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John Kremer, I like your idea of creating a blog for writers. I hope this takes off and becomes an active sharing of ideas.
I self-published my first book a few months ago and am quite pleased with sales so far. As a marketing tool, I set up a dedicated website telling about the book and myself— www.PearlsBook.com. Since I am relatively web design-illiterate, I had to hire a designer to help me. Between her ideas and my own, I think we came up with a beautiful site, if I do say so myself.
Since my book, “Pearls,” is of inspirational self-help genre, I decided to offer a free periodic e-newsletter. The idea of the newsletter is twofold. First, through sending out these newsletter messages (from the author), my book receives a non-threatening reminder of its availability. Second, the newsletter is simply a way to keep in touch with my audience. I oftentimes receive responses to my newsletter messages including insights and “pearls” readers want to share with me. I love it!
The newsletter seems to be well received as the subscriber list grows weekly. The newsletter has definitely resulted in additional book sales for me, although not phenomenally. If you would like to receive the newsletter, go to www.PearlsBook.com/html/newsletter.html.
On another note, writers, let’s use John Kremer’s blog! I think it’s a valuable tool each of can use to our advantage. No matter how much or how little experience you have, you know something the rest of us can benefit by. Please share your thoughts!
Greg Tanghe
hi i have just started creating my first ebooks actually 3 of them already, and I want to know more about promoting it for free, or do you want to include it in one of your free giveaways?
http://www.nabaza.com/ebooks.htm
Having discovered your blog through the blooger toolbar, I hope you don't mind saying that I have a ebooks site/blog. It pretty much covers ebooks related stuff. Check it out if you have time.
Thought you would like this. extra income
I appreciate this blog and get upset with myself when I forget to check in daily. I thought other writers might appreciate reading about some ideas I've used to promote my book, "Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter." I've found that promoting my book is even more fun than writing! I encourage other writers to actively pursue publicizing their books. www.hugsandhope.org/promote.htm
I liked what Greg Tanghe had to say concerning promoting his book through newsletters and a website. I have recently designed a site for a Doctor who has authored a book on preventable deaths and living a long life. I am looking for other great ways to promote his book through his website: www.drricksguide.com
Being a web designer I know much more about web development than I do about book promotion. I would love for him to maintain a blog but he is a full time Doctor with a busy schedule. Any suggestions? How much business can a blog generate? How often would Dr. Rick need to update the blog?
Thanks,
Joe
John, hi. This is an excellent website for promoting self-published books. I am a published author (in the non-fiction/academic area) and have self-published my novel The Shade exactly because I was fed up with the run-around I was being given by traditional publishers who liked it but felt they could not publish it because it was not right for their lists, because it did not fit into their publishing plans, because they felt the tone was not right for the fantasy audience or because the gentle east wind blowing out of Madagascar that week was unusually strong.
I have now a website at http://www.fantasynovel.co.uk where I have began to show some sales. Though modest it feels more gratifying particularly when I get reader feedback and activity in my Forum.
Hello,
I have been doing a lot of research about book promotion and it brought me to this site.
I am researching book promotion because I am writing my first book. As you might tell from the name I leave here, I am not a writer by profession.
One thing I can tell you is that the story I will soon tell in publish is going to knock your socks off. You are also wise if you have figured out that it is a true crime novel.
The story I will be telling will amaze you and make you wonder about your own communities. I have lived the story. It is the most amazing thing I have ever seen in almost 20 years of law enforcement.
The title of the book will be "Repeat Offender". Watch for it, probably in 2009.
I will be back here then.
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