Its hard of promoting a book- Tbh not even earned a penny of my debut novel- Adventures of Dollar Right

[Vignesh]

please could you all give me a good advice. after four years of struggle i published my book. it was before 2 weeks but still not even a single copy went for sale. i just need your help me to survive as an author.
please help me through this or message.

[Tasha]

I don't know what you were doing before your book was out to build a fan base or what you've done since its come out.

Below is some basic advice I give to people.

Don't expect to see your book selling right away especially if you did not build a social media platform before publishing your book. Sales frequently don't really start coming in until sometime between your third-seventh book/story. The best promotion is your next book/short story/serial. But people also have to know its for sale which is what you platform is for.

In my opinion you should be spending between 75-80% of your time writing/editing you next book/story & the rest of the time promoting but don't constantly post/tweet "buy my book" - that's spam

Read my blog starting with http://tasha-turner.com/social-networ... & then read the rest of the post skipping the book reviews. I am not good about posting regularly as a month after I started blogging I was hit by a Mack truck. My 1st post is in February 2012. I'd estimate I have ~50 post if you skip book reviews.

You need an author website. preferably WordPress.org/standalone that is based on your author name (for example www.johndoe.com) An author website should load fairly quickly. It should have the following pages: blog, books/WIPs, about author, contact page, press room (http://bit.ly/18bPT27 )

Below are a few blogs I recommend to help you learn the industry as well as writing, editing, marketing, these are ones I follow religiously:

Dean Wesley Smith http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/ writing/publishing

Kristine Kathryn Rusch http://www.kristinekathrynrusch.com/ writing/publishing/getting books into stores

David Gaughran http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/ writing/social media/selling/avoiding scams Let's Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should & Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books

David Farlands "daily kick in the pants" http://www.davidfarland.net/ writing

Kristen Lamb http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/ Social media/selling/writing. You might want to grab a copy of her book Rise of the Machines--Human Authors in a Digital World its a great book on how to use social media to sell books

Indies Unlimited http://www.indiesunlimited.com/ has posts and tutorials on just about anything you might want to do and is a really supportive community

-Tasha

[Tasha]

Goodreads as an author
Here are a number of links on using Goodreads as an author. Some of the information overlaps but I don't think it hurts to read it worded differently as some of it makes the difference between you being a welcome member on GR or being considered a spammer.

My post on harnessing Goodreads http://bit.ly/10JD6OM
Heidi Belleau's Blog - Five Goodreads Do's and Don'ts (fantastic) http://bit.ly/1bSPlKy
Being an Author on GoodReads by Rinelle Grey http://bit.ly/12RH6QQ
The Ultimate Guide To Goodreads For Authors by JOANNA PENN http://bit.ly/12znURF

A number of links from Indies Unlimited on Goodreads (a great website to follow http://www.indiesunlimited.com)
What’s Goodreads Good For? by Laurie Boris http://bit.ly/12n9gvR
Be Careful of the Lions by Big Al (more general to online forums but applies to GR http://bit.ly/12TVchI
Goodreads: Good, Great, or Necessary Evil? by Rich Meyer http://bit.ly/12dZIEK
Winding Your Way Amid Goodreads Groups by Rich Meyer http://bit.ly/14YOxlk

Goodreads Give-Away Tutorial by Laurie Boris http://bit.ly/12zrlI4
Goodreads Giveaways: Lots of Readers Want My Novel for Free by Tom Kepler http://bit.ly/10JDpJd




Goodreads Tools
Goodreads Widget for Your Website by Lynne Cantwell http://bit.ly/170yuVi