Authors: How do you go about marketing your work?

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It is easy to publish on Amazon. But, how do you go about generating interest in your work?

Maybe a YouTube video to act as click bait?

I tried posting a video of myself reading one of my stories. It got to be long--probably few people are going to want to sit and listen to the whole thing.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy9tdC6nb0k

Although, there are a couple of upvotes on the video.

13 is Taylor Swift's favorite number but concise editing is essential for good advertising.

One of the easier things you can do is find other authors and .people in related fields and ask them to review your work. that can allow you the leverage their social media platforms to your advantage.

When I wanted to expand my social circle, I be-friended someone in Public Relations. Their contacts were a huge help, and once people found out that I knew people, they were often eager to get to know me.

No need to reinvent the wheel, just ask someone for a ride so to speak.

Well, I don't know anyone to ask.

Are there no other authors who have written in your field? I'm not talking about anyone you already know personally, just someone you might know of in a professional sense. It doesn't hurt to reach out to someone you haven't met.

You might also consult a copy of the Writer's Market (last published in 2018-19) or a Literary Agent to see if they might put you in touch with other authors as well. This would also be useful if you intend to publish in the future as well.

One of the drawbacks of publishing through Amazon is not having professional support behind you, its possible to overcome that, but it means building a platform (do you have a personal website?) and a willingness to engage on social media.

You can also ask your readers for reviews and/or point potential new readers to those reviews you have on Amazon as well.

I would avoid any "click-bait" postings as you're goal should be to promote, and generate ill-will.

Interestingly enough, Amazon has several interesting titles on book promotion for authors that might also offer some advice.

Well, here are my books thus far

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Willard-L ... abled=true

I've personally done a lot of posting of my books on Facebook. Rather hit and miss, if the truth be known. If you get your book on audio, ACX (which is affiliated with Amazon) will provide a means for your audio book to get attention from various reviewers either in the United States, or the UK.

How costly was this? Did you record yourself, or hire a narrator? Do you make any money from it, or is it just to get attention from reviewers? And, do you have to pay the reviewers?

Here is a useful tutorial on how to make the sound recording.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NB1LXUsNf4

i could use the advice too!

As I'm sure the video tells, ACX handles the whole process, even providing contacts with narrators. I choose to split profits made on the audiobook with my narrator, while others pay said narrator before hand (I hardly have that kind of money). And of course, ACX/Amazon takes their pond of flesh as payment for services from royalties earned. If none of your audiobooks sell (which once happened to me), then no one gets paid - not the author, or the narrator, or ACX. Thus is the nature of the beast.

I was thinking to try recording myself, and to ask for recommendations for a microphone.

Here is a list of 19 ways to promote your books

https://scribemedia.com/how-to-promote-book/

Here is my author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/willardlosinger

My web page about my books: http://losinger.altervista.org/literature.html

I did my own art work for the covers. For my author photo, I used a Picasso-style self portrait. Maybe this will help my material to stand out from the rest.

Maybe I should look up Goodreads.

I will try to look into audiobooks.

Any critiques about my author page and web site?