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Thank You, Authors!

5/9/2010

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In my last blog post I mentioned that I didn't have many comments/reviews for Blue Freedom yet. What a difference a week can make! I now have (or almost have) three more reviews, two from published Australian authors in a similar genre. You can visit the new "Reviews" page on this website for some of the lovely things people have said about Blue Freedom. Thanks especially must go to Meredith Resce, author of "The Heart of Green Valley" series of novels, for reading my manuscript and providing a comment in only two days!
Now to the marketing side of things: I've drafted a media release, and will need to send it plus the Advance Information sheet out to various media outlets this week. I'd also like to target Koorong and Word bookstores for distribution.
Wish me luck!
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On the home stretch

16/8/2010

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Almost done now! Well, that's what I keep on telling myself...

Really, some of the main work is just beginning - that of drumming up publicity for Blue Freedom, getting the word out there about me as an author, and trying to sell more books. Perhaps easier said than done...

But, as Confucious said, "the longest journey begins with a single step". And that step can be as simple as writing up a quick media release to send to some news outlets, and faxing out the Advance Information sheet to local churces and Christian bookstores. It all helps.

Internet marketing is one of the most time-effective, far-reaching promotional mediums, but unfortunately I'm not overly tech-savvy - yet. Now, if I could just find my "to-do" list and jot that one down up the top... :)
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Shameless Self-Promotion

5/8/2009

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I'm discovering that effective marketing is the best way to sell books. Apparently, you can be the best author in the world (NB: I'm not saying I am!), but if nobody knows about your book, you're going to sell very few copies.
With this in mind, I'm going to start promoting myself and my book a little more, starting with my Facebook page. From there, it's Twitter, a new web-site (unrelated to writing, but will help with cross-promotion), radio and newspaper interviews ... the sky's the limit! I may even have to start referring to myself as a "media tart" :) .
Anyway, I hope to get the words "Sandra Peut" and "Blue Freedom" out there a lot more. I'll really only discover how successful I've been at marketing once December rolls around and the novel's published. Fingers crossed ... (oh yeah - and a lot of work to be done, too! :) )
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