Goodread Giveaway

Yesterday I gave away three copies of my latest Amazon POD novel, ROSELLI’S GOLD. I also gave away three best sellers as an added gift to the winners of my Goodreads Giveaway competition. By purchasing a best-selling novel with Roselli’s Gold, I was indulging in slipstream marketing. It’s not a 100% guaranteed approach to promoting and selling my books, but it helps when potential readers searching through the Amazon list see that someone has purchased my book alongside a best seller. It is supposed to encourage them to have a look at what my book offers. Because the three winners were all from the USA, it gave me the added advantage of not having to pay postage, so my promotion costs were reduced. And I will get the royalties from the three copies I gave away, which reduces the cost even further.
Well, December is back and we are only three weeks or so away from Christmas, and it’s
time to think of buying something for my wife Pat. She says she would like silk pyjamas, but the trouble with buying an item of clothing (or make-up) for her is a problem in itself; how will I know what suits her when she is always telling me that I have no idea of colours, fashion etc. Am I the only man who doesn’t have a clue? No doubt I’ll think of something and she’ll love it, even if it finds its way into the back of the wardrobe, never to see the light of day again.
This morning at our Housegroup meeting, we filled the time with Christmas carols and food! Couple of our members are going back to UK for a few months, so we thought we would have the Christmas celebration early. I can’t understand why they are going back to UK for the winter and leaving the Spanish sunshine behind. No doubt they have their reasons.
Nothing else to say now, except that I will be interviewing the best-selling crime writer, Peter James later on this month for publication on the Acclaimed Books website. I’m looking forward to that. Keep an eye out for it. I’ll give everyone plenty of warning. Hasta la Vista!