tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post8045002042824852175..comments2024-01-06T11:19:53.852+00:00Comments on Kate Walker: Conferences and Web SitesKate Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-44939560817707798452008-06-19T06:33:00.000+01:002008-06-19T06:33:00.000+01:00Glad to help Kate.Glad to help Kate.EllenToohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114930219445131840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-53280624725374117182008-06-19T00:00:00.000+01:002008-06-19T00:00:00.000+01:00I like when an author offers as much info they can...I like when an author offers as much info they can about their books and why they like to write.<BR/><BR/>Some authors stes don't keep you as interested because they don't "invite" you back for more.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy blogs, they were new to me, but it's a great way to "meet" an author and others who have similar interests.<BR/><BR/>It would be nice to update at least montlhy, I've seen some authors sites, where last yr or longer was their last update, maybe they have nothing new to offer.<BR/><BR/>I make a site/blog my fav and visit daily if the author has fun and interesting stuff to share.<BR/><BR/>I think promotions/contests do matter sometimes. That's how I found new authors that I might have known about and this is a great way to try their books.<BR/><BR/>I find authors site either by a search engine for anothers site.<BR/><BR/>I know that authors get extremely busy at times, but I might not visit again, because they don't take sometime to update their sites, so that their readers seem important and can get the info they need.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363922982973526678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-10648950342930529322008-06-18T12:29:00.000+01:002008-06-18T12:29:00.000+01:00Ellen - thank you so very much for your help with ...Ellen - thank you so very much for your help with this. Your answers have been a big help to me - thank you for taking the time and trouble to respond in such detail<BR/><BR/>And Lidia- thank you to you too. Your comments confirm things that I have suspected myself so it was great to hear from you<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Kate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-31717236001502293872008-06-18T03:01:00.000+01:002008-06-18T03:01:00.000+01:00Kate,Ellen listed key points that are positive abo...Kate,<BR/>Ellen listed key points that are positive about an author's website -- some negatives as well.<BR/><BR/>My big turn-off is when the website really offers no information about new releases, upcoming books etc... It may list the title and a link to Amazon to purchase the book, but no blurbs, no excerpts. I expect the author's website to include those -- or at least the author's version of a synopsis of the story. <BR/><BR/>The sites that haven't been updated for a long period of time are a turn off. It seems to me if the author is too busy, or whatever reason can't maintain, or have someone maintain a website for her, then she shouldn't have one. It is a huge turnoff to go to a website and find that the most release is two years old.lidiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465764786056030423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-66697178460158080602008-06-17T19:02:00.000+01:002008-06-17T19:02:00.000+01:00Gosh Kate that's a lot of questions but I'll answe...Gosh Kate that's a lot of questions but I'll answer as many as I can.<BR/>1. On an author's website I like to see information about the author, excerpts from books, titles of books,and a way to contact the author.<BR/>2. important elements and information I want to get is the same as above<BR/>3. I think a blog is important because I like to know what an author is doing and to be able to have a conversation with them.<BR/>4. I would like to see a web site updated at least once a month.<BR/>5. new information will bring me back to a web site instead of always seeing the same things month after month.<BR/>6. yes promotions and contests matter because they are fun and a way to keep readers interested in the website/blog<BR/>7. no I have not bought books directly from a web site--I usually go directly to the eHarlequin/Amazon site.<BR/>8. I usually use google to find a site or another authors list of websites.<BR/>9. too many to really list but a few are Julie Cohen, Kay Stockham,Kara Lennox, yours, Intrigue Authors, Harlequin American Romance just to name a few<BR/>(altho these are really blogs)<BR/>10.Every once in a while I find site I don't revisit usually because the information is static and there are several I don't return to because they are difficult to read due to the color of the background as contrasted to the color of the print.<BR/>11. Things that put me off a website are basically things I've mentioned above.<BR/>Don't know if this is helpful but here it is for what it's worth.EllenToohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114930219445131840noreply@blogger.com