In today’s internet savvy age, many new authors are finding that one of the best ways they can promote their book is by going online and doing what they can to spread the word about what they have to offer. It’s a great solution to the problems that often come for those who either self publish or who are not being given a large budget to promote their own books by their publisher. Readers are generally pleased to try a new book that interests them, but one of the problems, even for hardcore readers, is that we only have so much time and money to spend hunting for new reads that we might enjoy. Those authors who are turning to the net as a way to reach out to the world’s book fiends will find that our site of the month, Bookbuzzr, goes a long way towards making the process of promoting a new book relatively pain free.

Instead of being simply a site, Bookbuzzr is a tool from Freado.com that helps authors promote their book by showing off the book’s information such as the title, author and where you can purchase the book. You can even feature the cover of your book to spark some immediate visual interest which is valuable because we all know that while it may not be fair to judge a book by its cover, that is often precisely what happens in the first few seconds after we encounter an unfamiliar title. This would all be well and good, but the fact is that there are even more reasons that this particular tool is especially good for readers: they can actually read a few pages of your book.

That’s right, with this widget your potential readers can turn themselves into instant readers and do precisely what they would do if they found your book in a traditional bookstore – pick it up and read a little bit! This is a definite innovation that makes it quite convenient for both the author looking to sell their title and for readers who’d like some reassurance that they are making a good decision on a book they are considering purchasing. A tool like this is definitely going to change the landscape for books.

The added goodies that help you connect your readers with your book over Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are all bound to help authors expose their work to a wider number of eyes and that takes a lot of the time consuming work of promoting a book off of the author’s shoulders which means they can go back to doing what they do best which is writing. Already, over 2,000 authors and 80 separate publishing houses are taking advantage of this opportunity. Since the books offered in the Bookbuzzr format are also available on Freado, they get even more exposure. The best part is that the entire service does not cost the authors.

In my opinion this service is nothing short of revolutionary since it gives a lot of power to authors and readers alike. In this age of social networking, Bookbuzzr is certainly a tool whose time has come and I look forward to seeing how the book world changes with its arrival. As a matter of fact, I’ll be using the service myself in the coming months to expose my own novels. As far as I know, that’s the highest mark I can give any site we’ve reviewed here at Perpetual Prose.

Give Bookbuzzr a shot, whether you’re an author or a reader, you’ll certainly find that it’s a great way to expose yourself to all that is available today.

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