Bestseller For A Day- Dollars and Sense: The Definative Guide To Self-Publishing

"Dollars & Sense: The Definitive Guide to Self-publishing Success" is a step-by-step actionable road map to increasing royalties for beginners and seasoned professionals alike. Divided into three sections; Producing a Sales-Friendly, Professional eBook, Establishing & Leveraging Your Social Media Platform, and Selling Smarter, Not Harder, "Dollars & Sense" walks authors through the process of creating then actually selling their eBook.

About Bestseller For A Day


“Making authors dreams come true one promotion at a time.

Each month, for one day, readers, friends, family and peers rally together to drive an ebook up the Amazon Kindle rankings with a goal to pierce the top 100. The aim of the program is to help indie authors get a foothold in the traditionally published dominated market. Authors coordinate with book review sponsors to show readers that the 99 cent promotional price is worth every penny.

As thanks, each author creates give aways for participants and drives traffic to participating review sites. Additionally, readers are offered Bonus Buy reads discounted to 99 cents for the event with that price offered to be rebated back by the participating authors when readers fill out the relevant form.”

All you need to do is buy a copy of Dollars & Sense for 99 cents from Amazon. (Just click the link above!).Then go to the Bestseller For A Day website (bestsellerforaday.com) and sign up for a newsletter and enter your sales confirmation number. Signing up for the newsletter and entering your number enters you into a draw for a Kindle. You can also buy a copy of each of the three bonus buys and get the purchase price refunded.

 So, that’s 4 books for 99 cents and a chance to win a kindle!

So what are the Bonus Buys?

Fierce Dawn


“X-MEN action meets True Blood heat.”

-Ann Charles
Nearly Departed In Deadwood, 2010 Daphne Winner

“Intensely satisfying!”
-Carolyn McCray
Kindle Bestselling author, 30 Pieces of Silver

Snarling teeth, glowing eyes. Someone--something--is after Sadie Graves.
Elijah Stokes, the man who haunts her dreams, enters her reality claiming she’s transforming into a changeling--not quite immortal but no longer human.
Battle lines are drawn and blood spills as the two fight not only for Sadie’s life, but for all of mankind's as well.


Amber Scott bio:

In between naptimes and dishes, Amber Scott escapes into her characters’ addictive lives. She often burns dinner, is a sucker for chocolate and still believes in happily ever after. She makes her home in hot Arizona with her two children, husband, and one day, two cats.

Contact info:
amberscottbooks@gmail.com (for readers)
amberromances@yahoo.com (for main contact)
Twitter: @amberscottbooks
Weblog: http://amberscottbooks.com
Facebook: http:// HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/AmberScottBooks" facebook.com/AmberScottBooks

30 Pieces of Silver

 A Christian suicide bomber.

John the Baptist's bones inscribed in ancient Greek.

A secret carried from the foot of the crucifixion.

Can science solve the world's greatest mystery?


For anyone who doesn't mind some serious controversy and can't get enough of James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and Brad Thor... "30 Pieces of Silver" is your next thrill fix!

Bio for Carolyn McCray


Carolyn is the Founder of the Indie Book Collective, a group dedicated to helping authors use social media to its fullest potential to sell their books.

The #IBC exploded within 4 months to have over 5,000 members and its work has already been covered in major, national publications.

She has been described as an eBook marketing guru (others’ words not hers), a volcano of Amazon.com eBook knowledge (again, not her words), and the Borg Queen (ok, maybe she coined that one herself).

Each one of her novels have reached bestselling status on Amazon.com and her super controversial thriller, “30 Pieces of Silver” topped (as in #1) the Men’s Adventure category, #3 in the War sub-genre, and #183 overall (out of about1 million books) in the Kindle Top Bestsellers.

Carolyn also has contributed to Digital Book World.com and has been covered by the Huffington Post (Books). Carolyn appeared on a panel with Jane Freidman at SXSW regarding the future of digital publishing and will appear on several panels at the NY Indie Book Event (7/2011).

“Sometimes I think I’m too jaded. But then I think no, it’s just the lighting.”


A Walk In The Snark now a bestseller! It reached Kindle Top 10 status (#3) on the Humor Parenting & Families list, Top 20 on Humor Essays (#11) in April 2011, and #1 on Smashwords Entertainment list in May!

With her trademark snarky humor and candor, Rachel whisks you into her caffeinated world where she deconstructs common phrases (I’m Fine) and makes up words (Refrigeratoritis) in order to help dudes understand chicks…and vice versa.

Rachel believes “Men are from Seinfeld, Women are from Friends,” and so do her legions of fans. She dares to ask “why do men want to change the world but can’t change a roll of toilet paper?”

Drawing on her decades (dear god has it been that long?) of marriage, friendships, and past relationships, Rachel’s specialty is observing male behavior and dissecting it with humor (Shopping is NOT a Verb). Think of her as the Scientist of Snark…without the ugly white labcoat of course. #asif

“Husband: Mumble, mumble, mumble.
11yo: What?
Me: It’s okay. I speak husband.”

But don’t let that witty veneer fool you. Sprinkled throughout these funny essays are some poignant stories of tragedy and loss (The Difficult Kind). This chick will tear at your heart. And then, you know, stitch it back together with humorous aplomb.

Don't take our word for it. The critics are going nuts for it too!


RACHEL THOMPSON BIO


Rachel Thompson (aka RachelintheOC) is the author of the consistently 5/5 star reviewed humorous and at times, poignant, collection of essays, A Walk In The Snark (released 1/2011), which recently hit #3 on the Amazon Humor/Parenting & Families Kindle list (beating out the likes of Jenny McCarthy!), after just a few months of release and has consistently stayed on the Amazon Top Humor Lists.

