I learn something new everyday!
Oh really? As I have said many times in the last six months the whole writing, publishing and marketing gig is new for me! I have learned so many new things and I’m loving it!
It seems like yesterday that I decided to write a book, that was January 2014, now I have two published and a few more in editing phase! Initially I self published through Trafford, they did my editing, book covers and got my first two books to the live phase, well Live for Today will be live next week. Would I go this route again, probably not. I paid a lot to get things going so I could make some connections and learn the process, I think I could do it on my own now. In the process I can take control of the books and generate more income for myself to put into the next book.
I have learned the value of reviews from readers and reviewers. I have been an avid reader my entire life but I only did my first customer review a couple months ago! I see how prospective buyers look at these reviews for guidance on buying, something I did not know before. I just learned yesterday from Amazon that reviews placed on Amazon.com for a book, are transferred to the other amazon sites (Canada, Australia, etc). But reviews placed on other sites are not transferred, so if you put the review on the Canadian site only .ca customers will see it!
I have become a chronic online book shopper! It’s not a bad thing, I just had no idea how much more affordable the e-books were! Also I won’t end up with the many boxes of books to move again! I used to love going to the bookstore and browsing, coming out with a bag of exciting reading material, now I can browse in the store and buy online. The best of both worlds!
The author community has for the most part been very accepting and have shared information unlike any other group I have ever associated with. I must say this has made the learning so much easier!
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