Sally Cronin of Smorgasbord is a tireless supporter of writers in general and a wonderful friend of Indies in particular. She regularly offers for free services that others charge an arm and a leg for. For example, in 2016 she built the Cafe and Bookstore which now includes 120 authors and some 500 books.
Now, Sally wants to build up on this and use it as a promotional platform. At least twice a week, she will do a Cafe and Bookstore Update featuring the authors who are in the bookstore with their latest release and a review of their previous books, or with the most recent review for their last release. With three authors per update, this also results in extra coverage, as she asks the authors to share on their own networks. This drives more traffic to the post, benefiting all authors in the Cafe.
The second best thing? Participating is as simple as contacting Sally on sally.cronin@moyhill.com if you have a new book published or one being published in the next month so that she can schedule you in an update.
And the best thing? It’s all free!
If you’re a reader instead of an author, do check out her Cafe and Bookstore to discover some great books and writers.
I did mention she’s a wonderful person, didn’t I?
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It’s so good to hear that people are willing to support and promote indie authors. I don’t have a newly released book just now. Is that a requirement for Sally? Or does she take books that are current? I find that it takes 2 or 3 years for a novel to build readership after release. Strategies to keep the sales going is a challenge just as high as the launch time.
She takes any book, so that’s not a problem. I agree with you; my books are a slow burn in a world that only seems to value meteoric rises (and falls).
Lovely Sally… indeed there’s no limit to her kindness. And she never expects anything back which makes her a gem for the indie community. Thank you for posting this, Nicholas. It’s a pleasure to share it 🙂
Thank you, Fros! Couldn’t agree more with you 🙂
Outstanding, isn’t she? o_O 🙂
Indeed she is 🙂
Sally is a generous blogger indeed. Writers are lucky to have her in the community.
Best wishes, Pete.
Couldn’t agree more 🙂
She is so wonderful and she makes it so easy!! Thanks for the reminder 🙂
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Couldn’t agree more! Thank you, D 🙂
Thanks for this post, Nicholas – I wasn’t aware. I just sent Sally my info so I can join the Cafe!
That’s great 🙂
Sally’s amazing.
I second that 🙂
Thank you for reminding me about Sally’s Book Cafe.
A pleasure 🙂