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Introducing a source of clean reading material
For those looking for a reference point to find new reads...
I've been made aware of a new website that is promoting themselves as a go to place for readers seeking Christian and/or clean reads. It features many categories, including non-fiction and audio books.
Naturally it was an opportunity for me to get exposure for my Sally Nimitz mysteries, so I took advantage of their free promotional while they build up followers. The Death of AmeliaMarsh will be featured on March 2nd.
You can visit the site, 1531Entertainment at https://www.1531entertainment.com/
Moving on to some thoughts about web sites: Since I was forced into the cyberspace world with the publication of my first electronic book in 2012, I've seen web sites and blogs come and go. Some of those that enthusiastically embraced my own work fizzled within months or even weeks after I discovered them. The administrators lost interest, experienced personal issues that forced them to stop posting, or the reason the site was established in the first place no longer existed so it died away.
Others in the know tell me social media in the form of Facebook and Twitter is now the going thing.
The trouble with me is, I've never been much for the going thing. I'm essentially a private person who chooses to keep my personal exposure and ways to communicate with me limited to a few personal choices. Having two e-mail addresses and more than one computer was a stretch at the time.
My son is one of those children who embraced all the technology out there, and when he presented me with a tablet for my birthday two years ago, I stepped out and learned how to use it - okay,
maybe three or four of the applications, such as the camera... There are a couple of dozen icons I've never explored on the thing.
But most of the time it sits on my bedside stand so I can read the latest e-book I've downloaded before going to sleep. Sorry son, I am trying, and I LOVE the tablet!
I tried Facebook for two weeks, which was two weeks too long for me. I find social media anti-social. I hear over and over again that it's a necessary evil for some, as it is the only one to keep up with their families. It's not, as some of my friends and I pay a modest annual fee to enjoy a totally private forum where we connect daily -- without any advertising or tracking of our other online activities. And, in my experience, people who truly want a relationship with you will take the trouble to call, email, text or write you without you having to take all the responsibility for finding out what is going on in their lives.
ReplyDeleteI've learned to love e-books, although I'm not parting with any of my books in print.
Will definitely check out 1531 Entertainment! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe have friends who travel abroad, and due to their decades of living in Southeast Asia
ReplyDeletehave connections, friends, family, all over the globe. She relies heavily on Facebook to
keep up with them all. I see her point, and she knows the risk confidentiality wise.
But for me, I'm with you Carole. There are plenty of other options for people to connect
with me, and since I love it when they do, they can count on me to respond.
Sometimes others offer to mention my books to Their friends on Facebook, which I appreciate.
And yes, I too love BOOKS. Do not ever want to live without them and glad the crowd who said they would eventually become obsolete were wrong.