A3: Authors Assisting Authors
Public Group active 1 day, 2 hours agoThe world has changed and, unless you’re Stephen King (by the way Stephen, you’re welcome to join the group), a glitzy worldwide marketing campaign is probably not going to be what makes your book a bestseller. Even if you’re lucky enough to charm a publisher, you’ll likely be doing lots of self promotion.
But what should you do?
What works, what doesn’t?
What’s up with Twitter?
Can blogging really help me sell books?
The publishing industry is full of advice on what you should do to sell more books. Sometimes it seems people are more focused on talking about what to do rather than what works. Authors Assisting Authors (A3 as in A cubed, i.e. AAA) is a community for not only discussing techniques but giving feedback about what worked. In other words, “Did the promotion result in book sales?”
With more and more self publishing authors emerging everyday, author promotional campaigns will soon become the lifeline of the industry. Getting the word out is easy if you land a guest spot on Oprah, but short of sitting on a talk show couch we authors have some serious marketing work to do. And without unlimited marketing dollars, that requires that we focus on what gets the job done.
You’ve got ideas and you’ve learned a few tricks of the trade along the way. Share them with other A3 members and they’ll help you too. Regardless if you want book turners (turns your book to face out on local bookstore shelves) or a review on Amazon, Authors Assisting Authors is a one stop shop to contribute, help and share the love.
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Johnny Ray posted on the forum topic Self-published authors needed in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
After working in marketing for over 35 years, I think the one thing I have learned is that there is no magic bullet. But kind of like the weight of a snowflake, eventually enough of them will even cave in a roof. I am on many social networks where I have maxed out. I have [...]
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steve haberman posted an update in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 3 months, 1 week ago · View
If you’re publishing strictly in ebook format, do you still need hard copy advance review copies to send out?
Depends on the reviewer: so, yes. Arcs are still print only at many outlets.
You will need print copies for promo, even if e-books are your chosen medium. It helps to have advanced copies, plus autographed copies for giveaways, etc. if you choose to do them.
I’m publishing ebooks only. As far as reviews go, if you don’t charge anything for your book, I’ve found you get lots of reviews. In fact, I had so many reviews that I decided to start charging a fee for my main book.
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Arnaldo Lopez started the forum topic Poets and Writers event next month in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Interested in sharing or trying out your work? Then please come to my poetry/book reading event and share your poems, or passages from your book with an audience of fellow poets and writers! It’s casual and there’s a free continental breakfast. If you have a video-short, book trailer, CD, or Powerpoint, we have top-of-the-line audio-visual [...]
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Emily Hill posted on the forum topic Announcing Your Book, "What works?" in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 5 months, 2 weeks ago · View
There’s a lot to be said for networking. At a Pacific Northwest Writers Association workshop attendees were advised to have an email list of 100 contacts who were interested in (a) You; (b) or your genre; (c) books in general – you get the drift. So, loving Excel, I built a worksheet with the columns [...]
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Emily Hill joined the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors 5 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Stephen Graff posted on the forum topic Self-published authors needed in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 6 months ago · View
Hello everyone. I’ve been a writer for a few decades, starting out as a playwright in Phila in the 1980s. Recently wrote a YA dystopian novel and have tried most of the tricks about how to get web traffic–developing website, using key words, blogging, getting on the forums. It’s a game of promoting with finesse; [...]
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Rebekah Webb joined the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors 6 months ago · View
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bry ley started the forum topic Apple ipad author/writer challenge in the group A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 6 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Publish online can be a challenge, do a google search (apple ipad challenge) to find help!
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