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I'm starting this thread for all the ebook publishers to discuss marketing and some of the particular issues attached to not having a paper copy to market. Can we use it to share ideas and how we have overcome some of the issues.
I have been sending out pdf complimentary copies to try to get some reviews. As mine is very London centric I have so far focussed on London review websites, The Standard, Metro and am now compiling a list of who is next. I've sent it to Boris Johnson too :) as I mention him in it by name.
I was wondering about doing a Youtube video but I have no idea where to start.
(I'd be interested to hear how guest blog posts have gone for others - amongst other things.)
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I've blogged about Magenta Shaman, and posted the first batch of reviews on the blog too. I was interviewed by Erin Cole on her blog where I announced the book was about to come out. Richard Godwin - author of Apostle Rising - keeps asking for an interview so I hope to do that soon.
I've had some postcards printed that I'm going to leave in various places! We have a Culture magazine in Eastbourne and I plan to contact/send an article or press release to other newspapers and magazines too. The writers' group I belong to has published details about it in their newsletter and I've offered to write some guidelines and/or do a talk on my experiences.
I'd be really interested to hear how you get on with doing a YouTube trailer Mutley. It seems to be very popular - I've seen some great ones.
I was given a tip by a seasoned journalist who said when you launch your book don't just send your promo articles and press-releases to local papers and mags but also to the newspapers from the town and area where you were born, where you were brought up, where you went to college, got married etc. For me - that's the same place! But for cosmopolitan writers such as yourself, it could give you a much wider audience.
You could try following book reviewers on Twitter and if they follow you back asking them to review your book. It may just be on small blogs and review sites, but if its an ebook all its costing is your time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8vHMpoVQp8
"This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License." logo which links to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
See Col's Thriller Killers 'n' Chillers site for how the logo displays http://thrillskillsnchills.blogspot.com
The article's at http://networkedblogs.com/ieUVO (Be warned - there's a spider on the cover of his book!)
Just distorted some photos and put them on Windows Movie Maker, then added a speeded up soundtrack by yours truly plus the kids as backing singers!
http://shirleysblogonherwritingandstuff.blogspot.com/
That's quite a spider - very useful Lily - have you put it on the main thread about e publishing too as we all need to be aware of that one?
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Interesting point - shouldn't the assumption be that all work without that is the copyright of the owner and not to be copied? I don't want to find my work reused even if attributed. If they want to link to my original then fine but otherwise surely they should only use with permission? (Am I being old fashioned?)
The information thread
Kindle Direct, Smashwords and publishing information
mentions incomplete works and gives the Smashwords website.
Hopefully they'll change their policy.
I've redesigned my websites to incorporate the Facebook like option and am looking at being able to sell downloads direct to the public through my sites. I will be working on that over the next month or two.
I now have 2 books on Kindle and am editing a third ready to load in the next month or so.
Good luck, anyway.
http://www.thoughts.com/iwantmybodyback
And you can win a copy of my eBook Body Trapped! Write a film haiku ( 5-7-5) syllables and post in comments.
Closing date June 30th.
http://shirleysblogonherwritingandstuff.blogspot.com/2011/05/write-haiku-and-win-free-copy-of-my.html
Hoping the above may generate some sales of Body Trapped available on Kindle and Smashwords
Good luck with your sales.
Lou, you're video looks very professional. Not to mention creepy.
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Just entered mine, Kateyanne!