The extremely occasional blog of Colleen Lindsay, professional nerd, cat herder, publishing optimist, and sartorial tragedy.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Book Launch 2.0 (Hilarious!)
This is bloody brilliant (and more accurate that you might imagine). This is a writer talking to his editor about the paperback re-release of his book. Enjoy!
It is a funny video, but it does bring up the question of what an author can reasonably do to promote her/his book.
I have a website and a blog, which attracts a lot of attention via my listing on blogcatalog.com.
I'm also an active participant in a few online communities including a group blog that caters to my target audience (lesbians -- ooh, scary!).
But I try to balance my (hopefully) smart marketing efforts with the time I spend writing. I had a weekly podcast which I abandoned because it was taking 16 hours a week. I had 200 iTunes subscribers, but I had no time to write.
3 comments:
LOL, "What twitters?" So much of that is quotable!
Awesome! I took lots of notes...
It is a funny video, but it does bring up the question of what an author can reasonably do to promote her/his book.
I have a website and a blog, which attracts a lot of attention via my listing on blogcatalog.com.
I'm also an active participant in a few online communities including a group blog that caters to my target audience (lesbians -- ooh, scary!).
But I try to balance my (hopefully) smart marketing efforts with the time I spend writing. I had a weekly podcast which I abandoned because it was taking 16 hours a week. I had 200 iTunes subscribers, but I had no time to write.
Peace out,
Dharma
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