The book selling not so much so. You have to have a literary agent to be published by a traditional publisher. Not been able to get one of those. You have to be published by a traditional publisher to get into bookstores. The Catch-22 part.
You have to have a publicist. Being dyslexic, I have trouble spelling "publicist" much less finding one.
I do plan to send free copies of the book to regular visitors -- so decide on an address that you want to use.
The book is a mystery, with sexual content, strong language, and -- this will shock some of you -- profanities and vulgarisms.
While trying to sell the first book, I am working on the second in the series.
There will be a third.
Collectively, they will make good presents, and doorstops.
[The legal part: Cover protected by Copyright. Subtitle registered trademark. Image used by permission.]
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Send me one, send me one.
I love mysteries and I love series because when I finish reading a book I feel that I have to say good bye to a friend I've just met. A series brings those characters back to visit again and again.
Did I brown nose enough?
Congrats on getting the book out there. I hope you sell a trainload.
Did you happen to put any "inside jokes" that we regular readers would get? Like a reference to Fat Biker Chick, or maybe the protagonist is having trouble getting approval to put up a gazebo, something along those lines.
I'll e-mail you my address, just in case you decide I'm on your regular visitors list :)
If you want to get some publicity, have your publisher send a copy to ForeWord magazine to try to get them to review it. It only reviews books from small and independent publishers--not the big boys in New York--and it goes to many thousands of librarians, booksellers, and literary agents.
A good review there would certainly boost sales. Good luck!
Sleep -- you didn't need to brown nose, I was hoping you would want a copy -- it should be mid-December.
Pure -- thanks -- maybe enough to buy a toy train!!
Stan -- email received -- Fat Biker Chick will be in book 3 -- I miss her, I wonder where she is at! I think of her every time I travel that section of I-44. Odd.
David -- thanks for the suggestion -- the site looks perfect for me -- thanks
Creating a website for your book is also a good idea. Have you ever thought of creating an audiopodcast of your book?
Many authors have found an audience with putting their book in podcast form.
foen -- free audio and ebook versions are an open question since they can be so easily copied -- an audiopodcast would run 10 or more hours (the length of a book on CD)-- if the print version is successful, I'll pay to have an audible book version created (compatible with iPods).
If you have an audiobook made, you should hire a has-been 80's movie actor to read it, like C. Thomas Howell, or Louis Gossett, Jr., or maybe Rick Moranis. They'll work cheap, plus you can use the name recognition as a stunt to generate book sales.
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