About
TheOOZE Viral Blogger Network is a continually-developed roster of friends and associates who agree to receive books from us that they’ll blog about–it’s a relationship of trust based on our highly selective standards.
Free books to your door
You’ll create a free account with us at viralbloggers.com that’ll take about four minutes. Then you’ll get an email once per month that will invite you to log onto viralbloggers.com for that month’s book offerings – there might be one book to choose, or there might be ten! You choose a book, only if you want to review something that month. If you look over the books and decide none of them are your cup of tea, that’s fine too – we’re recruiting a sizable and diverse group of bloggers so that no one gets bored.
Note: occasionally – I’m envisioning once or twice a year, max – you might be getting a free surprise book to your door unbidden. If it’s not your cup of tea & you don’t feel like blogging about it, that’s fine – but of course we’d love it if you chose to. We’re not going to do this very much, honest. Our new & improved technology platform ensures 99% self-directed choice in what you get.
Whenever possible, TheOOZE also gets you unprecedented personal access to the authors and creators, so you can host a blog or podcast interview if you’re inclined.
What kind of books?
All kinds! Spirituality, justice, simple living, theology, practical ministry, science, philosophy, art, ecology, literature – over the next 12 months, we’re partnering with publishers to bring you a variety of engaging releases, hand-picked with discriminating emerging & missional church readers in mind. Think of it as an exclusive – and free! – book club for top-tier bloggers like yourself. Oh, and while we primarily offer books, we also bring quality music & innovative films to the table every once in awhile!
Our commitment to each other
Our commitment to you is to offer you great books for review each month, absolutely free, and give you access to their authors when possible. You only get books when you select one for review that month.* Your commitment to us is simple:
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Open your monthly email from us when you get it. This’ll be important, as books will be on a first-come, first-served basis. We have 50 of each title available, and when they’re gone, they’re history. So try and log on to peruse the site within 24 hours of getting the email.
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Select a book from your Ooze Select hub that month, if you want it. Remember: You can skip a month (or three) if you want. We just ask that you check & see if there’s anything there that interests you each month.
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If you select a book, blog about it within 30 days & let us know about your post. This is a must. Your post doesn’t have to be a New York Times Book Review or anything. In fact, your post can be as little as 50 words, or an applicable YouTube video or Amazon link. You don’t have to like the book – we love you for your honest blogging, and these posts are no exception.
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Re-post your review on viralbloggers.com. When you select a book, you’ll be given a full ‘Executive Summary’ with author contact info & more, as well as instructions on where to copy & paste your blog post into our viralbloggers.com. These re-posts will help us keep track, & snippets will be available for our aggregate – letting more people know about your blog!
Most importantly, this is a real, two-way relationship. Either you or us can end this arrangement at any time for any reason.
How often?
You can review a free book each month if you’d like – and we’d love you to. Alternately, you could select books much less often; whenever the Spirit moves you.
And this is free, right?
Yep. No charge to you—zero. We cover the shipping. We just ask that you honor your commitment to us.
Are you in?
If so, take a moment and create a profile at www.viralbloggers.com/wp-register.php . I’ll approve you within hours and you’re in! Once in, you can go ahead and select a book for this month, if you’d like. Also: Feel free to post this email or [this link] on your blog, Facebook, Twitter feed, mirco social network or wherever…your friends are candidates too! Unlike you, they’ll have to be vetted first – we’re looking for thoughtful blog communicators who post frequently. But we’ll look at their applications within 24 hours.
Thank you for being who you are, XXXX – a thought-provoking blogger and reader. I hope to hear from you soon if you’re interested!
Thank you,
Mike Morrell
