5 Exciting Blogs to Try Right Now [especially if you're marketing your book]

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Book marketing. Whether you're an established author or not, you are learning or have first-hand knowledge that it takes time to find the best sites for book marketing. Great news! Here are five blogs with substantial lists for your perusal. [Pay special attention to #3].

1) Be Writ. Brit says she is "helps creatives by day" and writes "novels in [her] head the rest of the time.""20 Writing Blogs That Accept Guest Posts" is a must-read.

2) Faith Blum has a great site with hundreds of ideas for writers. My favorite? "Promo Sites" from free advertising to paid.

3) A phenomenal article about how best to get a reader's attention. "How to Get a Reader's Attention by Shocking Broca" by Thomas Umstattd Jr. Read or listen to the Podcast. 

4) A fantastic site from Jane Friedman. My favorite article? "4 Ways to Immediately Improve Your Book Marketing Efforts." Want to know how best to find book reviewers? You'll want to read this article. 

5) Last, but surely not least, take a visit to Author Unlimited. My favorite place? "50 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Promote Your Book." Want some outside-the-box ideas along with ideas you may have already heard of but have procrastinated in trying? You'll want to make a visit.

Happy Marketing!

Author Interview? Character Interview?

Obviously, the new year has brought some difficulties for authors and some of my interviews are just not going to take place this month :(

The good news is that this gives me an additional opportunity to plug author and character interviews. In a nutshell, filling out a form, whether for yourself or your character, takes about 20 minutes of your time. If you have your author photo and book cover jpgs ready as well as a couple of links for me to add to the interview, we're talking possibly another five minutes of your time.

What do you get for that time?

New readers! Maybe even readers who are willing to try you out as a writer and buy your book!

FREE advertising! Can't beat that.

A chance to share who you are and what you do - or how your character thinks.

An opportunity for a possible trade. Many times I have authors on my side, who, in turn, offer to interview me or post my books for free advertising on their site. How does this help you? More readership for your blog.

I would LOVE to help you with your marketing. Why not shoot me an email today and let's get started!

Kathryn

kathy@ariverofstones.com

Marketing Your Book on a Budget 2014, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!

Read most of your books the old-fashioned way?

Then you'll be interested to know that Marketing Your Book on a Budget 2014 is now available in paperback. You can get it here.

As usual, I am also interested in obtaining some reviews, so let me know if you'd like to help with that.

Thanks, and happy marketing!

Kathryn

2 Great Sites to Help You Advertise Your Free eBook

Since I am gearing up for book promotion for my new book, The Feast, I thought you might be interested in knowing some of the new things I will be trying.

Photo by: DanieVDM, courtesy of Flickr

With my 3-day Free Promotion with Amazon, I have typically posted the news on this blog and to my social media friends. I have also given out the word to Morgen Bailey, who is always happy to post the free news in her 5 a.m. Flash page. But until recently, I had tried little else to help me get the word out when it came to promoting my eBook during the 3-day promo.

I have since discovered 2 new places that I'll be trying this time around. Here they are:

1) Freebooksy

2) Frugal Freebies (books and other free stuff)

When it comes to advertising, I rarely consider the paid variety, especially when there are so many free ways to get the word out.

Have any of you tried Freebooksy or Frugal Freebies? If so, I'd love to hear from you.

Marketing Your Book on a Budget

Today's post will be short but I wanted to let you in on a new booklet I'm working on that should be out in the next couple of months.

UPDATE: Release date March 21! Paperback $5.98, eBook $1.99.


If you've read "Marketing Your Book on a Budget 2012" then you should have a heads up on what is currently happening with book marketing. If you haven't, consider getting the 2013 edition; if you have, know that the 2013 edition will be giving you even more.

If you've wondered about reviews, book signings, interviews (both radio and blog) book trailers that won't cost you a dime to produce, social media, contests, free advertising and more, you'll want to check back.

The first time around, "Marketing Your Book on a Budget" was produced in Kindle form only for .99 cents. I have since discovered that there are many readers who also prefer the paper version, so expect to see this addition in the next few months.

Once you've purchased one copy of the book through Amazon, (and you let me know per instructions at the end of the book) you'll be on the list and I'll send you updates every year without you having to purchase another book!

So keep in touch!

Happy writing!

Kathryn