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Slow and Steady Wins the Race
So it's been awhile =) I mostly covered everything I could think of that I'd learnt along my self-publishing journey in my previous posts, but I've recently been thinking of a few follow up pointers:
Well, an obvious one is to keep up with your marketing, both of your book and ultimately yourself as the author of your masterpiece. I'm really not crash-hot at this myself, so I'm acutely aware of the consequences of not doing this. But it's just a reminder anyhow.
Branch out your resources, tap into new online niches to get noticed in. Say, do an author video about your book and put it on Youtube and even here on Goodreads (which I only just found out you could do). I've done it, you can see it on my profile page or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awozF...
Because it's new it's something else you can spread around and promote, thus creating more awareness of your book itself, and people like to hear from the author themselves, too, don't forget that.
Just think of your own favourite authors and whether you've sought out them in other mediums to get closer to them a little bit more. I know I do this when I want to prolong a novel as long as I can!
Be creative. There are so many authors doing the same thing as us (self-publishing) it's hard to pull ahead in the race. So the more original or different or interesting or determined and persistent you are the more people are going to see you and your book and the more likely your book will take off.
But whatever happens, don't give up. There's nothing worse you can do than that. The turtle won the race because he kept going, even at a turtle pace. It's a simple but powerful message.
And feel free to comment on anything, I'm only one person so putting minds together means we can all benefit from it, so if you have questions, ask them. I may be able to answer it, and if not, someone else may see it and answer it or I can guide you somewhere you could find the answer =)
Best of luck and happy writing!
Well, an obvious one is to keep up with your marketing, both of your book and ultimately yourself as the author of your masterpiece. I'm really not crash-hot at this myself, so I'm acutely aware of the consequences of not doing this. But it's just a reminder anyhow.
Branch out your resources, tap into new online niches to get noticed in. Say, do an author video about your book and put it on Youtube and even here on Goodreads (which I only just found out you could do). I've done it, you can see it on my profile page or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awozF...
Because it's new it's something else you can spread around and promote, thus creating more awareness of your book itself, and people like to hear from the author themselves, too, don't forget that.
Just think of your own favourite authors and whether you've sought out them in other mediums to get closer to them a little bit more. I know I do this when I want to prolong a novel as long as I can!
Be creative. There are so many authors doing the same thing as us (self-publishing) it's hard to pull ahead in the race. So the more original or different or interesting or determined and persistent you are the more people are going to see you and your book and the more likely your book will take off.
But whatever happens, don't give up. There's nothing worse you can do than that. The turtle won the race because he kept going, even at a turtle pace. It's a simple but powerful message.
And feel free to comment on anything, I'm only one person so putting minds together means we can all benefit from it, so if you have questions, ask them. I may be able to answer it, and if not, someone else may see it and answer it or I can guide you somewhere you could find the answer =)
Best of luck and happy writing!
The Closet Writer
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