Reader’s Haven at MK McClintock Blog
w/Louise James &
Deanna Jewel
MK: Could you tell us a little about
An Avid Reader’s Haven?
RH: Haven is a warm friendly place for
readers to gather and chat about what they read, and a place for authors to
advertise their books. We offer several Advertising packages as well as Design
packages.
MK: What led you to create An Avid
Reader’s Haven?
RH:
We wanted a place to help promo authors and their books but also a
soothing site for readers to visit when they search for new authors and books.
We have a blog and several pages with links for readers. There is also a forum
for readers to chat with other readers about what genres and books they enjoy!
MK: What do you look for in a book reviewer
and what do they gain from the experience?
RH: An
avid reader, committed reviewer who has an established blog. The reviewer’s
benefits are learning about new authors and receiving free books in exchange
for their review. Our reviewers each have their own page on our main site and
receive a web button to place on their blog to link to their page.
MK: What can authors expect from
joining An Avid Reader’s Haven? What opportunities are there for them?
RH: We
hope more authors will take out a Featured Author page. Their page will include
a bio, covers, site and buy links and synopsis/excerpt for one of their books
including one update within the time frame. We also do Twitter and FB promos
for those authors and on our blog the authors’ pages are listed. We’ve been
running monthly ad specials for authors to take advantage of and that’s working
well. They can check our main site for the monthly sale.
Anyone can join our main site for free under
Members Area, click on Registration, or they can sign in through Facebook.
MK: What have been the greatest
rewards since beginning this site?
RH: Getting
feedback from readers who are enjoying the site and the author interviews we
post weekly on our blog. Do to an overwhelming response we’ve recently booked
the blog through the end of the year with an interview being posted every
Sunday and staying up for a full week. Another is seeing the authors join our
site. We’re getting more exposure every day. One thing we didn’t expect is the
rush of book reviews being requested by authors! We’re loving that and need
more book reviewers.
MK: Where can authors and reviewers
find you?
RH: Our
site links are listed below so we hope more authors and readers will check us
out! On our main site authors can ‘Contact Us’ for book requests, author
interviews, questions and reviewers can let us know they want to review for us.
We receive an email notification and do respond quickly.
MK, thank you for having us here today. We’ve
enjoyed our visit!
MK, Thank you so much for having us here today! Your site's main photo is gorgeous! I've always loved the mountains covered in pine trees - I find it relaxing to listen to the wind as it whispers through the trees. The scent of pine is another favorite. I could sit lakeside all day and enjoy that view!
ReplyDeleteReaders and authors, we hope you'll visit our sites, sign our guestbook and continue to visit with our local authors each week as we host new guests! Thank you for stopping by today!
Thank you for being here with us today Deanna and Louise! I've enjoyed working with An Avid Reader's Haven and hope both authors and readers have a chance to work with you.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, MK! Thanks so much for all the information Louise and Deanna! Your site sounds really interesting and I can't wait to check it out! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteHi Mk, Kimberly and Deanna!
ReplyDeleteMK, thanks again for the shout out on Haven. Kimberly, I followed your blog. It looks great too!
Deanna, I agree on MK's blog. The banner is like a movie poster.
Readers, we need book reviewers. Authors, we'd loved to help you promote.
Visit our blog each week to meet a new author. Our interviews run from Sunday through Friday and 99% features an eBook giveaway.