tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post2925613658452781124..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: WHEN NOTHING WORKS in your book's marketingRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-8547570512500564302015-01-15T18:21:06.369-06:002015-01-15T18:21:06.369-06:00Fine advice again, Roland, but there's one I h...Fine advice again, Roland, but there's one I have to personally disagree with, and that's finding and sticking to a genre. While that makes absolute sales sense, I've decided to just put out there my "final" books, and if two are historical and one is a scifi and my current published book (The Compass Master) is a thriller, so what? Of course I want them to sell, but realistically I'm burnt out and just want to move on. Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11459585628175664302015-01-14T23:12:58.296-06:002015-01-14T23:12:58.296-06:00Denise:
I certainly have a backlist, but it's ...Denise:<br />I certainly have a backlist, but it's got cyber-cobwebs on it!<br /><br />You're right: self-published books are way past the saturation point! I fear you and I are on the Titanic of Indie Publishing! And we don't even have a neat soundtrack by James Horner even!!! Thanks for visiting!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69134422805698013932015-01-14T22:28:02.665-06:002015-01-14T22:28:02.665-06:00Hey Roland, lots of useful wisdom in this. You sho...Hey Roland, lots of useful wisdom in this. You should know, the amount of self-published books you have out there. I hope you are rewarded with sales! <br /><br />Yes, social media can be such a time waster. And personally I don't like facebook pages and tweets that are all about 'buy, buy, buy.' So much is being ruined by self promotion, even some blogging sites! Still, it's a hard world to be selling books in. The market is way beyond saturation point and I haven't even done my bit of saturation yet!!!<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />Denise :-)Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52661671239093636822015-01-14T22:14:22.034-06:002015-01-14T22:14:22.034-06:00Sia:
That teaser bit was a guy thing I'm afrai...Sia:<br />That teaser bit was a guy thing I'm afraid!! :-) I'm glad you enjoyed this post.<br /><br />Alex:<br />If they followed back, their tweet feed would log-jammed. I keep telling Olivia Wilde not to tweet me, but hey, opposites attract! And then, I woke up!! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73905480051119313132015-01-14T11:46:39.988-06:002015-01-14T11:46:39.988-06:00Excellent points, Roland!
And the only place I fi...Excellent points, Roland! <br />And the only place I find that huge celebrities due have a large following is on Twitter. And of course, they don't follow many back. I'd feel bad about that.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79133337106821698172015-01-14T11:19:16.233-06:002015-01-14T11:19:16.233-06:00Some really good points Roland. I like the points ...Some really good points Roland. I like the points about picking a genre because while you can't write for everyone you do want those who read your genre to find you and your books. Also the part about teasers.<br />~Sia McKye~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08470562659597351033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-19540212721071287282015-01-14T10:50:49.492-06:002015-01-14T10:50:49.492-06:00Chrys:
I'm so happy you got something useful f...Chrys:<br />I'm so happy you got something useful from this post. I hope your week is going well!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79699582767454746332015-01-14T09:50:59.904-06:002015-01-14T09:50:59.904-06:00This is amazing! While reading it I kept pausing t...This is amazing! While reading it I kept pausing to ask, Do I do that? I hope not. You did give me a good idea to attract more readers to interview on my blog, though. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.com