My very own blog. It's like living in the future.

Right, so the book's written, now how the hell do I sell the thing? Do I go up to people in the street and smack them in the face with a copy and shout at them, 'It's the best book in the world. All the other books have only been waiting for this book to come along so that the standard of bookish perfection could be finally established, thus allowing the accurate measurement of all other creative efforts to be set on a scale against it. So buy it, and buy it now or I'll stab you.'

Or do I employ more subtle methods, whatever those are, and allow people to lead themselves to my wonderous product through twitter and facebook and all the other dark digital arts. I haven't a bloody clue, but I am vandalising every bus stop within a ten mile radius with stickers so at least I'm getting some exercise.

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Published on June 05, 2013 14:31
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David McCreight Thanks very much Margaret, a bucketful of esoteric subtleties are what I need as I've just been encouraged to join Twitter after studiously ignoring it for years as a pile of pointless 'what I had for breakfast' shite. And it is very difficult to avoid the 'buy it, it's the best book ever' route, especially when in this case, it is.

A launch, even if a touch belated, may be worth a bit more thought. Cattle permitting, perhaps it should take place in the middle of a field rather than in a bookshop.


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