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Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Self-Published Book Review of the Week: A World of His Own

aworldofhisown_coverA World of His Own
by Arlette Gaffrey

This self-published Fiction/Historical book was recently reviewed on reviewyourbook.com.

A WORLD OF HIS OWN IN THE LAND OF THE CREOLES: Andre de Javon escaped the French Revolution as a child. Now as an adult, he arrives in New Orleans determined to make a new life for himself. In due time he becomes one of the wealthiest plantation owners in the Territory. He is helped by his mentor Jean-Claude Charlevoix, whose young daughter Julie falls in love with Andre, and hopes he will wait for her to grow up and marry her. But, Andre marries Gabrielle Ste. Claire who turns his life into a nightmare. Gabrielle dies leaving Andre with her illegitimate son. As Julie grows up Andre realizes how much he loves her, and wants to marry her. But will Julie still have him, a man who is eleven years her senior with an illegitimate child? The pirate Jean Lafitte and General Andrew Jackson are but some of the colorful characters woven throughout the story.

Visit the Author’s Webpage: outskirtspress.com/arlettegaffrey

Read the full review here.

Book Promotion

Promoting your Self-Published Book to Books-a-Million

As I mentioned last week, the hardest part about promoting your self-published book is knowing where to go. Finding the location of Books-a-Million bookstores is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1: Go to: www.booksamillion.com
2: Scroll all the way to the very bottom and find the “Store Locator” link
3: Enter in the zip code you want to search.

Voila!

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Self-Published Book Review of the Week: The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Selected Plays

joanofarc_coverThe Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Selected Plays
by Carolyn Gage

 

“As Carolyn Gage is one of the best lesbian playwrights in America, the book is an intellectual banquet… the reader will get the education of a lifetime.”– Lambda Book Report, Los Angeles

 

 

 The explosive, underground classic The Second Coming of Joan of Arc is back in print at last! For two decades, Carolyn Gage’s revolutionary play about a cross-dressing, teenaged, runaway lesbian Joan of Arc has been rousing women to resistance—inspiring them to walk out of patriarchal institutions and fight for a feminist vision.

This new collection includes six other powerful Gage plays:

The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman

The greatest actress of the 19th century, a lesbian butch, makes a riotous last stand.

Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter

A lesbian butch stakes her claim to a place in men’s history the only way she can.

Cookin with Typhoid Mary

History’s most notorious typhoid carrier tells her side of the story.

The Parmachene Belle

The Maine hunting guide who loved Annie Oakley offers a lesson on fly fishing.

Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist

Radical activism meets one-day-at-a-time therapism in a fight-to-the-death.

Artemisia and Hildegard

Two of the most powerful women artists in history square off on a volatile panel about strategies for survival.

For more information or to order this book, visit the author’s webpage.

Book Promotion, Choosing a Publisher

Traditional Retailers and Self-Published Books

On Monday I mentioned how to find a Barnes and Noble near you to promote your self-published book. Whether you’ve already self-published or you are considering self-publishing, it is important to keep in mind that traditional book retailers often look for four things when deciding whether or not to stock a book on their shelves:

1) Availability with a distributor
2) A very attractive trade discount
3) A returns policy (Keep this in mind if you are searching for an on-demand company for your book since not all POD publishers offer a returnable option.)
4) And demand. As a self-published author, creating demand, or “buzz,” is up to your promotional efforts, but make sure the POD publisher you choose provides the necessary means to fulfill the other criteria.

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion

Promoting your Self-Published Book to Barnes & Noble

Sometimes the hardest part about promoting your self-published book is knowing where to go. The good news is, the Internet can help you find the locations of all the Barnes & Noble (and B. Dalton) bookstores in the nation.

It’s easy! There just might be one right around the corner from you.

Just go to:
barnesandnobleinc.com/stores/find_a_store.do

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com