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Win Book Prizes During Bestseller Bound Birthday Bash!

Published on September 10, 2011 in Bestseller Bound. 10 Comments Tags: bestsellerbound, book contests, book giveaways, Darcia Helle, giveaways, indie authors, Maria Savva, Stacy Juba.

It’s hard to believe that it has been one full year since Bestseller Bound launched, bringing together indie authors, readers, and bloggers. This friendly community of like-minded people has become an important part of my life. Darcia Helle started this message board forum site, with input from myself and Maria Savva. My greatest contributions were coining the name Bestseller Bound and helping to write some of the mission statements, but Darcia and Maria have really kept the site blossoming with the day-to-day moderating and administering and have taken it in all sorts of wonderful directions. How Darcia has time to put out one excellent book after another, and be the leader of Bestseller Bound, I will never know but indie authors everywhere are thankful she brought us together. We’ve had all sorts of exciting projects, such as short story collections and sample chapter anthologies, not to mention the networking, book reviews, and literary discussion on the boards. If you’d like to come by and join the site, we’re always happy to have new members.

In honor of our anniversary/birthday event, a bunch of our members have gotten together to offer their books to interested readers. We have 12 prizes – 11 ebooks and 1 very special, not yet released, print book. The deadline for entry on all the blogs is midnight on Saturday, September 17. Winners will be notified via email, so please be sure to include a valid email address in your comment. The only other rule is that you need to be 16 or older. Here is the list:

1 coupon code for a free ebook copy of The Dream by Maria Savva from Smashwords

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of any one title by Darcia Helle

The Choice by Sydney S. Song (my pen name for fiction, only) from Smashwords giving free e-book coupon

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of Echo Falls by Jaime McDougall

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of any one title by Gareth Lewis

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of The Other Room by James Everington

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of any one title by Susan Helene Gottfried

1 coupon code from Smashwords for free ebook copy of Nexus Point by Jaleta Clegg

1 coupon code from Smashwords for a free eBook copy of 2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself by Sharon E. Cathcart

1 coupon code from Smashwords for a free eBook copy of Caraliza and also Breathing into Stone by Joel Kirkpatrick

and…

1 free hardbound, signed copy of Joel’s secret 5th novel, shipped the week it is released.
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I’m coming into this late after a crazy few weeks of vacations, computer troubles and hurricane power outages, so I am going to throw in a Smashwords download of my book Sink or Swim.

Want a chance to win? All you have to do is leave a comment here, with a valid email address. You need to be 16 years or older and can live anywhere in the world.

Want a few more chances to win? Seven other BestsellerBound authors are also running features on their blogs. Visit each one and leave a comment. You’ll receive one entry for each blog you comment on. Here is the list of participating authors, along with the link to their blog post:

Maria Savva: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1418272.Maria_Savva/blog

Cynthia Meyers-Hanson: http://mchanson714.blogspot.com/2011/09/year-anniversary-celebration.html

Susan Helene Gottfried: http://westofmars.com/2011/09/06/its-the-bestseller-bound-birthday

Jaime McDougall: http://www.inkyblots.com/bestseller-bound-turns-one-giveaway/

Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick: http://www.thetaleisthething.blogspot.com/

Jaleta Clegg: http://thetaleisthething.blogspot.com/2011/09/bestsellerbound-is-1-year-old.html

Darcia Helle: http://quietfurybooks.com/blog/2011/09/bestsellerbound-giveaway/

Buy “The Cutting Edge” on Kindle Today for 99 Cents To Support Indie Authors & Food Bank

Published on December 20, 2010 in Bestseller Bound and General News. Closed Tags: Darcia Helle, digital books, Kindle, Kindle bestsellers, Kindle books, Sink or swim, The Cutting Edge, The Cutting Edge Campaign, Twenty-five years ago today.

Today is the day of The Cutting Edge Amazon Campaign! Not only can you buy a fantastic new book for a special 99 cent discount price, you can also participate in an experiment to see how powerful social networking can be in propelling an indie book onto the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List, as well as help raise money for a food bank. I am asking my blog followers, Facebook and Twitter friends to help out the campaign by sharing this post using the Share Icons in the right sidebar. Sharing it on book sites such as Goodreads would also be helpful.

