Jan 03 2010
The Intern Takes on Book Promotions
The Intern provides some useful advice she got from her book promoter.
I’m a bit skeptical about some of the advice, though. Is Facebook really the Holy Grail of online book promotions? If you’re tech-savvy enough to handle WordPress or something similar, I doubt it. Facebook pages don’t handle search engines well and are not very customizable. Also, if you’re writing for a target audience older than 30 or younger than 13, I’d wonder about whether Facebook is actually the most effective way to reach your prospective readers.
Besides a few spoken word poets, I haven’t added any writers as friends on Facebook… it seems like more of a personal networking site than a promotional site.
Yeah. I prefer LinkedIn to Facebook for personal networking. (LI and DeviantArt are mainly what I use to stay in touch with artists). But when I actually have a book on the market, I’ll probably use pretty much any site I can find like it’s going out of style.
Haha yeah. Twitter is much better for promotions and networking since it doesn’t feel as invasive and personal to “follow” someone than it does to “friend” someone.