tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post1947252961684880706..comments2024-03-26T17:15:22.712+13:00Comments on Craic-er: On the way to becoming famous...Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-22160020929419566142009-07-24T13:11:58.780+12:002009-07-24T13:11:58.780+12:00And there are now so many ways to engage with an a...And there are now so many ways to engage with an audience now...<br />blogs, websites, twitter, facebook myspace...author tours...virtual author tours are becoming popular in the states. That's where the author stays home but guest blogs on other people websites or skype interviews which are posted on websites...a different one each day for a week...<br />Hey do you think the education department would let us do a skype author tour using their technology?<br />something to raise at the conference...you think?Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-8680582054874802992009-07-24T12:44:00.471+12:002009-07-24T12:44:00.471+12:00Lordy...I'm Oscar Wilde!
Surely not. Or maybe....Lordy...I'm Oscar Wilde!<br />Surely not. Or maybe...<br /><br />Yep- we all know that publishers do the publishing bit then you get busy with the next book and the one just out gets forgotten, so increasingly its up to the author to market it. <br /><br />I think marketing is pretty simple- let people know it's coming, have people eagerly anticipate its arrival, let people know it's there and where to get it, then keep up the publicity and alert people to any good reviews. Create a buzz. It then keeps a place on the best sellers list for a wee bit, people see it's there and think its obviously worth buying- the more people who read it, the better the buzz and the bigger the chances of it getting noticed for any awards =<br />get shorlisted = sell more books = earn a living. It's a numbers game and something you have to bear in mind. A shy and retiring author is a broke author unless someone, somewhere takes them on as the next best thing. One thing that gets forgotten in this business is that its a business whatever your motivations are for writing.<br /><br />And when all is said and done, the writing has to be good in order for the above to succeed. But then...look at Dan Brown...Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.com