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Good news! Shelf Life books is carrying Spark! Please check out the bookstore here. Shelf Life Books is an independently owned bookstore located at 1302 4 Street SW in Calgary, Alberta. It's a neat little store. Here's the link to their Youtube video. 
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It seems like the world of book promotion is very board. Recently, there are several marketing agencies that have reached out to me on book promotions. While I would love to do more book promotions, the costs just seem so steep. By chance I came across the Fiverr, a freelance services marketplace website. With a low book marketing budget, I spent CA$187.97 on 4 different book promotion services on Fiverr. 4 promotion services on Fiverr that I’ve paid for:(1) Melrock Melanie is a published writer and consultant who has written 26 books, 543 television scripts and thousands of email newsletters and blog articles. I paid CA$38.93 for a blog post, 5 days feature section, 7 twitter posts and a book image ad Fiverr link: Promote your kindle book on my book marketing network by Melrock | Fiverr (2) Sexy Challenges Rob runs several book blogs and has various social media which include facebook, twitter, pintrest. I paid CA$30.86 for my book to be posted on 4 book blogs and other social media. Fiverr link: Promote your book on 4 book blogs by Sexychallenges | Fiverr (3) Lianelittle Liane provides shout outs on her podcast on Youtube. I paid CA$37.92 for a one-time sponsorship spot in Liane’s podcast and the corresponding video. Fiverr link: Promote your book on owl about stories by Lianelittle | Fiverr Liane’s shout out of Spark: Chapter 22 The Count of Monte Cristo - YouTube (4) Joelbook Joel will write a permanent article to generate traffic to your book. I paid CA$80.26 for Joel’s team to write and publish a custom 2,000 words article including my book on Joel’s website. Fiverr link: Promote your book with a 1,500 word seo article by Joelbooks | Fiverr  Do your own research on book promotions and see what may work for you! And if you’ve done some economical book promotions that is effective, please let me know.
(1) The Prairies Book Review (Canadian) The Prairies Book Review provides editorial reviews for authors. Single review price range: CA$49.99 to $199.98 Turnaround time: 6-7 weeks, or expedited 3-5 days My book review on their website: Spark by Y.C. Leung – The Prairies Book Review (2) Indies Today Indies Today offers affordable editorial reviews to self-published and independent authors, including those using small press publishers. Single review price range: US$59.99 to $89 Turnaround time: Doesn’t say on the website, but I received my review back within 6 weeks My book review on their website: Spark by Y. C. Leung | Indies Today (3) Literary Titan The Literary Titan is an organization of professional editors, writers, and professors that have a passion for the written word. They review fiction and non-fiction books in many different genres, as well as conduct author interviews, and recognize talented authors with their Literary Book Award. Single review price range: US$59 Turnaround time: 45 days My book review on their website: Spark | LITERARY TITAN (4) Readers’ Favourite Readers’ Favourite review manuscripts, published and unpublished books, eBooks, audiobooks, poetry books, comic books, graphic novels and short stories. Single review price range: Free to US$59 (If you select the free option, they decide whether to review your book or not) Turnaround time: Free option – 10 to 12 weeks if they decide to review your book; paid option – 2 weeks Webiste: Book Reviews - Readers' Favorite: Book Reviews and Award Contest (readersfavorite.com) (5) OnlineBookClub.org OnlineBookClub is a book community website with reader members. The website is designed for readers instead of authors. Once the book review is completed, it will be posted on the Review dashboard for readers to see and hopefully spark their interest to buy a copy of your book. Single review price range: US$97 to $297 Turnaround time: 1 to 4 months My book review on their website: Review of Spark - OnlineBookClub.org  There are many other editorial book review services out there. Do your own research and determine which ones you prefer and the costs fit into your budget.
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