Fifty Ways to Show Readers Some Love (Part 1)

Jul28

It’s always a good idea, and fun as well, to connect with our readers. It helps build a fan base and there is nothing better than a books fan. Word of mouth is a wonderful thing.

I like doing this at book events, but those only happen a few times a year. Tracy Weber gives us some good ideas about how to connect with readers even when you’re not in front of them at a book sale or signing. There are some good ideas for your reader’s e-newsletter. I know I’m going to use some of them.

InkSpot: Fifty Ways to Show Readers Some Love (Part 1).

 

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7 Must-Do Tactics for Promotional Tweets

Jul23

Laurence has made some good suggestions about tweeting for book sales. Take a peek:

7 Must-Do Tactics for Promotional Tweets | BooksGoSocial Book Marketing Blog.

The Mystery of Mysteries: 16 Steps to Writing the Cozy Mystery

Jul16

Since I am currently writing a mystery and I have not written in that genre before, my eye is drawn to any post about writing a mystery. Here is a short one by Sharon Arthur Moore. She also has a link about a previous post about “traditional” mystery writing.

The Mystery of Mysteries: 16 Steps to Writing the Cozy Mystery » Writeonsisters.com.

How Book Selling Really Works

Jul13

Laurence O’Bryan has made some good points here, even though it might not be what writers want to hear.

 It’s worth a read for anyone who wants to get into the book selling business and for those who are struggling – hang in there! I’ve heard it over and over – persistence, persistence, persistence.

I’l also add #8 Try and help a fellow writer at least one time per day – share a tweet, like a blog post, share a facebook post… We have to stick together in this tough business and help each other. That way we all make progress.

How Book Selling Really Works – Updated | BooksGoSocial Book Marketing Blog.

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Do you hate E. L. James ? #fiftyshades

Jul10

Kudos, Damyanti, for sticking up for common decency. If James’ writing is bad, then don’t buy her book or read her book. None of this shameless, personless online degrading. We aren’t in 5th grade people. Lets discuss poor writing in a better forum than in a bully tweet.
Christine
p.s. I did not read or purchase her book for two reasons – not my kind of reading and I also heard the writing was poor. There are so many good books out there to read to waste time on poorly written one. And honestly, her editor and publisher need to be discussed as much as James. They printed the books, after all.

Breaking: New York Court Denies Class Action Certification in Author Solutions Lawsuit

Jul6

If anyone is keeping track of the Author Solutions Lawsuits (there are multiple!), here is an interesting and unfortunate (in my view) tidbit.

Breaking: New York Court Denies Class Action Certification in Author Solutions Lawsuit | The Independent Publishing Magazine.

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Online Book Marketing Tip #002 – How to Capitalise on Twitter Hashtags

Jul2

Great info explaining hashtags and how best to use them. Thanks! A.S. Chung!

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Author of children’s picture books A Brand New Day: about divorce and Wishful Wedding: about LGBT equality and same gender families. Creator of Pigeonhole Books and blogs about all things self-publishing, writing, online book marketing, fellow bloggers and illustrators.

HOW TO CAPITALISE ON TWITTER HASHTAGS
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WHAT IS A TWITTER HASHTAG?
A Twitter hashtag is literally placing the symbol # in front of a word or phrase.

Example: Wishful Wedding 5 Star Review: by Reader’s Favorite. LGBTQ #Kidlit about #Equality! via @PigeonholeBooks #lovewins

https+++twitter.1-page-001 #Kidlit hashtag used in our bio

WHY DO WE USE HASHTAGS?
A hashtag is used to categorise information and make it easier for readers to find specific topics they may be interested in. It groups together the same data so tweeps (people who use Twitter), can filter whatever they may be looking for.

Therefore…

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Indie Pride Day – July 1st

Jul1

Remember to post your picture with hastag #indiebooksbeseen

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Indie Pride day

Indie Pride Day: On July 1st , Indie Authors from around the world, intend to raid social media with pic’s of us holding up our books with the hashtag #IndieBooksBeSeen..Last year thousands participated, and our indie pride day almost trended .And this year i believe we can! We are about to make history as the biggest online showcase of indie authors and titles ever! I hope that you’ll support us in our day to shine! Tell every indie author that you know to mark their calendars for July 1 st!

So are you going to participate?

MWB awards 2015

Here is me in St. Paul at the Midwest Book Awards. I was a finalist for the historical fiction book I am holding, but I didn’t win the whole enchilada. Maybe next year!

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How to Sell Books to Libraries

Jun30

Keep in mind –

This is a post from Ingram Spark and Lauren Charles. I’m not sure it gives you much insight into getting into libraries other than trying to get reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus.

I haven’t checked these folks out lately but it used to be fairly costly to get a review from Kirkus. And Library Journal, which doesn’t charge for reviews, required you to send them a book three months before you were going to publish it. What indie author is going to wait three months to publish their book to the public to wait on the Library Journal maybe doing a review. I have not checked out Publishers Weekly review requirements, but I probably should. Kirkus and LJ rules may have also changed since indie authors are getting to be more main stream then they used to be.

Anyone out there have any updated information on getting reviews from the folks as an indie author?

How to Sell Books to Libraries – Bookarma Blog.

The Great Amazon Hysteria… Part 31

Jun26

I had heard whispers of this but since I’m not in Amazon’s KDP Select program, I have really not paid attention.
Thanks for the clarification, David and the wise words about not passing on what we don’t really know about. 😉