Debbie Robson's Blog - Posts Tagged "amazon"
23 March 2009
Currently in the middle of organising an American Tax file no. and supplying details so that Tomaree can go up on Amazon which is exciting. Will post when it is up.
29 March 2009
Tomaree is up on Amazon finally which I'm really pleased about. I'm also on the last stretch of editing my new novel.
How to buy the book cheaply.
For all my goodreads people, BookCrossers in the book and Aussie BookCrossers (because of postage from the US) here is the link to buy the book from Createspace. The discount code is E77GWHPV. The publisher is currently working on a Kindle addition and I'm hoping it won't be too long before it goes up on Amazon UK.
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The cheapest postage
Just a quick note for potential buyers. The cheapest way to buy this book (as it turns out) is through Amazon rather than Createspace. The postage is considerably cheaper and there seems to be a discount on multiple copies bought.
The book is now in quite a few readers hands TBR soon and I'm biting my nails in nervousness, worried like a worried mother that my book is enjoyed but quietly confidendent at the same time.
The book is now in quite a few readers hands TBR soon and I'm biting my nails in nervousness, worried like a worried mother that my book is enjoyed but quietly confidendent at the same time.
Author Platforms and protecting your intellectual property
Originally posted at wordpress on 30/9/2014
We are constantly told that we need to work on our author platform – as many social media sites as possible. Well that’s fine. That’s the way the world is in the 21st century but how to find the time to maintain them all that is the big question! Of course it is a matter of personal preferences as to which ones you chose of the many. Personally, I have found that Pinterest, Wordpress, Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and LinkedIn are the most useful for me - the first five in particular. But I’m not writing this blog to say get on all these now. I actually want to talk about a problem that seems to be overlooked. And that is protecting your intellectual property. In Goodreads, more so than Amazon, I’ve found that unless an author completes their profile and identifies which books are theirs, things can get really confusing. I am a librarian on Goodreads, a Goodreads author and a participant of the wonderful Australian Women Writer’s Challenge. What’s been happening recently for me is that I have read several books where the author’s profile is not up on Goodreads. This may not appear to be a big problem for a lot of authors. It’s just one of the platforms they don’t have time for. But what they don’t realise is that when their profile is not completed a search of their name (without a profile) will bring up all the books for that name and some of the titles will not be theirs! In other words the author is not claiming and separating from other authors, their intellectual property. As I am, like a lot of authors: Working full time Writing my novel, Doing my research, Reading Maintaining my author platforms Answering emails Blogging. And, as well: Participating in the AWWC And of course, trying to have a personal life... There is not really much time for extra stuff. That’s why I am endeavouring to help in a small way. I hope to assist all the poets that I have featured at my community page www.starvinginagarret.com in making sure Goodreads reflects what they themselves have written. I am also either putting up profiles of authors who don’t appear on Goodreads but whose book or books I have just read. And sometimes this might be an author who has died but whose work I feel deserves a new audience such as Jean Curlewis. (I still have to put up her three other books). In regards to separating titles that is a delicate process that I only do in collaboration with the author. I cannot presume to know all the titles they have written. So authors make sure Goodreads reflects who you are and what you have written. You mightn’t want to have to tackle this but you do want readers to find your books easily - and that, finally, is what a successful platform is about.
We are constantly told that we need to work on our author platform – as many social media sites as possible. Well that’s fine. That’s the way the world is in the 21st century but how to find the time to maintain them all that is the big question! Of course it is a matter of personal preferences as to which ones you chose of the many. Personally, I have found that Pinterest, Wordpress, Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and LinkedIn are the most useful for me - the first five in particular. But I’m not writing this blog to say get on all these now. I actually want to talk about a problem that seems to be overlooked. And that is protecting your intellectual property. In Goodreads, more so than Amazon, I’ve found that unless an author completes their profile and identifies which books are theirs, things can get really confusing. I am a librarian on Goodreads, a Goodreads author and a participant of the wonderful Australian Women Writer’s Challenge. What’s been happening recently for me is that I have read several books where the author’s profile is not up on Goodreads. This may not appear to be a big problem for a lot of authors. It’s just one of the platforms they don’t have time for. But what they don’t realise is that when their profile is not completed a search of their name (without a profile) will bring up all the books for that name and some of the titles will not be theirs! In other words the author is not claiming and separating from other authors, their intellectual property. As I am, like a lot of authors: Working full time Writing my novel, Doing my research, Reading Maintaining my author platforms Answering emails Blogging. And, as well: Participating in the AWWC And of course, trying to have a personal life... There is not really much time for extra stuff. That’s why I am endeavouring to help in a small way. I hope to assist all the poets that I have featured at my community page www.starvinginagarret.com in making sure Goodreads reflects what they themselves have written. I am also either putting up profiles of authors who don’t appear on Goodreads but whose book or books I have just read. And sometimes this might be an author who has died but whose work I feel deserves a new audience such as Jean Curlewis. (I still have to put up her three other books). In regards to separating titles that is a delicate process that I only do in collaboration with the author. I cannot presume to know all the titles they have written. So authors make sure Goodreads reflects who you are and what you have written. You mightn’t want to have to tackle this but you do want readers to find your books easily - and that, finally, is what a successful platform is about.
