Funny how important impressions can be.
The latest news is a high school girl recently wanted to put a provocative photo in her yearbook and was turned down. So she gets to go on the Today show.
Oh, and the girl wants to be a model.
Maybe the photo is not so high school yearbook appropriate but - given our media-grabbing world, is this more about getting free publicity than the real issue?
One newsletter I've read talks about tying your book into recent news events. As an author what kinds of situations can we use to get our books out there? Or are there any you have used? (Given the recent types of topics I've been writing on - zombies - that may be hard. ha!)
Your thoughts?
Showing posts with label Publicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Publicity. Show all posts
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Hungry, Hungry Indie Author/Publisher - What Sells Kindle Titles?
Since Feb. 1st of this year, I've been monitoring a thread on KDP which I put up as "What Mioves Kindle Bks. off Shelves" and the staggering numbers of views, comments, and pages has surprised me, but perhaps I shouldn't be surprised at I understand 20,000 new Kindle titles by new authors are being put up daily now. I didn't verify that number but it would not surprise me either. But my thread numbers blow me away.
Recently, another person on the thread asked, "Rob, what do I make of the growth in this thread?" And he listed the dates showing huge bumps in numbers.
The thread is a monster now, as big as the White Whale as it is now 24,200 plus views, 760 plus comments, 52 pages. But the question was, what do I make of it? Aside from being totally and completely FLABERGASTED, Astonished, Amazed, left wanting to shout like the King of Siam, "Is a Wonderment!" -- I dunno! How should I know what is stoking this? Perhaps it is due the fact the thread became a recommended Amazon.com/Kindle 101 class but frankly, I think it was going up and up and spiraling up long before it was given this great recommendation. Something else is afoot here, I suspect, Mr. Watson.
I certainly can't explain it except to say that apparently people are starved for authentic, tried and true, proven advice on the subject of "iMoves" - a term that came of my error in the Title of the Thread, misspellx of Moves, which means moving books on the iNet (iMoves).
And we ain't charging anything for admission to the "writers conference" and no one has stolen the mic or gone off the deep end. I keep waiting for the shoe to fall and it still hasn't.
My only fear is that I will run out of rabbits to pull outta me hat, but if I do, I can count on hundreds if not thousands of smart other authors experimenting and learning their way; that others can, will, and without reservation leap into the breach!
One thing I stress in the thread is to not get hung up on efforts that bear no fruit or such little fruit as to be a waste of time, energy, money, or all of the above. Currently, I am not going to waste a lot of time on the newly opened Germany Kindle Store. Why? Because I tried and failed there, so 'iMove on' since I have sold NADA, ZIP, NINE in Germany Kindle Store, and I do not mean 9 but NINE as in nothing!!! Ugh and urrrrrrgh! I am going to keep my focus and concentration on Kindle US thank you where I am on at least two top ten Kindle lists if not more.
I just reviewed that first post I put up on this now humongous thread, and it is very simple and straightforward steps to take, tips to put to use. It certain touched a chord in ebook and kindle Indie authors and publishers. Here is where you can find the thread on Kindle Community Forums: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/dashboard
Should you wish to look in on the thread, let me know! And please leave a comment here.
Rob Walker
http://www.robertwalkerbooks.com/
PS - iMove from #20 to #6 in Kindle Store Historical Fiction - Children of Salem!!!! Yah-Rah!! Witchcraft, the geography of it, the land grab, the prejudice that leads neighbor to hang neighbor. It is Gunsmoke in 1692 with Jere Wakely as Matt Dillon. A commercial retelling of the Salem Witchcraft episode. A lifelong project rejected by every publisher and agent I submitted to, yet soon to be #1.
And perhaps it is time YOUse GUYse give out with a few well-chosen sentences here about your books in our comments section. You have a huge audience here! Never miss an opportunity to talk premise and platform.
Recently, another person on the thread asked, "Rob, what do I make of the growth in this thread?" And he listed the dates showing huge bumps in numbers.
The thread is a monster now, as big as the White Whale as it is now 24,200 plus views, 760 plus comments, 52 pages. But the question was, what do I make of it? Aside from being totally and completely FLABERGASTED, Astonished, Amazed, left wanting to shout like the King of Siam, "Is a Wonderment!" -- I dunno! How should I know what is stoking this? Perhaps it is due the fact the thread became a recommended Amazon.com/Kindle 101 class but frankly, I think it was going up and up and spiraling up long before it was given this great recommendation. Something else is afoot here, I suspect, Mr. Watson.