Bestseller Bound, a site that connect readers with indie authors, reviewers and bloggers, is sponsoring the project. The goal is to get as many people as possible to purchase author Darcia Helle’s book The Cutting Edge in Kindle format for 99 cents today on Amazon. The book is normally $3.99 on Kindle so this is a great bargain! Buy it for yourself, or send the Kindle book as a gift for a friend using Amazon’s new “Give as a gift” function. Notifications of Kindle Books gifts are delivered instantly via e-mail and the recipient redeems the gift in the Kindle Store to read on any Kindle or free Kindle app. Kindle books can be read either on Kindle or on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, or Android Phone using one of the free reading apps.

If a large number of people purchase it today, that would help to significantly improve the book’s Amazon ranking and will put it on the radar of other Kindle users. Top 100 books get much more visibility on Amazon. You’ll also be supporting charity. As part of this campaign, Darcia will donate all her profits from today’s sales of The Cutting Edge to Metropolitan Ministries, a non-denominational church in Tampa, Fla. that runs a food bank and feeds the homeless and the poor. If you’re doing some Amazon shopping today, please remember that my brand new book Sink or Swim is now available in Kindle format for $2.99 as well as in trade paperback. To celebrate, I’ve decided to lower the Kindle edition of my mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today to 99 cents as a limited time holiday offer. Please visit my Books page for more information about both titles.

Kindle Winners Announced — Countdown to The Cutting Edge Campaign

Published on December 17, 2010 in Bestseller Bound and General News. 1 Comment Tags: Amazon, bestseller Bound, Darcia Helle, e-books, giveaway, Kindle, Sink or swim, The Cutting Edge, Twenty-five years ago today.

I wanted to announce the winners of the 10 free Kindle downloads of The Cutting Edge by Darcia Helle.

1. Janette
2. Cindy
3. Barbara
4. Rene
5. Kristin
6. Barb
7. Kathy
8. Kari
9. Elaine
10. Cory

Thanks to everyone for entering! The winners will receive their free download as a gift from me on Dec. 20, during The Bestseller Bound Cutting Edge Campaign. For those of you who didn’t win, I hope you’ll purchase this great book on December 20, or if you know anyone who has a Kindle, it would make a nice gift for the holidays through the Amazon Kindle Give as a Gift option. The book will be discounted to 99 cents on that day and all proceeds from Dec. 20 will benefit a local food pantry.

In the meantime, you can follow The Cutting Edge Campaign on Facebook and Twitter. You can also listen here to my short radio interview about Bestseller Bound and The Cutting Edge Campaign, hosted by the Indie Book Collective, which has been a great supporter of this campaign. It’s about 10 minutes, at the beginning of the show. Also, if you’re an indie or small press author, reader, reviewer, or book blogger, we’d love to have you join Bestseller Bound.

Speaking of Kindle, my new book Sink or Swim is now available in Kindle format as well as in trade paperback. You’re going to be hearing a lot about this book in the coming months. To celebrate, I’ve decided to lower the Kindle edition of my mystery novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today to 99 cents as a limited time holiday offer. Please visit my Books page for more information about both titles.

Listen to The Flag Keeper Radio Interview Monday and the Bestseller Bound Interview Tuesday

Published on December 12, 2010 in Bestseller Bound and General News. Closed Tags: Authors Children Show, Authors Show, bestseller Bound, Darcia Helle, Indie Book Collective, Kindle, Stacy Juba, The Cutting Edge Campaign, The Flag Keeper.

By sheer coincidence, I am being interviewed on two different radio programs this week. Up until now, I’ve never been interviewed on the radio before.

How’s that for a strange twist of fate – two interviews being scheduled on back-to-back days? One interview will focus on my children’s picture book The Flag Keeper, while the other will discuss Bestseller Bound and “The Cutting Edge Campaign.”

