Most independent writers and small press get a lot of business from Amazon customers.  Amazon has this thing called tagging, where readers choose words that best describe the book, for example, Michael E. Benson's book, Openers, has tags like crime drama, forensics, serial killers, etc.  Readers can add additional tags they feel are appropriate and vote for the tags.  These tags enable Amazon to push a book toward Amazon members who have made similar purchases in the past.  It brings your book to the attention of Amazon members who might not have heard of it before.  The more tags you get, the more times a tag is selected, the better chance you have of being seen. 

Naturally, we'd like our books tagged by as many people as possible.  I'll bet you'd like that, too.  So, I'm going to play tag with you.  If you've got a book for sale at Amazon, send me a note at [email protected], or a comment here. amd I'll tag your book.  If enough people show interest, I'll start a second blog just to list book links available for tagging.  Of course, in the interest of fair play, if I tag your books, you've got to tag ours.  Right? 

While you're browsing around here, check out this month's What Writers Write and How They Write it.  We're featuring Barbara Silkstone and a lot of naked men.

And take a look at Steven L. Revare's trailer for his upcoming book, Raw. 

And I've saved the best news for last - although it really has nothing to do with Inknbeans...except making us all happy.  The Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back early this year!  That's right.  The Boss and I are going over this evening to have one.  Let Autumn commence!

BGP