The end of another full week–and the beginning of a wonderful weekend!
It’s been another crazy week. No, really, it’s been a crazy month, but in spite of the busy-ness, there’s not much I would change about it.
I would, however, like to catch up on some marketing ideas that I’ve come across and haven’t had a chance to blog about.
Here’s one:
Re-categorize your books. According to this web article at The Writer’s Guide to e-Publishing, there are new categories for science fiction, fantasy, etc. While these aren’t available through KDP, there may be ways to access them by the way the books are tagged in KDP. I may try this this weekend, just for the fun of it.
And here’s another:
Self-published books as the new query letter, by Laura Howard. Really? Well, there are a few self-published authors out there who have been picked up by traditional publishing houses. It’s an intriguing idea. It certainly expands the idea of a query letter. In my mind, this might appeal to agents because it could show whether an author’s writing style is marketable as well as how involved that author is in the marketing process. I’m really not sure what I think of this one, but it’s an idea to watch.
And one more:
Taking down books that don’t have anything to do with what you really write. This has more to do with branding than anything, I think, and this post at Catherine, Caffeinated is an interesting take on the idea. This is another task on my to-do list that’s been on there for a long time. I hope to actually get it done this weekend.
Gwen Bristol 