenga: http://www.geocities.com/jengacons/
Directories: Authors get listed and don't forget to give these sites a link back, after all they are doing you a favor!
ABCTales: http://www.abctales.com/links
Anthologies Online: http://www.AnthologiesOnline.com Apply to be a Featured Writer.
Author Birthday/Website/Email Directory: http://www.authdir.com/
Book Flash Author Expert Database: http://bookflash.com/services/author_experts/index.cfm
Eye on Romance: http://www.eyeonromance.com/reviewquery.cfm Featured Author Listing with our fiction communities (NEW)
Global Author Base: http://thinkers.net/authorbase
Host a Jewish Author: http://www.host-a-jewish-book-author.com/index.php Authors can be searched by Name, Location or Genre.
Historical Romance Writers: Add a Book http://www.historicalromancewriters.com/index.cfm (NEW)
Jazma Online: http://www.jazmaonline.com/ac_links.asp (For Comic Books and Graphic Novels)
Michigan Authors & Illustrators: http://www.mimame.org/MichiganAuthorsandIllustratorsQuestionnaire.htm Authors and Illustrators if they are born in Michigan, live or have lived in Michigan or have works about or set in Michigan.
Motown Writer's Network: http://motownwriters.homestead.com (Member listing profiles authors for Writers in Michigan or from Michigan only!)
Michigan Artists Directory: http://artservemichigan.org/michart/artreg_intro.htm
Ohio Romance Novelists: http://www.sff.net/people/Lauriegrant/ohioRomanceauthors.html (NEW)
Poet's & Writers Dictionary of Writers: http://www.pw.org/directory/
Reader's Circle: http://www.readerscircle.org/
SciFan: http://www.scifan.com
Writer's Cramp Theme Index: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/francisswales/links/ThemeIndex.html
WorldCat.org: http://www.worldcat.org/
This is a great way to check to see how many libraries have purchased your books
but remember not all libraries report their holdings. (NEW)
Book Talk With J & J: http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com/ (NEW)
Chic Galleria: http://www.chicgalleria.com/ announced through the Red River Writers Group on Facebook that they'd be interested in featuring authors and their books through interviews that can be scheduled around a book release. (NEW)
Falacata Times: http://members.lycos.co.uk/falcatatimes/ We don't accept books from Vanity Press sources!! (NEW)
Scribes World: http://www.scribesworld.com (The Writer's Niche)
sffworld.com: http://www.sffworld.com/ezines/fantasy/ (Speculative Fiction)
Link Exchanges: Don't forget to give these sites a link back. After all they are doing you a favor. Also check out the Search Engines listed on the homepage.
"From 'cutting edge short fiction' to political satire and music reviews, 3am is a
dream publication for the young, literary and clued-up..." - The Times, London
AllWords.com: http://www.allwords.com/
Ashtyn
Evans: Author of Crimson Twilight URL: http://www.ashtynevans.com
Ashtyn Evans is the author of the new Crimson Twilight dark fantasy vampire book
series. Her website contains information on upcoming book projects, the CT
series, and so much more.
Authorlink:
http://www.authorlink.com/
All about books, writing, and publishing. We're the publishing marketplace for
editors, agents, writers, and readers--the place to be seen and discovered.
AuthorMe.com Link Page: http://www.author-me.com/links.html International Writing Community
Authors World Search Engine: http://authors-world.com/cgi-bin/search/ilink.cgi
A Woman's Write: http://www.awomanswrite.com/
The
internet's longest running entertainment magazine.
Read by 3.4 million people a month.
Creativity Café: http://creativity.net/
The Fiction Writers Journey - http://www.thefictionwritersjourney.com A website for the fiction writer from novelist and writing coach, Emily Hanlon. Exercises, prompts, articles, book and tapes on writing. Annual retreat for women: Writing, Creativity and Ritual. Explore at http://www.awritersretreat.com
For Writers.com: http://www.forwriters.com
Link Helpers - Webmasters helping webmasters develop high value relevant links. Promoting ethical web-marketing using the time trusted pillars of relevance and popularity.
MakeIt Write for the Aspriring Screenwriter: http://www.makeit.com/
Motown
Writer's Network: http://motownwriter
Martin's Dreams: http://martinr.com/english/index.html
My Shelf.com: http://www.myshelf.com (Click on the Site Map Link. Lists both Fiction and Nonfiction Author Sites.)
Press Release Writing and Distribution - PR Consultant http://ThatPRGuy.com Affordable public relations and publicity, such as press release writing and distribution, talk radio and TV interview booking, press kits, and web site content writing.
Publishing Central: http://www.publishingcentral.com/
Robin's Nest: http://robinsnest.com
Romance Central: http://romance-central.com/index.php
The Scroll: http://www.scroll.org
Taproot Free For All Links Page: http://www.hightraffic.net/freelinks/taproot/links.shtml They have an Entertainment Section.
