To use an old-school legacy-publishing analogy posting out is a lot like bookstore promotion used to be. A lot of writers don’t like to promote their own work and think that if they get a legacy publisher then the distribution and promotion will be done for them. Don’t think that’s true any more but open to be...
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This is an Interview from one of my previous Guest Bloggers, the excellent poet Amber Norrgard (who is currently #1 in 20th Century Poetry on Amazon). Take it away Amber …. Not too long after my husband gave me a kindle for our seventh anniversary (sigh… still the BEST GIFT EVER!), I came across an independent writer by...
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It’s an age old marketing formula ‘Free Gift Inside’. It’s been tried and tested for decades and still pulls an audience. The is the precept behind having a sample of your fiction on your website … and other sites. A lot of writers think this is unnecessary due to the Amazon system automatically granting...
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The first part of the program is Basecamp. These are the tools you will need to convert browsers into readers. It’s the combination of these factors that gives the program its reach and power. The idea of calling this section Basecamp came from it being the Foundation where all the other elements spring from. The following...
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How to Promote Online … Part1 This is the Blog post I don’t think I wanted to write. Not sure why, but after some prompting I’ve taken the plunge and decided to put fingers to keys. As they say … Don’t think it, ink it! My day job, as many followers know, is as a Search Engine Optimization consultant. This keeps me...
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Never done this before, but here’s a blog post that notes the pre-release of my latest novel … As the Sun turns Black It’s the follow up to ‘Missing‘ has a provisional full release date of March 1st 2012. I think this novel has worked out really well and JT made a great job of the cover. This is the...
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I read an article recently that touted the great achievements of John Locke, who I happen to like. But I also noticed that the account of him selling one million ebooks felt somewhat disappointing to me … and I was right to be disappointed. Okay, a million, that’s impressive, totally agree. That takes some serious investment...
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Am I a twit? If you know me don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical. The question above is aimed at Twitter. My following has grown steadily over the years, it’s at around 6000 right now, give or take the follows/unfollows. I realized that I have a boatload of blog posts and that new followers and a lot of old followers...
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