I have had so many authors ask me this question: What in the world would I tweet about? And that’s from those who know what tweeting is, which isn’t everyone. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk about tweeting and how it can help an author promote him or herself. For those of […]
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Catchy headline, right? You’re probably wondering what it means. I’ll get to that…. The germ for this post started with my reading an article in the New York Times about the rise of self-publishing. It basically says that it’s no longer considered more prestigious to get published by a major publishing house. More and more
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I know … I blog a lot about blogging. But it wasn’t always this way. In fact, I didn’t start this blog until about a year ago. After all, who has the time to sit down and do this regularly? Who’s reading it anyway? Well, I just got more proof that blogging really does make
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Remember in the old days when authors used to go on book tours to promote their books? That’s sooooooo 20th century. Now, authors can accomplish the same goals without leaving their living rooms. Yes, book tours have morphed into blog tours. So what’s a blog tour? It’s basically an author making the rounds among bloggers
It’s common sense that having lots of rave reviews of your book on Amazon can increase book sales. But what’s the best way to get those reviews on there? Here are some do’s and dont’s: Do send out an email to your full list of contacts, announcing when your book is released and encouraging them
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So your author web site is launched. Congratulations! But the work is just beginning. Because what good is a website if no one is visiting it? Here are some simple ways to ensure that your website gets looked at… Amass a list of contacts. It should include as many people as possible — anyone you
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If you’re an author looking to get published by a major publishing house, you may want to consider posting your book on Harper Collins’ Authonomy website. Here’s the scoop…. Harper Collins describes the website as follows: authonomyTM is a brand new community site for writers, readers and publishers, conceived and developed by book editors at
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There was an interesting article in Publishers Weekly earlier this month that I thought I would share. It’s an interview with a variety of publishers and marketing executives dealing with how they market their fiction books, with a focus on their online efforts. You can read the full article, but here are some of the
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Do you have a media page on your author website? It’s purpose is to provide the media with the information they might need to feature you in their next piece. If you decide to have a press page on your website, here are some ideas about what it should include: Downloadable Cover Art (both in
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Here’s another online author marketing tip from our friend Michael Volkin at Social Networking for Authors… I have been getting better and better at creating author promotion videos to help authors have a professional presence online. Check out a couple videos I have recently created: http://www.sellatonofbooks.com/author_video_promotion.html By and large the author promo videos I see
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