Hello, friends! (And hello to the new people this week).
How are you? And what’s going on in your world?
Mine is a little on the wild side, not gonna lie. It’s time to put this Catherine Greer Author show on the road, when mostly I enjoy having a quiet lunch with a girlfriend or making a beautiful family dinner on a Sunday.
But. But!
My new book, THE BITTERSWEET BAKERY CAFE, is really good. I knew it was, because I wrote it for me and I loved and needed every word. I wrote it because I needed more:
Grit
Self-belief
Joy
And of course, you know me by now: I figure out what the heck is going on in my mind by writing about it. So I wrote THE BITTERSWEET BAKERY CAFE for myself, and I love it with my whole heart.
It’s about a woman who learns to fall in love with herself, in the middle of her life.
It’s inspiring, funny, beautifully-written yet easy to read, FUNNY, warm and big-hearted.
And it needs a chance now out in the world, and the way to do that is pre-orders and sales. And reviews and word of mouth.
And I’d love to ask you to help me, if you can. Here are 6 options, and you can pick whatever combination works for you:
Buy a book and review it, or give it 5-stars if you love it.
Gift one to a friend (or a few, if you can).
Library - If you can’t buy it (or even if you can) please ask your library to order it in.
Tell your friends about it, and that you know me.
Share a picture of it on your socials, if you don’t mind. (It’s getting a beautiful groundswell in Australia with midlife women who are falling in love with it! So you can trust it’s good)
Text a link or photo to a friend - it’s an impulse purchase, and I love receiving a text with a link to a bookshop or retailer so it’s easy to buy. This is a great way to share.
Your bookclub - could it be a bookclub book for you? I can attend by zoom or in real life in Sydney.
Debut authors don’t get a huge marketing budget or a lot of help from the publisher, so it’s up to us to sell enough books that we can keep writing. You only get another chance if your book sells.
So thank you for your support. Now’s the time, and the links are below.
Next week, I’ll be back with fun inspo to make your day a little brighter. But for now, it’s true that I really do need you — and would love your support. So if you can generously share your recommendation, a photo, the links or an actual book (or many books, if you can), that would be amazing.
Thank you, thank you.
Love Catherine x
P.S. If you’d like to help launch The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe today!
Australia - BigW is a great price, and right now Amazon.au is so fabulous as well! It’s 50% off.
Canada - The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe. (Oh, Canada!! I worked with my publisher to get the price down to something more reasonable and this is the best they’d do — $5 off their original price). I know so, so many of you are Canadians. 🇨🇦
Free: tell a friend, send a link to someone, recommend, ask your library to order it in.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.