Sentences with phrase «indie author promotion»

It's tempting at this point to just Tweet constantly or post in indie author promotion pages on Facebook but that reeks of desperation.

Not exact matches

Her promotions blog is full of top tips from indie authors.

ENT is arguably the top go - to promotion site after BookBub, at least among the indie authors I follow.

When it comes to book promotion she knows what she's talking about and indie authors should listen — and act.

Picking a publication date that fits with your personal life, relevant holidays (a book on motherhood might be more easily promoted if it is published the week of Mother's Day, for instance), and what else is on the market is a great way that indie authors get to plan their promotions early on to best suit their sales.

While it's true that not every successful author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list for promotion, it's a tool that has helped numerous authors go from obscurity to making a living with book royalties.

At http://www.bookzio.com we specialize in promoting indie authors» and publishers» books with both free and paid book promotion options to our large community of avid readers — including an email list of 24k and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr totalling 70k +.

It sounds ridiculously naive to me when indie authors talk about book marketing or promotion.

Yes, being an indie author is a great responsibility, because you retain all control over your book, including the creative, digital, international rights, and promotion.

Advicesbooks.com is a trusted and reliable website of book reviews and book promotion for indie authors.

Common digital marketing efforts among indie authors include ebook giveaways, ebook discount services such as BookBub, social media and blogging, social media advertising, email marketing, author cross promotion through box sets, and more.

I * might * continue offering the low - cost marketing package I set up, because I think there's a great deal of demand and I think I can provide better results than most people offering spammy promotions that prey on indie authors... but I might now.

Here are a few reasons why indie authors should be thinking internationally for their book distribution and book promotion.

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We've all come across the ubiquitous indie author who takes the «stuck record» approach to self - promotion.

This book marketing strategy is especially effective for indie authors with multiple books, doing freebie promotions introduces your work to more people, and assuming that book was damn good, you've now made a new fan that will continue to buy what you publish.

There's a lot out there about book marketing and book promotion, specifically for indie authors, but I've decided there isn't enough about promoting a series.

The reason indie authors often contact other book publicists (and seek additional book promotion opportunities) after enduring a fruitless long - term relationship with another book publicist is because, when a book's about to be published, an author and publisher's common sense seems to kick in.

Indie authors» # 1 book promotion strategy has been ads + list trades to spike rank and hit bestsellers lists — these are the most effective strategies and that's why I recommend them.

I've read lots of comments from lightly - selling authors that they found — to their surprise — their indie - pubbed book carried in different indie bookstores, without any promotion on their part at all.

For most trad pub authors, you are on your own to do most of the same promotion you'd do as an indie.

One of the top issues that continues to plague indie authors isn't in the writing, editing, or publishing side of the business, but in the marketing and promotion aspect.

It is unfortunate the none of the nominees on this list is a self - published title, but as this list was reader - generated, it may be a telling sign of both how consumers perceive self - publishing, as well as how indie authors still have their work cut out for them in terms of viable promotion opportunities to help readers know about their work.

Self - published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the pioneers in indie book promotion, IndieReader.

Just before Christmas last year, I saw a callout for a «summer at Christmas» promotion for indie authors, with the aim of «promoting summer reads rather than Christmas reads for something a bit different».

Self - publishing was not a well - regarded path to success, and it indicated some kind of author failing or eccentricity — whereas today, romance authors are by far the most successful indie authors and lead the charge in innovation in marketing and promotion for self - published titles.

If I really fall down on anything, it is on promotion — not that it isn't the one area most authors, indie or traditionally published — fall down on.

By taking this survey you'll help build the first indie author database that gages the effectiveness of price promotions.

Tasty Book Tours is a full service Virtual Tour / Promotions company who tries to keep things affordable for all authors (indie or traditional).

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Her advice to other indie authors: spend time and money on the book cover, the editing, and the writing rather than over-marketing on Twitter, Facebook, or self - promotion blogs.

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Successful indie authors openly share their strategies and methods with those who are just starting out, they participate in open discussions, some even literally assist new authors through collaborations, marketing and promotion, and one - on - one mentorship.

This could easily be where the book promotion platforms step in and provide an even more valuable service to authors, both indie and traditionally published.

Also, Smashwords unveiled an aptly named Indie Author Manifesto and implemented a new promotion with Scribd.

Today, Michael Kozlowski and Mercy Pilkington discuss various aspects of self - promotion for indie authors and the best news stories of the week.

Indie titles in these highly popular genres are outselling centuries» - old publishing houses, but now that means that an author whose work can not be readily categorized into one of these popular cubbyholes has even more work cut out for him than before in terms of promotion and visibility.

You will be expected to do what promotion is going to be done yourself, just as you would do as an indie author.

Christopher Leary has sent this comment via email: For the neophyte indie - author book promotion is a pretty bewildering business.

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Connect with 25 other indie authors with very similar books and do a big group promotion / giveaway.

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While even traditionally published titles do not all receive the «red carpet» treatment with twelve - city book tours and appearances at national events, for the indie author the work of promotion rests almost entirely on their shoulders.

It's an understood truth in the publishing industry that every author — indie or traditionally published — is going to have to take on at least some responsibility for his own book promotion.

Publisher's Weekly took note of a recent promotion by Amazon of a traditional - turned - indie author, what some in the industry are now referring to as a hybrid author, and the tone of the original announcement by Amazon is almost inflammatory.

Author HP Mallory, the bestselling writer who has penned such titles as Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble and Toil and Trouble, as well as her Dulcie O'Neil series, had one thing going for her career that a lot of indie authors don't have, namely, experience in online promotion.

AllRomance gives Indie authors many opportunities to participate in promotions to help sell books.