Today I’m going to talk about something very cool that’s happening with my book right now. Dear Author is running an experiment testing whether bloggers can have an effect on the real world market, and the book they picked for it is Slave to Sensation.
I think this is wonderful, for the simple reason that it is a reader-initiated project. I asked Jane at Dear Author to review Slave to Sensation and she liked it so much that she chose it for this experiment. That makes this somewhat unusual, as most promotional things are begun and run by authors. Here’s my question for today: as readers/writers/bloggers, what works for you? What kind of promotion do you like and what don’t you like?
Here are the details of the experiment. I hope some of you will join in! 
I am participating in a blogging experiment hosted at dearauthor.com. To enter the contest, put up this blurb, image, and trackback and you are entered to win the following prize package.
You can read about the experiment here and you can download the code that you need to participate here.
- $200 Amazon gift certificate
- Signed copy of Slave to Sensation
- New Zealand goodies chosen by Singh
- ARC of Christine Feehan’s October 31 release: Conspiracy Game
SLAVE TO SENSATION
Nalini Singh
Berkley / September 2006
Welcome to a future where emotion is a crime and powers of the mind clash brutally against those of the heart.
Sascha Duncan is one of the Psy, a psychic race that has cut off its emotions in an effort to prevent murderous insanity. Those who feel are punished by having their brains wiped clean, their personalities and memories destroyed.
Lucas Hunter is a Changeling, a shapeshifter who craves sensation, lives for touch. When their separate worlds collide in the serial murders of Changeling women, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities…or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation.
I’m not sure how well this experiment will work. I loved the book, and I figure mine, Rosario’s and the Janes’ posts will show it.
But what about the others? Are readers going to be excited by everybody just copying and posting that? If they use an RSS Aggregator, they’ll probably just skip the posts once they’ve seen the first one.
Comment by May — August 21, 2006 @ 6:57 pm
That’s part of what we’re hoping to find out. One good thing that has come out of it already is that a lot of people have been made aware that the book exists, which I think is an achievement in itself. Hopefully they’ll be intrigued enough to pick it up in a store if they see it!
Comment by Nalini Singh — August 21, 2006 @ 8:10 pm