Showing posts with label Book Launch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Launch. Show all posts

Friday, 2 December 2016

FREE BESTSELLER!

I'm building my 2017 Mailing List... 

in anticipation of sending out the OCCASIONAL newsletter in 2017 with news of my latest book releases and events and giveaways and special offers.

To get the ball rolling I'm giving everyone who subscribes to my mailing list a FREE BESTSELLER of mine that's filled with fun and top promo tips for authors and in fact anyone who wants to successfully promote, erm, I mean party, online.

How To Party Online is recommended reading for authors by top book bloggers and publishers as a proven marketing guide to successful online promotion.

My Gift to you!

'How To Party Online' is yours just for signing up to my mailing list!


This is the sign up link: eepurl.com/crtO0v

Note that there is also a link on this website on the top right sidebar.

My Promise To You

I promise not to spam you or drive you crazy in any way whatsoever - I'll only contact you if I have something interesting to say - and if you change your mind you can always click the easy to spot 'unsubscribe' button.

 Get your #FREE #BESTSELLER #EBOOK with my compliments!

'How To Party Online' will be emailed you in PDF and Kindle format.

After you sign up using the sign-up form I'll be auto-notified and I'll drop you an email. Then How To Party Online is yours to keep. 

Thanks! 
Love from Janice xx


What some Amazon reviewers are saying:

“How to Party online' is clear and concise, written with Janice's trademark humour, well-illustrated by personal examples and detailed timetables to take you step by step through the process.”

“Janice also adds a very nice personal touch to it all with her charm and humour. In fact it's like getting help from a friend. You really should get a copy, after all, who doesn't love a party?!”

“Janice's parties are fun, inventive and has those elements that are vital for promotion - reader participation and heaps of fun!”


“This book explains, step-by-step, how to prepare for a book launch and do it with style! What I particularly liked about this book is the style in which it's written and the fact that there is a timeline to the planning.”




DG Life Magazine. "Janice has made it her business to get stuck into the whole self-publishing malarkey. Savvy enough to realise it's not enough to simply write, she's studied social media marketing until it could be her specialist subject on Mastermind. She can plan a book launch, maximise publicity, keep the momentum going after the first initial flush, and perhaps most of all, she knows how to make the whole thing fun, which is no mean feat". 


How To Party Online:

*Online parties are a fun way to launch your book or introduce your product and engage with your target audience.
*Social media applications are perfect forums for parties - the venue capacity is infinite, the guest list is global, and the fun and games can lead to bestselling success!
*This aim of this book is to show you how you can produce measurable results from your very first online party and while you are still working towards building up your social network.
*The purpose of this book is to walk and talk you through each step of the planning and implementation of four very different online promotional parties.
*Together we will look at how much work and effort is involved in implementing each step and we will experience the party format, explore the outcomes, and quantify all the successes.
*I'll show you how to make it lots of fun!

Comments from the party peeps themselves:

"I loved the parties because of the amazing fun and laughs we had - even if some of us ended up in twitter jail!"
"I liked the ways in which you involved others during these parties. They were great fun."
"Absolutely LOVE your blog parties!"
"The idea of having us post photos was brilliant in that it set up a series of interactions between lots of the different people who came - some of whom I'd never 'met' before."
"Love how you come up with such innovative ideas for each one."
"Great fun!"
"The party was a blast! I loved it."
"It was great being a part of something that involved so many different blogs. It was very unique and totally engaging!"
"I took part in the online party. What I enjoyed about it was reading all the other blogs that took part - everyone had something different."
"You have held some really fun and fab parties Janice. All have been great to join in!
"I've been to all of them and it would be difficult to pick out a favourite."
"What I think worked was that they were all different and each had an element of surprise."
"Asking 'guests' to do something specific ensured personal involvement - key to the success of any 'virtual' event."
"I enjoyed all your parties, Janice."
"The (party) was a lesson in how it should be done."
"A book of hints and tips is a great idea. Good luck with it!"






Friday, 27 March 2015

Castaway in the Caribbean - 99p/$1.48 this weekend only!

Thank you to everyone who has bought and downloaded a copy of Castaway in the Caribbean in the past 24 hrs and to those who have messaged and shared my launch day posts!

