The Author Platform: A Beginner's Guide The Author Platform: A Beginner's Guide by Barb Drozdowich

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


As an author I fully appreciate what Barb is saying in this book. Take anyone famous – pop star, actor, author, anyone - and what do they all have in common – a platform, a foundation upon which to build their chosen career. Our audience, readers in our case, are drawn to writers they have heard of, people who have been recommended, reviewed, and written about in the media. Apart from close family if you are lucky, the chances of anyone picking up your book – on-line or off line – is very slim, almost negligible, unless you have a “platform,” a presence in the media, where you appear on Google, exist on Amazon, and are researchable on Goodreads. With the shift to self-publishing the writing world is very crowded; you need visibility to be found. All the tools and techniques discussed by Barb in this book are the essential/minimal required to lift you off the floor of invisibility and project you towards the light of discoverability.
Barb writes from the heart and from hard won experience – ride on her back, and get started on your journey towards success. Every contemporary author has gone through/is going through, this same process. Barb’s succinct book is a great place to start; a must read for new and aspiring writers looking for commercial success in this digital age.

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