This post includes materials shared at Lyons Book store in Chico, California.  Below are links referenced in the presentation.

FMG Magazine is one of the examples, and a Chico company started by my partner Jody Colvard in 2004.

Amazon Resources

• Author Central

https://authorcentral.amazon.com

• Delia Smith Author Page (example in presentation)

http://www.amazon.com/Delia-Smith/e/B000APE7OA

• Kindle Direct Publishing (free book promo here)

https://kdp.amazon.com/signin

• List of sites to Promote Your Amazon Kindle Book

http://www.tckpublishing.com/list-of-sites-to-promote-your-free-amazon-kindle-books/

The power of story

Across time and culture, stories have been agents of personal transformation – in part because they change our brains

AEON Magazine

http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/once-upon-a-time-how-stories-change-hearts-and-brains/

50 Ways to Reach Your Reader (Self Publishing.org)

Best Book Review Sites

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-are-the-best-book-review-sites/

Included in the article:

• GoodReads
• Shelfari
• LibraryThing
• BookRabbit
• BookBrowse