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Feed Your Reader Giveaway Hop!

July 18, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events Leave a Comment

Announcing the "Feed Your Reader" (Ebooks Only) Hop!  It will be from August 23rd to 29th.  I want to thank Kathy from   I'm a Reader, Not a Writer for letting me co-host this giveaway hop! I love ebooks and I'm so excited to see tons of ebook giveaways :) Here are the giveaway hop rules: This ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 18, 2012 6:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Giveaway
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Dusty Bookshelf Read-a-thon!

July 5, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 3 Comments

For July, I'm so excited to have a Twitter Party Read-a-thon!  I wanted the focus to be on reading as much as you can from July 20-21 so I thought a Twitter Party would make it fast and easy to chat with everyone and still give you tons of time to read.  During the twitter ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 5, 2012 10:34 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Dusty Bookshelf, readathon
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My 1 Year Blogoversary!

June 21, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 15 Comments

It was my 1 year blogoversary on Saturday, June 16th!  YAY! I can't believe I made it a whole year blogging and I still love it! I want to throw you guys the biggest party ever so I pulled out all the stops. I got Gandalf for some killer fireworks... (Image Source) ....and Bilbio to give you a confusing ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 21, 2012 11:58 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Blogoversary
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Armchair BEA: Ask The Experts

June 8, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 7 Comments

  It's day 5 for Armchair BEA.  I'm sad it's the last day, but I'm really excited about todays topic! Today's topic is Ask The Experts. In your post, ask the visitors to your blog for blogging advice. So here's my question: What is appropriate to email an author about? I know you shouldn't email author's to request ARCs, but ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 8, 2012 8:32 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Armchair BEA
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Armchair BEA: Beyond the Blog

June 7, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 10 Comments

It's day four of Armchair BEA! Here's today's topic: Today we'd love you to share your top tips for getting beyond your blog! Have you done any freelance writing? Are you monetizing your blog and how so? How do you make connections outside the book blog community on the internet? How I Monetize my Blog: The first thing ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 7, 2012 1:31 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Armchair BEA
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