This page will let you know of a few free things that Coffee Time Romance has available to help you promote yourself and your book:
We have live chats every Tuesday night. The schedule is listed on the site on the Chat Page. To schedule a chat (for yourself or maybe you and a couple of author friends) contact Sabrina, our Chat Coordinator,
We also have eLoop chats in our Yahoo groups for readers and authors to share information. We have two groups... Chatters Group (Rated PG) and Erotic Group (Rated R). Feel free to go there and look around. To schedule a eLoop chat, please contact our eLoop Chat Coordinator, Regina.
Interested in scheduling an interview with one of
our wonderful interviewers? Contact our Interview Coordinator Liadan, to
set a date!
Open Promotion day is on Monday in both groups. Feel free to promote your books and your events in either group.
We also have Theme days on these loops that we encourage authors to share their book information, new releases, future releases, etc. The schedule is listed in our large monthly newsletter and on the Yahoo groups. These do change monthly!
We have a place to list your author name and your web site. If you will send us your full author name and the URL address for your web site, we will add that to the listing.
We also have reviewers who can review your books and we post them on the site upon completion. The guildelines and submission information is listed here and you can contact our review coordinator, Brenda, with any questions.
We do have private boards that your authors are more than free to post and chat with readers and other authors located here. Additionally, we have an area called the Author's Coffee Corner where as you see, lots of authors have made their group homes. If you would like for us to set up a author group for you so that you are able to chat with your readers and talk about what you are doing, please just email us with the following information and we will set that up for you:
Your Full Author's Name
Your Sign on name for the boards (so that I can set you up with moderator's powers in your group)
Information (that goes under your author name) which will give readers an idea of your group and hopefully pick up some 'surfers' into your group. If you would like, you can get an idea of what other authors have done by looking here
Would you like any separate groups INSIDE your forum? Sub forums? If so, please give me the name and information (if any) that goes under the name of the sub forum.
Additionally, there is a free promotional area in our boards that you are more than welcome to brag about your books at any time.
Also we have an event calendar if you would like to add information about you and your books.
Since you are a new author, you are probably going to set up a MySpace. There is a wonderful place to find a bunch of new friends (with links) to help you get started here.
Those are all free services. I figured just starting out you might want to take advantage of those! Yes, we have all been there.
Are you a new author looking for a great way to get started? We have it.
Starting off as a new author is confusing, time consuming, and can be expensive. After polling authors to find out what they needed when they first got into this business, we have created a custom package to help any new author get his/her feet on the ground and running.
Announcement – A short bio about the author which will appear on our Welcome page and in our newsletter
One banner – Belle Productions will work with you one-on-one to develop a banner you can use for advertising and promotions ($20 value)
Book Cover linked to your web site up at Coffee Time Romance & More for 2 months ($20 value)
Book Video – Belle Productions will create a custom book video that is up to 2 minutes which they will develop to reflect your book ($45 value)
Feature author page –Feature Author Page for 3 months
Book Cover Placement in our Live Chat Room based on availability
We will create an author group in our Forums in the Author's Coffee Corner with other authors and readers to have access and reliability
Access to our Private Promotional boards in our Forums
3 months of promotions provided by Moonglade Solutions This includes, but is not limited to, 3 press releases for your book including an author introduction, release date of your book, follow up excerpts which show up 2 month after your release. These reach an average of 30,000 people. ($150 value)
Website listed and linked under our Frothy Friends on our Coffee Thoughts (Blog) for 12 months
Express-O Site for one Year - Self controlled author site.
Do you have your web address already? We can help you set it up so that it automatically goes to your new site easily.
Self controlled author site.
You don't have to pay for web hosting
No domain fee
Full control of site contents
Easy updates
Cross promotions with CTR & More visitors
Access to CTR & More live chat room
Your own author group on the board that we will set up for you
Plug -n- play maintenance
You will be the only one to make changes on your site.
The blissful buzz new book release package gets the buzz out about your new book. We can help you get the tools you need to get the word out. We have gathered the services together to create this lovely package to help you announce your new release to the world, promote your new book, and get those sales rolling in.
Book Video – Belle Productions will create a custom book video that is up to 2 minutes which they will develop to reflect your book ($45 value)
Book Cover linked to your web site up at Coffee Time Romance & More for 2 months
Release Party (eLoop, forums, or live) to help celebrate your book release. Author is required to promote this event (CTR will also promote this event), provide prizes, and enjoy yourself bragging about your new book (wink). These are NOT held on Tuesday nights.
Book Cover placement in our Live Chat Room based on availability
3 months of promotions provided by Moonglade Solutions This includes, but is not limited to, 3 press releases for your book including an author introduction, release date of your book, follow up excerpts which show up 2 month after your release. These reach an average of 30,000 people. ($150 value)
Announcement of New Release – A short blurb about the book which will appear on our Welcome page and in our large newsletter with your book cover
Spotlight in our one of our Weekly Mailers with your cover and a blurb
Please note, this package has to be purchased in advance of your release date (at least 30 days, more is better). We do need to schedule and promote these events in advance to be fully effective and useful. Please contact us regarding availability.
We have more services listed here. And some other contact information is listed here. If you need anything else or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
