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Here we are at the end of  Self-Published Author Appreciation Week, and wow, there’ve been a lot of great posts this year. I hope you all have spent time on the SPAAW Hub to read it all. This year, in case you didn’t notice was all about spreading the love for self-published works…
Spreading the Self-Pub LoveThis year, I asked a number of Self-Published authors to plug their newest–or their soon-to-be-released–book and to talk about a self-published work they wanted to get extra eye-balls on.

We heard from:

Anca Antoci
JCM Berne
Tom Bookbeard
A.J. Calvin
Andi Ewington
Karl Forshaw
Shannon Knight
David T List
Rebecca Carey Lyles
H.C. Newell
Nathan Ogloff
Paul Regnier
DB Rook
Marie Sinadjan
D.H. Willison
Tao Wong

I want to thank them for their time and contributions, yet one more time. Each of you have increased by TBR.

So, what was mentioned by these august writers (in July)? Thirty-nine titles from all sorts of genres. Renia by Karl Forshaw, with three mentions, was the most popular. Coming in second was The Crew by Sadir S. Samir and Callus & Crow by DB Rook. But if we took away mentions by the authors themselves, Renia and The Crew tied for first, and everything else tied for second. But this wasn’t a popularity contest…this was a sharing the love-fest, and there’s a lot of stuff to love.

(Still, Forshaw and Rook–pat yourselves on the back.)

Cover for Owl Eyes MotelCover of Pierced by SilverCover for Renia by Karl ForshawCover to be RevealedCover for A Wolf in Space by Alex ValdiersCover to be RevealedCover for Black Market Heart by Darby HarnCover of Harbinger by A.J. CalvinCover for The CrewCover to be RevealedCover for The Genesis of Change by Livia J. ElliotCover for Renia by Karl ForshawCover to be RevealedCover for Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil WilliamsCover of Grave Cold by Shannon KnightCover for Callus & Crow by DB RookCover of Violence & Vigilance by David T ListCover for The Ghost of Gold Creek by Lisa Michelle HessCover of Crimson Arches by Rebecca Carey LylesCover for An Ocean of Others by Joshua Scott EdwardsCover for The CrewCover of Shadows of Nyn’Dir by HC NewellCovers for Silo series by Hugh HoweyCover of The Sapien Empire by Nathan OgloffCovers for Beaumont and Beasley booksCover of Bard Tidings by Paul RegnierCover for Renia by Karl ForshawCover of Callus & Crow by DB Rook Cover for Between Two Worlds by DA ChanCover of Bloody Hell edited by Sarah JuleCover for The Last of Her KindCover of Forest of FateCover for Card Mage: Slumdog DeckbuilderCover of Chaotic Aperitifs

Thanks again to all who participated. Thanks to all who read. And thank you to all of those Self-Published Authors out there. I hope you felt appreciated this week.

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