Join,share your novel and make friends

Are you a POD or self-published novelist who is struggling to sell your novel?

Have you tried:

• promoting your book on your own website?
• ads?
• banners?
• link exchange?
• viral marketing?
• posting reviews of your book?
• press releases?
• other methods?
• all of these, but with little or no success?

Is your book for sale on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and other online bookstores?

Have you showcased your book on websites like http://www.bookhitch.com, http://www.nothingbinding.com or
http://ebookscafe.writergazette.com ?

YET YOU ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO SELL YOUR BOOK.

This website is designed to help people like you.

Which authors are suitable for the new website?
It is for all* novelists, published with an ISBN. Though constructed with the POD or self-published novelist in
mind, other novelists published by traditional publishers are also welcome to join.
* This excludes novels with erotic content.

Which authors are not suitable for the new website?
It is not suitable for novelists whose work has not yet been published. It is not a website where you can get
your work critiqued, assessed, edited or proofread. If you are at these earlier stages, there are plenty of
websites dedicated to helping you.

What about non-fiction?
At the moment, I am only considering non-fiction that tells a true story. Other types of non-fiction will not be
accepted.

Short stories?
No short stories at this time, only novels of 50 000 words or more.

How does it work?
New members are asked to submit a sample chapter from their book to get chapter reviews from other
members. At the same time, they will be asked to read and review the chapters of five other members in the
queue ahead of them. Thus, each new member will give five chapter reviews and subsequently receive five
chapter reviews.

Authors will be given two weeks to complete his/her reviews. Any author who signs up but fails to complete
the reviews on time (and without good reason) will be refused membership. If there is a good reason –
illness, bereavement etc – the administrator must be informed; in which case, your allocated chapters will be
passed to another member and you will subsequently be allocated new ones.

All authors accepted as members will have a profile on the website - see examples. Membership of the site is
free and visitors to the site will be able to view all parts.

There are two levels of membership – Basic and Premium. For the moment, all new members will join as
Premium members and membership will be free. At a later date, new members will be given the option of
choosing the free Basic membership or upgrading to the Premium membership by paying a fee.

See an example of a Basic profile here

The Premium member profile has the following additional sections: