6 ways to promote your book

6 ways to Promote your book

Don’t be as naive as I was - I snuck DragonZ Eye into the world in December 2013 with no fanfare, no build up and expected it to be noticed.

I have been on a huge learning curve. This is what I have gleaned from many different sites and blogs.

Time of year for launching. -December is not the best time of the year to self-publish a book – People are spending money on presents, some buy books but there are usually popular, well-known authors rather than first timers. Summer can be problematic with people paying for holidays. Spring is a good time- February or March. There is a positive mental state in Spring, a time for change and new choices.

Tell people before launching - use social network sites twitter , facebook, goodreads, and local media. Write a press release in third person with local interest and send in some photos with it. If possible do a coming soon poster for local book stores, libraries (and schools if your audience is children.)

Get some endorsements from more established authors to quote- find them via social media sites. Not so easy to do, but worth the effort.

Use visual methods to promote the book – photos, videos, - book cover launch, leak some illustrations if you have them.

Find people to read and review your book from your social sites, have them primed to put the reviews on amazon as soon as the book is available.

Create competitions to win a signed book or other promotional items such as pens or t-shirts.