A book is essentially \u201clong form content\u201d. This means that it takes anywhere from a few hours to a few days to consume (depending upon length and complexity of your book\u2019s content.) Thus, even if you give away a free copy of your book, there is little chance that the recipient of your book will want to finish reading your book. <\/p>\n
A blog entry, on the other hand is a shorter form of your content. It can be read within a few minutes and acts as a good proxy for the kind of content that might be there in your book. It allows potential readers to sample your reading before deciding to dive into your book. <\/p>\n
But the problem with a blog is that there are so many blogs out there that the competing noise can drown out your writing. And it\u2019s possible that a reader who is already bludgeoned with tonnes of material to read is fatigued and will simply skim over the content of your blog. <\/p>\n
What\u2019s the alternative?<\/p>\n
Casual word games!<\/p>\n
Casual word games are simple games that revolve around words or phrases and can be played by anyone for just a few minutes at a stretch. They are especially appealing to book readers. <\/p>\n
Casual word games share the following characteristics: <\/p>\n
Freado\u2019s Hangman \u2013 The Ultimate Book Promotion Tool for Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n As you may know, the developers at BookBuzzr have worked hard to develop a new word game. It\u2019s a variation of the commonly played word game called \u201cHangman\u201d. The game works like this: The player has to guess a word by filling in the letters one at a time. However, if the player makes more than 10 wrong guesses, the player is \u201changed.\u201d If the player guesses right, she earns points that can be redeemed for books on the Freado.com<\/a> site. <\/p>\n The beauty about this is that BookBuzzr Author Pro<\/a> authors can create their own Hangman games using words that are related to their books. Some of the benefits of creating these Freado\u2019s Hangman games are as under: <\/p>\n –\tGames can be created by authors in just a matter of minutes<\/p>\n –\tGames can feature words or phrases related to your book (for example, if you have a romance book set in Paris, you can create a game that talks about the 10 most romantic places in Paris or about the 10 most romantic books of all time.)<\/p>\n –\tGames can be played on Facebook (a very important consideration for many people since they don\u2019t like to leave the Facebook environment.)<\/p>\n –\tGames can be shared by readers on their own Facebook profiles and thus have huge viral potential<\/p>\n –\tIf you are a BookBuzzr Author Pro<\/a> author, games feature your book cover alongside the games that you create. <\/p>\n –\tYour readers can create their own games (and you can choose to have your book show up alongside these games if you so desire.)<\/p>\n Example of Hangman games for adults<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is an example of a Hangman game that helps promote best selling author Ellen Maze\u2019s Beth Rider books<\/a> (which revolve around vampires.) Notice that Ellen Maze\u2019s book shows up alongside the game and forms a powerful association in the mind of the reader.<\/p>\n