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the960writers · 7 months

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While not for everyone, selling direct does allow authors a certain degree of freedom, and a lot more information that allows authors to get closer to their readers and begin to build that fan base.

#direct sales #publishing #indie publishing #self publishing #multiple streams of income #Independence from amazon #marketing for authors #marketing

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rozmorris · 1 year

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How do you market literary fiction, especially as an indie author? Guest spot at @IndieAuthorALLI

I’m surprised to find myself contributing to a marketing guide. Most strategies that work for other authors do zilch for my novels. That’s because I write literary fiction. It’s hard to promote with keywords and genre groups. It’s also slow to write, so creating newsletters is more difficult than if you’re steadily releasing new titles. And it’s idiosyncratic – each writer is very much their own…

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#Alliance of Independent Authors #literary fiction #marketing #marketing for authors #marketing literary fiction #marketing your self-published book

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mariannedonley · 1 year

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The Brand Challenge; Adding Book Pages To Your Website

I talked about a brand challenge a few months back to encourage you to try something new on your website to help you build content and SEO to support your brand. In this post I’m going to dive deeper with my suggestion to add book pages to your website. First, were you able to do anything on the list from the first brand challenge? I’d love to hear about it. Let me know in the comments…

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#Denise M. Colby #Marketing for Authors #The Brand Challenge #website marketing

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kathylwheeler · 2 years

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Boosting Sales.

I’m doing a series of Boosting Sales on my website blog. It is sort of a journaling effort to put what I’m doing in black and white. In doing this, I’m hoping it will help other authors, but also get feedback on things I am inadvertently missing. I’m covering ways to increase ratings/reviews; facebook advertising; other promos that have and haven’t worked for me.

https://kathylwheeler.com/?s=boosting+sales

Join the conversation. I welcome your thoughts.

#marketing for authors #advertsing #learning as i go #writing life

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night-market-if · 5 months

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Support Small Authors

I got hit with a pretty big E.R bill for my daughter (thanks healthcare) and my computer after only a year, is already on the fritz. All of this before the holidays and, surprise surprise, my husband is going to be laid off for a bit right after Christmas. Most of you have already bought my game and stories but reblogs would be wonderful.

Welcome to the Night Market. Book 1 in a series. The Night Market is an interactive fiction novel in which you awaken to a lantern filled world with no memory of how you got there. Desperate to get home, you must find the gate that leads back to your world, while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Nine barons rule the market , a place so vast that not even they can truly know its scope. But, one baron holds the key to your safe return home. Yet, no one has seen or heard from them in over a decade.

Book 1 Steam

Book 1 Itch.io

The companion piece to the Night Market with dozens of stories and works of art, all relating to book 1. Find out what each of the RO's was thinking and doing when MC was not around and dive further into the world of the Night Market itself.

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Welcome to a Night Market Kristus story. My holiday story for this year. A fully interactive story featuring MC, the RO's, and some new characters that have been introduced in the WIP of book 2. Enjoy this fun romp through a holiday horror show and have a few soft moments with your chosen romance.

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Join my Patreon. Here you will receive monthly lore posts. Short stories each month. Decision making on polls. The occasional development blog. And early access to any of the chapters that are coming out for book 2. Join a high enough tier and I will even write a short story or a lore post for you.

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#the night market #interctive fiction #book 1 #twine game #twine fic #angst #original characters #writers of tumblr #lgbtq #poly #small author

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evelynmlewis · 3 months

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getting tired of people being butthurt that Tolkien didn't include a token female dwarf in the Hobbit company or a girl member in the Fellowship or whatever. Tolkien fought in World War I okay, he fought alongside and in the company of other men and his stories are going to reflect that. The book wasn't written in a vacuum and it can be gender-unbalanced without being problematic or sexist, and I don't see why we have to "acknowledge" that it's sexist "by today's standards" because it's literally not even sexist by TODAY'S standards, it just so happens that not everything is about you all the time. "Today's standards" can and should include being intelligent enough to discern the difference between values dissonance and just having a justifiably different context for writing in

#lotr #lord of the rings #and ultimately I'm also tired of people acting like it's a fault in older authors when their work has unmarketable aspects #because that's ultimately what all this fixing and patching is about #it's about marketing #well guess what #Tolkien never wanted his work to be a franchise #nor did many others

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marsadler · 9 months

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Hello! I wrote a book and I think y'all will like it. It's for fans of Good Omens, Hannibal, Angels Before Man, and all the queer people who deserve financial compensation from the catholic church.

I present to you:

FIRST CREATION, a high heat queer horror novella with a trans angel MC and a queer demon LI!

FIRST CREATION is a love letter to fallen angels, to finding your place in the world, to connecting to religion in a way that works for you. To touch and peaches, and surviving horrible things, to finding a place to be holy if God won't give it to you. (it's also nasty, and about cannibalism and shame and guilt, too)

It's a 22k word (98 page) novella that you can read in one (or two, or three) sittings.

