Yesterday I received my quarterly statement from one of my publishers and a check will follow within a week or so. New Concepts Publishing has revamped their website and put together lots of promotions to sell more books. And I can see the results in my statement. So many publishers leave all the promotion to the author and I certainly understand it is my responsibility. That knowledge only adds to my gratitude for the efforts my publisher is making.
If you pop over to New Concepts Publishing Website, you can see the beautiful covers they create for their books and you can see the cool contests and the chats they've organized. I'm honored to have my latest release, Tiger's Mate, as one of the books on the front page now that it's become available in print as well as ebook.
So this is my monthly post to self-promote my books. New Concepts offers reasonable prices for ebooks and I hope I have many more contracts with them. I have some other promotional plans in the works.
As an author, do you ever pay for promotion? As a reader, how do you usually discover new authors? As an author, what do you feel is the best 'free' promotion you do?
11 comments:
Hey there. I love that cover. I'll have to tell you, I'm a fantasy writer but I didn't know that Fantasy Romance was actually classified as a genre. You've just encouraged me to let lose with the romance. Thank you. :)
Best promoting I do is right here on Blogger. And I rarely do it by promoting.
I've used The Romance Studio. They run specials around the holidays which gives you more for your dollar.
I don't know how many sales I've made through them, but according to my stats, it brings a goodly amount of traffic to my blog.
Carina Press uses them too and they've paid for ads on my behalf too.
Congrats! Great cover!
I've paid for marketing before, but it's usually not worth it.
My best form of discovery is through blog posts and reviews on the blogosphere. Two of my favourite debut authors came as a direct result of blogger involvement :)
I"m glad to hear that, Jamie. I used TRS too, Maria, a while ago. I'm thinking of giving it another go as I am a member.
I've discovered a lot of new authors by visiting blogs. I rarely go into bookstores anymore. I've also discovered new authors through recommendations from friends or family.
Lately, I discover new authors by visiting blogs. I love knowing who/what other people are reading.
I find new writers to read by going to the bookshop and reading the first sentence, and if that sounds good, the first page.
If I like it, I buy the book. Then more of their books.
Hooray for new releases! Great cover, Sue! The book looks awesome.
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