"Creatives Help a bro!!!!! LOL I just wrote a book"
The Book of Enoch, The House of Caine is done. 195 pgs and the cover art is being finished this week.
I am self-publishing this wonderful sci-fi adventure filled with mythical and mystical creatures, fantastic worlds, spirituality, war, love/passion and loss/drama.
It is the first in a series of four novels.
My quandry is once I have the physical books, how best should I market? Website? Facebook Page? Tour?
Help!!! I (in my heart) believe this could be the work that gets picked up and good things happening to it, I just want to make sure I am doing the right things.
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
11. "1. Create e-book. 2. Setup social media accounts for it. " In response to Reply # 0
3. Look up well-known reviewers in your genre and send them free copies of your book. This also includes podcasts.
4. Put out a press release.
5. Try and get some interviews. As many as possible.
6. Create an audio version and submit it to Audible (not sure what the process for that is)
7.Do some research on good books on self-publishing/marketing and social media and read (or listen on audio). Educate yourself more in-depth on the industry and process and move forward.
Createspace gives you direct marketing to Amazon, as this is Amazon's self publishing arm..but buy your own ISBN's separate from using' create spaces, as it will allow you to place your book in more markets and distributor catalogs.
3) post on blacksciencefictionsociety.com, The Carl Brandon Society, Afropunk, and any afro futurist sites
16. "follow your favorite writers on their...... " In response to Reply # 15
individual blogs and what not and comment and interact with them as well.Really get your name out there! _____________________________________________________ "You can win with certainty with the spirit of "one cut". "Musashi Miyamoto