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Blog Squad is sponsored by Romance book blogger group.
About Blog Squad:
Blog Squad is a feature sponsored by a small group of bloggers on Facebook. What we do is rate and review authors websites.
Some things we look for is a site that is up to date site and easy navigate etc. We do look at the design but it’s not our main objective, our main
objective is to make sure readers get what they need from authors sites. This
is also excellent for authors because if their site is not up to reader standards then it could be costing them money. So this is a win, win for everyone. The
Blog Squad is not meant to tear down any authors, but to help them.
I created this feature a few months back and found some
other bloggers wanted to help out in our small group of romance bloggers.
Sharon at I Smell Sheep came up our name and banner. I’m look forward to us
helping readers and authors in this endear.
Blog Squad is sponsored by Romance
book blogger group.
Authors, how does your site stand up
to readers?
I am a She
wolf pack leader on a mission: My mission is to hunt down any paranormal
romance authors and make sure their website or blog are up to the wolf pack
codes. I feel as a paranormal romance review blogger I need to make sure my
readers are able to find authors’ websites up to date and in true working
order. My goal isn’t to tear anyone down, I want to make authors aware that
their websites are very important to all readers, and to make them aware the
poor state of their internet reach could be losing them money.
In doing
this we all have to remember authors are very busy. Some work outside of the
home, so as long as the website is up to date, all is well. If the author has a
website and a blog, the blog doesn’t have to be updated each week. I would
consider once a month a good rule here.
Whose site
am I visiting today? Mina Khan
Did the site
come up when the author’s name was searched in Google? Yes
Is the site
up to date with current release books? Yes
Buy link by
each released book? Yes
Book cover
and blurb by each book? Yes
Does the
author offer any book excerpts or free chapters? No
Can I browse
books by SERIES or by GENRE? No
Does the
author have any warnings listed by the book? No, but as of now her books don’t
need any.
Does the
author have upcoming releases on the site? Yes
Dose the
authors have their series in order and are it easy to understand? N/A, her
books are standalones.
Does the
author offer a bio page? Yes
Is there a
way to contact the author? Yes
Does the
author offer newsletter? Yes
Does the
author have a blog and can you access it easily from the site? Yes
Is the blog
updated? Yes
Overall
rating of the author’s website- A-
Things I
like about the site: Mina has a very nice blog style site. You can easily get
around and find what you need. She pretty much has everything handy, like
newsletter, buy buttons and add buttons. She also has a page for Djinn info.
Things I
disliked about the site
Any other
remarks: Mina’s website shows new authors a way to have a site without costing
them money. So to you new authors out there you don’t have an excuse for not having a
website to showcase books.
*Feature
inspired by one of Caroledee’s rants, she posted on Facebook one day about
authors not having websites or updating them. I just hope this feature will
help not only the readers but authors too.
A
Excellent
B Very
Good
C Good
D Acceptable
F Fail