“The Flag Keeper” interview is being broadcast throughout the day Monday, Dec. 13 on The Children’s Author Show. I taped the interview a few weeks ago with host Don McCauley. The show will run approximately 13 minutes and is accessible, via an internet connection, around the world. Interviews play from 12 a.m. ET for 24 hours, so you can stop by and listen whenever you want. During the interview, I discussed The Flag Keeper, which teaches children about U.S. flag etiquette through a fiction story, flag facts and discussion questions. The blog Good Family Reads recently reviewed The Flag Keeper and gave it a 10. My local newspaper also just featured a Q&A about the book on its front page, so word is slowly getting out, but the book still needs to find its way to adults who would like to teach kids about flag etiquette. If you know anyone who might be interested, please tell them about the interview or share my web site link.

The Flag Keeper is currently available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, and through The Flag Keeper e-store. In the e-store, you can use the coupon code WUT8RXEJ at checkout. This will allow you to purchase the book for $6.99 each, five dollars off the cover price, plus an additional shipping charge. If you would like to receive free signed personalized bookplate stickers (signed by both the author and illustrator) and a bookmark for each book in your order, then e-mail me at stacy@stacyjuba.com. Be sure to list the child’s name and your mailing address.

During the interview, Don and I discussed where I got the idea for the book, the overall content, and the challenges of authoring a children’s book. If you have a few minutes, stop by the show web site and listen to the interview – it will be available Monday only! (December 13)

As noted above, I will be doing another radio interview on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 4:30pm PST – this one live with the Indie Book Collective. I’ll be discussing The Cutting Edge Campaign, a campaign to invite readers to download indie author Darcia Helle’s fantastic book The Cutting Edge on December 20 in an attempt to help this well-deserving book land on the Kindle bestseller list. Darcia will be offering the book for 99 cents (at a $3 discount) on December 20 and proceeds from that day will be donated to Metropolitan Ministries, a non-denominational church in Tampa, Fla. which runs a food bank for the homeless and poor. For more details on the campaign, visit (and like) The Cutting Edge Campaign on Facebook. Also stop by Bestseller Bound, which is sponsoring the campaign, and become a member if you love books. Mark your calendar for December 20th!

And if you missed my earlier blog post, I am giving away 10 Kindle copies of The Cutting Edge to 10 lucky blog followers. Winners will be announced by the end of the week. The contest runs through Dec. 16 at midnight EST. If you’d like to enter, check out the blog post.

Kindle Book Giveaway – Free E-book of ‘The Cutting Edge’ to 10 Blog Followers

Published on December 11, 2010 in Bestseller Bound. 20 Comments Tags: bestseller Bound, Darcia Helle, Kindle, Kindle gifts, The Cutting Edge, Twenty-five years ago today.

If you have a Kindle or enjoy reading e-books using a Kindle app, then I have a special contest for you. I am going to buy 10 of my blog followers a Kindle download of Darcia Helle’s fabulous novel The Cutting Edge. The contest will run from Dec. 11 at 6 a.m. EST to Dec. 16 at midnight EST. Winners will be announced on Friday, December 17 and will receive their free download on December 20.

All you have to do is:
1. Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs. (you can be either a new or current follower)
2. Leave your name and e-mail address below if you would like to be entered into the drawing.
3. For an extra entry, tweet this post or share it on Facebook, and let me know.

The reason for this giveaway is to celebrate the countdown to The Cutting Edge Amazon Campaign! On December 20, Bestseller Bound will promote an experiment to see how powerful social networking can be in propelling an indie book onto the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List.

The goal is to get as many people as possible to purchase author Darcia Helle’s book The Cutting Edge on that day in Kindle format. The book is normally $3.99 on Kindle, but on December 20 will be discounted to 99 cents. A large number of people purchasing it on that day will help to raise the book’s Amazon ranking and will therefore put it on the radar of Kindle users. You’ll also be supporting charity. As part of this campaign, Darcia will donate all the profits from the December 20 sales of The Cutting Edge to Metropolitan Ministries, a non-denominational church in Tampa, Fla. that runs a food bank and feeds the homeless and the poor.

Since Darcia is a good friend of mine, I thought I would help the campaign to get a decent start with 10 sales. Darcia is also offering bonus content at the end of the book, including an excerpt of my brand new reality TV show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim. I’m honored to have an excerpt in The Cutting Edge as I loved it when I read it earlier this year. The book follows a hairdresser named Skye Summers who can’t stop fantasizing about killing her clients. Meanwhile, a serial killer is targeting women in the community and becomes obsessed with Skye. The book mixes elements of suspense, mystery, romance and dark comedy. It was easily one of the best novels that I read this year.

