For years, I\u2019ve been advising authors to promote their books through articles. This is highly recommended for nonfiction authors. What better way to get your name out there in front of your potential readers and to become known in your field or topic. Whether your expertise is quilting, gardening, cat behavior, storytelling, baking, investing, animal rescue, photography, technology, decorating, marketing or communication, you can gain additional credibility in your field by writing articles for magazines, newsletters, the web and so forth. And don\u2019t you know, that credibility will mean sales.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also advised fiction authors to use their writing skills to promote their novels and children\u2019s books. How? Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n
One author I know keeps readers interested by sharing little known facts about the people and the times depicted in her western novels. As the author of a mystery, write short mysteries for readers to solve\u2014audience participation.<\/p>\n
As you know, I am now writing novels after 40 years of writing nothing but nonfiction. I\u2019ve done many things to promote my novels so far\u2014perhaps I\u2019ll share some of them in a future post. One promotional activity is writing articles. I\u2019ve come up with about half dozen articles so far for writers. And, as we all know, writers are also readers. So not only am I, perhaps, helping writers in some way, I am also promoting my revved up cozy mysteries, Catnapped<\/i> and Cat-Eye Witness<\/i>.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve written a novel and you want to write more of them, you absolutely must embrace the huge task of promotion. Unless you promote, promote, promote, your novel will likely stay very private. No one will know about it, so no one will buy it. What a waste of a brilliant piece of work.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m Patricia Fry and I\u2019m the author of several books for authors, including Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author<\/i>. Is this book designed for novelists as well as nonfiction authors? Absolutely!!! Order your copy at Amazon.com. It\u2019s in print, Kindle and audio. Also available at most other online and downtown bookstores for $19.95.<\/p>\n
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