zepol
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05/07/2007 | I appreciate the information everyone has contributed. I would like to know what those of you who have published done to promote your work.
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zepol
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05/07/2007 | I appreciate the information everyone has contributed. I would like to know what those of you who have published done to promote your work.
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05/07/2007 | If you have published it yourself or have books on hand... set up an ebay store. List the book on ebay as Buy Now!
Set up a website and do all you can to get traffic to the website, your "buy" button will link to your ebay store.
Hound your local bookstores into it. Ger a writeup in your neighborhood paper and have a signing.
Attack Jody Foster and mention your book when you do the "perp walk" after they arrest you. |
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destructogirl69
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05/07/2007 | I guess it all depends on what you are looking for. I am an indie chick to the bone and since I'm not at all musical or interested in journalism (thus will not be pursuing a job with AP magazine), POD was the best way for me to be a real part of indie culture rather than an outsider looking in.
I love the freedom that comes with self-publishing. I do all of my own artwork... the layout process was a little frustrating because it didn't want to play nicely but in the end it was very rewarding. Yeah, marketing is hard work and I'm slacking on it so I have no one to blame but myself, but it's your own blood sweat and tears going into getting people to read your work. A major publisher would definitely put forth the effort to sell your book ($$$) but as soon as the YA crowd stops reading about dragons and wizards (or whatever your niche is) they'll stop working for you and focus their efforts on the next big thing.
Also, if you have done your job as a writer, each book you sell has the potential to sell six more through word of mouth (a statistic regarding word of mouth which I read a long time ago and is probably somewhat skewed). |
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Suzanne
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06/07/2007 | Hector, several people have said what I wanted to say: Work on getting a reputable agent. That's what I would do if I had half your talent. This isn't just flattery; you're really good, and I hope you saw a few weeks ago that in the thread on "who's your favorite poet" I put your name down along with other favorites of mine, including George Herbert, Johne Donne, and David Whyte. The way you put words together is almost musical. But what you write often falls into the cracks between prose and poetry, and an agent would be invaluable in knowing/finding the right places for your work. (And when you're famous, don't forget me.) :-)
"Writer's Market" has a list of agents accepting queries, and their contact info. |
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zepol
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06/07/2007 | Suzanne, you're too kind. hugs ... I hope I can get something published. I just received a few journal rejections. How do we get published in these literary journals?
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Kowalski
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09/08/2007 | I've had relatively easy success getting published in trade magazines, and now have a contract to write one article per quarter for one of them and have somehow even wiggled my name onto the masthead (a meaningless ego fluffer, I admit). But as sexy as the thought of writing a book feels to me this marketing thing scares me off. It all makes sense, you have a product there that nobody will ever hear of until you show them why they should get the wallet out and buy it. I have a friend who's been selling through Amazon, by the way. She works at it. She just did a radio interview on an NPR station. |
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