Write 2B Read: Writing, Self Publishing and Book Marketing for Fiction and Non-Fiction Writers and Authors

Write 2B Read: Writing, Self Publishing and Book Marketing for Fiction and Non-Fiction Writers and Authors

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Write 2B Read: Writing, Self Publishing and Book Marketing for Fiction and Non-Fiction Writers and Authors episodes

  • London Book Fair 2016
    I have been at The London Book Fair this year and in this episode I share my impressions and takeaways. | Show notes: https://awesound.com/@Ani_LifeProb/152-london-book-fair-2016?auid=a84IMY6Au
    13 min
  • How to Write 19 Books Before You Turn 25
    Today I talk to Sommer Nectarhoff.
    Sommer is a twenty-four year old writer from Chicago. He’s the author of nineteen books and counting, and though he’s written everything from poetry to literary fiction he’s currently couched in the swords and shields of fantasy. | Show notes: https://awesound.com/@Ani_LifeProb/151-how-to-write-19-books-before-you-turn-25?auid=a84IMY6Au
    35 min
  • How to Gain Media Exposure
    We discuss why media exposure is so important and how one can get featured on media. | Show notes: https://awesound.com/@Ani_LifeProb/149-how-to-gain-media-exposure?auid=a84IMY6Au
    41 min
  • Read to Lead
    Created via Awesound.com | Show notes: https://awesound.com/@Ani_LifeProb/read-to-lead-with-jeff-brown?auid=a84IMY6Au
    41 min
  • Roller Skates, Falls and Writing
    p class="p1"img alt="Skates-website" class="alignleft wp-image-4752 size-full" height="450" src="http://www.anialexander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Skates-website.jpg" width="800" //p
    p class="p1"When I was about 6 years old I got my very first roller skates. To be honest I don’t even remember where they came from, but they were very classy for the Soviet times. The skates were from those you attach to your shoes, with red leather upper side and laces… they had 4 rubber wheels each. Two in front and two in the back. Oh and the size was adjustable, so I could use them like forever… or until they broke or something./p
    p class="p2"After getting the skates and feeling super happy I had to learn skating. It was winter and it was snowing outside…/p
    p class="p2"I was even more impatient than I am now. And people who know me well will tell you that I am one of the most impatient people they have ever met./p
    p class="p2"So what did I do?/p
    p class="p1"No, I did not go outside - because those who know me well will also tell you that I absolutely and intensely hate cold./p
    p class="p2"So I decided to make my first tries on our living room carpet./p
    p class="p2"Every day I was putting the skates on and trying to move without falling. As you can imagine there were many falls… I fell on the soft carpet and immediate stood up and tried again. I don’t remember how long did it take until I mastered that thing, but by the time we went out with my dad I could maneuver my skates like a pro…/p
    p class="p2"Why am I telling about something that happened 30 years ago and what does it have to do with writing you might ask…/p
    p class="p2"Well, although it is not so obvious but in fact it does. I can link it to writing, to entrepreneurship and anything else that requires the right mindset./p
    p class="p2"The thing is, when I got those shiny skates I did not think that I can’t skate. When I was falling on the carpet over and over again it never occurred to me that I will not be able to learn. I did not even consider giving up. It was not an option I would choose because I never even thought that it could be one of the options./p
    p class="p2"So what happens to us when we grow up? Why do we start getting all those negative thoughts triggered in our mind?/p
    p class="p2"Why every time we write something we keep thinking that it is not good enough? Why do we have so many doubts about sharing our writings with the world?/p
    p class="p2"How come our 6 years old self is so much stronger? How come she keeps standing up after every fall until she reaches the point when she doesn’t fall anymore and we, instead close up and stop writing after getting a negative feedback?/p
    p class="p2"Back then I did not spend hours on that carpet because I wanted others to admire when they saw me skating outside, no. I did that because I wanted to skate. I wanted to be one of the people who can do that, that’s all./p
    p class="p2"So why do you write? You write because you want to sell your books, or you write because you want to be a writer?/p
    p class="p1"Do you think about giving up, because you lack encouragement and inspiration? Do you think you can’t succeed because you have only 2 readers and one of them is your mom?/p
    p class="p2"I’ve told this many times already… But I think it’s worth repeating again. If you are writing and creating a story with your words then you are a writer. It doesn’t matter if what you’ve written is liked by others or not. It doesn’t matter if 2 people read you or hundred… What matters is that you have created a brand new story, from scratch with your words. You have come up with a piece of writing which was not out there before…/p
    p class="p2"Just like my first tries in the living room, your stories too will not be perfect. Some of them will even be terrible. So what? Do you have to conclude that you can’t write just because your first story is not a masterpiece? Who’s firs
    10 min
  • London Book Fair 2016

    I have been at The London Book Fair this year and in this episode I share my impressions and takeaways.

