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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Book Promotion: Carousel Tides
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 06:57 pmAsyouknowBob, in November of this year, Sharon Lee will see her very first fantasy novel published by Baen. Nobody knows that they want this book, though of course, they do and they will, once its existence is made known to them. The trick is -- how to make it known. And, more importantly, how to make it known without pissing people off*.
What I'm doing here is soliciting ideas -- brainstorming if you will -- about ways to promote this novel. Ideally, these ways should be inexpensive of both (my) time and money. I know that I should probably build a website, but what sort of content would be useful to you -- yes, you! -- the reader who does want this book, and who will love it and hug it and call it Kate -- once you know about it?
What other things besides a website would be useful? What sways you as a reader, in search of new things to read? Tell all!
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*What recently pissed me off, for instance, is a recommendation I received on Goodreads, from a fellow Goodreads author -- for her book. Bad form, bad form. It might have been...not quite so annoying, if I had ever met this author or knew her from a bump on a stump. Maybe. No...probably not.
What I'm doing here is soliciting ideas -- brainstorming if you will -- about ways to promote this novel. Ideally, these ways should be inexpensive of both (my) time and money. I know that I should probably build a website, but what sort of content would be useful to you -- yes, you! -- the reader who does want this book, and who will love it and hug it and call it Kate -- once you know about it?
What other things besides a website would be useful? What sways you as a reader, in search of new things to read? Tell all!
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*What recently pissed me off, for instance, is a recommendation I received on Goodreads, from a fellow Goodreads author -- for her book. Bad form, bad form. It might have been...not quite so annoying, if I had ever met this author or knew her from a bump on a stump. Maybe. No...probably not.
