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« Reply #353 on: October 22, 2009, 04:36:20 PM » |
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Just added author # 175 (that's a nice sounding nmber) Ed Patterson YAY!!!!! Some awesome authors on here! |
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« Reply #354 on: October 22, 2009, 07:38:10 PM » |
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Another Troop Coupon redeemed today! I like sales, but there is something special about seeing those Troop Coupons being used.
I'm sending out Press Releases locally and a couple of notes to media people who used to shop at the store I managed for twenty years. I hope other authors are having better luck getting their local media to respond, because the ones in Phoenix are being poops.
Alan
Oops, just checked again and another Troop Coupon redeemed! I hope our men and women in uniform get a kick out of Boomerang.
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« Reply #355 on: October 22, 2009, 08:10:29 PM » |
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And like a Boomerang, Alen, your act of kindness shall return to you ten fold.
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« Reply #356 on: October 23, 2009, 05:13:05 AM » |
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Another Troop Coupon redeemed today! I like sales, but there is something special about seeing those I hope other authors are having better luck getting their local media to respond, because the ones in Phoenix are being poops.
I'm not having any luck either, Alan. After constantly nagging our local columnist, he finally told me the topic did not fit with anything he was writing and he'd pass it along to his associate in the next county, and perhaps he could use it. I was really p***d because Hill AFB is a huge presence here in Utah, so are military retirees, and many of those families have troops deployed overseas. I am now going to write Letters to the Editor about OPEB. Linda |
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« Reply #357 on: October 23, 2009, 05:20:52 AM » |
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Most major bases have base newspapers. . . .if you contact them, especially on bases where groups are routinely being deployed, you might have better luck getting a article in. Also, contact the Morale Welfare and Recreation folks and/or the Family Services Center as their whole mission is to keep the troops and their families healthy and happy.
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« Reply #358 on: October 23, 2009, 05:44:17 AM » |
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Thanks Ann. Our local paper produces the base newspaper, and has total control over what's printed therein, so I don't know if that would work, but I will contact MWR and Family Services by phone. Thanks for steering me in the right direction!
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« Reply #359 on: October 23, 2009, 07:02:53 AM » |
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I just emailed the editor of the local paper. They print papers for several area towns. I'm pretty sure they'll run a notice about us and also probably put links in their website. Most of the local churches have picture boards of their members overseas....
I'll stay on this.
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« Reply #360 on: October 23, 2009, 07:31:03 AM » |
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Thanks Ann. Our local paper produces the base newspaper, and has total control over what's printed therein, so I don't know if that would work,
Linda.
I'd double check that. . . . .it's possible that the local paper is just the printer. At the least, it must have a separate editorial team because what's of interest on the base would not be the same as what is of interest off the base and vice versa. Bet the MWR or Fam Svcs people can point you in the right direction for that as well. |
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« Reply #361 on: October 23, 2009, 05:39:09 PM » |
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I'm glad that evertone is pitching in with publicity. My leads into the military have fallen on deaf ears . . . so far, and I'm so tied up with keeping what we have going, I haven't been able to do a full press assault for publicity. However, with 175 authors all plugging their networks and blogs and papers and connections --- and Kindlebord members etting the word out to troops and neighbors and churches and their own orgnizations, we have had steady growth.
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« Reply #362 on: October 23, 2009, 05:46:44 PM » |
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Ed, please don't wear yourself out. You're shouldering so much of the load as it is, but you need a break sometimes too.
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« Reply #363 on: October 23, 2009, 07:14:13 PM » |
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Well I took one today. Besides my schduled bumps, I did no promoting except for Operaation EBook Drop. This was to celebrate the act that my sales streak is now 288 days long - since March 5th - and yesterday I had 28 new readers come on board. After nearly two years of daily writing and promoting, I decided to take one day off. But, in the words of Margaret Mitchell - "Tomorrow is another day." Edward C. Patterson |
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« Reply #364 on: October 24, 2009, 05:16:55 AM » |
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It's a good start to the day when I check my e-mail and find one from Smashwords, indicating another troop has downloaded my novel for free. I encourage any author not yet participating in this worthwhile project to jump on the bandwagon, or rather troop transport!
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« Reply #365 on: October 24, 2009, 07:07:56 AM » |
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I just wish I could do something. I am thinking about going through the intro posts and PMing all those who say they are deployed somewhere, or their wifes or mothers, and sending a link to this thread. Perhaps some of our own members are not reading KBs right now.
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« Reply #366 on: October 24, 2009, 07:17:37 AM » |
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True. Although the post has been up for over a month, I just herd from a seasoned member who has family deplyed and who just ripped over it.
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« Reply #367 on: October 24, 2009, 03:27:24 PM » |
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I just got a peek at the Operation EBook Logo designed and contributed by Mojocaslte Press and I like it. It is getting some last minute touches and when it clers the artist's okay, I'll send all participating authors a copy for your use, and will post it here and there and everywhere. I will also create a simple, one page information sheet on the web that can be linked to from this logo. How does that sound, folks. Sound off!
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« Reply #368 on: October 24, 2009, 03:43:03 PM » |
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Sounds fine to me sir.
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« Reply #369 on: October 24, 2009, 03:51:20 PM » |
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Sounds good to me, Ed.
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« Reply #370 on: October 24, 2009, 04:05:41 PM » |
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Ed,
Just wanted to say YOU ROCK! You an all the supporters on this thread. Thanks for what you are doing for our troops.
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« Reply #371 on: October 24, 2009, 04:23:24 PM » |
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You're a real darling, Ed. I think that sounds great.
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« Reply #372 on: October 24, 2009, 04:27:17 PM » |
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Sounds good to me. I've been wishing for a central website with links to all the books...but then I've been wishing for peace in the world, too....
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« Reply #373 on: October 24, 2009, 04:59:52 PM » |
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Well, that's not what I'm making. Snashwords may be able to handle that request in time. The webpage will just have what we are and how to sign up. I beleive, and someone can contradict me if they want, that each author's direct contact with the troop is beneficial to both the troop and the author. One, you get feedback and two, how many readers have a direct pipeline to an author that they've read. Wow. I wish I could have emailed King after The Dark Tower and had him say, "glad you liked it." A central website is so . . . cold. IMHO
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« Reply #374 on: October 24, 2009, 05:23:35 PM » |
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You have a point, but I'm thinking of G.I. Joe, wherever he or she is, getting 175 emails from authors he or she has never heard of. I was one of those guys once. Too much information, I'd have thought....
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