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Get Connected: 101 Places to Promote Your Books Online
UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER**Now Featured as a Bonus Resource in the Fostering Success "Effective Book Marketing" Curriculum!!** Are you ready to start marketing your book? Are you planning a book promotion? This directory will help get you started! I've listed over 100 websites, social media pages, and author connection groups that specialize in connecting authors with potential readers and lots of these places even offer FREE promotion! You'll also find numerous groups listed that are great places for connecting with other authors, publishers, and people in the literary arena and for taking a break from promoting to just talk shop. GET CONNECTED today with like-minded people who can help you achieve success in publishing!
Each directory entry
* Names & Web Addresses of the sites and/or groups including Facebook links & Twitter handles
* Number of Followers or Participants of each group or page so that you have an idea of your potential immediate reach *Updated Monthly*
* A brief description of the purpose and/or mission of each organization
GET THIS USEFUL RESOURCE TODAY & START PROMOTING YOUR BOOK!
Each directory entry
* Names & Web Addresses of the sites and/or groups including Facebook links & Twitter handles
* Number of Followers or Participants of each group or page so that you have an idea of your potential immediate reach *Updated Monthly*
* A brief description of the purpose and/or mission of each organization
GET THIS USEFUL RESOURCE TODAY & START PROMOTING YOUR BOOK!
109 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2012
5 people want to read
About the author
G.E. Johnson
7 books49 followersG.E. Johnson made her debut as a Christian fiction author and became an Amazon best seller in multiple categories. Now G.E. is focusing her writing talent on helping Christian believers gain greater understanding of the Word of God through bible studies and commentaries.
G.E. also works as a private marketing consultant for other authors. Her interests include reading, photography, spiritual outreach, and helping others to develop entrepreneurial ideas. G.E. is available to chat with readers and welcomes comments and emails. She currently resides outside of Atlanta, GA.
G.E. also works as a private marketing consultant for other authors. Her interests include reading, photography, spiritual outreach, and helping others to develop entrepreneurial ideas. G.E. is available to chat with readers and welcomes comments and emails. She currently resides outside of Atlanta, GA.
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June 9, 2012
Great Resource for Authors
The biggest hurdle facing ANY author, regardless of how they are published, is visibility--how to get noticed among the sea of new books. That means, unless someone is bankrolling you and doing a major publicity push, you have to promote yourself. And promotion isn't easy. Worst of all, it's an author's nightmare because it digs into the little bit of time each author has to write.
On to the review: I like readers to know what they are getting. This book isn't groundbreaking. It doesn't offer up an easy way to promote yourself. It has no magical secrets. What this book does is save you TIME. And to me, time is precious. Johnson has done good research, and, according to her, used many of her resources to promote her books. Was I aware of some of these sites? Yes. Did I feel as if, 'damn, I just paid ten bucks to get information I already had.' Sometimes. But by the time I finished the book, and I looked at all the notes I had taken, and all the sites I highlighted as 'must todos,' I realized, Johnson had just saved me hours upon hours of work. Is that worth ten bucks? You bet your sweet... it is. Paying ten bucks for this book was like getting someone to cut my grass all year--for a dollar.
I'm not saying Johnson captured every single promotional possibility on the internet. Obviously not. What she did was put together, in one place, with clickable links, a great list of places to promote your book. Sites where you can list your book for free promos. Sites that offer reviews and author interviews. Sites for author/reader collaboration. I went through this in one night, but I have notes and 'todo' items that will keep me busy for months. The internet is a wonderful resource, but it can be time consuming when faced with putting together a prioritized list of what's good and what isn't. Johnson has done the work for many authors and put it down in a simple, easy to use format. Well worth it as far as I'm concerned.
The biggest hurdle facing ANY author, regardless of how they are published, is visibility--how to get noticed among the sea of new books. That means, unless someone is bankrolling you and doing a major publicity push, you have to promote yourself. And promotion isn't easy. Worst of all, it's an author's nightmare because it digs into the little bit of time each author has to write.
On to the review: I like readers to know what they are getting. This book isn't groundbreaking. It doesn't offer up an easy way to promote yourself. It has no magical secrets. What this book does is save you TIME. And to me, time is precious. Johnson has done good research, and, according to her, used many of her resources to promote her books. Was I aware of some of these sites? Yes. Did I feel as if, 'damn, I just paid ten bucks to get information I already had.' Sometimes. But by the time I finished the book, and I looked at all the notes I had taken, and all the sites I highlighted as 'must todos,' I realized, Johnson had just saved me hours upon hours of work. Is that worth ten bucks? You bet your sweet... it is. Paying ten bucks for this book was like getting someone to cut my grass all year--for a dollar.
I'm not saying Johnson captured every single promotional possibility on the internet. Obviously not. What she did was put together, in one place, with clickable links, a great list of places to promote your book. Sites where you can list your book for free promos. Sites that offer reviews and author interviews. Sites for author/reader collaboration. I went through this in one night, but I have notes and 'todo' items that will keep me busy for months. The internet is a wonderful resource, but it can be time consuming when faced with putting together a prioritized list of what's good and what isn't. Johnson has done the work for many authors and put it down in a simple, easy to use format. Well worth it as far as I'm concerned.
June 12, 2012
Being a Newbie author of The Audubon Caper: http://www.amazon.com/The-Audubon-Cap..., I am very thankful for G.E. Johnson's book directory, which will help me promote my book.
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August 22, 2012
This handbook is an incredible resource, especially for newbie authors who are new to the publishing scene. Whether traditionally published or self published, we all need to do leg work to promote our books and this is the perfect tool to help. G.E. Johnson takes the work out of researching all the best places to promote your books, making this one of the best, most helpful guides I have seen. I considered myself to be very knowledgeable about the different websites and FB pages, etc. to promote, but I was extremely surprised and pleased to see a ton of resources in this book I had not been aware of. Even if you are a more seasoned writer, this tool is a must have. Especially for someone as unorganized as myself. Instead of saving a ton of sites and pages to my favorites and having to leaf through all of them, I now have everything in one convenient place on my Kindle and simply have to press a button to scroll through. I highly recommend!
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