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Promoting Your Book

12 April 2011
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Self Publish

Promoting Your Book

It is known from some authors’ experiences that even with an agent and a publisher, if your book doesn’t take off in ninety days, they will go on to another new author, and drop you. Sales drop to nothing. So from any approach, an author has to take a very active part in selling a book. And this is especially true if it is your first book, or you are not a “known” name.

How to promote yourself and your book. You will have to learn all about social networking. This is in addition to all the old avenues: radio interviews, getting on Oprah’s show, etc. Blogging, Facebook, Tweeting, etc. is the latest way all products are “promoted.” Even a publicist that I hired hasn’t yet got it completely.

So you first have to have a good website. Christine Rose has helped me fix my website. Go to her website (Christine and Ethan Rose). A social media expert is the first place to start. It will take you weeks and weeks to learn how to navigate all these, but just be patient and your will slowly figure out how to use them.

More on this later.

Self Publish Options #1

7 March 2011
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You are one of hundreds of thousands of writers who have a book that you feel is ready to present to the world. But you are not sure how to proceed. The traditional way is to find an agent that will present your work to publishers and get your book printed. But you may want to self publish.

Why should you try to find an agent?

1. If an agent and a publisher agree to a deal, then you now have two people who agree your work is pretty good. Your work is validated.

2. But if you are unable to get an agent to represent you, it might be that your work is flawed. Back to the typewriter.

3. Best of all, if a publisher agrees to print your work, you won’t have to invest any of your money.

4. So you can sit back and let the money roll in. Or not. Very few authors get Oprah to plug their book. Book sales don’t start to skyrocket and the publisher stops promotion after a few weeks.

5. Many authors have found that they have to personally take charge of promoting their book even though a publisher has printed their book.

6. You might then hire a publicist to help you promote your book, and be involved with publicity and promotion. Some authors have made this work.

See Blog #2 YOU CHOOSE TO SELF PUBLISH