How to Hug an Author

As a writer I try to support other writers.  A friend sent me an email, included below, which gives ideas on how to do that.  I did not write it, but if you love to read, it's for you.

Subject: *Hug an Author* Today! Here is how to support your favorite authors (it'll encourage them to write more books!)

Hello dear Bookworm! 

Did you know that authors need our help? 

Authors put their heart and soul into their books.  Then, after laboring over their book for many, many hours, they release their work into a world of millions of books where it is hard to get noticed. 

How can we help? 

There are many things we can do to support our favorite authors.
 Here are my top 5 suggestions:

5. Share the author and their books with your friends.
Word of mouth is powerful! 

4. Like their Facebook page and sign up for their email list. 

3. Purchase their new book when it comes out.

2. Share about their book on your blog (if you have one), in
forums, and on any social media platform you enjoy.

And the easiest and definitely one of the most effective ways
to support an author you appreciate is:

1. LEAVE A REVIEW for a book you love!

It’s the easiest way to show some love and it is immensely effective!  

Reviews will help bring more sales which in turn will help better rankings 

within Amazon...which are greatly important to your favorite author. 

So hug an author today. Leave a review!