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Beth Groundwater's Author Newsletter
Sixth Edition, April, 2007


Library Requests

Soon I will begin my appearances for A Real Basket Case, and I am sending out directed emails to those of you who live in states I will be visiting. Check out the Appearances page at my website for a listing through early June: http://bethgroundwater.com/Appearances.html . I'd love to meet as many of you as possible face-to face!
For others, you can obtain my books online at the Amazon/Borders or Barnes and Noble websites or by ordering it through your local bookstore. If you do not have the means to buy a copy, you can still help me greatly by requesting that your library buy a copy. You'll still get to read it that way, and I'll still make a sale. :) Plus, it will be available to other readers. And if you are able to buy a book from me, I'll still ask you to request your library to obtain a copy, so when you recommend my book to your mystery reading friends, they can check it out of the library. Most libraries ask for the information that I've listed below. Thanks, everyone, for your support. It means so much to me!

Book Title: A Real Basket Case
Author Name: Beth Groundwater
Publisher: Thomson Gale/Five Star Publishing
ISBN: 9781594145476

Online News

In the Spring issue of Spinetingler Magazine, both an interview with me and a review of A Real Basket Case written by J.B. Thompson appear. Go to www.spinetinglermag.com/spring2007contents.htm to take a look.

Also online, I am the featured author this month of the Houston, Texas, chapter of Sisters in Crime: www.thefinaltwist.com/bookclub.htm .

Lastly, I appeared as a guest blogger on the Killer Hobbies blog on April 14th. Go to http://killerhobbies.blogspot.com/  to read about my killer hobby of making gift baskets.

I'm expecting more reviews/articles in the upcoming issues of Crime Spree and Mystery Scene magazines and in The Daily Camera, the Boulder, CO newspaper, among others.

Asking a Favor

I asked this favor in my last newsletter, but I'll repeat it here, because more of you may now have copies of my book in hand. If you enjoyed reading A Real Basket Case, please write a short review of the book and post it to the Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites. There are many people who buy books based solely on reviews by readers posted at these websites, so your words about my book will be very helpful. If you are a member of an email list of mystery readers, please post your review to it. These lists include DorothyL (join at www.dorothyl.com), CozyMysteryCorner (yahoogroups), 4_Mystery_Addicts (yahoogroups) or MurderandMayhem_Bookclub (yahoogroups). You can also post your review to reader/fan websites such as Readersclub.org and Allreaders.com or email it to your mystery reading friends.

For more hints on "guerilla marketing" or How to Help the Author You Love, read my article with that title on the Articles page of my website: http://bethgroundwater.com/Articles.html .

More Gift Basket Winners

The April winner of my email newsletter subscription contest was:
  • Linda from Thousand Oaks, CA, who chose the mystery lovers gift basket
I'll be ending this contest at the end of June, so encourage your mystery-reading friends to join soon! My Book Club contest is in full swing now, though, so if you are a member of a Book Club, please contact me to arrange for me to call-in or speak to your club. Your Book Club will be entered into a drawing for a signed spiral-bound manuscript of the book made prior to copy edit or an advanced reading copy.

Blog Entries

Have you stopped by my blog at www.bethgroundwater.blogspot.com ? Here's a sampling of topics I've reported on lately:
  • WorldCat, the world's largest network of library content and services
  • A list of the conference panels and workshops I'll be participating in
  • Books in Hand!
That last entry is about receiving my own copies of A Real Basket Case on March 30th and being able to hold them in my hot little hands and sniff them with my hot little nose. ;) I've already sold four of those copies, and I'll be lugging them around with me to events in case the bookstores didn't order enough copies. The excitement begins!

Contact Me

If you have any questions or topics you want me to address on my blog and/or in my newsletter, please feel free to email me anytime at website07@bethgroundwater.com .


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