Online Promotional Tools For Writers From Booksconnect

Dec. 10, 2008 - PRLog -- Booksconnect.com, creative networking for the book community, launched by Countrybookshop has added various online tools to promote authors and their works. The facility for published authors includes adding and updating their profiles, blogs and articles and book extracts, reading guides, news and discussions.

Authors bookshelves have expanded to include Julian Baggini, Stephen Booth, Gervase Phinn, Peter Kerr, Jessica Fellowes, Lucy Coats, Rachel Elnaugh and Jo Gambi. Bookshelves created include, 'Books which have had the greatest influence upon me', 'Brilliant contemporary non-fiction', 'Books I'll never Forget', 'My Favourite Black Comedies' and 'Desert Island Books'.

Booksconnect is also inviting new and established writers to promote their unpublished works to the book community which involves editors, agents, publicists, publishers, librarians, booksellers and readers. This will help the authors in receiving peer review and readers recognition and securing the commisssioning they deserve. Booksconnect has received interest from both English and non English writing authors.

Countrybookshop, the online retailer of books since 1997 and a pioneer of various online initiatives now offers Free Books!

Over 300 titles have been included in the initial launch. Countrybookshop is in the process of adding more titles to the offer and plans to expand it significantly.The Free Books offer is initially limited to the UK.

Geraldine Rose, Director of Countrybookshop, said, "We are excited about these new developments as it will democratise the commissioning of books and will secure translated works to the English audience.The Free Books initiative will enable more people to access books and to try new authors and we are in discussion with publishers to join in with our efforts".

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About Booksconnect.com
Booksconnect.com -Literary networking for the book community. Discover, create and share bookshelves and events - connecting readers, authors, publishers, booksellers,librarians, event, festival and book group organisers. Promotional tools for authors, publishers, event and group organisers to promote their works. Booksconnect.com builds on the other initiatives launched by the founders including Peak Literary Festival in the Peak District in 2004, the online bookshop launched in 1997 and the bookshop and cafe operating from the Peak District National Park countryside in the UK since 1991.