For more detailed
information on your author platform, here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $ 2.99).
Not exact matches
While the amount of
information available
on an
author can vary between the
platforms, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords, for example, all have pages where
authors can find all of their books listed in one easy to navigate plane.
And lots of
authors have asked us for something similar so we are currently building a one - pager for them where they can aggregate all their
information from Amazon — so the books they have
on Amazon — all their
information from Goodreads — so we'll have an integration with Goodreads — and also with all the traditional blogging
platforms like WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, so you can have your latest blogpost also
on your profile.
It seems like every day new
information circulates
on the Internet about which social media
platform is best for
authors.
One such company, Ganxy, will release
information on how its unilateral sales
platform can help
authors and publishers not only with the streamlining that comes from compartmentalizing all of their potential sales channels into one place, but also in terms of providing instant promotional support.
One such company, Ganxy, will release
information on how its unilateral sales
platform can help
authors and publishers not only with the streamlining that comes from... [Read more...]
From building your
author platform to establishing a method to capture contact
information of your readers and awesome ideas
on how to re-purpose content.
When you put an e-book up
on most e-book
platforms, you are asked for basic
information: title,
author, cover image, product description, copyright, pricing, territories where it is to be sold.
I especially liked the in - depth
information on building your brand and the importance of your
author platform.
In fact according to global
information company The NPD Group, twelve of the top 20 bestselling poetry
authors in 2017 were «Instapoets,» who combine their original poetry with images, creating highly shareable posts
on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and other social media
platforms.
Please be aware that any personally identifiable
information that you voluntarily choose to display
on the XinXii
Platform (e.g. your
author profile) becomes publicly available and may be collected and used by others without restriction.
Or, they churn out
information helpful to other
authors (
on writing,
platform - building, publishing, promoting, and the like).
LinkedIn Blogs: This is one of the best features
on the
platform and it works in two ways - you can easily find
information on how to market your book, but more importantly for an
author looking for a market, you can use these blogs to reach your target audience.
Amazon is working
on making
Author Central
information universal across their
platforms.
Now, the focal point of this self - publishing course is going to be how to build an
author platform and that is a rather broad subject, so we're going to be breaking it down into eight different chapters where you can expect to learn how to connect with your readers, how to find your book's audience, how to promote your book,
information on self - publishing, and even ebook promotion.
You might also like the notes from past Indie Publishing Austin events, all of which are collected
on my blog — you can find a ton of valuable indie
author information there, from
platform building to audiobooks to how indie
authors get reviews to a breakdown of publicity for
authors.
TOFI will be the an excellent resource for
information on writing, marketing, and
platform building for
authors.
One of the main ideas behind having an
author platform is to provide your fans and readers a central location where they can find
information on you, your activities, and your books.