Selling Myself on Self-Promotion | author’s note

Now that I’m really doing it, actually selling my books through Amazon as a self-published author, suddenly I’m faced with something I have a really hard time doing: effective self-promotion.

I never mind when other people promote their books, businesses, bands, creations, blogs, whatever amazing things they’re doing. I don’t think “FOR SHAME!” and shake my head at their audacity—totally the opposite. I’m always interested and impressed, whether or not I want to buy the album or artwork or jew...