help spread the word

The Crooked Medium… need you. With millions of titles circulating, most authors depend on other people’s help to let people know about the book. As a self published author, many review places and most bookshops are shut to me. That’s how it is.

But you can help! And most of this is free and not much effort

I don’t mind people passing books around!

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Ordinary word of mouth is really important. My aunt just sold six copies to her book group.

Social media, when real, can be truly helpful.

Reviews help. They don’t have to be works of art, a few honest lines will help people see that real people have read it. Useful places include Goodreads, your own socials, endless book sites on Facebook, etc.

Whatever you think of Amazon, early reviews here help make a title more visible to the Algorithm – tech speak for more likely to be shown to customers. Amazon is a vast player in the book market and I’m keen to get as many reviews here as I can. That’s true for the smaller eBook providers as well.

Book Groups

With complex female characters, nasty but human villains, big life and death questions, I’m told an utterly immersive Victorian setting, and a good few jokes, The Crooked Medium is bound to start arguments a great choice for a book group. Maybe I can supply a central point to supply (or the eBook is very cheap in launch month.)

Events.

I love speaking to things, but obviously many offers aren’t worth my while. Within the free public transport zone of London is appealing and some areas of the country I can do other things when there.

Bookshops

I can send someone a courtesy copy of the book but I am not in Gardners the main supplier to all UK Bookshops. That closes the discussion straight away for 90-95% of shops. I’d love to hear from anyone willing to be supplied direct

Get in touch, and let’s talk

Stephen