A word from the President of Rave Reviews Book Club, Nonnie Jules...
Hello,
and Welcome to a NEW day at RAVE REVIEWSBOOK CLUB! If you’ve never heard of
us, you must not ever turn your computer on because we are the Virtual Book
Club that everyone is buzzing about.
We’ve been around now for five (5) months and our membership has almost
reached 500! Our website is an
extremely busy place…again, in five (5) months, it’s been viewed almost 43,000
times! Boy, there must be a lot going
on there for all that traffic, right?
YOU can bet your bottom dollar there is!
We
aren’t your typical book club. First,
our membership is open to Authors and Readers.
Our mission is to PROFILE, PROMOTE & PROPEL INDIE
AUTHORS via book sales, “honest” book reviews and name recognition. That means, that if no one has ever heard of
you before, if you’re an active member-author at RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB, your name is probably on a lot of tongues
now!; second, we are here to foster an
environment of positivity and support and we do an extremely good job of supporting
our members; and third, we offer so many perks and privileges to ALL members
which include: BOOK OF THE MONTH Winner,
“SPOTLIGHT” AUTHOR, #PUSHTUESDAY winner ,and we offer writing contests and
fun photo contests to help you earn some of these fabulous spots! If you’re a Reader, how would you like your
chance at winning Amazon gift cards just for referring new members who
join? And what if you’re an avid
reader? How would you like to win a
$50, $100 or even a $200 Amazon Gift Card for having read the most
member-author books during the year?
These are just a few of the many perks we offer at RRBC.
Some
of you reading this are already aware of the fabulous club we are, so let me
tell you WHY there’s a new day at RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB.
When
we first formed, we accepted any and everyone who submitted an
application. Then, we noticed that some
of the people who were aligning themselves with us, just weren’t the right
“fit” for us, so we became a bit more selective. {We
do offer an overwhelmingly huge amount of support to all our members and we do
ENCOURAGE all of our members to support one another, but the ONLY real
requirement of RRBC is that each member purchases, reads and reviews a minimum
of 4 books per year. Weekly, many
member-authors list their books at only $.99 and some for FREE! It has been shared with us by some members
that they have completed all four of their required reads for the club for only
$3.98! UNBELIEVABLE!}. Even with us becoming more selective, we
still encountered those members who would join for one second and then turn
right around a week later to say something to the effect of: “I realize my dog is going to be sick for
the next two weeks so I’m going to have to cancel my membership.” Really, some
of the excuses we’ve received are so laughable and unbelievable, all you can do
is stare in disbelief!
So,
because our board of 8 members work extremely hard at propelling our members
and constantly devising NEW plans to propel our members, we thought instead of
just adding members to the roster, we’d add a second step to the process. This little step merely asked the
prospective member to return to our site, to
READ OUR FAQ page FULLY and after that, “let
us know if you’re sure you want to become a member.” We did this because it is a hassle to add
members to our online roster, to our internal rosters, to add and link their
books to our online book catalog, to only turn around and have to remove it
all. Please believe me when I say in
the voice of the very entertaining YouTube sensation, Sweet Brown, “AINTNOBODYGOTTIMEFORTHAT!” We are
much, much too busy! So, we implement
yet another step in the process…on May 18, we instated a 30 day probationary
period. What this entailed was: new members joining on or after this date,
would not have their name OR their book(s) listed in our online roster and
catalog, but they would still be allotted all of the other perks and privileges
of membership. If after their 30 day
probationary period they were still with us, we would then add their names and
books to the rosters for the world to see.
During the first 10 days of this new policy, we received almost 50 NEW
member applications. See, even with a
new stipulation to our membership in place, these new people STILL wanted to
join us because they’d heard the stories about how SUCCESSFUL we are in
PROFILING, PROMOTING & PROPELLING our indie author members. I know, you
want me to hurry and get to the BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT…THE REASON THAT WE’RE REALLY HERE TODAY…THE NEW DAY AT RRBC!
Now that our membership is nearing
500 and to ensure that we are aligning ourselves with the BEST OF THE BEST and
the MOST SERIOUS-MINDED INDIVIDUALS, who take what we do here seriously, we are
implementing a NEW MEMBERSHIP FEE!
