Teresa,

I've heard that word-of-mouth is one of the best forms of promotion and it certainly makes sense for you with your large extended family.

I published my first book with AuthorHouse, so I'll be really interested to see how you do with that book return policy. It sounded too expensive to me but of course, I wasn't selling 500 books in less than a month!

If you have money to spare, Amazon has a deal called Buy X, Get Y, or something like that. You can pair your book with a bestseller for one month. It's really expensive - somewhere around $500 a month - but based on your book's current sales, it could be profitable.

Best of luck :-)
Sigrid

P. S. Please let me know if you ever plan to add a link section to your web site. My book is all about a woman who takes up with an alcoholic and cocaine addict who is in recovery. She goes missing and no one is sure if she broke her own sobriety or if her partner harmed her. The themes of addiction and domestic abuse would fit in well with your book, which is why I put up a link to your site on my blog. It would be really great if you could link back.

This message also applies to Dianne, since I linked to your web site a long time ago. If you ever feel inclined, I would be very grateful if you would establish a link to D'Amour Road. Thanks.