25 Ways to Help Self-Published Authors

P. C. Zick:

Good, simple advice if you love the Indie Author movement!

Originally posted on This College Dropout:

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Buy a self-published book
Leave an honest review. (In fact, leave a review on more than one site!)
Thank the author publicly on social media.
Recommend the book to someone else.
Follow them on social media.
Engage with them on social media.
Ignore critics of the self-publishing industry.
Write your own good book.
Serve as a beta reader or reviewer for a book.
Write a blog post about the book.
Enter an author’s contest or giveaway.
Become a book blogger or reviewer.
Interview an author.
Refer any potentially good reviewers to an author.
Don’t obtain an illegal copy of the book.
Mention a book in a group or forum.
Offer your editing, formatting, or graphic design skills to an author.
Buy a second copy of the print version for a friend or for your local library.
Download a copy from Amazon’s Lending…

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