I’d like to recruit some Ambassadors to help spread the word about my new novel Born with Secrets when it launches.
About the Book
Locked in federal prison, convicted professional thief Alyssa Chambers longs to forget her father’s betrayal and start a new, cleaner life. She’s reading the Bible, going to chapel, and being a model prisoner. But when a mysterious woman disappears from the prison, the government offers Alyssa a deal she can’t refuse: freedom, in exchange for one last job. Now Alyssa must find the escapee before her secret can shock the world. But shadowy forces don’t want Alyssa out, and they’re willing to kill to stop her. With her new life hanging by a thread, Alyssa must learn who to believe, how to trust, and what it really means to be born with secrets.
Who should be an Ambassador?
Did you read Sons of Thunder, Death of Secrets or Life of Secrets? Did you like any of them or all of them? Are you comfortable telling other people that, including strangers and friends? Are you comfortable with a book that’s built around a message that points to the God of second chances and redemption? If so, you’re the perfect candidate.
What do Ambassadors get?
You will get a FREE e-book version of Born with Secrets, and you’ll get it weeks before anyone else. (So, one more qualification for Ambassadors: you should enjoy reading electronically, whether on a Kindle, iPad, tablet, nook, your laptop, or whatever.) I hope to be distributing Ambassador editions on February 22, 2015.
Sounds great! What do I have to do?
Ambassadors commit to two things:
- Posting an honest review of the book on Amazon.com as soon as it’s live there. This is the biggest, most important duty of an Ambassador. The most successful e-book marketing tools are all based on the number and average star rating of your reviews. It takes at least 4 to get listed in some places, and as many as 20 in others. I need reviews, and I need them quickly, in order to get started on the advertising campaign to sell the book. Remember: honest reviews. Ambassadors are not obligated to write a good review, or give it five stars, or anything like that. They only commit to posting a review that tells how they really felt about the book.
- E-mailing me any typos or edits you might find. The great beauty of electronic publishing is that mistakes can be corrected at any time, even after the book is published. Born with Secrets has a very skilled professional editor, but the lesson I learned from my previous novels is that typos still crop up no matter how many times you think you’ve polished it. This is my request of ambassadors: anything that strikes you wrong about the book, from a typo to a scene that doesn’t work to a character whose actions don’t fit with who they are — tell me about it and be brutal. The point of this isn’t to make me feel good, it’s to make the book better.
Ambassadors are a fundamental part of my marketing strategy. I want to be clear about this: I am asking for your help. If you’re willing, and the above description sounds good to you, then fill out the form below and I’ll get you started!