The results are in from the 2009 Market My Novel Author Marketing Survey!
Of course, these would have been to you much sooner than the end of January, but I’d wanted to create some nice graphs. That was this post’s near demise. After struggling to get the program to work for I don’t know how long, [...]
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Today Kim Smith, author of Buried Angel, drops by Market My Novel to talk about book promotions.
Before you were published, did you know anything about marketing?
No. I felt like a lost ball in the high weeds. It was something that I did without knowing what I was doing. I just went out and joined as [...]
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In a follow up to Monday’s post, How to Find Your Audience, I discussed ways for writers to find readers. Today, get some advice from other writers. Special thanks to Marilyn Meredith, Cheryl Malandrinos and Cheryl Kaye Tardif for responding to my shout out via Facebook!
H’mmm, that’s an interesting concept. I suppose by having a [...]
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In the comments section of How to Streamline in 2010, Market My Novel reader Beth Barany wrote:
Great advice, Angela! I wonder how you go about finding the right reader networks for your genre. I write YA fantasy, as yet unpubbed. What do you recommend? I want to be ready to build a reader network when [...]
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With the end of 2009 drawing near, it’s a good time to reflect on marketing tactics – what worked, what didn’t, and how plans will change for 2010.
This year, you can be part of the First Annual Market My Novel Author Marketing Survey. It’s just questions – most multiple choice – about social networks and [...]
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The Wall Street Journal offered up a story yesterday about Harper Collins delaying the release of the electronic versions of hardcover books in the coming year.
The most interesting quote is at the end:
One veteran literary agent in New York, Nat Sobel, a partner at Sobel Weber Associates, has been trying to rally publishers to the [...]
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Be thankful for the bad stuff.
Typically this time of year, folks think about being thankful for being successful, healthy, having good friends and family – or a job.
No one ever wants to focus on the bad stuff, and yet, those horrid moments that gave you major heartburn can be some of the finest learning [...]
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Twitter recently launched a lists function, which will help users separate followers into categories that other Tweeters can follow with the touch of a button.
Mashable wrote an article about Twitter lists (still in Beta) in mid-October. Twitter announced the move in a blog post in September.
When I first started exploring the lists function today, I [...]
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Should You Pitch Your Book in Comment Sections?
November 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Social Networking
Should you pitch your book in blog comment sections?
I love comments.
When I receive a comment, no matter if good or bad, it means that I wrote something on my blog that created a reaction in a reader. The reaction was enough to motivate the reader to leave a comment – which doesn’t happen often.
Lately, [...]
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