UPDATE: 11/2025 - I'm now collecting a small fee for promotional services that include a book review. (Novels: $25; Picture Books: $15). I continue to offer other promotional services for free. Either way, I'll give your book considerable time and attention, and you'll get the benefit of my professional book marketing experience and exposure in front of my audience of bookish followers that I've built for over thirteen years.
If you would like me to host a complimentary book giveaway, share an author award or event, participate in a blog tour/hop, or conduct an author interview: 1) please read below ("Books I Promote") to make sure your book qualifies, then, 2) provide the requested information (below, "Inquiries") in the Contact Form, which can be found in the sidebar and at the bottom of the blog home page.
If your communication to me is not well-written, informative, and clear, I will take that as an indication of the quality of your published product, and it's unlikely I'll accept your book for promotion.
HALL WAYS PROMOTIONS: What to Expect:
Once I accept your book for promotion or review, you can look forward to the following (typically within thirty days):
- a dedicated post, on my well-established blog, that will include whatever you ask me to promote. At a minimum, included are: your book cover image, description, purchase links, author information, and author links, plus my book review, if applicable
- a book review cross-posted on Amazon, Goodreads, BookBub, and Barnes and Noble (where applicable)
- custom graphic and book promotion on my social media accounts, where I have ~8,000 combined bookish followers on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and Bloglovin' (will include author/publisher tags, where applicable)
- for promotions including book reviews, a list of any typos or errors (grammar, spelling, punctation, capitalization) will be provided to the author. However, this is not to be considered a professional proofread, though that service is available for an additional fee.
If my review isn't going to be 3.5 stars or higher, I will contact you and discuss whether or not you still want my review posted.
ARE YOU A TEXAS-CONNECTED AUTHOR OR IS YOUR BOOK TEX-CENTRIC? Please let me know that information in your query, and also consider contacting Lone Star Literary Life to get some next-level exposure in front of a broad, Texas author & book-loving audience.
Inquiries: I try to respond to all inquiries within ten days of receiving them. In your inquiry, provide me:
Inquiries: I try to respond to all inquiries within ten days of receiving them. In your inquiry, provide me:
*what service you would like from me (spotlight? review? giveaway? interview? proofread?)
*the book name and description
*link(s) to where the book is online and/or for sale
*preferred date range for promotion or review
*review copy format(s) being offered
*a sample from the book (prefer prologue or 1st chapter or first 3 pages of a picture book)
Books I Promote: Children's, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult Fiction, and Nonfiction. All books are accepted on a case-by-case basis -- how or by whom the book is published isn't important (but see "Deal Breaker").
Books I Promote: Children's, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult Fiction, and Nonfiction. All books are accepted on a case-by-case basis -- how or by whom the book is published isn't important (but see "Deal Breaker").
About Nonfiction: I accept nonfiction books for review on a case-by-case basis, but it's unlikely I will read a cookbook, gardening book, or craft book.
Books I Promote But Don't Usually Review: Most Romance (unless the romance is not the focus of the story).
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==>STOP! DEAL BREAKER:
==>STOP! DEAL BREAKER:
If your book has not been thoroughly and professionally edited, I very rarely will rate it any higher than 3 of 5 stars -- if I finish it at all. My reviews are honest, and I cannot recommend people pay for a book that, at a minimum, is not cleanly edited. Seriously. If you would like a professional proofread of your book, I can provide that service or refer you to other qualified freelance editors. Use my CONTACT FORM to ask for more information.
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Books I Do Not Promote: New Adult (unless it's clean and not romance-focused), Erotica, anything with extreme and/or gratuitous graphic sex, gore, or violence,
Book Formats: I accept audiobook codes, print books, PDFs, and eBooks (via Kindle gift or ePUB files)
Other Info: Many of the print books I receive are donated, put in a Little Free Library, or occasionally I host giveaways from Hall Ways Blog's Overstuffed Bookshelves.
Book Formats: I accept audiobook codes, print books, PDFs, and eBooks (via Kindle gift or ePUB files)
Other Info: Many of the print books I receive are donated, put in a Little Free Library, or occasionally I host giveaways from Hall Ways Blog's Overstuffed Bookshelves.
