In order to help me reach some marketing goals I have for next summer, I have started working on building an e-mail list so that I can best serve those who have either downloaded one of my books or purchased a physical book from CreateSpace.
In so doing, I thought a good incentive would be to offer a freebie, so I’m offering The Transgression Box, my first novel, as a free gift for signing up on the list.
Let it be known that I will NOT spam subscribers with email or share their e-mail addresses with anyone, but will use the e-mail list to build a relationship with readers.
I’ll be sending out newsletters about twice a month, and these will be exclusive content, almost like a writer’s magazine. It will be things I don’t post on the blog, stuff like awesome links to great articles about writing, geeky stuff, and also updates about new projects being published by yours truly. It is also a forum for guest articles, for shouting out about your new book (that’s right, yours) and other secret web articles I have found to be incredibly beneficial to writers – not to mention contests and magazines looking for submissions.
Simply look to the top of this webpage and click on “Get A Free Book!”, enter the details and what format you would like for the free book, and look forward to a special first issue of the newsletter in a few weeks!
Thanks!
Writing Is Hard Work 
this sounds like a grand idea, Roger…more power to your elbow!