As I’ve commented on this blog before, writing a book is relatively easy compared to the Herculean task of actually marketing it. People need to know that something is available to buy if one is to make a sale. One way of doing this is self-promotion – selling yourself. There are lots of different ways … Continue reading Pinterest and Self-Promotion
A few years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on the Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5m books and, in the process, changed publishing forever. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/12/amanda-hocking-self-publishing While I’m pleased for her success, I’m perplexed at how skewed people’s buying patterns are by … Continue reading The writer who made millions by self-publishing online