So, if you would like to enter the contest, then please leave your information below. Winners will be randomly selected and announced at the end of this week. Using Amazon’s new gift-giving function for Kindle books, on Dec. 20, I will select the “Give as a Gift” option for The Cutting Edge Kindle edition and send the gift to my 10 winners. Notifications of Kindle Books gifts are delivered instantly via e-mail and the recipient redeems the gift in the Kindle Store to read on any Kindle or free Kindle app. Kindle books can be read either on Kindle or on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, or Android Phone using one of the free reading apps.

If you don’t win the contest, then head over to Amazon on December 20 and download the book for 99 cents. It’s cheaper than a cup of coffee, will help you unwind during the holiday season, will help a deserving author to gain attention, and will support a good cause. In the meantime, follow The Cutting Edge Campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Also, if you’re an indie or small press author, reader, reviewer, or book blogger, we’d love to have you join Bestseller Bound.

And I have one more link for you. When you’re done entering this contest, head over to the Indie Books Holiday Giveaway Event – created and organized by Darcia Helle – and fill out a simple entry form to win great prizes. Forty-seven authors are giving away hundreds of print books and e-books. Have fun!

Buy ‘The Cutting Edge’ on December 20 And Help Send it To Kindle Bestseller List

Published on November 10, 2010 in Bestseller Bound. Closed Tags: 99 cent ebooks, Amazon, Darcia Helle, ebooks, Facebook, Kindle, Kindle bestsellers, The Cutting Edge, The Cutting Edge Campaign.

Kindle users, mark Dec. 20 down on your calendars. Not only can you buy a fantastic new book for a special 99 cent discount price on that day, you can also participate in an experiment to see how powerful social networking can be in propelling an indie book onto the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List.

I’ve read this book and it is amazing. It follows the story of Skye Summers, a hairstylist who fantasizes about killing her annoying clients. Unknown to Skye, a serial killer has created his own fantasies about her. The book mixes dark humor, mystery, suspense and romance all into one fast-paced read.

If you don’t have a Kindle, then it’s also available in other e-book formats and in paperback – do yourself a favor and just buy it now, or purchase it for a holiday gift. Kindle users, if you could purchase it on Dec. 20, that would help to raise the book’s Amazon ranking and will put it on the radar of other Kindle users. To follow The Cutting Edge Campaign, sign up for the Facebook page. And please help to spread the word!

Readers Wanted for Book Club: Discover New Authors

Published on October 5, 2010 in Bestseller Bound. Closed Tags: bestseller Bound, book clubs, book discussion groups, Darcia Helle, enemies and playmates, independent authors, indie book club, Maria Savva, readers groups, small press authors, Stacy Juba.

This is a press release we just posted for Bestseller Bound. If you’d like to discuss books and discover new authors, we’d love to have you join our new book club! Here are the details:

A new book discussion group is forming at the Bestseller Bound message board forum and anyone interested is invited to register at the free site and join the club. The book group will read and discuss one title each month.

All titles discussed will be books published by small presses or by independent authors. The group members will vote on a new title each month. The October title as voted by the current members will be Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle, which can be downloaded for free on Smashwords and/or Scribd. Members are encouraged to participate in the discussion each month, though it is not mandatory.

Author Darcia Helle created the Bestseller Bound forum with input from resident authors/moderators Stacy Juba and Maria Savva. In addition to the book club, Bestseller Bound members can participate in a variety of book and publishing-related discussion threads. Resident and visiting authors chat with readers about writing a book, how they do research and get their ideas, how they market their books, and the challenges they face. They also share articles, stories and poems, as well as special offers and discounts.

