Preorder Listings
One of my writing goals for this year is to get serious about marketing my books. I love writing books. It's exciting to offer them on Amazon, Smashwords and elsewhere. It is so disappointing to have no one look at them.
Capri Capers is supposed to be out in March. According to all I've read, publicity begins even before now. I should be setting up preorders, telling people about it.
I decided I would find out about preorders and set at least one up this week.
I finished the rewrite adjusting the novel to the map. There were numerous direction and description changes but I'm not lost in the state forest anymore.
The novel is on track. Set up that preorder.
Except Capri Capers has another problem. I've messed up the timeline again. And there is this farmhand Jack Handy. What does a farmhand do? I can't afford one so I'm at a loss here.
Panic sets in. Cancel the preordeer set up.
My timeline is again in order. I've come up with a list of chores for Jack Handy. Yes, it means yet another rewrite.
The preorder is on the list again.
Maybe I can procrastinate some more agonizing over the cover. No, I know what the cover will be. It isn't drawn yet but I know what it is.
All right. I am just looking for an excuse to not do the pre-release marketing. It is so much easier to slide back off the radar, to not try to get noticed. Someone may not like my book. Even with improved marketing no one may notice my book.
That would mean putting in all that time and effort for nothing. Why bother? I can use that time to write.
But Capri Capers might get noticed if I put out that time and effort. If I don't try, I'll always wonder.
Now, where do I find out how to do a preorder?
Capri Capers is supposed to be out in March. According to all I've read, publicity begins even before now. I should be setting up preorders, telling people about it.
I decided I would find out about preorders and set at least one up this week.
I finished the rewrite adjusting the novel to the map. There were numerous direction and description changes but I'm not lost in the state forest anymore.
The novel is on track. Set up that preorder.
Except Capri Capers has another problem. I've messed up the timeline again. And there is this farmhand Jack Handy. What does a farmhand do? I can't afford one so I'm at a loss here.
Panic sets in. Cancel the preordeer set up.
My timeline is again in order. I've come up with a list of chores for Jack Handy. Yes, it means yet another rewrite.
The preorder is on the list again.
Maybe I can procrastinate some more agonizing over the cover. No, I know what the cover will be. It isn't drawn yet but I know what it is.
All right. I am just looking for an excuse to not do the pre-release marketing. It is so much easier to slide back off the radar, to not try to get noticed. Someone may not like my book. Even with improved marketing no one may notice my book.
That would mean putting in all that time and effort for nothing. Why bother? I can use that time to write.
But Capri Capers might get noticed if I put out that time and effort. If I don't try, I'll always wonder.
Now, where do I find out how to do a preorder?
Published on January 13, 2016 12:46
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Tags:
capri-capers, marketing-books, pre-release-publicity, procrastination
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