Promote A Friend's Book! It's Random Acts Of Publicity Week (Sept.7-10, 2010)
The creation of Darcy Pattison, Random Acts Of Publicity Week is a week where everyone is encouraged to post a review of a friend's book on Amazon, Goodreads, Library Thing, or elsewhere online. WONDERFUL idea!
To those of you who aren't on Facebook, I've posted what Darcy said at the end of this post.
If you DO participate and post a review of a book somewhere during the week, feel free to use this badge of honor I created this morning specifically for the event:
I've also created a bit.ly shortcut, http://bit.ly/RAPweek, which points to Darcy's Facebook page about the event.
From Darcy Pattison:
September 7-10, 2010
2nd Annual RANDOM ACTS OF PUBLICITY WEEK
WHAT? I always promise myself that today I’ll write a review of my friends’ books and actually post them on Amazon or Library Thing or GoodReads or somewhere. But do I? No. That’s about to change! We're going to help publicize our friends' books during the Random Acts of Publicity Week.
...Why? I know how wonderful it is to see new reviews on Amazon of one of my books. I know that it’s better to give than to receive. During the Random Acts of Publicity Week, I vow to put these two things together and give friends some support for their books.
Why this week? We all know that the holiday shopping season is when people buy things, including books. Especially books! We want our Amazon pages and other publicity in place before that season starts. So, September is a great month to help others by reviewing their books and doing other Random Acts of Publicity.
How? See darcypattison.com each day of this week for tips on helping publicize your friends' books.
Who? Anyone and everyone can join in this week of paying-it-forward.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 7:31 AM
Reader Comments (2)
I love this idea -- as an avid review writer already, I like to think I'm already doing my bit!
I know some people are hesitant about writing reviews and what is expected of them; there is a good post on Ergofiction magazine summarizing easy tips on how to review.
I love this, too. I think we should have random acts of kindness for all sorts o' things on the web to help friends and people we love and promote things that make our lives full of joy! Yea. Glad for this info.