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I've been published for almost 2 months now. I have done things like running free promos on kindle, had a successful giveaway here and goodreads, and submitting said book in contests. Guess what I'm asking is what else can I do to draw both interest and sales?

Facebook, Twitter, etc. Maybe letterbox drops in apartment buildings with something tantalising. But it is a mystery to me too just how people crack through. Good luck!

Personally I've found Facebook to be a total waste of time. I can't say I've got the hang of stirring up interest via Twitter, but I'm slowly improving there. Google+ has been my best so far in social networking terms. I've already got some momentum in my following there.

Make sure you announce your books on places like independentauthors.org (do a search for other blogs etc. that allow authors to submit their books directly). Other than that I recommend trying to get yourself interviewed by the many book review blogs out there.

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Has anyone on this list ever done any book fairs? I was wondering whether it would be worth getting a few pals together and doing a combined effort.

I'd love to do book fairs, but they're all too far from me.

Have you looked into Virtual Book Tours? We've had good luck with them for our authors. It is a lot of work because you need to first identify the right bloggers and develop relationships with them. The goal is to get them to allow you to takeover their blog for a day. Like a book tour, but you never leave your living room.

I've also found that press releases through PRweb.com - while expensive - do generate longer term value if you can stay on it consistently.

Personally I've never had much luck with Twitter and Facebook. Too much effort for limited result. Your mileage may vary. Some use it quite successfully.

Best of luck.

Eric Cohen

I've done prweb, and it was a complete flop. But... you mention "stay on it", what do you mean? Maybe I'm missing an important step.

I did a Bowker release and that actually generated interviews and book review requests.

I agree... Twitter and FB don't generate results. But they are fun mediums to just chat about stuff, and get to talk to folks without promoting anything, too. I try to keep any "promotional" posts low, and offset them with other tidbits that are not related at all to my books.

You can try The Authors Show. Its free for new authors. Its also Nationwide. Its basically a Radioshow and they call you and interview you. It helped mysales intitially but not so much long term. But its a start and free. I would also try making a sign that has your book on a banner from Fiverr. Have a cute girl holding the sign with a link. Five bucks is all. THen post it to your book blog or whatever. Keep asking questions. Make business cards, leave 10 at the gym, store, library..etc.

It seems like WE authors have something in common. And being a self published author requires many hats of trade. Making no short comings from doing business abroad and personally birthing a business, Otherworld Productions LLC got its foot in the door in one of the largest Asian Markets TIBF, Tokyo International Book Fair, July 3-6, 2013. And being retired Military makes traveling much easier back and forth. In turn it will make the cost to promote your book cheaper. Let me test the waters of our newly developed business to see if it can benefit AHA. And we will post the results. OWP LLC is here to help establish self publish authors.

With 1,000 books being published each day in the US alone, being noticed is (understatement alert) difficult. The best bet is to start the buzz 6 months before release: give free books, buy adds on goodreads (fb is a waste), garner lots of reviews. If you've written a solid book, had it edited professionally, then keep up the promo, you might stand a chance of being seen.

I write a daily blog on promoting your books. Here's a few tips. Blog everyday, doesn't matter about what. It will increase your SEO. Turn your novel into an audio book. Audiable has a QA department so crappy books don't make the cut. And most importantly, YOU NEED to learn marketing or your terrific book is going nowhere. I have more tips on my blog post here

Zackary wrote: "I write a daily blog on promoting your books. Here's a few tips. Blog everyday, doesn't matter about what. It will increase your SEO. Turn your novel into an audio book. Audiable has a QA departmen..."

Im seeing another Empower Network thing here. I had someone request me to write ablog for them promoting his brain child Empower Network. Then I got an email that basically said join me at Empower Network for a Rick Patterson. I felt sorry for the guy after reading this and writing an elevator pitch for him promting The Empower Network. Does no good intention get punished? Jeez, and to think I thought this poor Jamaican immigrant had created theis company and I was writing their blog and elevator pitch. I sure hope he makes as much as I charged him to write his letter promoting "his' business. Really sad...

Seriously, how can I boost sales? I hate seeing no sales.

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What genre are you accepting?

I agree with stating a blog directed to your book on Word press. I started a blog simply entitled The Sunshine Murders. I write about the book, updates and how sales are and really just everything tha'ts going on with me . It doesn't necessarily have to be about the book all the time. This way people get to know the person as well as the book they are promoting. Ive found it to be rewarding and fun. I have been working on a new book for the past three months, Love Me Till We Die. Its a Romance adventure book and I posted a preview on Createspace. I think that is a good move, to post previews. It gives an author an idea of what the readers like and don't. I also learned that writing descriptively is important and can really make or break your book. Nobody want s to keep reading a book that appears jumbled and vague and I honesty don't think it is fun to rush through a book. I think the process of learning to write that a reader will engage in is an art and the more you practice the better you will get. If you write a good book you will make sales. Once it begins to sell then its time to get to work marketing. Writing good content is the most important aspect of the venture...I believe..

That's great, but just let the professionals do the marketing so you can write.

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