“Does a cabbie need a car?” “Does a carpenter need a hammer?” A better analogy might be, “Does a butcher, baker or candlestick maker need a storefront?” The answer to all of the above is YES.<\/p>\n
Your website is an extension of your business card. It\u2019s a showcase for your book(s). This is where your potential customers can learn more about you and your book. But don’t limit the usefulness of your website. Also make it a place where customers can read a sample chapter, purchase your book, enter contests, read related articles, peruse your newsletter\/blog, comment on your blog entries, locate related resources, play games, view photos of your recent book signings, sign up for courses, learn of your upcoming appearances and more. In fact, the more you have going on at your site and the more often you add to it, the more attention it will get from the popular search engines and the more traffic you will have.<\/p>\n
If you’re thinking about creating a website, spend some time visiting those of other authors. Note what you like about them and what you don’t like. For additional considerations, you might be interested in reading my article, “Websites for Writers.” Contact me at plfry620@yahoo.com and request a free copy.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, book sales for The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em>are UP. Thank you for your business. I’m well into my second printing now and feeling awfully good about being able to help so many otherwise floundering, uninformed authors. It’s interesting; people look at this book from different angles. Those who read it before getting too involved in the publishing process are thrilled to have discovered it. Those who read it after they’ve already made a bunch of disastrous mistakes, however, have a love\/hate relationship with this book. On the one hand, they wish they had found this book before they began making uninformed decisions. On the other, they hate learning that they have messed up. It’s depressing.<\/p>\n It’s never too late to start going down the right path toward publishing success. Which means it is never too late to order your copy of The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/em>. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html<\/a> <\/p>\n Don’t forget that I produced The Author’s Workbook <\/em>this year as a companion to The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/em>. And it is helping a number of hopeful authors to work through the process toward successful publishing. One aspect of that process is an appropriate mindset.<\/p>\n I’m currently working with a group of authors on writing a book proposal and each student is using the Author’s Workbook <\/em>religiously. They are amazed and quite pleased with the results. Order The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em>and The Author’s Workbook<\/em> together at the discounted price of $28.00. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/display.php?sku=combo_rightwaywkbk<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Does a cabbie need a car?” “Does a carpenter need a hammer?” A better analogy might be, “Does a butcher, baker or candlestick maker need a storefront?” The answer to all of the above is YES. Your website is an extension of your business card. It\u2019s a showcase for your book(s). This is where your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t