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I think you nailed the cover, Gracela!

Thanks to everyone who has supported my Headtalker campaign(s) so far. But I'm not sure if I know who you all are. Headtalker only gives me your pictures/avatars, not your names. Here are the TNBW members I've ID'd so far: Domebuilder, Dagnee, C.E. Jones, Candy Atkins, Penang, Mariana Reuter, Janet Taylor-Perry, JP Lundstrom. Anyone who voted and is not on that list, please let me know. (Sol and Tom Oldman, I know you thought you voted, but you don't show up on my Headtalker page.) And, for those of you who voted for one of the campaigns, I could use your help with the other one, too. Some have been confused by seeing "Melissa Miller" highlighted in the GTP campaign, making it look like she would get the support vote. But she's the publishing exec who set up that campaign for me (I did the other one myself); I'll get the vote, not her. Only 10 more days left for the GTP campaign and 29 for TSFOF. I haven't seen any postings re other Headtalker campaigns, so perhaps I'm the guinea pig for TNBW. I have no idea if the campaigns will result in book sales, but it's free and worth a shot, IMO. If I reach my 50, I'll let you know if the campaigns were successful or not. Thanks again!

Click it anyway! Melissa Miller is a publishing exec who arranged for the Headtalker campaign for Get the Picture?. The support will go to me, not her. Thanks, Candy!

I didn't read your book, but I definitely vote for Number 2. Number 1 is cut off, and Number three is black-and-white, avoiding the color in the title.

Are you going to start a Headtalker campaign or its ilk for your novel? I'm reciprocating, so let me know.

Your comment just showed up, Gracela, so I got you identified!
Kiss,
Jack

Thanks, everyone! But there are pictures and avatars I can't pin down as to who is who. I've got a woman in a helmet, one wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, one wearing glasses looking pensively to her right, and a picture of a pad with a pen lying on it. Sol supported me, but his picture doesn't show up. And Tom, still no eagle. I got yours, Janet, and yours, Candy. And yours, Dags. I'm up to 21 supporters now. Go team!

Thanks, Penang! There's a new picture of a woman on my page of supporters, so I assume that's you.

Tom, I see no eagle.

Please, guys, leave a comment - on that page - so I know who is giving me their support. You're great for doing this. And Penang, we've never had an online connection, so I'm really pleased you saw fit to contribute to the campaign. Yes, I've heard of Thunderclap - just today, actually, in a blog by a so-called expert who listed the things an author shouldn't do to promote, and Thunderclap was one of them. Hey, it's all a crapshoot, I guess. In the beginning I wrote the freakin' books and sat back waiting to be discovered. Well, that didn't work! So now I'm being prodded into the digital age and tryining all these promotion tools - many of which are urged by my publishers. At least they won't be able to say I didn't try. I never went into this to make a buck. But it would be nice if I get some recognition for the stories that came out of my imagination that people who read them enjoyed. That's my bottom line.

Thank you all. The folks at TNBW are nonpareil!

They don't even give initials, Tom. What picture did you use?

One more thing: After you click on the support button(s), please leave a comment so that I know who you are. Headtalker only gives me the Facebook pictures/Twitter avatars of the supporters, and I want to thank you all personally - and know who will be at the top of my list for campaign reciprocation. Thanks!

I need 36 more supporters! Be the first on your block to join me! No money involved! Just click on the above link, then my Headtalker link, and click on your support in whatever social media sites you participate in.  If you haven't yet considered a Headtalker campaign for your published, or soon to be published, books, I would recommend it. It's free to sign up. And as I said, I'll reciprocate support for any of you who launch a campaign.

Okay, I'm taking back what I said - kinda. I checked the reviews I received for my books on Amazon. For one, all had the "x people found this review helpful" tag, despite being non-verified purchases. For another, one had the tag (again, a non-verified purchase). For a third, none had the tag. All were good reviews, so that is eliminated as a factor. It seems, then, though it's a small sample size, that the theory I posed above has some flaws.

I posted this thought in another forum, but I think it bears discussion here. While accumulating a lot of good reviews can help publicity, I have a feeling that, unless the reviewer is a "pro" with a prolific record of reviews, a review without the "verified Amazon purchase" imprimatur will likely be discounted by a prospective buyer, who doesn't know if the review is by someone who got the freebie in a give-away promotion, at a book-signing, or at a bookstore other than Amazon - or who is just a buddy/family member of the author and thus immediately suspect!   Since you can click on the "this review was helpful" button, and Amazon tags reviews with "x readers thought this review was helpful," a way to check this theory of mine is to see how many non-verified-purchase reviews get this "helpful" tag. So if any of you have evidence to the contrary, let me know, because I hope I'm wrong.