I know this because
I review author platforms and websites almost daily, to help authors find places they can improve conversion.
During your coaching sessions she will provide an overview of book marketing strategies, discuss your target market,
review your author platform, and help you establish a social media plan.
Not exact matches
A new
platform called Reedsy.com, for example, lets
authors search profiles of 500 vetted freelance editors and book - cover designers and then manage proposals, bids, payment, and vendor
reviews and ratings.
Lectora Online has all the benefits of an online
authoring tool, for instance the ability to collaborate on «titles» from all corners of the earth, but so do all of the
platforms in this
review.
The dominKnow
Platform is a cloud - based
authoring and publishing Learning Content Management System that helps teams collaborate in real time, share and reuse content, and engage subject matter experts in the
review process.
The Society of Actuaries cuts content
review time by 50 %, and development by 25 % creating and managing more than 400 pre-qualification and continuing education courses and over 10,000 pages of content using dominKnow's web - based content
authoring and publishing
platform.
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I had great cover blurbs / praises to pitch on my book and across my branding
platforms (website & social media) from well - known
authors, magazines, and critical
reviews from professional editorial sources.
Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «
author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the
platform is delving into things like
review services that will send out copies of an
author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie
authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.
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author platform, book
review, book trailer, and media kit.
I will say, however, that readers in general are more vocal than they used to be (mostly because there are now
platforms for their
reviews where there weren't before), and every
author gets a few one - or two - star
reviews.
With more than 65 million members, 2 billion books and 68 million
reviews, Goodreads is a major
platform indie
authors don't want to overlook.
Goodreads is an easy
platform for
authors to promote themselves and their work and to obtain
reviews from readers.
Unlike other social media
platforms, everyone on Goodreads loves and reads books, and as an
author, getting good
reviews on Goodreads helps generate more readers.
Sessions will teach
authors how to build their brand and
platform, launch your book with great
reviews, get national distribution and navigate common legal challenges for writers.
Re.ad Publishing is a full - service publishing house and interactive
platform for independent
authors to purchase content, post
reviews and communicate with other users that share a common interest.
If an
author does decide to move a self published title from its existing
platform, the new edition's sales page will not automatically pull up reader
reviews to the old one on sites such as Amazon.
Authors should be using this time to gather book
reviews and work on their online
platform, working on their blog and building excitement about the book via social media and lining up media interviews to create a buzz about the upcoming book.
The ethical beta reader does not use the
author's other books as a
platform to
review and attack a different book or the
author.
This involves putting a call for
reviews into the back matter of each Volume, thanking readers, letting them know about upcoming Volumes» release and pre-order dates, and generally sending them to your
Author Platform via many links you will provide in each Volume after Volume II.
Book promotion services can include writing your
author platform, assembling a media kit, submitting galleys for book
review, and scheduling radio and
author interviews.
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In addition to a possible change in ISBN and loss of
reviews when moving an edition to a new self publishing
platform, if an
author received cover design help from the original
platform, the
platform may prohibit the
author from using the same design when republished elsewhere.
Last year, the company debuted its free BookPromo
platform that helps
authors share the news about their titles, garner
reviews, take advantage of press release distribution, and more.
You as the
author can also register yourself and your book on this
platform and specify whether you offer
review copies to anyone interested.
I
review a self - published book in terms of its sales, the potential that remains untapped, the
author's
platform, etc..
Lovelybooks readers, in my experience, are very eager to discuss books and most of them have enough experience with
authors that they don't need to be prompted to leave
reviews on the major
platforms.
This
platform brings
authors / publishers and bloggers together: Publishers offer
review copies, bloggers apply for one of those books.
All of this has augmented my
author platform because I have professionally - created materials and
reviews that showcase my work.
Not to mention, having followed me on every social media
platform as soon as I accepted the book, the
author promptly unfollowed me as soon as the
review dropped and I never heard from them again after that.
It has been shown that an in - depth and honest book
review can result in increased book sales and also be a boost to your
author platform.
Which kind of sucks, because it means that if you have a strong
author platform, a big email list or legions of fans who can post quick
reviews, those
reviews might be deemed «suspect» and possibly removed.
The title usually needs to much the book cover exactly, but in my experience they are less picky with the subtitle: so I could add a little to my subtitle field, for example, «21 Day Bestselling
Author Platform: Getting Book
Reviews».
It's simply a
platform where book bloggers can register and provide information for
authors such as the genres they read, the time it usually takes them to complete a
review, whether they accept ebooks and indie books, and how to contact them.
When I published this year it was to decent
reviews and with a modest
author platform.
This article focuses on just four elements of
platform that are critical to an
author's success in marketing a book: Issues in the book, Endorsements &
Reviews for the book, Social Networking by the
author and the
author's Email List.
Hiring a professional is always recommended, but not every
author has the funds to do so, but rather than turn you away to haphazardly explore the internet black hole for hours on end, my team and I underwent extensive research, purchasing, assessing,
reviewing, and compiling the most useful resources on our
platform,
Authors Wish, a one - stop shop for DIY authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing j
Authors Wish, a one - stop shop for DIY
authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing j
authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing journey.
Given all the challenges of getting mass media coverage, book
reviews, and book signings, self published
authors should do everything to leverage whatever
platform they have built and control.
Once you've established yourself as an indie
author and started to build a
platform with plenty of positive
reviews, you can explore your options with expanded distribution.
If you just want to be # 1 in your category, you can get there with about 100 sales — as I mention in my more recent material, I think anybody can build a large enough
author platform to sell 100 copies to actual readers in under a month, and 100 sales should be enough to get the ball rolling as long as you're also giving away about 1000 ARC copies to get book
reviews first).
Obtaining book
reviews in advance of publication will help establish your
author platform among readers, as well as add to word - of - mouth promotion of your book.
I'm a big fan of giveaways for listbuilding, especially if you don't have an
author platform yet and are having trouble getting enough book
reviews — but setting up a giveaway isn't enough, you also need to promote it with FB ads to your target audience.
While the Times has been
reviewing and ranking ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an
author — albeit an
author with a strong
platform due to his well - known body of work as an entertainment critic, as opposed to an unknown debut
author — has crossed over into its mainstream book
reviews with a two - page
review.
IndieReader's plan is to include every book they
review in the app, but that's only feasible with titles that the
authors choose to make available through
platforms that feed directly into the app.
The
platform brokers the interaction between a community of rated and
reviewed publishers,
authors, designers, editors, proofreaders, conversion specialists, marketers, app developers and enhanced eBook experts to help them create exceptional books.
John Updike's «rules for book
reviewing» Reviewing others work and requesting reviews for your own is all part of valid author platform p
reviewing»
Reviewing others work and requesting reviews for your own is all part of valid author platform p
Reviewing others work and requesting
reviews for your own is all part of valid
author platform promotion.
ChatEbooks gives
authors and readers a
platform to interact and engage in discussions regarding book content as opposed to just posting book
reviews.
Steve and Barrie discuss the ways
authors can get quality
reviews using their
author platforms and social media and even their existing books and connections.
There's a great book on Amazon about building your
author platform (website, blog, social, getting
reviews, etc) by Barb Drozdowich.