Well I thought that most authors do book tours (signing at bookstores) which are paid for by the publishers to help get reviews in local papers (big cities of course).... assuming that they have a publisher who budgets money for promotion of the book.
Depends. Genre writers do it more because of the competition and the fact that their publisher won't market their book. They have to do it. This is true of all genre, including mysteries and romances. The field is packed and you have to do something to make yourself look interesting.
Literary novelists - tend to do it more by word of mouth. They'll do some book signings, but not many and usually attend conferences or teach. They rely heavily on book reviews and critical reviews.
Most novelists traveling about - pay for it themselves. Which is why I haven't gotten published - I don't have time for all the marketing and promoting.
It's possible more literary writers do it than I'm aware of, I just rarely see them.
Actually, more than critical reviews or awards, I'm influenced to read a book or watch a show because of people like you who write about the things they love online!
Hee. Me too. I learn about books, tv shows, and films from people online or people in my family or offline friends who rec them to me. I checked out The Wire not because the critics adored it, I ignore them, but because people on my correspondence list told me about it and included videos promoting it. Same is true about films - I went to X=Men First Class because my flist loved it. Critics? Bah.
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Date: 2011-07-20 10:51 pm (UTC)Depends. Genre writers do it more because of the competition and the fact that their publisher won't market their book. They have to do it.
This is true of all genre, including mysteries and romances. The field is packed and you have to do something to make yourself look interesting.
Literary novelists - tend to do it more by word of mouth. They'll do some book signings, but not many and usually attend conferences or teach. They rely heavily on book reviews and critical reviews.
Most novelists traveling about - pay for it themselves. Which is why I haven't gotten published - I don't have time for all the marketing and promoting.
It's possible more literary writers do it than I'm aware of, I just rarely see them.
Actually, more than critical reviews or awards, I'm influenced to read a book or watch a show because of people like you who write about the things they love online!
Hee. Me too. I learn about books, tv shows, and films from people online or people in my family or offline friends who rec them to me. I checked out The Wire not because the critics adored it, I ignore them, but because people on my correspondence list told me about it and included videos promoting it. Same is true about films - I went to X=Men First Class because my flist loved it. Critics? Bah.