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Welcome to the Jungle! I liked your FB!
Thank you Deborah and Sadie!
Benjamin wrote: "Well, I've been published for over three months and the most anybody has done with my book is put it on their "to-read" list. As we head into the summer months. I feel a touch self-conscious. Anybo..."I've liked it on FB, but I can't on Amazon I'm afraid as I don't have an account there as am in the UK. I must say, the cover is stunning! Do you use Twitter a lot? Do you know who any of the people are who reviewed it on Amazon? If you do, you could ask them if they wouldn't mind putting the review on here too, if they're a member. Failing that, if any of your friends have read it and are also on here, they could review it - there's nothing wrong in that, it's not 'cheating' if a friend has genuinely read and enjoyed it! As far as getting reviews generally, there are SO many review sites - I don't know anything about them, really, but I noticed someone has directed you to the Author's Resources bit, so I imagine you will find lots of help there!
If you look up Melissa Foster on Twitter, she runs this World Literary Cafe thing (which is also on Facebook). On the website, they have vehicles for reciprocal Facebook likes, Twitter RTs, Amazon tagging, etc. I've only ever used the Facebook page likes; I did it when I first set up my author page and I'd already begged all my FB friends to 'like' it for me, but I thought I needed some more! Like everything like that, I don't need to use it anymore, as once you get more 'established' the 'likes' come anyway - but it's a good way to get things started!
Don't feel discouraged Benjamin, My book has been out for over a year now and while I have plenty of people on here having marked it as to read I don't know that alot of them or anyone else not on Goodreads has and I've done my good share of promoting. Best thing to do is to get into the right groups on here, promote the best you can and interact with people on here and spread the good word, I found even people marking your book to read gives a good feeling of confidence also encourage people to check out your blog or website if you have one, it's always good to promote but you don't want to go overboard as well. Best of luck to you and I hope your book gets interest and sees some sales.
Terry, if you have an account with Amazon, no matter where in the world, you can access all the other Amazons with the same userID and password! It's only the Kindle books that you can download/buy only from your "local" Amazon (mine is on Amazon.it, but I use KDP from Amazon.com and price accordingly on the other Amazon)...I know I have reviews only on Amazon.com, not on the others... but it's hard to ask to copy/paste the reviews everywhere - I don't do it myself! ;-)
I published my first book last November and the second in February. I've been tweeting, etc the whole time and am just now getting more blog visits and more reviews. In the last little while I've actually had people offer to review or host me which is so nice. Great support, but it all takes a lot of time. I read indies and post reviews and add books to my blog as a way to help back.www.emandyves.com
Benjamin wrote: "Well, I've been published for over three months and the most anybody has done with my book is put it on their "to-read" list. As we head into the summer months. I feel a touch self-conscious. Anybo..."Have you joined FB and Goodreads groups pertinent to the subject matter? Many of them frown on self-promotion, but some of them do not. Look for groups likely to be interested. Add your book to pertinent GR lists as well.
Well, I am on Facebook and Twitter. Atlas now has its own page on FB...https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn
And I am on twitter, tweeting when I can. But I'm one of those social media ADD types.
https://twitter.com/#!/B3N_R_5mith
Justin wrote: "Don't feel discouraged Benjamin, My book has been out for over a year now and while I have plenty of people on here having marked it as to read I don't know that alot of them or anyone else not on ..."Justin, thank you for taking the time to rate my book. I saw that and wanted to let you know it did not go without notice.
I had a request from an author to review his book, he offered to send a copy to my address and i asked if he would review mine.I'll send him a copy.I reckon if we are genuine and one author helps another and review each others book, we're helping every one in the long run. So don't just put it on your to read list, contact the author, offer to review it, the gift of giving, helps us all.
ps, setting up facebook/twitter/ and post on other author websites, offer free giveaways, give money to charity. Basically any new author has to sell themselves and their books, word of mouth is the best review, go around schools, colleges,shops, give discounts, ask/ ask, ask, for reviews, post them on your website, any reader seeing a good review helps sell. No-one is gonna make millions until people know ur name, any freebies for a review helps us all.
