Direct email contact is the most sure way to get in front of potential readers. But how do you achieve it? One way is to build your own list of interested opt-in subscribers that you administer through an online application like Mailchimp or Constant Contact, through your friends and contacts, through your website and blog, […]
Category: Promotion
Going for Kona Release Day!
Going for Kona Available Everywhere, Now! The latest romantic mystery by Pamela Fagan Hutchins from SkipJack Publishing Capping off a breakout 2014, Pamela announces the release today of Going for Kona, her fourth and latest full length romantic mystery. Going for Kona introduces readers to a new protagonist, Michele Lopez Hanson. When her husband is killed in a hit-and-run bicycling […]
A Big eBook Day in the UK
Readers in the UK had a big day yesterday, but so did authors whose books are available in ebook form to UK readers. There were two big announcements: The first was that Amazon has launch Kindle Unlimited for the UK. UK readers can pay a monthly subscription to read as many eligible books as they […]
WTF: Amazon, ABNA, & PW Passing the Buck?
Normally, I write posts sharing our experiences to help YOU. Today we are asking for your help. Read from the bottom up this series of contacts to Amazon Author Support, Publishers Weekly, and ABNA (Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award) “Admin”/Support. We are totally getting the runaround. Someone, anyone: how do you get your author support issues […]
Yes! Kindle Pre-Orders on Amazon (Finally)!
Papa Amazon finally came through for the indie authors and let us participate in ebook pre-orders with Big Pub. Nevermind that Nook, Apple, Kobo, Smashwords, and Google Play beat them to it–Amazon got there eventually. One wonders: might this have something to do with the FACT that indies dominate 50% of the top 7000 genre books […]
Kindle Unlimited: The Key Questions | ReBlog of David Gaughran
A must read: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/kindle-unlimited-the-key-questions/. My thoughts: I’m going to have to stand down and wait to see what shakes out after the first month. I am concerned on the impact this will have on the perma-free strategy that has of late been so successful for me and Bookbub as the one truly effective means of promotion, […]
Just for Fun: TV Mysteries With Ties To Books
9. Spenser for Hire: The novels were better, but aren’t they always? Robert B. Parker is the bomb. Robert Ulrich did him proud. (And so does Tom Selleck in the Jesse Stone movies) 8. Hart to Hart: A married crime-fighting team. They made it work, without illicit sex. Hats off to them. Novelist Sidney Sheldon […]
How Bookbub and Permafree Changed My Life Last Week
So if you follow this blog, you know a) I’m a huge proponent of Bookbub and b) I’ve been lucky enough to have them feature my books three times, the third being Friday June 27. I wrote about the first two times HERE and HERE. They were great. This third time literally is a game […]
Launch Your Book Right
Six Month Launch Promotion Timeline for Print and eBook[1] Traditional Pub: You’ve got from launch through six months for your book to take off, otherwise your books will be pulped and you’re done. You can do most of the items in this timeline, but the ones that require price changes you will have to do […]
Open to ALL Writers: 2014 HWG Writing Contest