Saturday 1 September 2018

6 Awesome Ways to Promote Your Book



Here's a throwback to a post that I wrote a while ago that might be helpful for authors looking for ways to get there book out there. Let me know in the comments what ways your find most useful.



Okay, so you've written your book. You've published your book. Now you need to promote you book. When there are so many books around it seems hard to get yourself out there as an author. People aren't noticing your book in the crowd. Growing a following isn't going to happen overnight, it takes time and persistence and fortunately there are a few ways that you can help promote yourself:

1. Twitter

If you're an author and you aren't on Twitter already, then you need it ASAP. This is probably one of the easiest ways to reach out to other authors and readers who might enjoy reading your book. You need to build friendships and engage with others so that they can get to know the person behind the book. Tweet for you, not your book. Of course now and then you can plug your book but what really catches peoples attention is being interesting and showing your personality.

2. Goodreads 

As a Goodreads author you can find bloggers who may be interested in reading your book. If you're lucky someone will leave a good review which will lead to more people being interested in your book. Engaging with people on the group talk threads is as a great way to connect with readers and other authors.

3. Giveaways

This is ideal if you need more reviews. The best way to do this is to offer an entry into a giveaway if they follow you on a certain platform such as Twitter or Bloglovin'. You can offer various prizes, some pof which will of course be your book.

4. Start a blog

You're a writer so blog about it. Tell me about the journey you took to writing. What are the best and the worst things about writing? What are some good books you've found lately? Gain visitors and followers who appreciate your blog posts and then you'll later gain readers of your book. Think of your blog as a showcase of your writing and character.

Undecided? Here's how and why you should book blog.

5. Guest posts/interviews

Try to find a book blog which is interested in books that are similar to your writing genre. This way, when you write a guest article or interview with them, the people that read the post will be people that are likely to enjoy reading your book.

6. Virtual book tours

This is a great way to create buzz around your book because you'll have many bloggers promoting your book within the same time period. You can set it up yourself which will require sourcing bloggers who are willing to participate, creating banners, organizing giveaways and scheduling the tour yourself. This can be time consuming so an alternative that many authors choose is to hire a blog tour company to do it for them.

1 comment :

  1. This are the definitely the better way to promote the book. It needs more proper marketing strategy which can be provided by the self-help book publisher to get the best sale. It will give the writers a positive confidence to write more quality stories.

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