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Story Ideas – Online Marketing for Writers, Part Four
By Deb Gallardo
From the blog Read Write Web, a guest post by TK Kenyon, author of the book Rabid, covers the topic
Internet Marketing for Novel Writers
Here’s an excerpt:
…Over 195,000 new novels are published by traditional publishers in the U.S. every year. Of those, 70% sell fewer than 500 copies. Yikes.
To be in the other 30% of authors, you must seize every promotional advantage you can, especially by using the web and other new media. My first novel, Rabid, sold out of its first print run of 10,000 copies in under two months and is currently chewing through its second print run, which is better than average.
To sell your book, (1) inform people that you and the novel exist, (2) interest readers enough to buy your book, and (3) build a relationship to keep them coming back for more.
For all this, the Internet is the perfect medium… Read entire post
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