Book Marketing
Marketing Books Great News - I will be library stock! Not me exactly, but my work. I was delighted to hear from my local library this week that they were happy to purchase stock of my memoir Hurry up Nurse. I have to say that since publishing the kindle version last August, followed by the paperback in September I have been on a very steep learning curve. I don't know quite what I imagined would happen when I published the book - immediate best seller...............? I soon learned I knew nothing about marketing books. Marketing - a new lesson Suffice it to say that I hadn't anticipated the amount of work that goes into marketing a book once it's published. It is definitely like learning to drive - it all starts after you pass your test! Many reading this I am sure will relate to this, particularly if you have begun a self publishing journey. After the initial flurry of sales from friends and family died down, it was learn, learn, learn. I think my poor Facebook friends must have got sick to death of the sight of my book cover and I hope that they have forgiven me for going into overdrive! I know this article is about being stocked in a library but I just wanted to write down all of the ploys for marketing books I have had to learn along the way. Social Media - What's that? First of all there was social media! What? I need to create a separate Facebook page, twitter account, Pinterest, Google +, YouTube, blog, website! Are you kidding me? The reality is - yes to most of these but it doesn't have to happen all in one day. I think the first priority for me was to create a separate FB page…