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(group member since Feb 06, 2017)
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C.L.I tweet everyday all day long. I use their "your twitter activity" report and RT the tweets I have sent that get the biggest results ie: RT and likes etc. Using #'s really helped, I have not been doing this kind of social media for a long time and am still learning.
I did get some great advice from a young friend who has a very successful social media marketing business, he said you can do the marketing yourself. And I am finding he was right, it just takes a lot of research online. I sit for way too many hours here on my computer.
Book clubs like this one are such a wonderful resource. I am so thankful that Carole found me and asked me to join this group.
I will be sharing everything I learn here and I also post everything on Twitter.
Because we are not just scifi publishers but also do hard science books and science communication consulting I am a prolific tweeter of all things science.
Regards,
Joni
Joanne Meredith
editor@glyphus.com
@scifinov
Never mind. Found you on Twitter :0)
Good morning C.L.,I would love to tweet this great 'Nasty Woman' group giveaway , can you send me your twitter handle? I can retweet you.
I am @scifinov
Warm regards,
Joni
Thanks for sharing! :0) I always have a book free somewhere.
My current giveaway ends March 6, 2017
The Cerulean's Secret
Goodreads Giveaway
Enter Here: http://bit.ly/2lXZzX9
for a chance to win an autographed copy of
The Cerulean's Secret
All cats have secrets!
Brittany,Thanks for doing this promotion for us! :0)
Here is my latest giveaway, I try to have a book free somewhere all the time.
Goodreads Giveaway
http://bit.ly/2lXZzX9
The Cerulean's Secret
All cats have secrets!
Brittney,Thanks for your prompt reply. This is just what I was looking for.
Warm regards,
Joni
Editor@glyphus.com
A question for Carol????? - I recently joined a lot of Goodreads book clubs and have read so much material. I remember reading something about how to get around asking Amazon reviewers for a review because you can not offer them a free book. I think Carole wrote this post. I would love to see if again. I retweet a lot on Twitter because I get so many tweets I can not possibly look at all of them and I think if I retweet the things I found helpful it will reach more people.
Can you post things on this site that you have already posted? You might reach new folks who never saw your original post.
I just posted this on twitter:The biggest lie I tell myself is .... "I don't need to write that down, I will remember it."
Wish I could have posted the picture here. :0)
Regards,
Joni
Joanne Meredith
@scifinov
editor@glyphus.com
Fascinating @shanesnow article on readability increasing readership. The lesson: simplify! http://bit.ly/1L9M5P5
Here is some great advice from @1106Design on what indie authors need to know before publishing. http://bit.ly/2lbkaY1
Should you submit your work to an agent or editor? Savvy article by Jane Friedman! http://bit.ly/2j2Ewne
Watching deer is so much fun. For ten years we lived on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC and two years in a row I watched a doe give birth on the driveway right above our house. She would clean her baby and after about 30 minutes or so the little one would wobble on those newborn legs and finally be able to run off with the doe.
Brittney,Thanks for the shout out. Here is a link to something I tweet out frequently.
http://bit.ly/1uZ7SjO
100 twitter hashtags every writer should know.
We are independent publishers, Dennis Meredith, my husband is the author, I, Joanne Meredith, do the marketing. I use twitter a lot. I keep long lists of hashtags.
I give away a lot of books. If anyone asks me for one I give them one. I try to always have a Goodreads Giveaway or a book free on Amazon.
Thanks for your tweet.
Regards,
Joni
Joanne Meredith
editor@glyphus.com
Thinking about self-publishing? Here is a link to a very helpful Marketing and Publishing Resource: https://www.nasw.org/article/introduc...
Article list:
Definitions: POD, subsidy publishing, self-publishing and more
Publishing e-books and e-articles
Marketing on Amazon
Promotion using Google Book Search
Marketing your book
Deciding to become a self-publisher
Building a compelling writer/author Web site
How to print on demand and make money
Using a subsidy publisher
Publishing organizations, discussion and support groups
Working with book packagers and consultants
Picking an offset printer
Blogging to promote your book
Basics of book design
Using a publicity/marketing company
Nuts and bolts of book distribution
Here is a link to author Dennis Meredith's blog post: Should an Author Rewrite a Published Novel?https://researchexplainer.com/
Have to share this with you. We were ready to publish our book Wormholes and then decided to change the name of a character. We did it because our doctors young son LOVED astronomy, we changed the name of one of the characters, a young boy. When we held the publishing party at an observatory he came with his parents and he was a delight to meet, he spent all evening with the director of the observatory. It is great to be an indie publisher!
Today with spell check, you have to be so careful not to have typos and silly errors that make the reader quit reading. I think Beta readers are so important.
I would love to see each book club on Goodreads have a beta reader post. The more beta readers, the better book.
Not sure all writers agree, but we love to give out lots of free books to beta readers, free books to club members, the more people who read your book before publishing the better. They find things that the professional proof readers miss. We are only human, proof readers too.
We are indie publishers, my husband is the author, I market but I also read, read, read. I usually will read any new book we are putting out five to nine times. I read them after any changes have been made; after the proof reader, after the beta readers. But I am only human and sometimes I too will then miss something. Some times glitches occur while making changes. Read, read, read then read it again, you do not want to stop the reader with any errors, then you can let the reader read.
But I totally agree with you Alexis, first write it well!
Carol,I haven't had a chance yet to introduce us. We are independent publishers. My husband, Dennis Meredith, is the author. He writes non-fiction and science thrillers DennisMeredith.com . I, Joanne Meredith, do the marketing.
Here is something I posted on another book club I belong to:
All beta readers go to heaven! Goodreaders are holding the gate open to welcome them!
We always hire professional proof readers for our books, I read all of our books between five and nine times looking for anything that is 'not right'. We have beta readers. Yet, alas, things get missed. Humans are not perfect.
This is one of many reasons why Goodreads is such a blessing. I am sure, as an independent publisher, we are not alone, we really do pay attention and listen to what they have to say. Dennis even decided to rewrite The Rainbow Virus because of some comments by reviewers. Read the blog here: https://researchexplainer.com/2016/08...
We believe that the reader is the most important part of writing any book. Before you set down to write your story, first ask yourself, who is my audience? What do they want to know? How do they want to be entertained?
I love it when a reader will email me and tell me they found something in one of our books, like a typo or a silly mistake like a Husqvarna is orange not red, or the proof reader who made suggestions to make the Japanese dialog flow better, how a person from that part of Japan would say it (he had lived in Japan for many years!).
One of my favorite tweets: Alweys prufreed you're werk! Hear are som grate tips from @marywalton27 ! http://bit.ly/2eRtMnG
Regards,
Joni Meredith
editor@glyphus.com
