After reading Marian Allen's latest post and the insightful comments of readers, it's clear that the struggle to find a workable balance between writing and promotion is always a challenge. I'm hoping that this week's post will help authors more efficiently and effectively. On the other hand, it might just make you groan as you realize how many promotion opportunities are out there, and what you can or should be doing.
Anyhow, I came
across a great post on GalleyCat blog this week, listing 15 sites where you can
promote your book for free. As the blog notes, a lot of these sites came from
Kindleboards, which is a great place for ebook authors to promote their work,
share experiences, and learn. Here is GalleyCat’s list. They provide a link to
every site, and I’ve listed GalleyCat’s link below.
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Pixel of Ink
As it turns
out, I’ve only used three of these opportunities. The list looks daunting, but
if you pace yourself, you can probably have signed up with several of them
within a week or two. It might be not a bad investment of your time.
Having said
that, don’t completely rule out paid promotion either. A number of authors are
reporting great success with a site called BookBub. They’re using BookBub to
promote the free days offered on Kindle’s Select Program. (You get five in all,
but can divide them up.) BookBub charges a fair bit of money (over $200),
however, this site has enough klout to help get your ebook in the top 100 list.
Authors are reporting that signing up with BookBub has gained them 40,000
downloads over a three-day period, which has resulted in sales of other books
in their series. I hear that people are making their money back and then some,
but this of course won’t be the case for everyone. It depends on how strong
your brand is, what other promotion efforts you’re doing, and the genre you’re
writing in. As I’ve written before, Romance does sell well.
You can find
BookBub at http://home.bookbub.com/home/
The GalleyCat blog is http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/15-places-to-promote-your-book-for-free_b76294
And Kindleboards is www.kindleboards.com
4 comments:
Thanks for the mention and the links, Debra! Some of these, including Pixel of Ink, won't promote your book unless you have a certain number of reviews over a certain number of stars. So you have to be known in order to become better known. I think I'll just hire a wagon and sell books out of the back, like other snake-oil salesmen before me!
Marian Allen
Fantasies, mysteries, comedies, recipes
Awesome- thanks for the list.
~Summer
My Blog
Thanks for your comments, Marian. Yes, I should have mentioned that some of these free promotion sites have conditions and criteria that must be met before qualifying for listing.
And glad to be of help, Summer.
good information shared its also a nice blog . Thanks
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