Castaway is currently sitting at #3 in the Amazon Bestseller Charts for Travel Adventure Fiction - and I'm thrilled. To celebrate this chart success and to hope for a #2 or even a #1 position - the book will remain at the launch price of 99p or $1.48 for this weekend only - so if you fancy a Caribbean adventure of your own - download soon and please tell your friends!

Love, Janice xx






Thursday, 26 March 2015

It's Sail Away Day for Castaway in the Caribbean...!

I'm excited to announce my new novel is now available worldwide on Amazon for Kindle!

Castaway in the Caribbean


Today is Launch Day - or as I prefer to call it - Sail Away Day!

The first book blogger review is in - you can read it at The Book Maven Book Blog

Loveahappyending.com has a launch feature page here

The Author's Cafe has a special launch feature here


Links:

Browse Castaway in the Caribbean on Amazon UK

Browse Castaway in the Caribbean on Amazon Dotcom




Castaway in the Caribbean

Vacationing on the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua, Janey Sinclair is persuaded by her magazine editor boss to do a quick island hop in order to supervise an impromptu photo-shoot for the front cover. With no flights immediately available, Janey is directed to the harbour.
Captain Travis Mathews hates tourists, although he’s not above making a bit of money off a prissy and sharp tongued young British girl when she’s desperate to get to the neighbouring island of Tortola.
After striking a deal, they set off together in Travis’s weather-beaten old boat. When the vessel comes to a sudden full stop in the sea, the mismatched pair end up as castaways on an uninhabited island.
In this fast moving romantic adventure about a vacation that turns into a tropical nightmare there’s more fun than you’ll find in any travel brochure.




A message from Janice:

I was incredibly fortunate to spend most of last summer in the Caribbean, writing and researching my latest novel Castaway in the Caribbean. I found it challenging only in the respect of being continually distracted from the manuscript by the tropical sunshine, the white sand beaches, the warm aquamarine sea, rum cocktails, and the fabulous social scene on offer. Many of these distractions are well documented on my website, blog and Facebook page, if you are interested in reading the details and seeing the photos!
For the purposes of proper research for Castaway in the Caribbean, I travelled to and explored many Caribbean islands and, despite my tendency for sea sickness, I also spent a lot of time in boats. I even got to sail around Tortola, the larger of the British Virgin Islands, in a restored schooner that had been used in the filming of the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
The Virgin Islands inspired me with the modern day setting for this romantic adventure novel because, of this chain of around ninety small islands, islets, cays and rocks in the Caribbean Sea, many are uninhabited.
I eventually settled down to write this romantic adventure story on the Caribbean island of Utila, the smaller of the Bay Islands, just off the coast of Honduras. Likened to the Key West of long ago, Utila is a quaint, unspoilt and laid-back little island. Sitting on the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, it is also a paradise for scuba diving, which is exactly what my husband was doing every day while I was busy writing this story. Research is a valuable tool for a writer, so I do hope all the fun and adventure I had in the Caribbean has found its way into the pages of Castaway in the Caribbean.

Janice xx

Friday, 29 March 2013

Party On – virtually!

 

This week I’ve attended several Facebook Events – virtual parties where peeps can share photos, comments, laughs and celebrations – and it was all fabulous fun!

When I hosted my first virtual party, Mr JH thought I’d gone a bit crazy and he couldn’t stop laughing. He just couldn’t see the point of fun without leaving your laptop or even changing out of your PJ’s (this has happened to me – as virtual partying, being global and therefore 24/7, can be surprisingly all consuming!) But fun it certainly is and even more so if you can laugh your way up a bestseller chart or two at the same time.
Over the past year, I’ve been prompted to explore online partying in greater detail, from both the promotional angle and the fun aspect. During that time, I’ve been asked many times how to plan, organise, arrange, and host a variety of fabulous and fun online party events. I was even asked to talk on the subject at a ‘real’ writer’s event last summer. As a result, I’m now collating this advice for online party peeps as an ebook.
My cover designer finalised the cover this week and I’m thrilled with it – what do you think?



How To Party Online will soon be available to download from Amazon.

I was thrilled with this quote from DG Life Magazine and I have used an extract from it on the cover of How To Party Online.
Janice has made it her business to get stuck into the whole self-publishing malarkey. Savvy enough to realise it’s not enough to simply write, she’s studied social media marketing until it could be her specialist subject on Mastermind. She can plan a book launch, maximise publicity, keep the momentum going after the first initial flush, and perhaps most of all, she knows how to make the whole thing fun, which is no mean feat”.  DG Life Magazine.

