Hello, my name is Drew and I write scifi and urban fantasy. As a self published author we tend to measure our success in milestones (sales, reviews, rankings, etc). I've noticed that some people have more difficult times than others with some aspects of the "business" and wanted to offer up .037 cents of help. I love scifi with a passion and try to share stuff with other people on facebook. I'm part of several groups and I'm starting to share other people's books/stories as well as my own. I'm also trying to build my mailing list and will be sending out book recommendations shortly.
I would propose a few things that might be beneficial to everybody. Id you have a novel or short story in need of reviews then maybe we can come together and read/review that authors work to help them out. The expectation would be reciprocated read/reviews. Also, cross promoting other people's books can be a surprising refreshing take from other people. I can send 10 posts about my book and get a few likes and/or downloads, but if I send 2 about mine and 8 about some other people's books then those other books could get ranked up as well. This isn't a competition, if I recommend an awesome book then that reader will remember that and my recommendations might go farther.
Marketing is a crapshoot sometimes, but it's worth the effort if people want to come togethe rfor the common good. So what do you all think? Do you want to come together and help each other out? It could be awesome. If you have something requiring reviews then please say if it's a short story or novel. Thanks