As many of you are aware (and I plan to make a formal announcement further down the road), my debut novel Hollowstone is tentatively scheduled to be released some time this Spring. I'm very excited about it, my publisher is immensely excited and I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful and amazing publisher. Seriously, she rocks
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Another important aspect of selling your book, is of course, yourself. When you're in a bookstore, trying to convince customers to buy, you have to be outgoing - and call to them. Very few people will stop by your table to see what's there - you are your own greatest tool. Call out to them, and try to sell your book by whatever angle you can. Diana Gabaldon once said that she could sell her book to anyone, because it could be romance, historical fiction, drama, adventure, science fiction - and in a similar vein try to work out who your book will most appeal to and then sell to that demographic.
Best of luck with your book release - I'll keep an eye on our shelves!
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I've noticed that a lot of smaller publishers don't offer this and I wonder if it's a technical problem or a time problem. If your publisher doesn't offer it, neo-prodigy, and if it turns out to be a tech issue that neither they nor you can solve, I'd be happy to help out as I can. (I know basically nothing about the process of putting books up on Amazon but if it's a matter of "we need these X pages to be in format Y" I am totally your girl.)
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Another thing would be and this is nitpick and a personal pet peeve of mine: the summary at the back of the book. I have walked away from what otherwise could have been good books because I didn't like the summary at the back of the book. They are meant to convey the tone of the book and a glimpse into the kind of world the book is about. Another thing would be the cover aswell, since to me it serves the same function as the summary; draw in the reader and set the tone.
I remember someone on ns_d (mechanical_jewel) once did a post in which she re-designed the Runaways cover to make it more appealing (and succeeded). I tried hunting down that post but alas, failed. I suspect that it might not have been tagged.
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Ditto the back cover blurb. I think that some smaller presses allow the author to draft a blurb, but usually, that's the editor's job (or someone s/he delegates).
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I imagine that it would be strenuous after having wrote a novel and the promotions and everything but I do think there should be some say of the author. 'Ok, I'm too busy to do the back cover blurb and the cover image so I wouldn't mind if you guys handled it. :)'
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