I certainly can't explain it except to say that apparently people are starved for authentic, tried and true, proven advice on the subject of "iMoves" - a term that came of my error in the Title of the Thread, misspellx of Moves, which means moving books on the iNet (iMoves).
And we ain't charging anything for admission to the "writers conference" and no one has stolen the mic or gone off the deep end. I keep waiting for the shoe to fall and it still hasn't.
My only fear is that I will run out of rabbits to pull outta me hat, but if I do, I can count on hundreds if not thousands of smart other authors experimenting and learning their way; that others can, will, and without reservation leap into the breach!
One thing I stress in the thread is to not get hung up on efforts that bear no fruit or such little fruit as to be a waste of time, energy, money, or all of the above. Currently, I am not going to waste a lot of time on the newly opened Germany Kindle Store. Why? Because I tried and failed there, so 'iMove on' since I have sold NADA, ZIP, NINE in Germany Kindle Store, and I do not mean 9 but NINE as in nothing!!! Ugh and urrrrrrgh! I am going to keep my focus and concentration on Kindle US thank you where I am on at least two top ten Kindle lists if not more.
I just reviewed that first post I put up on this now humongous thread, and it is very simple and straightforward steps to take, tips to put to use. It certain touched a chord in ebook and kindle Indie authors and publishers. Here is where you can find the thread on Kindle Community Forums: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/dashboard
Should you wish to look in on the thread, let me know! And please leave a comment here.
Rob Walker
http://www.robertwalkerbooks.com/
PS - iMove from #20 to #6 in Kindle Store Historical Fiction - Children of Salem!!!! Yah-Rah!! Witchcraft, the geography of it, the land grab, the prejudice that leads neighbor to hang neighbor. It is Gunsmoke in 1692 with Jere Wakely as Matt Dillon. A commercial retelling of the Salem Witchcraft episode. A lifelong project rejected by every publisher and agent I submitted to, yet soon to be #1.
And perhaps it is time YOUse GUYse give out with a few well-chosen sentences here about your books in our comments section. You have a huge audience here! Never miss an opportunity to talk premise and platform.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Goodreads - Author Promotion
Catch Morgan Mandel at Printer's Row on Saturday, June 7 from 10am-12pm at the MWA tent at Polk and Dearborn, Chicago - Location KK-1
Hi Gang,
As many of you already know, I'm heavy on Internet promotion. I had joined Goodreads a while back, but got busy with other sites and forgot to update my page there. An e-mail from another Goodreads member reminded me, so I've spent a bit of time the last few days updating my member info, adding friends and getting approval to add my author info, add an excerpt from Girl of My Dreams, and all kinds of other information.
Anyway, after I started adding friends, before I knew it I was getting many other friend requests. Apparently, Goodreads is very popular right now.
Here's my author profile page if you'd care to check it out:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1112407.Morgan_Mandel
You can sign up yourself at www.goodreads.com and please add me as your friend.
See you there,
Morgan Mandel
http://www.morganmandel.com
http://bookplace.ning.com
http://www.juniorscave.com/morganmandel
http://www.myspace.com/morganmandel
http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
http://mysteryturtles.blogspot.com
Hi Gang,
As many of you already know, I'm heavy on Internet promotion. I had joined Goodreads a while back, but got busy with other sites and forgot to update my page there. An e-mail from another Goodreads member reminded me, so I've spent a bit of time the last few days updating my member info, adding friends and getting approval to add my author info, add an excerpt from Girl of My Dreams, and all kinds of other information.
Anyway, after I started adding friends, before I knew it I was getting many other friend requests. Apparently, Goodreads is very popular right now.
Here's my author profile page if you'd care to check it out:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1112407.Morgan_Mandel
You can sign up yourself at www.goodreads.com and please add me as your friend.
See you there,
Morgan Mandel
http://www.morganmandel.com
http://bookplace.ning.com
http://www.juniorscave.com/morganmandel
http://www.myspace.com/morganmandel
http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
http://mysteryturtles.blogspot.com
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