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Trying to better market your books? Here are the fundamentals of each social network. This is so true!

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CreateSpace Desk-bound Destinations: Understanding Blog Tours - Joel looks at the advantages of doing a blog tour and explains how they work. http://bit.ly/xOdQ45

The growth of online book sales, Web 2.0 technology, and social media have given indie authors unparalleled opportunities to promote their books. One of the best innovations in online book marketing is the blog tour. In its briefest form, a blog tour allows an author to virtually visit lots of commu...read more....CreateSpace Community: Desk-bound Destinations: Understanding Blog Tours www.createspace.com

The utterly FABULOUS Stella Parks has been nommed for Food and Wine People's Best New Pastry Chef and YOU can vote. Yes, YOU! http://www.foodandwine.com/the-peoples-pastry-east

(and, seriously, if you're thinking, but I've never had Stella's desserts, you can just read some of her awesome COLUMNS and vote based on those! One of my recent faves: http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/01/bravetart-cookie-dough-stuffed-reeses-cups-fringe-show.html )The People’s Best New Pastry Chef: East Region www.foodandwine.com

Food & Wine goes way beyond mere eating and drinking. We're on a mission to find the most exciting places, new experiences, emerging trends and sensations.

Don't be penalized by Google by having too many ads above the fold (and for being content weak)! Check out a new update from Google, plus take a look at how your site looks on different sized screen resolutions: Google to Penalize Sites With Excessive Above the Fold Advertising savvyblogging.netO

Overwhelming readers with several ads above the fold and little to no content will hurt you when it comes to SEO as well as annoy your readers.  Savvy Blogging

Guest artist post form my EBay seller friend kathy.

Listing quality art at bargain prices tonight as I relax on the sofa after a big day. Now just a 'heads up' to my Face Book Page members. This work is open for 'offers' - another words the already bargain price I listed at is 'negotiable.' No this isn't one of my own. it is a P.Willis, oil but that (not mine,) makes it easier for me to accept a low offer. FREE POST in Oz.Magnolia Soulangiana, Original Oil Painting 22" x 16" Canvas 630mm x 475mm Frame www.ebay.com.au Magnolia Soulangiana, Original Oil Painting 22" x 16" Canvas 630mm x 475mm Frame in Art , Paintings , Still Life |eBay Kathy Shell

A relaxed guest post from my friend Kathy Shell What is your reading/writing nook like? I have a day bed sofas, set up with loads of comfy cushions in front of a panoramic window with a view over a tiny cottage garden and then out over the poplar avenue, wheat field to a distant red river gum forest along the water channel.
I bought one of those strong bed tables to put my iMac on and wheel tat into place. Then in the Indigo the poodle comes and sits beside me on the top of the sofa's back rest so she can alternate watching birds, frogs, lizards or me write. Oh and when I am lucky I get coffee delivered as i work.

Kathy Shell played around and created a new  websites tonight. As she was uncertain if a publisher would want her to use her name or initials. She took out a new domain using her initials but linking to the one she already had made up in her full name. So no more work involved to maintain it. It has a great pic of Uluru on the opening page. :-)

K.J.Shell Author www.kjshell.com    K.J.Shell, Author

VIDEO & ARTICLE | WEEKLY PREVENTION TIP
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‎2,500 New Yorkers had their drinks tracked for 9 years. The ones drinking diet soda daily had a 61% higher risk of vascular events such as strokes.

Is it because unhealthy people tend to drink diet soda, or because diet soda is unhealthy?  Read more ...Alzheimer's and Dementia Weekly

Does Diet Soda Tempt Vascular Dementia?

Today’s Book Of The Day is a highly rated Fantasy from award winning and bestselling author, Ian Alexander. "From The Ashes" has an excellent 4.8 star rating and is only $1.99!

"I have never been a fan of the Fantasy genre of books, but Ian Alexander has changed my mind. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and would highly recommend it to everyone! Give it a try, even if you don't usually read fantasy. You might change your mind...I did." Nanci R. - Amazon Reviewer

http://ereadernewstoday.com/book-of-the-day-from-the-ashes/6710893/Book Of The Day – From The Ashes ereadernewstoday.com
FROM THE ASHES, a novella set in the Sojourner Saga. Five hundred years before the rise of The Great Deliverer (Once We Were Kings: Book I of the Sojourner Saga), before the founding of the Sojourner Union, Ying, a young peasant fights for the hand of the beautiful princess of Bai Kuo. He

From CreateSpace
Earlier this year, I wrote about some writers' lack of confidence in a post titled How to be a Confident Writer. The gist of the post was that if new authors can confidently identify their style when asked, they're more likely to attract readers and fans. Why? Because it presents a commitment to cra...read more ...CreateSpace Community: Resources: Identifying the Writer Within www.createspace.com