Tomorrow is the big day. I will virtually release thousands of balloons into cyberspace to celebrate my blogging milestone. I’ve been bringing you information, news and resources about writing, publishing and marketing for over eight years—in fact, 98 months to be exact.
I’m still giving out prizes to those who can guess how many posts I have published during that time. Deadline is tomorrow—January24th, 2014. Leave your guess here as a comment or email me: PLFry620@yahoo.com.
In the meantime, I want to let you know I received my shipment of books from CreateSpace. This is my first time working with them and I have to tell you, it has been a smooth ride and the results are quite satisfactory. I can now hold in my hand, my first novel—Catnapped, a Klepto Cat Mystery. This book has been on Kindle only for several months and now it is also in print. Order here: http://amzn.to/14OCk0W
If you’re one of many who have already read Catnapped, then order Cat-Eye Witness. These are cozy mysteries involving interesting, quirky, fun cats.
The Kindle books have been doing great in Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing program. I recommend it for novels. But how am I going to promote the print version of this novel? I have some ideas. Here are 10. Maybe this will give you some ideas for promoting your own novel.
- I’m sending free copies to my staunchest supporters along with a handful of promotional bookmarks. They will talk it up.
- I’ll donate a copy to the local library. It’ll get great visibility.
- I’ll revisit the reviewers of the Kindle version and ask them to let readers know it is now in print. Those who loved it will probably be pleased to do this.
- I may plan a local book signing or two. They’re always fun and productive.
- I’ll take it to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April. I predict I’ll sell dozens just because of the cover alone.
- I’ll promote it at my Catscapades blog http://www.matilijapress.com/catscapades
- I’ll promote it at my new Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/KleptoCatMysteries.
- I’ll continue to talk about it wherever I go and hand out bookmarks.
- I’ll place an announcement in my own newsletter and others that I write for.
- I’ll plan a blog tour—I’m most excited about this one!
Whew, that ought to keep me busy for a while. I’ve already sent announcements to my email list. I’ve placed a few announcements in newsletters. I’ve been talking about the book nonstop. And I’ve taken pre-publication orders. I’m sending those out today. I may see if I can get the book in local feed stores and pet shops.
Do you have any additional ideas? I’d love to hear them.
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