"This image was created by K.L.Storer and is © K.L.Storer
all Rights Reserved."
Write From Home: http://www.writefromhome.com
The Writer's Nook: http://www.twnn.com/
Writing Corner: http://www.writingcorner.com
Link Exchanges Strictly Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy! Don't forget to give them a link back!
Alpha Ralpha Blvd.: http://www.catch22.com/SF/ARB/
Caelin Day: Home page of Australian Science Fiction Writer John Stevenson: http://www.caelin-day.com/
The Dragon and the Rose: http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/dragonrose
Dragon's Library: http://www.dragonlibrary.com/
Gorelets: http://www.gorelets.com/gorelets/knuckles.htm
Hellhorror.com: http://www.hellhorror.com/
Incy Wincy The Invisible Search Engine: http://www.incywincy.com/default?p=906
Kailleaugh .com Horror Link Exchange: http://www.kailleaugh.com/links/links.html
Pigasus Press: http://www.pigasuspress.co.uk/
Planet Doom: Horror Search Engine: http://planetdoom.shadowdark.org/search.pl?Terms=author
The SadGEEZER'S Guide to Cult Sci-Fi: http://www.sadgeezer.com/html/index.php
Scribal Tales - A fantasy, science fiction, horror and hybrid e-zine featuring short stories, artwork and much more.
The Secret Pens: http://www.secretpens.org
SF Book.com: http://sfbook.com/
SF Site: The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy: http://www.sfsite.com/
Shadow Clad: http://www.shadowclad.com
Si-Fi Nut.com: http://www.si-fi-nut.com
Sci-Fi Slacker.com: http://www.scifislacker.com/
Speculative Fiction For The Web: http://members.tripod.com/edward.stack/index.htm
Speculative Romance Online: http://www.specromonline.com/
The Swan: http://www.dm.net/~theswan/
The Templeton Gate Your Portal to the Worlds of Science Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/templetongate/mainpage.htm
Worldwide Top Sci-Fi Sites: http://www.worldwidetopsites.com/sites/scifi.html
The Zone SF: http://www.zone-sf.com/home.html
Link Exchanges for eBook Authors etc.: Don't forget to give these sites a link back. After all they are doing you a favor.
eBooks 'N' Bytes: http://new-list.com/?eBooks-N-Bytes-Informer---eBook-Publishing-News&id=540
Literary Calendars: Add your Events!
Around Road Runner: http://aroundrr.com/ Free to registered users from Time Warner Cable.
Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com Premium Service
Book Tour: http://www.booktour.com/ Where Authors and Audiences Meet. (NEW)
Fiction Addiction Literary Events Calendar: http://fictionaddiction.net/calendar
Michigan Writers Network: http://www.michigan-writers.org/cal/index.php
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com Manage your calendar and invite friends to your events!
Reader's Circle: http://www.readerscircle.org/
Word Thunder Calendar: http://www.wordthunder.com
Newslink Public Radio Stations: http://newslink.org/rpuradi.html
Radio Locator: http://www.radio-locator.com/
US Newspapers List: http://www.usnpl.com/
For information on how to write press releases and put together media kits consult the following Internet site.
Writing World: http://www.writing-world.com.shtml
With the following services you have to register to submit, I have accounts with them but I haven't used them yet. When I registered, they were all free services so you may want to check to see if they have got to any fees. I'm waiting to try them out when Camelot's Revenge has been placed with a publisher and is being released.
BookFlash.com: http://bookflash.com This is a pay service.
Long Story Short: http://www.alongstoryshort.net/NewsReleaseForm.html For a $7.00 fee, the author gets a page with their press release on it on there website. There is a preview of what the pages will look like. They're very nice!
Press Release Writing and Distribution - PR Consultant http://ThatPRGuy.com Affordable public relations and publicity, such as press release writing and distribution, talk radio and TV interview booking, press kits, and web site content writing.
PRWeb: The Free Wire Service: http://www.prweb.com/
Zinos.com: http://zinos.com/
Press Releases Strictly eBook:
eBook Broadcast.com: http://www.ebookbroadcast.com
Writers Promo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WritersPromo (The members are mainly romance writers but book promotion is pretty much universal.)
Promotional Materials: Places to send items for inclusion in Goody Bags for Writing Conferences.
Bookworm Bags: http://www.bookwormbags.com/ Romance Authors (NEW)
Pagan Packs: http://www.paganpacks.com/ (NEW)
Authors and Experts: http://www.authorsandexperts.com/ Requires a registration fee for listing.
PODCAST!: http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=132 Podcasts of authors and their books from Tattered Cover Book Store. (NEW)
The Old Wive's Tales: http://www.angelfire.com/mh/salem/
Writer's Conferences and Special Events:
forwriters.com: http://www.forwriters.com/conferences.html
ShawGuides- Writers Conferences and Workshops: http://writing.shawguides.com/
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