Not exact matches
First Draft Worksheet # 1: Students fill
in the
following information about their books: title,
author,
genre, character's name, and reward amount.
Follow people who complement your brand and other
authors in your
genre or niche.
As I am scrolling and looking I will also look for other
authors in the
genre and see if they have a big
following and
follow some of their followers
in the same way I described above.
So, if an agent gets queries from two different
authors who've written books
in the same
genre, and both projects are great, but one
author has a big social media
following and the other one doesn't, who do you think the agent is going to choose?
You can find related accounts to
follow by searching for
authors in your
genre and looking at their follower lists.
17) You will get the
following benefits with your paid box set promotion package with us - Sales, Tail of Sales,
Follow - on sales of your other books, millions of readers becoming aware of you as an
author, increase in Author Rank, KU Borrows, the possibility of becoming a genre bests
author, increase
in Author Rank, KU Borrows, the possibility of becoming a genre bests
Author Rank, KU Borrows, the possibility of becoming a
genre bestseller.
For unknown
authors, it takes a year minimum to build anything resembling a
following for your book, no matter what
genre it's
in.
What I've been doing is looking for
authors in my
genre (time travel adventure), and looking at the list of their followers, and
following the ones that don't say «
author of» or «selling follower lists» or offering to do promotion for a fee.
It is actually ok to
follow some of the ones that are «
Author of» because the people that write
in genre also read
in genre and buy books.
Debbie Carter is an Agent with Muse Literary Management and is currently seeking
authors in the
following Genres:
Follow 10 bestselling
authors in your
genre on Twitter.
However, if you have done your research and have been
following the
Author Earnings reports, if you have talked to other
authors and asked about their experiences — especially if they write
in the same
genre you do — then you may have enough information to make a decision without taking time to try out other markets.
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.
(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.
When I started looking for more
authors in this fast - paced
genre I was thrilled when I found all these fantastic
authors to
follow.
It is unwise to try to copy another
author's marketing tactics if they have a different publishing schedule to you, or they have a bigger or smaller
following, or even if they are writing
in a different
genre.
Do
follow the top
authors in your
genre, but treat them with respect.
If you write fiction, romance or children's books, take a look at
authors that compete
in your particular
genre and
follow the lead of the most successful.
Following Paul's blog titled «Strength
in Numbers» yesterday, you can see with your own eyes (especially if you have purchased SEALs of Summer superbundle onto your eReading device) how collaboration can allow
authors of the same
genre to join forces and deliver the collection of stories that readers can not resist.
40K sells books
in the
following genres: essays for creative life including Any Fool can Write a Novel but it takes a Real Genius to Sell it, which is one I have to read; essays on
authoring in the digital age, and fantasy, literary, sci - fi and steampunk short stories.
Better yet, get a group of
authors in your
genre together to FB and tweet each others» posts to their
followings.
Also, if an
author isn't sufficiently prolific
in each
genre, it can be hard to build a
following in any of them.
You need to find the right sorts of followers — the ones that
follow other
authors that write
in a similar
genre.
When you're done with those, find a popular
author in your
genre on Twitter, and
follow the people who
follow her.
Firstly, I'd write some posts about the best indie books
in your
genre and let
authors know about it; and also review their books; and
follow them and interact with them online.
We can also help build our platforms by
following and friending other
authors in the same
genre (s).
If you haven't spent time finding new industry people or other
authors in your
genre to
follow, do that now.
All
in all, even though I don't write romance novels, I am
following this closely because maybe someday, some narcicisstic looney might somehow trademark a common use word of the English language of the fantasy
genre and me or a huge other array of
authors I am friends with could be affected.
Abbott purchased a piece of marketing software called Tweet Adder that enabled her to make contact with people who
followed other
authors in the same
genre.
Readers will start downloading free and discounted books
in the
genres / sub
genres they love and joining mailing lists,
following authors on twitter and / or liking Facebook pages.