Beginning June 1, 2014, our annual membership fee is $25.00/per
member. THIS FEE IS FOR *NEW* INCOMING
MEMBERS WHO JOIN ON OR AFTER JUNE 1ST, and current
members will not be assessed a membership fee until their anniversary date. For most of you, that won’t begin until
January, 2015 or one year after your join date (which is different for
everyone).
*NEW*
MEMBERS: Here is what your membership
will entail:
*The
listing of up to 3 of your books in our online catalog (right now, members are
allotted only 1 listing for now, with the ability to add one additional in the
near future);
*The
ability to add 2 book covers to 2 of your titles;
*FREE
3 months of One-on-One consultations via phone calls, email or e-chat with your
very own Mentor; a critique of your partially completed manuscript, which
includes helpful hints and suggestions about what could make the writing
better. Right now, this service has a
fee of $10 on its own;
*FREE
entry into all our fee-based writing contests;
*For
approved works, inclusion in our upcoming RRBC Anthology;
*Discounted
rates to our future Writer’s Conferences and Book Expos;
*Our
site receives upwards of 500 hits per day, and the majority of those hits are
views to our Online Catalog, where member-author books are being purchased,
read and reviewed; GRAND EXPOSURE FOR YOUR BOOK(S);
*Our
Online Catalog is now about to be made available for download to libraries,
booksellers/bookstores and shared via regular press releases; MORE EXPOSURE FOR
YOUR BOOK(S)
*The
possibility of being selected as BOOK OF
THE MONTH, “SPOTLIGHT” AUTHOR and #PUSHTUESDAY
winner has taken some of our member’s Amazon rankings from the 1 million plus
mark, down to #38, #35 and as low as #22 on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Seller’s
List! See what some of our members have
to say about RRBC:
Member: LINDA MIMS: “RRBC is like a slice of
Heaven in the humongous publishing world. Since being accepted into this family
of writers I have been welcomed and treated with respect and I have yet to
complete and publish my novel. My social media accounts have grown and I have a
sense of fellowship with a kindred community. I fully embrace Rave Reviews Book
Club (blowing kisses to all of you)!”
Member: TLCKIDS4915: “Even if I never get a chance to be in the
hot seat with RRBC, I will always be a part of this club because of the awesome
people I have connected with here. These authors are among the most selfless,
positive minded, and supportive people I have come across yet – from any author
site I have been a part of. My followers list on Twitter has increased majorly
because of the support I have found at RRBC. I truly enjoy reading and
reviewing the books to return the favor!”
Member: KINDLE NINJA: “Being a ninja in a sea of
talented authors, I sit and wonder what am I doing here. I have no books to
share, no tours to promote, and no manuscripts for editors to scrutinize. But I
have a book review blog with a cult following of 4 people (on a good day!). To
support the RRBC, I added a ‘Conversations over Milk & Cookies’ segment in
my blog and featured the Board members. Episode
1 pulled my blog from utter obscurity, with over 500 page views in the first
two hours of posting. It’s astonishing!
Thanks, Rave Reviews Book Club!”
Member: WENDY STORER: “I am still smiling from the effects of
being the lucky recipient of yesterday’s #PUSHTUESDAY initiative. I woke up to
a deluge of tweets and book sales, and this continued throughout the day. I
felt very supported by other RRBC members, and sold more books on Amazon.com
than I had sold in months! Beyond this one day, I am looking forward to being
connected to such a great bunch of writers and having the opportunity to
support them as they have supported me. Thanks,
Rave Reviewers!”
We’re wrapping this up now, but not
before we let you in on a very special offer:
FOR a limited time only, we are offering our
AWESOME membership package for only $15!!!!
That’s it……15 little one dollar bills will get
you aligned with the most illustrious member-authors and readers around. For what we do and how we do it, for the
support we offer and the way we offer it, the price tag could not be
afforded. But right now,
you’re able to get in at the low, low cost of only $15! I encourage you to act now, as we don’t know
when it might jump up to its original price of $25/yearly! By imposing this fee, we will be able
to now weed out the junk and align ourselves with only the best! If you’re serious about support, if you’re
serious about having the opportunity to be PROFILED, PROMOTED & PROPELLED
in unimaginable ways, JOIN US NOW!
When you get there, be
sure and tell ‘em Bruce A. Borders sent you!