    Click to view: show page on Awesound

    13 min
  • How to Write 19 Books Before You Turn 25

    Today I talk to Sommer Nectarhoff.

    Sommer is a twenty-four year old writer from Chicago. He’s the author of nineteen books and counting, and though he’s written everything from poetry to literary fiction he’s currently couched in the swords and shields of fantasy.

    Click to view: show page on Awesound

    35 min
  • Giveaways and Your Book Marketing

    In the previous days I have come across the same topic several times. Then I thought that maybe you have not heard of it yet so decided to let you know about this. What I am talking is Amazon Giveaways. Amazon let’s you create and promote a giveaway of items that are sold there. The interesting part of this for us is that we can now create kindle ebook giveaways.

    What many authors did before was organizing book giveaways – mainly on Goodreads. Unfortunately you could give aways only paperbacks. I tried a giveaway of my first novel Highfall on Goodreads and although it did bring visibility to my book it did not impact the sales figure.

    So why is Amazon giveaway different you may think. Well before I dive into this, I have to make a disclaimer. It seems like the Amazon giveaway can organize only the US residents, so if you have amazon.com account but no US address linked to your account then you won’t be able to make it… Hopefully they will roll over to the other markets soon too. The good news though is that you don’t have to be in KDP Select to be able to organize giveaways and of course giving away ebooks is more affordable and there are no shipping charges involved obviously.

    Ok now let’s see why would you as an author possibly want to make an Amazon giveaway.

    The first obvious reason, of course is get your book front of more people. And since those who have already purchased your book are not eligible for your giveaway you will end up will be reaching new potential readers.

    The second good thing is that all the participants, who have not won the giveaway get the free sample of your book. Which means that the potential new readers will probably get the taste of your writing style.

    Another good thing is that when you organize your book’s Amazon giveaway you can choose chose an option where in order to participate people have to follow you on your Amazon’s author page. This means that whenever you have a new book out all who follow will be notified. It is not as good as having them on your e mail list of course, but it is most probably the closest thing you can get with Amazon.

    To wrap this topic up I’ll just need to say that your giveaways can last up to 30 days, ebooks purchased for the giveaway are non-refundable and you can check there is a Twitter hashtag #AmazonGiveaways you can follow. And maybe the best part of it all is that those who have tried the Amazon giveaways tell that it impacts book’s sales ranking.

    Ok, that was it about the Amazon.

    Now I will share my ideas about giveaways in general.

    I personally feel uncomfortable, when things are not under my control. That is why strategies, which rely on specific social media channel, or only one platform, or an audience, which is not mine are not my favorite. I mean what if something happens to Facebook one day? Where do I find all those people who liked my page… You see what I mean right?

    That is why I prefer to put time and effort bringing my audience to my place, that is my website and my e mail list. Are you already there btw? If no check out anialexander.com

    Having that said I prefer to use KingSumo’s giveaway plugin for WordPress. The giveaway is done so that it increases participant’s chances to win when they share your contest like crazy and therefore it easily goes viral. But that is just the bonus. The best thing is that you are getting the list of all participant’s emails, which you can later use. I have used this only twice for now, but have seen great results with both giveaways.

    The things is… if you are unknown writer like me, most probably people will not be interesting in your book’s giveaway, because they have not read you yet and they have not heard your name either, right?

    Continued on anialexander.com/giveaways-and-your-book-marketing/

    Click to view: show page on Awesound

    11 min

About Write 2B Read: Writing, Self Publishing and Book Marketing for Fiction and Non-Fiction Writers and Authors

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Do you have a story inside you that you want to share with the world? Do you dream seeing your name on a bestseller cover? Do you have a special message to tell? If yes, then what are you waiting for?