Ah Smashwords. They are so kind to authors. We revealed in our last installment of Author Tips and Tricks that readers don’t even need an account there to download free books. How cool is that? Not sure how they can or will compete with Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. So how about we show Smashwords some love with a Smashwords Book Page Like-fest!
This is how it works: If you are an author with a book listed on Smashwords.com, in the comments below, write a SHORT one sentence blurb about ONE of your books, then paste in the link to that book below it. (If you post more than one book, to be fair to everyone else, we will delete all except for the top link, so please behave and post only ONE book – NOT your author page – there is no way to like those!) Make sure you show some love to the links in the comments above yours, and check back throughout the day to catch up. If you’re a publisher, editor, or reader, please check out these book pages – you may see something you like! (BTW, liking a book on Smashwords WILL show up in your FB feed. If you don’t want it there, you’ll need to go into Facebook and manually remove it from your wall.)
[Don’t forget, if you right-click the links, you can choose to have them open in a separate tab so you don’t have to worry about navigating back and forth to pages.]
This should be fun and should generate a lot of likes for everyone’s books. Let’s get things moving – and here’s a book to get you started: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/23869
PLEASE do not post erotica titles. IU is a safe-for-work site.
To those with concerns about the ethical implications of “liking” a book you have not read, we regard likes as more analogous to a “high five” than a rating or review. We do not support the idea of rating or reviewing a book you have never read. If you’re concerned that people will think you are endorsing someone else’s book, you can always just write something like “hey, my friend’s book is on Smashwords.”
Through Kestrel’s Eyes: Book Two of Earth’s Pendulum: $3.99
By: Yvonne Hertzberger
Seer Liannis faces tests, losses and the lure of forbidden romance in her quest to bring her world back into peace and balance.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/167177
Sliding Past Vertical $3.99
How long can a man carry a torch for a woman without getting burned?
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/422144
The Short, Spectacular Indie-Publishing Career of Matilda Walter – FREE!
Will her fantasies of success as a romance author come true, or might there be something even sweeter in store?
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/501582
Just testing to see if logging into WordPress will give me an author photo this time.
Hi Sandra, if you want a photo, you need to get a Gravatar which is a free, cross-platform deal. Here’s a tutorial for you: https://indiesunlimited.com/2013/05/21/tutorial-how-to-get-a-gravatar/
I have one, K.S, but thank you. Clearly the tutorial would be a good idea. I guess I’m not logged in. (Intermittently, do photos show up.)
For instance, now. For no apparent reason. I’m just laughing here.
Life Lessons
$0.99
Words of Wisdom buried in a box of papers; lessons from a father to his children. Nonfiction.
J. R. Hopkins
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/505644
The Blue Crystal $4.99
by Melissa Bowersock
In the vein of The Lord of the Rings, a young peasant and his halfling sidekick find themselves caught up in the ultimate magical battle between good and evil.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/127940
Future pioneer newlyweds adjust to life in a new city while an ancient prophecy unfolds.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/348414
Angel Kitty
by Kristal E. Lynn
Overview: While the Hart family was looking for tiger cats online, one was searching for the perfect family to adopt.
Always $.99
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/467269
Out of Mischief
by Gordon A. Long
What does it take to turn a pampered schoolgirl into an accomplished swordswoman?
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/459034
Just getting started in self-publishing? Don’t make the mistakes I did, and save yourself lots of time and money.
Check out Read Me Before You Write
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/283297
Never Marry A Warlock
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/364416
Dealing with your husband cheating on you can be easy, if you are a witch.
RIPOFF by Morgan St. James and Caroline Rowe $2.99
Someone is out to embezzle millions from the Federal Prison System until the mistake is made of hiring 3 savvy women who smell a rat.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/478488
POLLY!
by Stephen Goldin
$4.99
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34606
Herodotus Shapiro’s life is in the toilet–until he meets the world’s most incredible woman, and his destiny is changed forever.
This unique book evolves from a simple account of a death within an ordinary family into a vast scandalous exposé, a true and topical account showing a fascinating view of human nature, society and the establishment in the United Kingdom.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/447008
Could the motive for the murder of a lonely, old man be hidden in his journal?http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/421372
LAURA’S LOCKET, by Tima Maria Lacoba
Short Story
What would you do if you met the man of your dreams, who came to you only at night and promised you love everlasting?
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476863
Terra Nullius
T.D.McKinnon
Even as the prophecy unfolds, which foretold she would be the last, Trucannini fights tooth and nail to ensure that it will not come true.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/112987
The Cornish Knot
by Vicky Adin
$3.99
A woman’s journey of personal renewal to find her past, exposing secrets that change her life.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/400992
Cthulhu Returns
H.P. Lovecraft’s infamous monster returns to earth and wreaks havoc on tiny California town
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/505058
BRIDE PRICE by Ian Mathie
$6.99
When a man demands your daughter’s hand and you don’t want him to marry her, what do you do? Set her bride price then apply the Congo solution: get him barbecued!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/276659
River of Time by Sharon Ricklin Jones
$4.99
If you could go back in time and change things…would you? Author, David Russell once said, “The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” But my dilemma was learning from which bridge to jump.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/371596