Take a trip to Author Island!
Morning Quillsters!
Today I have a guest blogger, good friend and fabulous promoter, DeNita Tuttle. As both an author and a reader, I LOVE DeNita's site AUTHORISLAND.COM and I'm sure you will too.
Ask DeNita anything, and you'll find that AUTHORISLAND.COM offers something for everyone who loves books. I regularly send promotional material to DeNita, and she in turns gives it away to readers for me. It's a true win/win situation!
Let's all give DeNita a giant Quill welcome!
Hi everyone!
I’m so happy to be here – big thanks to my dear friend and client Lori Foster for asking me to be a guest here today!!
AuthorIsland.com is my baby – it grew from an idea I had a little over two years ago when I was busy promoting my new-at-the-time romantic suspense SWEET DREAMS written as DL Edwards. I found myself unhappy with most of the promotion I was paying for online. I discovered most sites out there were created for and geared toward writers and I personally wanted to promote my book to readers, the ones who were actually going to be buying it…. novel idea, I know!
I had this vision of a website that was made specifically for readers – fun, easy to move around in, up-to-date and packed with great books, fantastic authors and super contests.
And AuthorIsland.com was born.
The most shocking thing about it is that I think I’ve actually accomplished what I set out to do (which isn’t always the case with me – LOL).
Last month, AuthorIsland.com received over 700,000 hits! Just to let you know how incredible that number is to me, when I started two years ago, my goal was to average 7,000 hits a month and that seemed like an impossible task – Who knew??? Whenever I get an email from one of my clients thanking me and telling me how being a member of AuthorIsland.com has helped them sell their books, well, let’s just say it makes the hard work I’ve put into it worth every hour!
As you can tell, I’m really proud of my baby and now have my sights set on much loftier goals – LOL!!!
Readers – if you haven’t been to the Island yet, what’s keeping you??? We have great new-to-you reads and authors over there just waiting for you to discover them!
We have not one, but two pages full of fun contests.
We have great author interviews, fabulous trailers and excerpts.
We also have boxes and boxes of author goodies waiting to find a home for only the price of postage – check out our free stuff page for details.
And to top it all off, we give a book away every single day right on the front page!
So be sure to make AuthorIsland.com a daily stop in your cyber travels – the treasures truly do await!
Authors and Publishers –I’m always looking for author goodies to send out to our readers (books, coverflats, bookmarks, promo items, sample CDs, goodie bags – you name it!) And I promise you it will be used very wisely and will be much appreciated. And if you happen to be looking for a place to set up your hammock, so to speak, I’d love to have you as a member!
As luck would have it, we have a great special going on right now – full membership for only $1 a day – sign up for a year and get your 13th month free!!! Sign up and mention Running with Quills and Lori will get a free month!!! – She’ll love you for that!
For less than the cost of one ad, you can have a year’s membership at AuthorIsland.com!
What does membership at AuthorIsland.com get you??? Come on over and take a look! All my authors and their books are integrated into every area of the site through rotating banners, scrolling covers, excerpts, trailers, interviews, contests and spotlights. And you’ll be part of a site that readers enjoy and love to visit!
Thanks again to Lori for asking me to come blog today with the Quills, and I wish everyone a fabulous and healthy end to their summer!
DeNita Tuttle
AuthorIsland.com
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