About Shameless Book Promotion
ShamelessBookPromotion is supported by its advertisisers.
SBP is a service of Proxima Emporium, LLC., a small literary promotion outpost in the far reaches of the internet. With a network of 25+ websites, the service offers banner ads to those in the literary arts at affordable prices.
Advertising Services that are Free
The following services of this site are provided at no cost to the author.
- Submitting to The Pitch
- Making an Award Announcement
- Adding the Author to a directory
Banner Advertising
Banner Advertising is available on this site as follows.
Amazon Book Advertising- include your book in the banner display program for $5/month via subscription on Paypal. Purchaseable here. Network performance is posted at the Proxima Emporium website.
Guest Blog Posting
Podcast Guest
Additional details on the service are available here.
So, it's time to add you or someone you know to the directory. Here are a few winning tips to create a powerful listing that not only gets attention, it gets clicks.
Important Tips
- You have 500 characters, use them wisely
- If you are prominent in a sub genre (science fiction, fantasy, cookbooks, etc.)- mention it. That will get picked up in search.
- Where are you from? Mention it.
- Avoid repetition. The listing will be headlined with the author's name- no need to repeat it multiple times in the description.
- A sentence bio, a sentence about the writing.
- Most popular book? mention it.
- Awards? Ones people would recognize, mention by name.
- No need to mention you live with a significant other or pets.
- Avoid dated information.
- Your URL does not need to be in your description, the listing headline will be a hyperlink to your website.
- The URL you provide can be any (personal website, Amazon link, etc.) but should not be dated information.
Link Management
- Understand that listings reported as dead will be removed without notification. A new listing will need to be submitted to replace the removed listing.
- Submit seperate entries if you write in seperate genres- use that opportunity to customize the listing to the genre.
- select the check box "edited listing" if you are changing a listing already in the directory.
So, it's time to add your author service to The Directory. Here are a few winning tips to create a powerful listing that not only gets attention, it gets clicks.
Important Tips
- You have 400 characters, use them wisely
- If you are prominent in a sub genre (science fiction, fantasy, cookbooks, etc.)- mention it. That will get picked up in search.
- Where are you from? Mention it.
- Avoid repetition. The listing will be headlined with the individual or business name- no need to repeat it multiple times in the description.
- A sentence bio, a sentence about the service.
- Most popular client? mention them.
- Awards? Ones people would recognize, mention by name.
- Avoid dated information.
- Your URL does not need to be in your description, the listing headline will be a hyperlink to your website.
- The URL you provide can be any (personal website, fivr link, etc.) but should not be dated information.
Link Management
- Understand that listings reported as dead will be removed without notification. A new listing will need to be submitted to replace the removed listing.
- Submit seperate entries if you write in seperate genres- use that opportunity to customize the listing to the genre.
- select the check box "edited listing" if you are changing a listing already in the directory.
You are welcome to write us a post of your own. We'll include a link to your website and a Bio for you as the author. Just send us an email using the format below and we'll add you to the consider que.
- Your Name (real name/name you wanted credited in post)
- Your Website (we will link to your site in bio)
- Your Bio (keep it succinct, 3-4 sentences tops)
- Contact Email (Optional- by default, we will not use the email that you send from)
- Article Title
- Twitter Length Summary
- Article Text
- Try to stay 1,000 words or less
- Check your red squiggly lines (spelling)
- Check and make sure there is not an existing post that says the same thing