Hello,
My name is Cindy Bauer and I represent Books In Sync.
Welcome Cindy and thank you for stopping by...
First let me clarify that Books In Sync and Authors Meeting Place
are in no way connected. Books In Sync has been in business for over 5 years now.
Thank you...
Books In Sync and
Cold Coffee was created for the purpose of bringing extra online exposure to our authors and their books. Cold Coffee is our social arm that allows our authors to communicate with their readers, other authors, etc. There is an initial fee for building your author's page and renewal is much less per year. Plus, you can add new books at any time during your year contract for mere pennies.
What is the initial fee. Does it vary by word count, book, day of week, religious beliefs or if you guys got a lap dance the night before? This information is very vague...
As authors ourselves, we understand how difficult it is to write, publish and promote your work. This is why Books In Sync was founded and continues to grow at a rapid pace as one of the best promotional services available on the internet.
One of the best promotional services available, but yet in five years I have not once run across your site in a search. Also, remember this paragraph for later...
Our goal is to bring readers and authors together, thereby boosting book sales and improving authors' one-on-one relationship with their potential readers. Our
Cold Coffee Writer's Magazine features our authors, their books, and award recipients, plus it's a great way to promote authors and their books.
How do you promote Cold Coffee outside of your own web site so more readers than writers can find this magazine.
The magazine includes short stories, poems and photo contributions from our authors, plus new book releases, book reviews, interviews, our author's pet photos, and more! This is a hard copy magazine published quarterly and is also available in e-format.
Who do the book reviews and interviews. In house or independent reviewers? And where are these reviews placed that the average reader can find?
Books In Sync stays competitive by
keeping our site and amount of authors selectively small, which enables us to focus more productively on promoting our authors and their books. We consistently look for new ways to market our authors and their books and we have several Service Providers who can assist them with various publishing needs on an individual basis.
And there it is, a contradiction to the earlier statement of rapidly expanding. Small is also objective. What is small to BIS?
Also, where do you promote your authors and their books. I have never seen a promotion by BIS.
To provide more security for our authors, we do not post email addresses. Avid readers can learn more about an author and their book(s) by visiting the author's page in our
Author Directory. The author's page includes information about the book, book reviews, book trailers, excerpts, purchase links, etc.
Most of the information and reviews are provided by the authors and do not appear to be something BIS is providing. Self published authors get to provide the same information on their authors page on Amazon or Smashwords and they do not have to pay extra for that. So once again, how is BIS benefiting the author for the fee charged?
Search for quality books in the
Reader’s Café.
Quality is subjective. How is RC vetting the books they consider quality?
Extra Off-Site Promotion For Books In Sync Authors: After you become a member of Books In Sync you can purchase extra online (off-site) promotional packages. Your promotion is custom designed around you and your book using your ‘Books In Sync Promotional Release’.
Purchase extra of-site promotional packages? So, if it cost extra to have BIS promote off their own site, then all promotion from the initial cost and yearly $50 fee is for the BIS site. This is rather limiting in that in the five years you claim to have been in business, I have never heard of you, or seen a review, or advertisement featuring a BIS author.
Books In Sync/Cold Coffee Management
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