So while I’m still busy exploring virtual party fun -
what are you doing this Easter weekend?

Friday, 15 March 2013

Help with The Work in Progress...



One of my current writing projects is a work of non-fiction – it’s a 'How To' on tackling aspects of online promotion and making it fun. I’ve been prompted to write this by lots of lovely fellow writers who, over past year or so, have emailed me for advice on hosting online parties to promote or launch their book/s.

Some of those writers are debut novelists and others multi-pubbed. Some are with traditional publishers and others are indie. Most have previously attended or taken part (and reportedly enjoyed) my launch parties and want to know how I did it and more to the point, how they can do it too.

The title of this new and fun look at book promo is ‘How to Promote Party Online’ with the emphasis on the party aspect, because everyone wants to have fun, right?

So, I have a couple of questions for you to help me with research and I’d really appreciate your comments. You can leave them here on the blog or in an email to me at: janice@janicehortonwriter.co.uk

Q1: Have you attended one or more of my launch parties - which one/s?

Q2: Did you personally find it fun and engaging – and can you say why?

If you are not familiar with, or like me you were a bit giddy with virtual fizz at the time, then these links will give you a wee recap on our previous online frivolities:


Reaching for the Stars – Wish I Was Here Party

How Do You Voodoo? – The Spellbindingly Fun Party

Voodoo Wedding – Facebook & Twitter Party

I’d really appreciate your feedback as it will help me enormously. The info you give will help me to focus on giving helpful advice. If I would like to use your comment as a quote – please be assured that I would always contact you first to ask for your permission. The book will be available soon from Amazon for Kindle. Thank you in advance.

Love, Janice xx

Saturday, 2 March 2013

Voodoo Magick…!

 


I just wanted to say how thrilled I am, how touched at the support and the turn out yesterday at the launch of Voodoo Wedding, and I want to say a big thank you to all those who attended the Voodoo Wedding Facebook and Twitter Event and for being such fabulous fun. The wedding photos of cakes, champagne, hats, shoes, handbags, dresses and kilts were - I’m sure you’ll all agree – interesting, entertaining, fascinating, and in some cases, emotionally charged. As an added bonus ‘Voodoo Wedding’ finished the day in the Amazon Top 100 Chart for Short Stories at #61 which was even more thrilling. So thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
 
 
 
 
I wish there were enough sparkly purple tartan pens to give one to everyone and I’m so glad I didn’t have to choose the winners myself from the three prize draws. This was done independently this morning by my son using assigned numbers and not names and these are the winners. Congratulation ladies! These pens are the exact same purple colour tartan as Voodoo Wedding and come in a black pouch to keep them safe in your handbags. Please email me at: janice@janicehortonwriter.co.uk with your postal addresses.
 
For ‘signing up to join’ the party – Gilly Fraser
For uploading a wedding photo – Gina Dickerson
For Tweeting #voodoowedding – Charlotte Foreman
 
 
Finally, I can assure you that the virtual fizz last night was very real - as was my headache this morning!
Thank you!


Friday, 1 March 2013

You are cordially invited…




Friday 1st March 2013

Today I’m excited to launch the second book in my Voodoo Romance series: Voodoo Wedding!
 
There’s just one thing I associate with a book launch - and that is a book launch party! So do join me today on the Voodoo Wedding Facebook Events Page and/or on Twitter using the hashtag #voodoowedding

There will be fun and prizes and wedding ‘favours’
 
 

Of course, I’ll also be anxiously awaiting the verdict of the book reviewers. Two book bloggers who had previously read and enjoyed Book One in the series ‘How Do You Voodoo?’ have been sent review copies and are today revealing their verdicts on ‘Voodoo Wedding’.
 

Are you considering downloading ‘Voodoo Wedding’ from Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle App today – but haven’t yet read ‘How Do You Voodoo?’

Then go ahead and buy ‘Voodoo Wedding’ today (£1 or $1.50)

Amazon UK or Amazon.com

And mail me today with ‘I JUST BOUGHT VOODOO WEDDING’ in the email subject line to: janice@janicehortonwriter.co.uk and I’ll send you a FREE Kindle copy of ‘How Do You Voodoo? by return.


 
So come on over and join the fun!
Post a photo of your wedding dress or in fact anything wedding related you’d like to share – to the Voodoo Wedding Events Page or to Twitter #voodoowedding.

Still single/unwed?
Then you have carte blanche to post the wedding dress of your dreams, be as quirky or as bridal couture as you wish, and feel free to photoshop yourself into it if you can! Or, what about a photo of your dream honeymoon destination…?
 
 
 
Haste ye ta’ the Party!
 
 


Monday, 7 January 2013

How To Brighten Up A Dull Week!


This is an impromptu Monday blog post to celebrate the launch of my blogger friend and fellow author Jean Bull’s collection of stories ‘Postcards and Suntan Cream’ which would certainly brighten up a dull wet week in Scotland!

 



Jean says: “Each day I will be blogging about one of my favourite holiday destinations which form a backdrop to my stories. All you have to do to join in is: Leave a comment on my blog.  Write about a favourite holiday destination on your blog.  Give link back to my blog. Then on Sunday, January 13th, 2013, at 6pm GMT, I will put all the Holiday Party Bloggers' names in my sun hat, and the first out will receive a signed copy of Postcards and Suntan Cream!”

So here is a photo from one of my favourite holiday destinations: Florida.
 

 
As a family, we have been lucky to have some fabulous holidays and when our boys were younger; we went over to Florida to do the theme parks and what a time we had! This picture, a caricature of my husband, our three boys and me, was drawn at Universal Studios theme park and it makes me smile every time I look at it!
 
So do pop over to Jean's Blog and join in all the blogging fun!

But before you go - do pop back here again on Friday when, after last Friday’s ‘Planning Ahead’ post and in response to comments here on the blog and on Twitter, I’ll be looking at clever and innovative ways to save time in your day so that you can have some time over to focus on achieving your personal and writing goals. Top Tips will be shared by fellow authors and a professional Productivity Ninja. Yes really! It's not to be missed!
 
Love, Janice xx
 

Friday, 19 October 2012

It’s only one more week...!

 
 

It’s only one more week to The Spellbindingly Fun Blog Party – hurray!

Lots of you are now signing up for the party but it’s not too late to do so right up to the day itself as I’ll be adding to the list of spellbindingly fun party peeps all this week. See the guest list at the end of this post to see who has signed up so far!

Next Friday, 26th October, I’ll have added the hyperlinks to all the names below so that with one magic click we can all pop over to the blogs taking part to see what Spellbinding Spells have been cooked up! Every participant will be in the draw for a fabulous prize and there will be Twitter prizes for RT's & MT's too. Hashtag #voodoo

This is how it works:

You make up whatever spell you want to – but fun ones only – no curses allowed.

Choose your ingredients – as many or as few as you like - from the Magic Ingredient List below.

If you want to add a spellbinding verse or show a picture of your object of desire that’s great too!

Post or schedule your spellbindingly fun spell to YOUR blog next Friday 26th October.

But please let me know you are taking part by signing up on the form so that I can add YOUR name and YOUR blog link here at Spellbindingly Fun Blog Party HQ.
 

Sign Up Here


There will be fun and there will be prizes!!
 
 
You can also follow the party on Twitter using hashtag: #voodoo
Spellbindingly Fun Party Peeps
Carol E Wyer
Nicky Wells
Melanie Robertson-King
Kit Domino
Patti DelValle
Sue Fortin
Linn B Halton
Sheryl Browne
Rosemary Gemmell
Andrea Buginsky
Jean Bull
Jenny Harper
Carol Wright
Jennifer Joyce
Louise Graham
suzy turner
Hikma
Jude
Lindsay Healy
Ali Bacon
Caroline James
More Than a Review
Aviva Orr
Abbey Liddle
Robin Murphy
Kim Nash
Lada Ray
Alison Morton
Stephanie Keyes
Pauline Barclay
Lucinda Fountain
Gina Dickerson
Natalie Wright
Lizzie Lamb
Lynda Dunwell
David Louden
Jan Brigden
Rhoda Baxter
Mary Smith
Emily Harvale
Sue Watson
Anne Stenhouse Graham
Sharon Booth
Gwen Kirkwood
Linda Dickson
Janet Beasley
Susan Breece

 
Laura Dobbins


Cecilia Robert

Kate Jackson

Fishducky

Myra Duffy

Gill Stewart
 
Joanna Lambert

Francine Howarth

Sarah Taylor
 
Joan Flemming

Deborah Palumbo

Rebecca Emin

 


Party On!