Book Promotion: Carousel Tides

[rolanni]

AsyouknowBob, 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.

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[rolanni.livejournal.com]

This, which? Tweet, I won't do. Facebook is too busy for me. Introvert, here. We have to work within the parameters of the unit.

If This was Scalzi, I was planning on trying for the Big Idea. My notion was that there was stuff I could-or-ought-to-be-doing ahead of that, since The Big Idea wants at least an arc. And arcs aren't going to happen, if they happen, until, oh...September?

[missingvolume.livejournal.com]

Whoops I meant the Big Idea. Here is the link for the info you need. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/01/06/the-big-idea-open-call-to-publicists-editors-and-authors/

To drum up readers on Baen's Bar, granted that is a captive audience you can do snippets of the book prior to the samples chapters. I do this for Ringo so he doesn't have to bother and other people do it for other writers as well on the bar and it would take the workload out of your hands.

[alicebentley]

Wen it does become time, I notice Scalzi says "Query first, and don’t write up a Big Idea piece until/unless you have a confirmed date from me. Why? Because there are going to be times when I say “sorry, no space,” ".

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he gets more requests than he has space for.

Looking forward to the book!