Bonnye Matthews http://booksbybonnye.com/blog Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 Does anyone have as much fun as I do being an author? http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/08/15/does-anyone-have-as-much-fun-as-i-do-being-an-author/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/08/15/does-anyone-have-as-much-fun-as-i-do-being-an-author/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:35:01 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=155 Continue reading ]]> havingfunThe bags and tees arrived. Camels Can’t Carve? It’s all about the 250,000-year-old mammoth pelvis bone, where a green-carving of a gomphothere (4-tusked elephant) and large cat were found in Mexico. Camels and other animals were there, but they Can’t Carve! It must have been a human who carved the bone! People in the Americas 250,000 years ago? Why not? Bags are great for transport of things for book signings and other activities. I had them made at Kosmo Screen Printing in Colorado. My tees are my uniform for events. I also wear them when I go out, because people will ask what they mean. Kosmo Screen Printing does great work!

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FOILING PROMOTION PROFITEERING http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/06/01/foiling-promotion-profiteering/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/06/01/foiling-promotion-profiteering/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:30:20 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=151 Continue reading ]]> I’ve seen several articles  recently on the potential for people to profit on sales of promotional materials, bypassing the Publisher and Author.  These may come from promotional materials from big publishers and from various giveaways. The “buy box” program on Amazon has set off some of these articles. People who sell well at lower prices can get a “buy box” and thus become the first source of a buyer’s selection on Amazon. I do giveaways and think it’s a good promotional practice when launching a book. I cannot see a giveaway of ten books as making much of a “buy box” opportunity. Just to be on the safe side, I made a change in my giveaway practice with my latest giveaway. I simply put on the title page inside, “to name of giveaway recipient” and then sign the page. Normally I send unsigned books to giveaway recipients. I assume that giveaway recipients want to read the books not use them for sales. By putting their name on the book, it personalizes the books and  makes them less sale-able, for those books cannot be sold as new.

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Freedom, 250,000 BC AudibleBook GIVEAWAY http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/30/freedom-250000-bc-audiblebook-giveaway/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/30/freedom-250000-bc-audiblebook-giveaway/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 13:58:06 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=148 Continue reading ]]> freedomAudio book for Freedom, 250,000 BC is just out on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. I’m doing a GIVEAWAY of codes to receive a free copy of the audible book from Audible. I hope to build ratings and reviews on Audible and/or Amazon for the book and the reader.  Gotta admit this is great fun! It’s every bit as exciting for me as holding a new paperback! Use the form on this site to email me, if you’re interested in the code for the free book. I’ll email you the code and process.  First come, first served. The codes are limited.

To hear a sample follow this URL  https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-250-000-BC-Popocat%C3%A9petl/dp/B071LP1SW8/ref=sr_1_1_twi_audd_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496182196&sr=8-1&keywords=bonnye+matthews   There will be an arrow that plays a sample on the left under the image.

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GOODREADS GIVEAWAY http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/11/goodreads-giveaway-2/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/11/goodreads-giveaway-2/#respond Thu, 11 May 2017 07:36:34 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=139 Continue reading ]]> Starting May 11 until May 31, How to Market Books to Libraries and Readers in the Digital Age: Constructing Major Email Platform Planks will be on giveaway. Now’s your opportunity to get the book mailed to you from the author at no cost. Ten books have been set aside for this giveaway. Use the Goodreads link and take a look.

 

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Truckdriver and Audible Books http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/10/truckdriver-and-audible-books/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/10/truckdriver-and-audible-books/#respond Wed, 10 May 2017 11:29:25 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=142 Continue reading ]]> freedom-cover-for-acxBack in 2012 when my first book came out, a truck-driver came over to my table and asked if I had audible books. I told him I didn’t. He let me know he really wanted to read my book, but he’s a truck-driver, and he listens to audible books. I looked into audible books. Paying a producer was so far over my spending limit that I stopped looking. Not long ago I found ACX, a publisher of audible books where they hook up writers with producers. ACX offers a variety of ways authors can pay producers, and one of the ways is shared royalty. I realized that someone at my level of budget could actually have audible books. I put my books on their site and as soon as I put up my novellas, I received a request from a producer. He listened when I asked if he could make a little change on his audition tape (five minutes of reading my book); he listened; the re-do was perfect. The first novella audible book (see below) is about to come out. I’m so excited! And it has cost me nothing so far, except $30 to get the cover from my novella squared by the designer. When I listened to my novella read from end to end it was an experience that is different from anything else I’ve experienced in the writing world. It parallels the feel of a newly published book finally in your hand. If you’re interested in audible books, it’s affordable today. The producer is working on the second novella right now. (My novels may be too long for shared royalty, but I’ll keep trying.)

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A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/06/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/06/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words/#respond Sat, 06 May 2017 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=136 award

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How To Market Books to Libraries and Readers in the Digital Age http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/03/how-to-market-books-to-libraries-and-readers-in-the-digital-age/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/05/03/how-to-market-books-to-libraries-and-readers-in-the-digital-age/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 17:31:31 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=132 how-to-market-front-cover

 

 

It’s out! It’s little; it’s cute; and with great effort it actually works!

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Serendipity! http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/04/26/serendipity/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/04/26/serendipity/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:54:53 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=129 Continue reading ]]> Sometimes serendipity occurs. Today was my day.  An article from National Geographic came out announcing human presence in the Americas back to 130,000 years ago! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/mastodons-americas-peopling-migrations-archaeology-science/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20170425news-earlyamericans&utm_campaign=Content&sf73751125=1.

This is one of the few times a national publication dared to cross the border into the six figure date of humans in the Americas, though there has been evidence for quite some time. The United States and Australian archaeological powers that be hold fast to their beliefs despite what comes out. It might be noted they are alone among world archaeologists. Already US archaeologists are pooh poohing the whole idea, standing on their skepticism. They haven’t been there or examined the findings. I have, on the other hand today, been suggesting that a comparison can be made with my Amazon Author page at http://amzn.to/2kV68d3. I’ve seen the evidence and heard the skepticism. It’s past time for dialog!

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Dioramas a Hit! http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/04/11/dioramas-a-hit/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/04/11/dioramas-a-hit/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:40:34 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=115 Continue reading ]]> I attended the IN PRINT event at the Anchorage Museum April 8, 2017. There were nine of us authors at the event. I carried my dioramas to decorate my table and add depth to the books. It would, I hoped give me a clue whether the dioramas were a draw to the table, and whether they had value to lead to a discussion of the books. The event was a delight and the dioramas were very effective. I’ll use them as often as I can.  Here they are:

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GOODREADS GIVEAWAY http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/03/08/goodreads-giveaway/ http://booksbybonnye.com/blog/2017/03/08/goodreads-giveaway/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:37:58 +0000 http://www.booksbybonnye.com/blog/?p=110 Continue reading ]]> The GOODREADS GIVEAWAY has been approved. The GIVEAWAY for Courage, 30,000 BC: The Boqueirao Refuge at Pedra Furada begins at 12 am PT March 14 and ends 11:59 pm PT on March 31.  To participate either go to GOODREADS GIVEAWAY or click the button here:

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Courage, 30,000 BC by Bonnye Matthews

Courage, 30,000 BC

by Bonnye Matthews

Giveaway ends March 31, 2017.

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