I love Amazon Prime Day as I always end up buying more on that day than I mean to! And, I think, there are millions of other people who think the same. Actually, according to Amazon over 250 million items were bought during the two days last year! Now if you are an author, this is great for you! So many more chances to sell your book.
I love signed books and where better to get one than a book launch when the author can sign it personally for you. But if you are an author then there is far more to a book launch than just signing your book. You need to consider the when, where and how of your launch. Now I have been to some great book launches recently and each of them has been different. Read more
I have been asked questions about an Advanced Information Sheet by a number of my authors recently so I thought the best way to answer it would be to actually create one using information from one of Goldcrest Books’ most recent publications. So, my thanks to Hester Durkan whose book Get off that Phone is featured here in this blog post.
I was invited to talk to a group of authors a while ago about Goodreads.com which is a terrific website for readers and a must for any author or aspiring author. My talk went down very well and seemed to be of use to everyone, judging by the comments I received afterwards, so I thought I would share some of it with you today.
If you haven’t come across Goodreads before then let me start by giving you some background information.
Google Alerts Part 2 will look at how to create your own Google Alerts. Setting up Google Alerts is a great way for authors to find out who is talking about them and their books.
Google Alerts is a great, but under used tool which could help authors find more readers and extend their reach throughout the internet.
