Tag: self publish

Book Promotion

“Hot or Not” for Self Published Books

There is a very popular website on the Internet called “Hot or Not” which allows people to see random pictures of men or women and “rate” their physical attractiveness.

Well, the same thing exists for books. You can submit your self-published book for free to the Random Book Machine and other people will be able to rate your cover, your title, and your description. The best news is, they will also be able to buy your book through a partnership with Author Bookshop.

For more information about the Random Book Machine and to submit your book for free, visit http://www.randombookmachine.com

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Networking

Online Networking for Self Published Authors

Networking isn’t just for lunches and drinks anymore. Did you know you can network more efficiently by doing it all online. Forums, chat rooms, discussion groups, and usegroups all help make the task of networking easier and more effective than ever before.

Below you will find a list of online networking opportunities for self-published authors. Investigate them with an open mind and you just may find a home (or two) away from home.

Pub-forum
http://www.pub-forum.net

Publish-L
http://www.publish-l.com

Smallpub-civil
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/smallpub-civil

POD publishers
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pod_publishers

Self-Publishing
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/self-publishing/

Fiction_L
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

Children’s Books
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBpublishing/ 

Ind-E-Pubs and eBooks
http://www.ind-e-pubs.com/

E-Books
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ 

Book Signings
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booksigners/

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion

Quick Tips for Authors of Self Published Poetry Books

April is Poetry month. 

If you are the author of a self-published poetry book, here are five quick tips for you this month:

1.  Get your book reviewed: Reader Views accepts Poetry books for review. Don’t forget to forward your review to us to post with our weekly Self-Published Book Review.

2.  Enter your book in an award contest: Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards – hurry, the deadline is coming up!

3. Get interviewed in a Podcast: Writer’s in the Sky offers Podcast interviews with some of their publicity packages

4. Promote your book on Twitter: Follow us @SPAdvice and comment on our posts.  This will help generate more traffic to your Twitter page and your website (which should feature your book).

5. Set up book signing events: Read our blog post for more information about how to do that.

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Self-Published Book Review of the Week: Queen Vernita’s Visitors

9781598007145_cov.inddQueen Vernita’s Visitors

by Dawn Menge

Queen Vernita invites twelve wonderful friends to visit with her during each month of the year. Queen Vernita and her friends enjoy fun activities throughout the Oceaneers Kingdom. Parents and teachers will love teaching the monthly calendar, days of the weeks and seasons through the storytelling adventures of Queen Vernita and her friends.

This self-published book was recently reviewed by Reader Views:

This book is about Queen Vernita and her visitors who come to visit every month of the year. Children will learn about the months, days of the week, and the seasons. This is a fun book to read. I really like the beautiful pictures. My favorite visitor was Tyler Ann because she was the only girl who came to visit. She also came on my favorite month, December! They wrapped gifts, sang Christmas carols, baked cookies and went to see the Christmas lights. They seemed to have a fun time. “Queen Vernita’s Visitors” by Dawn Menge is a good book to teach younger children about
the days of the week and months.

For more information or to order the book, visit the author’s webpage: www.outskirtspress.com/DawnMenge

Book Promotion

Recollections of WWII for Self-Published Authors

If your self-published book is about WWII, here is a site you will want to check out:

www.recollectionsofwwii.blogspot.com

The Recollections of WWII blog was created to bring attention to the hundreds of memoirs about WWII that have been printed in the last 60 years, which never make it to the shelves of the big bookshops.

To suggest your book, contact Recollections of WWII