Book Promotion Made Easy
Sometimes, when we're not considering sacrificing a few goats to the god of Zon or selling our souls for a 10K bump in sales rank, all of us indie authors feel the need for a little help from above, or below, or sideways, or wherever you feel a divine presence is located (pray tell!). So today, because it is Friday and because I'm shrugging off a less than enthusiastic review and because … [Read more...]
Every now and again, I reach a point of total disillusion with my book sales. In the past, this has usually resulted in a knee-jerk reaction to either raise or lower prices, to hit the relevant permitted "spam" threads of all of those sites I frequent, and to tweet up a storm, usually with negligible effect.However, since I released Cruxim, I have been trying to work to a broader … [Read more...]
As 2012 is done and dusted, I thought it would be an opportune time to reflect on some of the challenges independently published authors faced in the year just past, and to make some basic predictions about how things might continue to change in 2013 and how indie authors might capitalise on opportunities that arise.Bear in mind that I first self-published via Smashwords and Kindle … [Read more...]
We all know that if we want our books to sell, and sell well, it pays to make sure that we're somewhere in the visible range on Amazon. The problem is, that's harder than it sounds! There are over a million books on Amazon.com and even more if we count the paperbacks on Create Space, so how do we stop our books from languishing down in the 100,000s and get them up to someplace where … [Read more...]
I am a member of a number of awesome Facebook groups and online forums where authors go to congregate, congratulate, snipe or celebrate, depending on their mindset and whether their books are selling. And I often see freshly pressed self-published authors who are languishing in that post publish vacuum and wondering "So where to next?" There are no guarantees that your book will sell, … [Read more...]
This article first ran over on my much-neglected writing blog, but I thought it might also appeal to some IRT readers who are currently crafting their next masterpiece.Sometimes, authors approach me with perfectly “fine” writing. Grammatically, it’s all good. Words are correctly spelled, and there’s nothing overtly wrong with the writer’s voice except that it lacks a … [Read more...]
As a follow up to David Le Roy's article on book trailers, I'm joined by Australian editor Belinda Pollard who has kindly shared an article from her blog, www.smallbluedog.com, about whether you, as the author, should feature in your own trailer.Q. When is it absolutely right for an author to appear in his/her own book trailer?A. When the book is a very personal story.Book … [Read more...]
"Nobody believes in Hell—until they get there" is the powerful first line of Ghosts of Babylon, a newly released novel by R.A. Mathis who joins me as a special guest today on Indie Review Tracker. As writers, it is our job to plumb the depths of human nature, even if that sometimes means delving into darkness, but spare a thought for those whose day jobs lead them into dark places … [Read more...]
Guest Blogger David LeRoy, author of The Siren of Paris, has kindly put together some notes on supplementing your marketing efforts by creating a book trailer. Trailers are a fun, visual way to represent your novel and perhaps put it before a wider audience. And who knows, an intriguing trailer just might be enough to interest a film-maker in optioning a longer feature based on your … [Read more...]
In a post that first ran on her blog, Australian author and editor Belinda Pollard elaborates on why you need beta readers.You might have seen the term "beta reader" as you're browsing writing websites. Basically, a beta reader gives you feedback on your finished manuscript, so you can adjust it before you set it loose on the world.The term has been adapted from the software … [Read more...]
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