Rivets & Rain Goodreads Giveaway

By Michael Seese

Free books! What could be better? 

I am giving away two paperback copies and two e-copies (Kindle, Nook, or even PDF) of A Clockworks Orchard: Rivets & Rain, which features my short story, "Never Mind The Nonsense, Here's The Sex Truncheons."

The physical books are via a Goodreads giveaway. So if you're interested in one of those, click on the image link below.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

A Clockworks Orchard

by Michael Seese

Giveaway ends August 22, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

To win a chance at the e-books:

1. Follow me.
2. Leave a comment or send me a note indicating that you have followed me. (Make sure I have some way of getting in touch.)

3. Existing followers can refer a friend. Have that person say, "I was referred by <Your Name> and you both will be entered."

Both giveaways run through August 22.

Goodreads

I don't know if you've ever heard of Goodreads. To use a simple analogy, it's kind of like Facebook for authors and readers. (Though, to my knowledge Goodreads doesn't have a rapidly declining market capitalization.) 

I believe my friend Donna turned me on to the site about six months ago. So I created a profile. This is me, if you want to "friend" me here. But I didn't really know what to do with it.

And then super-agent Janet Reid, the source of so much of my knowledge about the publishing biz (truly, I so owe this woman a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates) mentioned it in her blog yesterday, and talked about "giveaways."

So I did a little research. As it turns out, authors can sign up to give away a number of copies of their books. Interested readers put their name "in the hat." And when the "contest" ends, the folks at Goodreads pick the winner(s). Then it's up to the author to mail it.

The hope (though not a requirement) is that those who enter will put the book on their "to-read" list, and the winners will post a review.

I am offering two copies of Scrappy Information Security and two copies of BUGS, up until July 1. So far -- after less than 24 hours -- I have 61 and 26 interested parties, respectively.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Scrappy Information Security

by Michael Seese

Giveaway ends July 01, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Goodreads Book Giveaway

BUGS

by Michael Seese

Giveaway ends July 01, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

I'm sure an update will follow. If you're interested, please click on one or both links, and sign up.

Administrivia....

I took a little time today to take care of a few "administrative" details regarding my books.

In a recent blog, agent Rachelle Gardner said:

I’ve heard from several sources that Barnes & Noble is paying attention to authors’ blogs and websites, and specifically, they’re interested in which links you include so that people can click through to buy your book. If you are linking only to Amazon, Barnes & Noble may choose not to carry your book.

I thought, "Haunting Valley isn't available on barnesandnoble.com. But I've been meaning to make it a Nook book." So I took care of that. Here is a link to it, should you want it for your Nook. (It makes a great Christmas gift.)

I also updated the "Fiction Stuff" page of my blog site to include the aforementioned URL. And while I was at it, I also added the URLs for Scrappy Information Security and Scrappy BCP on B&N, as well as their links on Books-a-Million -- which is another book-selling site that Rachelle recommended -- to my "Nonfiction Stuff" page.

Switching gears a little, I added myself as an author on Goodreads. So I now can be "liked" in a whole new place. Or, not liked, I suppose.

Sometimes, you have to do the little stuff in order to make a career of the big stuff.