Joshua’s Comments (group member since Mar 03, 2016)

Joshua’s comments from the Self Publishers Group group.

Are you currently working on a new project? How can we help you in your project? Let us keep encouraging one another.

Wizardson wrote: "Hi there. My name is Miguel and I hire good writers all over the world. My goal is basically to help people with my books, just as books have helped me along the way. I'm new in this field of self-..."

Welcome Miguel. We are glad to have you here and we hope you get reviews for your books. Any self-published author here know how to get amazon reviews? Kindly help by sharing the ideas. Thank you.

Hello fellow authors, as you all know that this group is about authors supporting authors, I have a request for you. About a week ago, my new book was nominated for Business Book Awards, I am wondering if you feel generous enough to vote for it. It literary takes less than 15 seconds. Here is the link http://bookawards.smallbiztrends.com/...

Thank you so much for your kind gestures.

Joshua O.

We take pride in sharing resources and here are two great resources that I have used in the past. The first one is a link that I worked on and you can download it free of charge here https://joshokello.com/books/. The book is called How to be a prolific Writer and it is only a few pages long. A one sit read.

The second one is a link from a writer that I admire a lot. Penn, most of you probably know her. And here is the link to her site: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/. Best of luck writing and marketing. Keep sharing resources.

First of all thank you so much for stepping up to be part of leadership of this group. I am inspired and know that your efforts will be helpful to our members who are continuously striving to perfect their skills. Welcome.

Hello fellow Authors, It is great to see this group grow and I would encourage you to invite other great ink lovers. I am wondering if:

1. There is another one of us who would like to take part as patron to this group. Kindly let me know.

2. If there is one of us who would like to do a hangout or a Live Skype call to teach us how they write, where they source their ideas and most importantly how they market their books. We can get to ask them questions one on one and also help one another promote our works. Let us know and we can figure out a day and a date that works for us. If we can get a minimum of 5 people, then we will do this. Thank you all.

Joshua.

Thank you so much Sam. That is a tough question but I believe there is an algorithm out there that can be used. Personally, I go on the best sellers list and check what they all have in common but remember that your book should somehow have the same content as what the top seller in your special category has. This is not a lee way to plagiarism but you can borrow ideas from the successful.

Use those keywords in your book description and do not just keep it short. Tell us what your table of content is like, and what to expect in the book. I would like to h ear what works for you and other members of this group.

Sam wrote: "Hi. I'm Sam Y Cats, it's my pen name and my first name backwards (Stacy). Anyways I'm from Utah and I've been to Nevada, California, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming. I would love to see the wo..."

Fantastic! That is a creative name. 7 books! Way to go Y Cats! Can you share with us how you promote your works? What challenges do you find with marketing?

I will start, My name is Joshua Okello, a lot of people call me Josh. I like to read, write, play soccer and do long races. I also like to write and produce songs when I have time. I like to read Non-fiction, mostly business and philosophy books so kindly recommend for me some books. I have been to Germany, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Cameroon, Canada and UK. How about you?

Hello Authors and Readers, it is great to see that this group is already getting a descent following. I would like us to know one another so that we can share information and ideas that can help develop us. To begin with, can we briefly introduce ourselves, what genres of writing/readings you like, hobbies, places/countries you have travelled to. You can mention a project you have worked on or are currently working on and how we can be of help. Thank you.

I absolutely agree with you Sucre'd. This link totally supports your idea http://joshokello.com/2015/05/31/how-...

How does one build a platform or a following as a new self-published author?