Nurture Your BOOKS™ Group discussion

As an author and book promoter, I have a very good understanding of how the book publicity process works.

A question that I have for any author who does a lot of self-promotion is; what do you consider to be the most time-consuming or exhaustive part of the book promotion/book awareness processes that you would happily pass on to a trusted promotion company?

I've worked with countless authors; from those who are still in the process of writing their first book and struggling to make ends meet, to working with New York Times best selling authors who are enjoying their success.
I believe that every author is a valuable part of our literary world and I am honoured to work for and with each author. I know that it is an extremely competitive world out there and it's no easy task to generate enough book sales to make writing lucrative. Most importantly, every author needs to get your book out there for people to read and enjoy.

Which part(s) of the promotion process that you would LOVE to have someone else take care of, for you?

Hi Steven,

Crossroads sounds like a really interesting story. Your travels would have provided wonderful opportunities to research ideas for character and plot development.

Keeping your social networking sites updated is of great importance, so keep up the good work!

Have you given any thought to a Virtual Book Tour/Blog Tour for The Raven Affair? It would really help with visibility and it should help you build an even bigger fan-base; something to think about.

You could also try some guest-blogging on sites that review thriller and suspense novels.

You're most welcome, Steven.

I am in the process of implementing Virtual Book Tours on Nurture Your BOOKS.

Often times, authors will do a tour for an upcoming book, closer to its release date...that way blog tour hosts can have book giveaways for the first book in the series and drive/increase interest for book two.

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help!

The two most important things for me are mining for promo opps, interviews, guest blogs, and REVIEWS and somehow keeping track of them all. Many times I forget to send my new books to my regular reviewers and lose track of who I've already sent to and who I haven't...

What part of the promotion process would I like someone else to take care of? Simple - All of it. All I want to do is write.

I agree with David. I would hand over all of it if I could as long as my promoter and I have the same vision. At first it's fun, but then it becomes tedious and monotonous. It's more fun to write.

@Kevin. I have worked with Bobbie. She is a delight to work with. She does not impose her services. The choice is yours. I am looking forward to working with her again in the near future.

I would be quite happy to do the lot if I could retire from my job and concentrate solely on writing/promoting.

:-)

Pay my bills and I'm all yours !