The Book Boost's 1 Year Anniversary & Blogger of the Year Award Nominees!

Find out how you can win big for participating in our Blogger of the Year Feature Events (and see Bonus Celebration Contest at bottom of post)!


The story behind the Book Boost....


About one year ago (on November 1, 2009), I launched a little business known as The Book Boost. It started out as a website that would sell promotion space to authors at budget pricing. A slow venture to take off but I did have some early interest when I started running ads for only 99 cents each!


After a few months, I realized that it was becoming difficult to draw readers to the site just to look at book ads. So, I converted the business over to a blog instead. That's when things took off for The Book Boost!


Now, not only do we run low price cover ad spots for authors but we offer FREE guest blogging opportunities to any author of any genre. This has increased the traffic to our site exponentially and has been a world of fun for me in the process.


Each of these guest bloggers bring their own fan base with them and therefore cross promotion occurs on a daily basis. Not to mention the fact that I've been truly honored to host authors from every genre imaginable (and even newly created genres) AND from every type of publishing that exists. From self published authors, to e-book small press authors, to mid-size print on demand authors, to major NY publishing house mass market authors and even a hard cover author or two from the NY Times Best Sellers list!


The one thing we all have in common? Our love for writing and our passion for getting our words and worlds out there for others to enjoy.


So, on this 1 year anniversary of The Book Boost I want to ask you to invite your friends, family, co-workers or anyone who likes to read to check us out. We have author hosted contests nearly every day of the week. If you are an aspiring author, we have some of the hottest and smartest authors in the biz sharing advice with you for FREE!


You can follow the blog (see the left hand column), follow us on Twitter (see the right hand column for link), and don't forget to join our Yahoo group (see right hand column for link) where we allow more free promotion for authors every day!


Also, if you want to place a super inexpensive cover ad, be sure to contact me at thebookboost@gmail.com for details. I always have room for more!


Lastly, I'd like to make a special announcement today. I've carefully selected FIVE guest bloggers from this past year and nominated them for the First Annual Book Boost Blogger of the Year Award!


These nominees where selected based on a number of criteria such as....


1. Creating a humorous, unique, or memorable blog post;
2. Bringing in a lot of reader traffic to the blog;
3. A unique or memorable story idea;
4. A great or eye catching book cover or concept; and
5. Being a fabulous guest!


All of these factors were taken into consideration as well as the type of genre and publishing base these authors have. We have different genres from contemporary fiction to erotica! We also have self published authors, e-book exclusive authors, and a major NY publisher author as well. They are all outstanding representatives of the diverse publishing community and amazingly talented authors as well.


These nominees will each be featured throughout January and I invite you to come back on each of these special dates to meet the nominees, read my own personal review of each book, and to win prizes just for participating in the events!


Then, at the end of January, YOU will vote on who you think should receive the Book Boost Blogger of the Year award!


The winning author will receive the following prizes:


1. A year of FREE cover ad promotion at the Book Boost;
2. A custom designed trophy (for bragging rights, of course); and
3. A special gift selected for the individual winner!


And YOU, the voting audience will also be eligible to win autographed books, gift certificates and more prizes just for participating.


So, without further ado, the nominees (in the order of their scheduled feature author appearance date) are as follows:

(Click on author's name to learn more about them.)

January 5th Shobhan Bantwal The Unexpected Son

January 12th CJ Ellisson Vampire Vacation

January 17th Maya Jax Escapades of Romantically Challenged Me

January 21st Kate Richards Finally, My Love

January 26th Lynda K. Scott Heartstone



Please join me in sharing CONGRATS to all the lovely nominees! And be sure to come back in January as they battle it out for the blog's first award honors!


Best wishes to all,
Kerri Nelson
Owner, The Book Boost



Bonus Celebration Contest Time:
Leave a comment today to win an e-book copy of my werewolf novella Vegan Moon and a sexy wolf charm too! Winner selected in about a week and posted in the Recent Winners box on the right hand column of the blog. Check back to see if you've won and to claim your prize!

Thanks to all our guest bloggers, followers,
and comment participants
for a wonderful year!