Review: A good place to start
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
A book blogger gives promotional advice to authors gained through years of her experience.Some information is spot on and other pieces are interesting. Blog tour advice is quite accurate and, if followed, would be helpful for all parties. The advice on guest posts is spot on. I cannot remember a time where I have turned down a guest post and the only reason would be if the genre did not match my blog’s brand.This is not PR For Dummies by any means. This is a practical guide for authors looking for advice on how to promote their book. It covers a lot of ground in a few short pages. Even if you have a strong framework of the subject, you might still find yourself googling topics after reading this. The author did not explain how public relations might fit in with your overall marketing plan nor explain the difference between marketing and PR. When reading this, you should already have a strong grasp of those concepts.Marketing concepts are missing here. Basic ones like selecting your target audience would steer some of the advice here in a slightly different direction.I would have liked to have seen this more textbook-like than what it was, explaining and teaching the reader more about the subject. Still, if you are a brand new indie author wondering where to begin, this does give some helpful information and is a place to start. Google can only help you if you know what to Google. In that sense, this can be useful.It took 20 minutes to read. I don’t regret reading it.Disclaimer: All books reviewed by me have been received via purchase, lending, or given to me by an author or publisher for the purposes of an honest review. No reviews are purchased. They are my own opinion. For more reviews such as this, please visit [...]