Readers are invited to hang out, ask questions and chat with tomorrow’s breakout writers. Small press and independently published authors are welcome to participate in the discussion, as well as post threads about their titles in the Connection Café, post a book trailer link, and browse the free Help Wanted section, where authors and book lovers can exchange guest blogging and review opportunities. According to the Bestseller Bound founders, indie and small press authors face some difficulties in being recognized by mainstream bookstores and libraries, which puts them at a disadvantage in reaching readers, and the forum is a way to bridge that gap. Members can also receive a free quarterly newsletter packed with information about indie books.

Anyone interested in joining the book discussion group must first complete the free registration process to become a member of the site at http://www.bestsellerbound.com/ and then they can start following and participating in the discussion on the Book Club thread in the Connection Café.

Bestseller Bound Celebrates Launch Party With Giveaways

Published on September 9, 2010 in Bestseller Bound. 5 Comments Tags: bestseller, bestseller Bound, book bloggers, book reviewers, Darcia Helle, indie authors, Maria Savva, small press authors, Stacy Juba, writers.

If you enjoy reading books, then have I got a party for you. Bestseller Bound, a new site that connects small press and indie authors with one another as well as with readers, reviewers and book bloggers, is celebrating its launch party this month. Members of the site are eligible to enter a drawing for giveaways, ranging from free ebooks to being featured in the first Bestseller Bound newsletter.

Here is the press release below:

Readers and indie authors now have a brand new place to interact. The message board, Bestseller Bound, is having its grand opening. Author Darcia Helle created the forum with input from resident authors/moderators Stacy Juba and Maria Savva. Here, readers will get a behind the scenes glimpse into what it’s like to be a small press or independently published author. Resident and visiting authors will chat with readers about writing a book, how they do research and get their ideas, how they market their books, and the challenges they face. They’ll share articles, stories and poems, as well as special offers and discounts.

Helle is the author of romantic suspense novels including The Cutting Edge, Enemies and Playmates, Miami Snow, Hit List, No Justice and Beyond Salvation. Juba is the author of the mystery novels Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, along with the patriotic children’s picture book The Flag Keeper. Savva’s published novels are Coincidences, Second Chances, and A Time to Tell, and she has also published the short story collections Pieces of a Rainbow, and Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales.) More information about Bestseller Bound can be found at: http://www.bestsellerbound.com/. Indie authors, readers, book bloggers, reviewers and anyone else with an interest in books is invited to register and participate in the discussion.

So head on over, join in the discussion and enter our giveaway!

Bestseller Bound Connects Indie Authors and Readers

Published on August 20, 2010 in Bestseller Bound and General News. Closed Tags: bestseller Bound, book clubs, book forums, book reviewers, ebooks, essays, fiction, independent authors, message boards, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, readers, small press authors, small presses, special discounts, writing.

Readers and indie authors, do I have a treat for you. A new message board, Bestseller Bound, is having its grand opening this week. Darcia Helle, author of several books including The Cutting Edge, Miami Snow and Enemies and Playmates, created this unique board and I’m excited to be one of the resident authors and moderators along with Darcia and author Maria Savva.

The board is sort of like the literary equivalent of a reality show. Here, readers will get a behind the scenes glimpse into what it’s like to be a small press or independently published author. These authors will chat with readers about writing a book, how they do research and get their ideas, how they market their books, and the challenges they face. They’ll share articles, stories and poems, as well as special offers and discounts. For those of you who read ebooks, you’ll already notice some 99 cent coupons for a limited time.

Readers are invited to hang out and meet tomorrow’s breakout writers. Have you always wanted to hear an author speak at your local bookstore or library and never had time to attend? Were you too uncomfortable asking a question? This is the perfect setting to interact with authors, ask your questions, and discover new favorites. If you enjoy reviewing books on sites such as Amazon or Goodreads, you can even offer your willingness to consider books for review.

Small press and independently published authors, you’re welcome to join in on the discussion. You may also post a thread about your books in the Connection Café, post a book trailer link and various web site links, and browse our free Help Wanted section, where authors and book lovers can exchange guest blogging and review opportunities. We do ask that you participate in the general discussion now and then rather than just promoting your books so that readers will have the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of indie authors. Please tell your readers about the forum. If every author recommended the site to their readers, think how much the indie book movement could spread.

Readers, please share our link with your book clubs and friends.

What are you waiting for? Hop on over to Bestseller Bound and check it out!