You can find it on Amazon and itch.io here to read an actual synopsis and look at reviews. You can also find content warnings at the bottom of my website: (I definitely encourage you to read them before you buy!)

Here's also some unhinged ao3 tags for fun

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derinthescarletpescatarian · 2 months

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Made $85 selling books this month. This is a record I think. Who says the industry is rigged in favour of lining distributor pockets.

#I don't make my primary income through sales I make it through Patreon #pour one out for the sales-based authors trying to survive in this market

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revoevokukil · 4 months

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There is an old copy-paste moving around the internet regarding discussions asserting the inherent Slavicness of The Witcher, and I will record it here for posterity.

(translated from polish)

-write eight books

-have their main character suffer from otherness, prejudice and erroneous stereotypes

-insert anti-racist references at every turn

-make dwarves into Jews

-and use to criticise anti-Semitism

-criticise nationalist attitudes

-criticise xeno- and homophobia at every turn

-show support for a multicultural society and acceptance of otherness

-describe how victims become executioners

-show how violence begets violence

-make it the central theme of the last three volumes

-have the hero and his lover die during a racist pogrom

-defend the persecuted to the lastHear from every corner of the internet that "a black witcher would be a disaster."

-write thirteen stories

-based three on Andersen's fairy tales

-three more on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

-seventh on an Arabian fairy tale

-mock folklore and folk beliefs in the first one

-but also make fun of them in the story "The Edge of the World"

-mock the Polish legend in "The Limits of Possibility"

-name the main character "Żerard" (Jerald)

-generally use mainly names with Celtic roots like Yenefer or Crach

-and those derived from Romance languages such as Cirilla, Falka or Fringilla or Triss

-a few English names such as Merigold

-and those derived from other Germanic languages such as Geralt

-and Italian

-German

-and even French

-borrow monsters from American games, especially from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

-from Irish, make an elf language

-and from German, make it the language of dwarves

-make the characters celebrate Irish folk holidays

-write an article about where you got your inspiration from

-pour bile on Slavic fantasy in it

-finally write an eighth book

-make one of the key characters a Japanese demoness

Become a champion of turbo-slavism.

/s

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #the witcher books #nobody contests The Witcher is the product of the time-place-history and culture experienced by its author #what very much ought to be contested are attempts at painting TW as symbolic of an ideology it very much criticizes #aside ethnonationalism criticism applies to imperialism likewise. not like eastern europe has extensive experience with both or anything #as goes for creative and intellectual inspiration it would be trite to reduce it to the local circle only (and inaccurate)#Sienkiewicz or no Sienkiewicz #at some point the audience must simply read more to know more. helpfully AS has provided a plethora of references + an entire other trilogy #9/10 when you see a discussion about the inherent Slavicness of The Witcher it's thanks to CDPR's excellent marketing strategy #which is a shame

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the960writers · 5 months

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How to Use TikTok to Sell Books: 12 Practical Tips

By Joe Yamulla, October 16, 2023

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

Boasting over one billion active users, TikTok continues to grow in influence. Almost half the American population uses TikTok — it’s no longer just an outlet to watch silly dances or to learn how to bake your own sourdough bread (though you’ll find plenty of that). As it grows, the platform has become a powerful promotion tool, including for independent authors seeking to build their brands. You can even use TikTok to sell books.

Table of Contents: • What makes TikTok so effective for authors? 1. Be relatable 2. Post consistently to grow your channel 3. Use the link in your TikTok bio to sell books 4. Be subtle with book promotion 5. Establish yourself as a subject matter expert 6. Package your content for holidays and celebrations 7. Embrace the community 8. Save and utilize your favorite sounds and trends 9. Use titles to draw in more viewers 10. Keep captions brief and prioritize hashtags 11. Get out of your comfort zone 12. Stay up to date with new trends • How to start using TikTok as an independent author

Book marketing demands research, effort, and an open mind to get creative and experiment with new ideas — especially for indie authors. Because TikTok is wildly popular, you can use it to reach new readers, grow your author brand, and earn more book sales. So, how do you use this impactful platform as an independent author?

#tiktok #marketing #marketing for authors #tiktok videos #social media for authors

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hawnks · 20 days

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Not to be a hater but the romance book culture is in peril

#I hate u booktok #now say something true and beautiful #the most least sexy high heat novels imagines me coming out lately #wow that sentence is INCOMPREHENSIBLE <3 #I feel like a broken record but like #anyway #these books are being chosen becuase the author has a following and she chose the right combination of buzz words to be mass marketable #it’s soulless #squawk tag

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mariannedonley · 1 year

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Use Your Own Photos As Background Images In Your Graphics

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#background images #Marketing for Authors #Social Media #Visual Content Marketing

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lionofstone · 8 months

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some reasons why you might want to read CHAOS AND THE SPIDER PRINCE, book one of THE SPIDER PRINCE TRILOGY 🕷

book cover design by @radical-mars and author character art by @crystalline-sanders

#indie books #indie author #fantasy #fantasy books #new adult books #writers on tumblr #bookblr #fantasy bookblr #the spider prince trilogy #tspt #leandra inglis #i have no idea how useful tags are on tumblr anymore lmao #but we are Marketing !! we are sharing the work !!#making an effort to get people to see something i am proud of !!

