Review: Help for Aspiring Authors
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
Promotional Tips and Tricks for Aspiring Authors in the Digital Landscape is the perfect for Aspiring Authors, trying to succeed authors and just anyone else that cannot figure out why their book isn't selling.Written in the Annie Seaton style, the 'friends meeting over coffee to talk style', is so helpful with detailed information on how to promote yourself and your book(s)using social media and creating a 'Brand Name'.  Before her book, I was clueless.Completely,utterly and totally clueless.'If you write it, they will come', is not necessarily true unless others know that you have a book on offer, where they can buy it and what its about. Once they find you, the readers want to know what next in the series or what you're working on. Just having a website is not enough.  Ms. Seaton details not only why you need Facebook, Twitter, a website, etc. she details how to set them up and gives suggestions for those on a budget.She even has suggestions on how often you need to update your information on these sites as well!The other important detail that I received from this wonderful book, was the recognition that authors like, say, ME, work alone and quietly, thinking we're the only ones out here working in the virtual world, struggling to write, to create a story that others will enjoy.  She recommends a couple of ways of connecting with other authors that don't sound embarrassing, cheesy or gut-wrenching to implement.I give this a solid and heartfelt 'five stars' and recommend PPTFAAITDL to anyone that has ever put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard in the hopes of selling their book or stories. I took twelve pages of notes and have been doing my research over this last week to better understand how others do it.Wish me luck, as I attempt to set up my Business Facebook account today.But even as I write this, I see another thing that I need to update pronto.  If I'm a brand, then why am I not promoting myself as I offer my reviews?