Lori wrote: "No-one is gonna make millions until people know ur name, any freebies for a review helps us all. "Anyone expecting to make millions as an author is naive. Let's put that out front right now. Even with the Big Six, advances are getting smaller all the time and the majority of books never cash out the advance *anyway.* (The advance has to be repayed to the publisher before royalty checks start coming; that's what "cash out" is.)
To your point about review-swapping; I have done this, and it's all well and good. However, one should be sure that the review is *honest.* Saying something like "I'll give you five stars if you give me five stars," before books are even read, is unethical.
/soapbox
I never said award anyone with stars etc. I expect if people want a review, I would actually, of course, read the book, and give my honest view. Then if other authors would like to read and review my books, then it's appreciated. Lots of Authors/ readers do this. No fake stars, ever. The comment about becoming a millionaire, I was stating how hard it is for authors to be noticed, and make a decent living, to be prepared to work hard, and getting a book on the market isn't easy. If authors put the hard work in, they will recieve the benefits.
It is noticed by myself and others, that lots of authors offer giveaways, mainly for short periods. It is up to the person asked if they want one and whether they are willing to review it. That is all you're asking. Read book and review please.
Benjamin: I'm following you on Twitter and have downloaded a sample from Smashwords. Next FB.My twitter handle is @petergpollak.
Anyone who likes my FB page will be liked back: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ex...
You can sample both of my novels in Smashwords:
The Expendable Man (a political thriller, pub. 2011): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Making the Grade (a murder mystery, pub. 2012): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
I write a blog about writing adventures at www.expendableman.wordpress.com/
I would like to open a discussion for books that can be made into movies. I would like Authors to be able to promote their book as a movie and post their book in hopes it will catch the attention of some Producers since I heard Producers visit goodreads to look at reviews. It will give Authors a chance to add their logline, a few reviews and a little overview about the book. I have not been successful setting one up since I am not that computer savvy. Could someone help me out? Thanks! :)
Michelle, you don't have to be computer savvy. Click on Discussions at the top of this page, and start a new discussion. Explain what you are looking for and if anyone's interested they'll respond.
Thanks Peter, I just set up a new discussion called "Promote your books to Producers!" I hope I get some feedback. :)
Lori wrote: "If authors put the hard work in, they will recieve the benefits. "Not really, no. The average author sells about 100 copies per title. As previously stated, the Big Six are reducing advances significantly, and most titles never cash out.
Do you really think that Snooki "put the hard work in" on her ghostwritten book, for which she got a million dollar advance? I don't.
I am all for working hard and putting out the best product you can, but I am also a *realist.* Every time a person like Snooki gets a book contract, a *real author* is losing out.
And if we had half the publicity of a Snooki type, we'd be laughing all the way to the bank.
Darlene wrote: "And if we had half the publicity of a Snooki type, we'd be laughing all the way to the bank."Yep. I'm pretty sure that's what *she's* doing ...
Sharon wrote: "I am all for working hard and putting out the best product you can, but I am also a *realist.* Every time a person like Snooki gets a book contract, a *real author* is losing out. "
But that's simply not true. The crappy ghostwritten efforts that are stacked high and sold cheap effectively subsidise the less commercial efforts of *real authors*.
Sharon wrote: "Lori wrote: "If authors put the hard work in, they will recieve the benefits. "Not really, no. The average author sells about 100 copies per title. As previously stated, the Big Six are reduci..."
I'm going to side with Sharon on this. A lot of crappy people get the money real hard-working authors should simply because of promotions and publicity.
https://www.facebook.com/AtlasANovel
or, you know... giving it a like on amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Novel-The...
or sample it on Smashwords...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
If you're in the same boat, post your links. ;)