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elumish · 26 days

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I have limited work to do this evening for what is likely to be one of the only times over the next couple weeks, so let's all play a game called "elumish works on her fanfic WIPs and everyone encourages her while politely ignoring the fact that she is super behind on updating all of them".

#elumish blogs #you don't actually need to encourage me #though i do love encouragement #also if anyone has any suggestions on marketing a book without outing myself as the author of it on this blog

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night-market-if · 1 month

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Chapter Three

Chapter Three is here! Right now it is early release on Patreon with a public release being on April 8th. Subscribe to the Bog With tier to get access to the chapter. All asks in the next two weeks will be posted under spoilers so do not worry about getting spoiled if you have to wait.

If you do join to support me, I thank you so much! We are back on track now and it feels good!

🪷✨🪷✨ If you want to support me 🪷 ✨🪷✨

🌿 Free Demo 🌿Book 1 Steam🌿Book 1 Itch.io🌿🌿 Patreon 🌿Discord🌿FAQS🌿

#the night market #chapter three #interactive fiction #early access #indie author #self published #lgbtq #angst #writers of tumblr #vampire #angels #witches #poly

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belethlegwen · 15 days

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General li'l update

So, things have done anything but slow down for me in the real world. To keep it as vague as possible, there's a chance I'll be losing my job within the next month or so, though we're all currently working on possible solutions to this. Hoping for the best.

I've already done my panicking and preemptive grieving. 18 years in a single career is a hell of a run for someone my age, and if it has to come to an end then I've made at least some peace with that idea.

Still though, working every day to find solutions. To fix things. To keep surviving. It's exhausting, I will not lie. We're doing what we can over here.

There's so, so much good to look forward to this year. These are just bumpy patches of road. And some of the bumpiest roads I've driven on have taken me to the best places I've ever been. I'll be alright. I know I'll be alright. I'll be more than alright, by the time this is all said and done.

Been doing more reading of late, which I've been loving. You all are putting out such amazing work and I love bouncing in to read even if it takes me 3 attempts and a couple of hours to get through a posted chapter. Lovely escapes, all around.

My sister turned me onto a game ("game" kind of seems like an odd word for it but either way) on steam called Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. You customize a character, you have a little room, it plays lofi music at you and you can poke at a few playlists, build soundscapes around it (rain noises, thunder, wind, birds chirping, crackling fire etc etc) while your character mills about in spots doing things as just a beautiful little vibe-generator. You can collect spirit pals to vibe with you. It's just really cozy and nice, I love it. Highly recommend.

It has an optioning for in-app journaling, and I've been meaning to get back into journaling regularly just for the sake of my memory and everything else. That's been a huge boon over the last 2-3 days. It's got a productivity timer, to-do list, daily task/habits tracker.

Anyway, I've been making progress on writing but it's slow, staggered. Hit a bit of a wall last night with some of The Stranding where I wrote 8.5 pages of a scene and then just felt... unhappy with it. I had clearly lost the thread of why I started writing it, and needed to walk away to see if a fresher mind could find a place to rewind to and pivot so I can salvage it, or if I'm just gonna carve the whole thing out and set it in the Cut Scenes doc. The other 20 pages I've got waiting? Fine. Good, even. Proud of those. This one, I'm proud of what I'm writing but again... just feels more like floating aimlessly and bouncing. It was clear I wrote it while heavily distracted or with gaps between focus, so it jumps.

I'll see what I can salvage. Can't promise an update and am avoiding making it feel like I'm 'back on schedule' just to find something I can reduce pressure from in my life for the time being. But: I love you all. The Kudos, the views, the comments, the everything. It means a lot. You're all great.

If I do any generic vent/vibe writing, not necessarily attached to anything, I'll consider sharing it here for y'all. You guys deserve a bit of fun and sunshine <3

Have a great time everyone, love y'all to bits <3

~ Belle

#g/t author #gtauthor #author thoughts #just general rambling #irl update #life update #life is a mess and boy am I too tired to clean #Sometimes you just keep chuggin' until someone tells you aren't actually a train y'know what I mean?#If you do know what I mean please let me know #My brain is scrambled eggs because of all of this #I would like things to slow down plz #A friend of mine at the farmer's market this morning asked me 'what's new?' and I just moaned 'too much'.#I would like Less New #For a little while #Until the next big New Thing #The good one #the one where I get to see my fiancee and take them home with me forever #That's the good shit #Looking forward to that

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