Websites all writers should be on.

[Neil]

I’ve been doing a lot of marketing/promotion lately for my books and have come up with a “must-be-on” list for writers who want to promote their books. These website provide free services that can really get your books noticed. There are many other sites out there but I highly recommend you concentrate your marketing efforts on these. If you check their Alexa rankings you’ll see that they far higher than most free writers sites.

Between finishing my latest novel and marketing and promoting my other books I haven’t tim e to explain what each site is like and how they work. The instructions for signing up are simple and if you take time to fill out your profile information you will get noticed. My books are on all of them and so should yours.

One other thing. If you have a website or blog add it to http://www.pingomatic.com. It is a free service that lets search engines know your site is active.

Also check out my blog: Always Writing http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com for tips, inspiration, and personal experience on selling ebooks in today’s publishing world.
Did I mention all the sites below are free?

http://www.Linkedin.com

http://www.Thebookmarketingnetwork.com

http://www.Authorsden.com

http://www.Shelfari.com

http://www.Goodreads.com

http://www.scribd.com

http://www.Bookwhirl.com

http://www.Indieauthorsunite.com

http://www.Bookblogs.com

http://www.Booktown.com

http://www.Bookdaily.com

http://www.Published.com


http://www.Bookhitch.com

[Paul]

Thanks for sharing that list. There are some gems there but

http://www.Bookblogs.com

and

http://www.Booktown.com

both go to holding pages populated with adverts. I think those sites have gone?

[Chris]

Thank you that is a quality list!

[A.L.]

Thank you for sharing :)

[Steve]

Thank you! Very useful.

[Caroline]

here is a new publishing house who are looking for previously self published authors..Ive sent my manuscript so fingers crossed!

http://www.bhwpublishinghouse.co.uk/

[Jason]

Good luck, Caroline!

[Gloria]

Caroline wrote: "here is a new publishing house who are looking for previously self published authors..Ive sent my manuscript so fingers crossed!

http://www.bhwpublishinghouse.co.uk/"

Hi, Caroline,
This sounds interesting. I'm curious to know how you do.

[Wren]

Thank you!

[R.R.]

Thank you Neil...I am always looking for help.

[Gloria]

Thanks, Neil, for your list.

[Lauren]

I know this is a very old posting but BookTown is still around as BookTownUSA.org

[Sam]

Presently submitted my first self- published novel to a mainstream publisher. Fingers crossed. I have a sequel novel. Publishers seem to like sequels.Poems with Themed Notes