Great job, Galleycat! They’ve created a Google doc for authors who will visit book clubs, and nearly 900 authors have put themselves on the list!

Author Social Media Exchange

Here’s how it works:

1. If you’re an author, you can plug in your name, book, genre, website, where you’re based and if you’re available for phone and/or video chats.

2. By putting yourself on this list, you’re letting book clubs nationwide know you’re available to speak to their club.

3. If you’re a reader and belong to a book club — we’ve now given you a great source to find some fabulous new books and authors with whom to connect.

Visit Authors Who Will Visit Book Clubs to view the entire list!

 

One of the beautiful things about being in the social media for authors business is the networking that happens between our team and our phenomenal group of authors. And when authors share a resource, we listen!

Case in point: The Ebook Editor. When a client recently went surfing for just the right person to handle converting her previously print-only book into formats for Kindle and Nook, etc., she found one company that stood out, the Ebook Editor, led by Chris O’Byrne, an editor and e-book conversion wizard.

But we have stringent criteria when it comes to protecting and promoting our authors. First, the company has to be responsive and timely. Check. Second, they have to really know their stuff. Check. Third, they need to be super cost-effective; that’s one of our founding principles. Check. And of course, most importantly, they have to be passionate about authors and words and serving this very special community. Check, check, check!

The EBook Editor’s hand-crafted ebook conversion services provide you with an ebook that makes you look like the professional you are. He can convert to Kindle, ePub, and all other ebook formats, hand-coded specifically for each type of format.

Chris does more than simple conversions, however; he actually formats the manuscript specifically for each type of ebook format. Think of it as personalized typesetting for each ebook format. Each format is then hand-checked on the actual device it will be used on until the book looks perfect. In addition, he prepares a specially formatted Word doc ready to submit to Smashwords. All of this for only $199. (And as a valued partner, if you tell him Shark Marketing Co. sent you, you’ll enjoy a 10% discount off his services!) more…

Several savvy authors on the Affiliated Authors and Books & Writers groups at LinkedIn recently suggested that authors could help each other spread the news of their books.

Author Social Media ExchangeThe challenge: To give each other their Facebook Fan page links and Twitter handles so we could all exchange “likes” and “follows.”

The advantage: To gain more followers and fans – but in the process, to get to know other promotionally minded authors out there and, most important, to find some great new books to read!

We all love a win-win, so it didn’t take long for our inbox to become stuffed with responses. That’s when we decided to take this great cross-promotional concept to the next level and launch a Google docs page. The Author Social Media Exchange was born.

Here’s how it works:

1. If you’re an author, plug in your name, website, Twitter handle (i.e. @johndoe) and your Facebook fan page link, plus there’s room for other links, i.e. Smashwords or Goodreads.

2. By putting yourself on this list, you’re letting other authors on the list know they should come like your FB page and/or follow you on Twitter.

3. Reciprocate! Spend a few minutes a day checking the list and liking/following the other authors here!

4. If you’re a reader — we’ve now given you a great source to find some fabulous new books and authors with whom to connect.

We look forward to liking and following lots more of you at the Author Social Media Exchange! Write on…