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[shadowkat]

So, I asked my brother for marketing advice on my book.

His response?

" If you don't have a following, I think it's unlikely that your book is going to do well, so either figure out how to get a bunch of people to buy it, or start building a following today.”

This is obviously the trickiest, having thousands of contacts to promote it to directly. If you don’t have them find someone who does (do you know Oprah?). Essentially public relations - traditional reviews or social media recommendations - to get the word out. Otherwise it’s buying traffic through Google adwords.

Well, I suppose I have this blog. Although I don't know if I have a following or not.
It's hard to tell. According to my profile, 199 people have friended me. But half of those have either left LJ, are dead (seriously, they are dead, gone from this world),
or not really following it.

Also, of the group that is following - would you buy my book? I don't know. I have to admit I was surprised anyone read my Buffy meta.

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

How do you do the give-away? That's what I have been able to figure out - is how do you give-away books for reviews? Do you buy the book and then send it to them?
Do you work out a deal with Amazon and have them send it??

[fresne.livejournal.com]

You buy them. Since I've got Amazon prime, which as it happens ends up being cheaper to send people books (no shipping costs) versus the Amazon (get a copy of your book, but with shipping).

E-copies are much simpler. You can basically just get a coupon for the book and send it.