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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
(I keep getting bored and sliding into scan mode, and then having to break back out of it for a paragraph. And then getting bored again...)
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Heh... me, too...
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Originally Posted by Trenien
I wasn't aware you had any book available for free. If neither your writing style nor the genre you write in has seen a major change, I'd guess two books ought to be enough to promote your work. The next question is: where are they available?
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On my own site. (Not obvious enough, eh? Something for me to think about when I do the redesign...)
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Originally Posted by Trenien
Have you considered sending copies to some prominent bloggers (Doctorow comes to mind) to get a bit of exposition?
In short, do you feel you've used the internet to the best of your abilities to get word of mouth?
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Well, I'm aware that there are other connections I could have made, in order to publicize the books further. One of the reasons I hang out here so much, was with the hope of making those connections from one primary location... the passive approach. (As it's turned out, other than mentions here, and maybe the occasional mention by those here who have their own websites, those connections haven't extended very far beyond MR. Obviously the passive approach isn't quite far-reaching enough...)
I'm only recently reaching the point at which I should be able to go more active in self-promotion (starting this summer, I expect), though hopefully short of carpet-bombing my works around the web just to see what sticks. Complimentary review copies... spaces on YouTube and MySpace, etc... Google ads... press releases and SEO... porn... all of these are under consideration to improve my profile. (Well... maybe not the porn... on the other hand...
no, no,
not the porn. Probably...)
So, yes, my own promotional efforts have been limited, and are due for an infusion of effort to improve things.