Promoting Your Book with Social Media

Social Media as an Essential Writing Tool

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:49:47 +0100

So now you’re staring at a blank page, wondering why on earth no-one is tweeting to you and where to go now. This is the point where countless would-be tweeters fall by the wayside. Basically, no-one knows you’re here yet. You need to find some people to follow (so that their tweets will appear in your timeline). To start with, you should follow me (@janetravers) and not just to boost my follower numbers. Once you’ve found me, find my lists @janetravers/recommended and @janetravers/inkwell ...

Donal Conaty's Guide to Book Trailers

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:37:18 +0100

Everyone seems to know that we are where we are, but nobody has any idea how we got here. Will Taoiseach Enda stand up to Europe and demand a better bailout? Can Paddy, Enda’s imaginary friend, save the day before Enda realises he doesn’t exist?

Donal Conaty's The Eight-Five Billion Euro Man is a brilliant satirical account of the crash, but as any author will tell your today, the hard work doesn't end when the writing is finished - promoting a book is a vital part of the process. Donal...

6 Ways to Sell Your Book Using Social Media

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:23:54 +0100

In March 2010 I self-published a travel memoir, Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida and in the year since have sold over 3,000 copies of it in paperback and e-book editions. With no money to invest in advertising or other promotion, I turned to social media - blogging, Twitter, Facebook - to build an audience and then sell them my book, if I could. It not only proved to be a worthwhile experience - and, in terms of sales, a great success - but it was also a whole lot of fun...