The Carus Chronicles

PART 1: GET THE EMBED CODE FROM AMAZON Step 1 : Go to Amazon.com and find your book's page.  Note: If you want to use Amazon Affiliate links, make sure you're logged into Amazon with the account associated with the Amazon Affiliate Program.  Step 2:  Click the <Embed> link. On the right hand side of the screen, under the buy now options, there's a little link that says, <Embed>.  Here it is a little closer. Step 3: Select "Embed on your site (HTML) You will get a screen that looks like the one below. You don't want the link, you want to embed the preview on your website. Click the second option (it defaults to the link option, so you have to click on the embed option every time). Step 4: Copy the embed code from the window. You can either use "CTRL + C" or right click on your mouse and select "COPY." If you're a Mac user, use "APPLE + C". PART 2: EMBED THE CODE ...

My debut novel, Shift Happens , is due out sometime in the Spring of 2014. Probably April-ish. I don't have a set release date still, but I want to be as successful as possible. My publisher recommends a long list of things I can do to help promote my book and me as an author. These are the ones I have already completed: Website (  http://www.jcmckenzie.ca ) Blog (duh!) Use taglines on all blog posts (check) Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/j.c.mckenzie.author ) Twitter (@JC_McKenzie) Post tweets automatically to Facebook (check)  Make a newsletter (I use Mailchimp, and I've tested it. First one due out Dec 15th) And then there's the one's I haven't completed: Post tweets automatically to your website (I'm not sure about this. Seems overkill?) Get people to sign up for your newsletter (how?!?) Create an online press kit (seems like I need a lot of the other things on this list first) Make a video book trailer (I covered my current succe...