McAnally's (The Community Pub) > Author Craft
Back Scratch the Easy Way - Author's Review Board
The Deposed King:
Meg I wish you every success and am looking forward to hearing how it goes. I hope I didn't come across negatively. Its going to be interesting to see the results.
Best of luck,
The Deposed King
meg_evonne:
Not at all, DK. And what a great idea on the first day free concept, Super.
Here's an interesting article:http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2014/03/04/the-strongest-brand-in-publishing-is/
And read the comments in this one:http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1897949.html?thread=28891101#t28891613
It's a delicate balance. . .
superpsycho:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on September 26, 2014, 02:15:54 PM ---Not at all, DK. And what a great idea on the first day free concept, Super.
Here's an interesting article:http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2014/03/04/the-strongest-brand-in-publishing-is/
And read the comments in this one:http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1897949.html?thread=28891101#t28891613
It's a delicate balance. . .
--- End quote ---
If you're self publishing the first day as free can really help if you've done the prep work to get people ready for it and notify them as soon as it's available. Letting people know it will be free ahead of time on forums, blogs, etc. and offering to email them if they are interested also can help greatly. Email addresses of interested people can build a mailing list of potential customers for each release which could generate big initial surge upon release, looks good to the booksellers. Things like that give them a reason to help promote a books sales if they think they'll get a return on their investment, which is the whole point.
Of course, if you have a traditional publisher, they'll have their own ideas on book promotions. A couple of our group's publisher did pre-sales for months before the book was actually released and had events setup for the authors just prior and after the release. It had them busy for some time.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[*] Previous page
Go to full version