Find an author in your genre and look in the comments section.
Find another author in your genre and offer to send book announcements to each other's mailing lists.
Not exact matches
Choose a
genre and click on it, to
find authors» literary agents
in your
genre.
Log into your twitter account and do a hashtag search
in your writing
genre and
find a few
authors with a lot of followers and retweet them a few times.
Cross-promote by
finding other e-book
authors who write
in your
genre.
You can
find related accounts to follow by searching for
authors in your
genre and looking at their follower lists.
Right now — and possibly for a long while
in the nearby future — readers of my
genre are traditional
in their approach to
finding new
authors, and it would be foolish of me to ignore this fact simply due to the excitement and enthusiasm whipped up by self - pub successes like H.P. Mallory or Amanda Hocking.
We now know that not to be true, and plenty of
authors have
found success
in multiple
genres.
(Sometimes
authors have no idea who the influencers are
in their categories or
genres; you need to
find out.)
If you don't already blog then I suggest you either start your own group blog with
authors who write
in the same
genre as you or
find a group blog to join.
Writing
in a different
genre can be a difficult sell, even for a successful
author Literary success seems to prescribe that you
find a writing style, and stick to it.
I have yet to
find anything by a self - published
author in my
genre that I would pay money for.
It's also worth
finding out whether you've received a fair offer — as
in, an offer that's on par with other comparable
authors in your
genre or category.
Find online - savvy
authors in your
genre — or compatible
genres — who like to blog, are on Facebook or Twitter, or release content
in other interesting ways (like podcasting).
Find ALL books participating
in the DEAR sale and stock up on your favorite
genres,
authors and titles OR scout out some new talent here and at http://www.fsfnet.com
Moreover, romance
authors and publishers are
finding new ways to reach their readers, as evidenced by new themes
in the romance and erotica
genres.
MAKE IT TWODear
Author Enablers, If I think I've
found an agent I'm interested
in, what should I do if the agent does not represent some of the
genres I write
in?
Finding a blogger who interviews
authors in your
genre and particular topic allows you to reach your target niche.
«You want to
find a similar
author in your
genre like that who you can use to make sure that your ads are shown to people who are likely to like your books.»
If you're not already reading the popular
authors in your
genre, how do you
find them?
Speaking on The Self Publishing Podcast, independent
author David Wright
found that this type of promotion works, especially with writers who work
in genre fiction.
It's never sold
in the quantities that
genre fiction has, so by «catch up» I mean the readership will eventually start using e-readers more, will start hunting for and
finding fresh books and
authors.
You can
find folks
in your
genre by searching on Google, doing a Boolean search (insert
genre) and
author.
The Bookseller conducted a survey of 168 e-books taken across -
genres and from frontlist, mid-list and backlist and ranging from large to independent publishers (including those on agency), Amazon - published and self - published
authors has
found little change
in prices from 23rd December to 2nd January and from 2nd to 5th January.
I'd
find easier ways, like trading
author interviews with 50 indie
authors in your
genre (ask to interview them, put the content on your site linking to theirs, then do the same thing with them).
For instance, our sports / travel
author may
find that many books
in her
genre include a figure of a person running on the cover, with bright colours and a large title.
-- Networking with other
authors in your
genre for mutual support and benefit —
Finding ways to bring a lot of traffic to your and your book (like guest - posting)
A great solution for this need is to
find a critique partner - another
author in your
genre, someone who you can trade off services with.
Authors, if you don't know the big players are
in your niche, go to Amazon, research the bestsellers
in your
genre, and
find out which ones blog.
Large publishing houses are having to
find more and more creative ways to reach out to readers, especially
in the current climate
in which readers are becoming accustomed to interacting with their favorite
authors and with readers of similar
genres on social media outlets.
Authors of many
genres will
find nuggets of actionable knowledge here - a rarity
in writing forums, which often cater to one
genre only or too broadly to every
author.
When it comes to
author events, many stores
find that certain
genres are more successful than others
in drawing crowds.
Find a fellow
author in your
genre or niche to trade guest blogging gigs with.
Some of the earliest and most notable
authors in the
genre who helped it
find its feet are: Laurel K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake series — often considered one of the most substantial works
in the
genre, Neil Gaiman's masterpiece, Neverwhere (the urban fantasy adventure set
in London and a twist off parallel London Below), and another
in the
genre that's developed a major cult following: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.
To
find even more people, search for a favorite
author in your
genre.
I
find that these promotions, run alongside other
authors in my
genres, are the most satisfying and successful.
(Hint:
find another
author who writes
in the same
genre as you and follow their followers.)
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You can
find them by searching for book bloggers, also by following other
authors in your
genre or area of expertise to see who's reading them.
The best way to
find an editor is by asking for recommendations from other
authors who have published quality, successful books
in your
genre.
When I started looking for more
authors in this fast - paced
genre I was thrilled when I
found all these fantastic
authors to follow.
The people reading the blog will already have an interest
in the
genre, and by
finding out that the blogger is also an
author this will help prompt them into
finding our more about the
author and their books.
This challenge is a good way to read a few books
in genres you wouldn't normally pick up and potentially
find a new favorite
author in the process.
On the other hand, getting together with fellow
authors in your
genre to do a joint sale or promotion can be very successful, as I
found out teaming up with other members of the «Official Chick Lit Group» on Facebook.
As the «bought online» share grows, more and more
genres and
authors will
find that giving up the retail sale
in favor of a bigger share of the revenue per sale online is to their financial benefit.
Newsletter swaps is a system whereby
authors can
find other
authors in their
genre who also have a newsletter mailing list full of readers, and they can then exchange book recommendations.
Ideally, you want to
find a publicist who has worked on similar projects
in the past — books
in the same
genre or covering the same type of subject matter, ideally written by
authors with a similar profile as you.
Title:
Finding Amy
Author: Carol Braswell
Genre: Romantic Suspense Age Group: Adult (18 +) Rating: 4 stars Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions
in exchange for an honest review.
With the richest
author in history belonging to this group — J.K. Rowling for the «Harry Potter» series, whose net worth is said to be $ 1 billion — it's not a surprise to
find that children's fiction is the best traditionally published
genre of all.
Annette Green
Authors» Agency — The agency was founded in 1998 and has a well - respected reputation for discovering first - time literary authors, although we also handle commercial mass market fiction as well as some genre fiction, plus a whole range of non-f
Authors» Agency — The agency was
founded in 1998 and has a well - respected reputation for discovering first - time literary
authors, although we also handle commercial mass market fiction as well as some genre fiction, plus a whole range of non-f
authors, although we also handle commercial mass market fiction as well as some
genre fiction, plus a whole range of non-fiction.