Wednesday, June 12, 2013

*** Update! *** "For Elise" Release AND a Blog Blitz to celebrate it!

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You've undoubtedly noticed that new banner at the top of my blog, so it's no surprise to you that I will be participating in an All Author's Blog Blitz.
But what may surprise you is, it's just in time for the release of my latest romance, For Elise, with a release date of
June 11 12, 2013.


 It's now available at Smashwords 
Amazon, and
Barnes & Noble. 



I'm also holding a giveaway where you can win one of two print copies of For Elise.
Navigate to the top where you'll find the tab
or click here for more information and to enter.

I've also made a book trailer for this book (already). You can find it on my YouTube Channel or you can just access it below. It's also on this book's dedicated page, considering how pages tend to disappear after a while.

Please let your friends know about it!



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12 comments:

  1. Mirror of KnowledgeJune 7, 2013 at 11:21 AM

    Hi..Catharina
    Thanks for your comment, You have got a wonderful blog, I will soon design a Slideshow with play and pause button, and let you know.
    Anyway thanks for the visit.

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    1. CatharinaJune 7, 2013 at 1:30 PM

      Hi Santosh!

      The comment was more than deserved, but I appreciate the thanks. Thank you for your compliment about my blog. I try to keep it interesting. :-)

      I'll be visiting your blog regularly and I'll be looking forward to more of your designs. Of course, you get full credit. I was so happy to find the perfect slideshow and yours is absolutely GORGEOUS.

      Thank you again, and thanks for the visit to my blog.

      Warmest,
      Cat

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  2. Mirror of KnowledgeJune 8, 2013 at 6:55 AM

    Hi..Catharina
    As I promised I added a Simple Slideshow with Play Pause Previous Next Button, hope you will like it. waiting for your response

    Santosh

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    1. CatharinaJune 8, 2013 at 9:55 PM

      Hi Santosh!

      I've seen and copied/pasted the code for the new slideshow. Let me say, it's absolutely beautiful and I love the "pause/forward/previous" buttons, as well. Very handy for my readers who would like control of what they see, but that it still plays automatically.

      I haven't gotten it to work for me just yet, but I will be playing around with it until it does. I really do like it and would like to use that one instead of the one I have now because of the extra functions.

      Thanks so much for providing such wonderful slideshows. It's even better than the old Photobucket one!

      Of course, all credit goes to you for the designs, and I'll make sure to give you credit.

      Warmest,
      Cat

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    2. Mirror of KnowledgeJune 8, 2013 at 10:39 PM

      Hi...Thanks for your wonderful comment, I am working on a new design and it will be ready by tomorrow. Hope you will definitely like that one also.

      You have a wonderful blog and a unique subject also, but you have to work a little bit on your meta tags and description also it will help increase your blog traffic, You have not done anything for bringing targeted traffic to your blog, your blogs meta tags and descriptions are empty. If you want then I will definitely help you.

      Have a nice day
      Santosh

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    3. CatharinaJune 9, 2013 at 7:45 PM

      Hi Santosh!

      I've finally gotten the last {not your latest} slideshow up and working, and what do I see? You've already designed a new and improved one! lol You're one creative man. Admirable.

      I've followed your advice and found how to add meta tags to my blog. I don't know if they're any good since this is the first time I've even heard of meta tags and descriptions! Can you check if they're okay? If not, I appreciate any advice you are willing to impart.

      I'm going to create a banner specially for you so that visitors to my blog {most readers and fellow authors} will know to whom the credit should be given for your incredibly beautiful and easy-to-use slideshows. I'll tweet and FB about you, too. You are a treasure, Santosh, and more and more people should know about you and your gorgeous slideshow designs.

      I hope to hear from you soon what you think about my meta tags.

      Warmest,
      Cat

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  3. Mirror of KnowledgeJune 9, 2013 at 10:44 PM

    Hi,
    Once again thanks for your comment,
    I saw you added meta tags and descriptions and they are fine, but these kind of meta tags are good for websites with few pages like your official website http://www.catharinashields.com/ but this one is a blog, in blog every post works as a separate page and there should be separate meta tags and description for every page, you don't have to change page wise page, just add a piece of code and it's all done. here is a tutorial all about this. http://www.santosh143.com/2012/11/make-your-blogger-blog-seo-friendly.html

    Secondly optimizing your images with alt currently I saw your images are optimized with keyword "Catharina Shields" as these images are on your website and blog they will automatically done by Google, but if user search for any other keyword like "The girl in the Leather jacket" which are present in your blogs they will not reach your book. Hope you got a small idea.

    visit this page to know how to optimize images for google search http://www.santosh143.com/2013/05/tips-to-optimizing-images-for-google.html

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  4. Dreams RekhaJune 10, 2013 at 7:29 AM

    WAS HERE TODAY
    I LOVE READING STORIES ONLINE

    REKHA

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  5. CatharinaJune 10, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Hi Rekha!

    Thanks so much for joining my blog! I've returned the favor. You're just in time for my giveaway, too. I'll be holding a giveaway for my newest release, "For Elise" a contemporary romance, beginning on June 15th - which is this Friday. International participants are welcome! So stay tuned and check back for more details.

    Warmest,
    Cat

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  6. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    It's not out yet? I've been looking at the 'Where to purchase' sites to buy it but, couldn't find it.

    maialia

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    1. CatharinaJune 12, 2013 at 3:50 PM

      Hi maialia,

      There was a delay since one of my editors couldn't get the manuscript back to me on time and when she finally did, I had to make the corrections {not many - thank god!} and then there was the process of formatting, uploading, etc. But good news! It's now available!

      Look to the top right hand on this blog where you see the book slideshow. For Elise is the first book in the row and you can use the pause button when you get to it. Click on the cover and it will take you straight to Smashwords where it's currently available in all formats. Let me know if you have any questions.

      Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll enjoy the book.

      Warmest,
      Cat

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  7. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 10:11 PM

    Great! It's out! I need to go get it now!

    maialia

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