In May, 2011 A Walk In The Snark hit #1 on Smashwords Entertainment Bestseller list also.


Rachel is also one of the cofounders of the Indie Book Collective, an organization with over 6,000 members which is dedicated to helping authors utilize social media to the fullest to sell their books. The Collective offers free workshops, a live advice radio show, innovative programs such as Blog Tour de Force & Bestseller for a Day, and so much more to its members.

You can find Rachel most days on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, giving daily tips on the IndieBookIBC Twitter stream, contributing posts to the IBC blog or her own popular blog, giving free social media workshops for writers, promoting her current book or working on her next book, The Mancode: A Survivor’s Tale. She lives in the OC aka Orange County, CA (home of Disneyland). Somewhere in there this redhead in a sea of blondes fits in being a full-time wife and mom to her two young children and just one husband. She loves coffee, dirty martinis, and sleep.

Rachel and the IBC were recently profiled (April 13, 2011) in the Huffington Post Books section regarding social media and ePublishing.

Guest Blog Author - Carolyn McCray

I'm SOOOOO excited!!  Carolyn McCray was gracious enough to stop by with a blog post about her upcoming "Bestseller For A Day"!  Without further ado, this blog is hers!! 

I couldn’t be more excited for Monday to get here #foottapping

You think I’m crazy, right?

Well, wait. I have a very good reason!

Monday could very well mark what could potentially be a historic day in publishing history. Not bad, right?

Because this Monday, February 28, 2011 is the ginormous promotion by the Indie Book Collective (which I cofounded) called Bestseller For A Day where my thriller 30 Pieces of Silver will be priced at just 99 cents to propel it onto the Amazon Top 100 Kindle* List! With your help I can do it!!

But wait…how realistic is this…really?

Well, I’ve already dipped into the 600’s overall ranking, so with YOUR help, we can make this happen! Let’s show the big NYC publishers just what an indie author can do, baby.

Plus, you get great prizes too! Just by purchasing my book, you can enter to win a free Kindle…woot! That’s right. By helping me drive 30 Pieces of Silver to the top of the Kindle Lists YOU can win too!!

Simply purchase my book on Amazon for 99 cents and then head back over to the Bestseller For A Day site and enter your email address and the first 5 numbers of your Amazon purchase confirmation code – and viola! You will have 5 entries to win a FREE Kindle!

But that’s not ALL (pft. This is ME, after all.) How about a BONUS BUY? Yep. Purchase Plain Jane by Cristyn West at the same time you purchase 30 Pieces of Silver, and receive a full rebate for the purchase price of “Plain Jane” PLUS another 5 entries to win the FREE Kindle. #ohyea I did just say that!

I could not do what I do without the wonderful support of reviewers like Karen, her fab site and readers like YOU, who inspire me to keep writing my stories. Please continue to support your favorite authors, particularly indie authors who continue to forge our own path through promotions like Bestseller For A Day and the IBC’s upcoming Blog Tour de Force CAGE MATCH Tour in April!

We love and need you! Help us spread the word—tell your friends, your mom, your neighbors, your dog—tell everyone to buy 30 Pieces of Silver on Monday! I promise, based on all the 5/5 star reviews, you will enjoy the book!

See you Monday, readers!

*Remember, even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can still download an eBook: all you need is a smartphone or computer. See the Amazon free Kindle app page for details.

You can find Carolyn McCray on Twitter at @craftycmc, @IndieBookIBC, or @writingnodrama where she teaches writers writing stuff. You can also check out her website http://carolynmccray.com for all of her books and multiple personalities. 

Bestseller For A Day!

The Indie Book Collective is a wonderful group of independent authors with innovative ideas for becoming a published independent author.  Besides tips and their live radio show, IBC also has great promotional runs.  The upcoming promotion is "Bestseller For A Day".  

You may ask "What is that?"  According to the website, the promotion serves several purposes:

•    Finding great new books
•    At great new prices
•    Driving titles into the Kindle lists
•    Connecting readers to authors
•    Giving Indie Authors exposure
•    Creating innovative promotion

The upcoming promotion is for "30 Pieces of Silver" by Carolyn McCray.  30 Pieces is an outstanding thriller that is a page turner from beginning to end.   (To read my review, just click here.)  It will be available at Amazon for 99 cents on Monday!  So check out the review and click the recommended list on Monday, Feb 28th to grab a most enjoyable read!! 

Don't forget to check out IBC and "Bestseller For A Day".  It could be the start of a beautiful readership! 

Review - 30 Pieces of Silver By Carolyn McCray

 Title: 30 Pieces of Silver
Author: Carolyn McCray
Available at: Smashwords and Amazon
Format: E-Book


This grabbed me from the first page and took me on an incredible journey! I couldn't stop reading. The suspense was wonderful and the way the author wove the past and the present together were outstanding. It was one adventure after the next and you couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. It was a complex and mysterious story with engaging characters. Dr. Monroe was a smart yet brave woman and rolled with the punches along with Brandt and his team. I really expected a woman who wouldn't hold her own with the rapidly changing environment but she was side by side with the team and her quick thinking came in handy.  Seeing her own beliefs change in the face of mounting evidence really made her come to life!  The conflict present in Brandt with his job duties and his religious convictions provided a depth to his character.   In addition, the author told an excellent biblical story and the ending left me stunned.  It obvious that she really took time to make the past story as engaging as the present story.  I think if you are interested in biblical history, you'd enjoy this book so much. I know that it's unlike anything I've read recently and that's good thing!!