So, I have a group on facebook called "Authors, Speakers, and Personalities Oh My!" I looked everywhere for a group to join for support for new authors, but I couldn't find anything. You know me... I made my own! I want to launch my book on my own, I want to look back and say "I did that! Me!" So I started the group and proposed to everyone that we work together on ideas for free and extremely cheap advertising!
My first idea came to me... I know this sounds cliche... but in a dream! Never mind the dream, but I was like wait! I am published on Kindle and there are a million plus books published there too! What do they have that I don't? So I started looking at the top ranked books and searching them on Google, Bing and Yahoo, what I found was these top selling books were listed everywhere! More important than that was, not all of that advertising was paid! So you know "I IMMEDIATELY GOT TA CLICKIN!"
I found a few sites where I could advertise for free and add my book to their library for free. An example GOODREADS.com has allowed me to add my book to their library through my profile!
http://www.publishedauthors.org/ is another good venue as people are willing to help and are so friendly there! In just logging in and introducing myself I have gained a few seasoned writers who were willing to read the book and give honest opinions.
Those were free...
Now there are some that, if you join, you just may become a best seller... however there are monthly fees. (BTW I am not an affiliate of anything, so the links and suggestions I am giving here are totally unbiased):
http://www.bookdaily.com they have millions of subscribers and they will feature 1 or more new books or emerging author every day right along side of best sellers! A thought to consider, $49 a month just may be worth that to ya!
I'm sure there are more, however, I haven't found em yet :( but I'll keep you guys posted on my advertising journey!
Okay, I gotta hit the books... I have tests all week this week coming up, and I haven't cracked a book (except my own... smh).
