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Reaching your Readers Part 3 – New Authors
In Part 2 of this series, http://www.ian-irvine.com/reaching-your-readers-part-2-reaching-your-fans/, I asked my Facebook fans and readers how they found out about their favourite authors' next books.I also asked my fans what factors led them to choose a new author. There were 66 replies. The most important factors in the decision to choose a new author's book were:The cover, back cover and blurb, and first few…
Reaching your Readers Part 2 – Reaching Your Fans
Following on from Part 1 of this post, http://www.ian-irvine.com/reaching-your-readers-part-1/, I asked this question on my Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author.How do you find out about your favourite author’s next book? Bookshops? Personal recommendations? Book reviews? Author's web site? Author's social media presence, on Facebook or blogs or Twitter or GoodReads? Author newsletters? Publisher's sites? Advertising?There have been 50 responses so far (note,…
Reaching your Readers Part 1
How does one reach one's readers and fans to tell them about a new book? I've been a full-time novelist for 12 years now, and this is one of the questions that most vexes me.It's easy for readers to contact me. My email address is in all my books and on my website, and can be googled in an instant. I…