Indie Book Club discussion

Here is an article about the proper etiquette for promoting your book on goodreads. I guess the people at Goodreads really liked it because they re-tweeted it to over 100,000 of their followers. I hope it helps you!
http://ellelapraim.com/how-to-use-goo...

Elle wrote: "Here is an article about the proper etiquette for promoting your book on goodreads. I guess the people at Goodreads really liked it because they re-tweeted it to over 100,000 of their followers. I ..."

Great article! Thanks:-)

Very well written and as a reader and moderator I agree thoroughly with your points.

Finally online networking etiquette, can we have a book as well please, chapters tackling appropriate behaviour for Twitter and Facebook would be a godsend.

(Also lets not just limit this to self-publishing - I think the world in general needs this advice)

I wrote this in a blog post last night: "My final thought on the matter is as such: in general, when it comes to promotion, we all actually learned what we need to know in elementary school: play nice, share, take turns, follow directions (like if a site says don’t self-promote, or do it a certain way, listen!) and don’t be mean."

That's pretty much my views on it, with the addendum of: don't overdo the ego (I've read some book descriptions done by self-published authors that, while might be true, just threw me for being so self-aggrandizing) and don't overdo the rest. I don't need twenty tweets a day about your book, or at least mix it up.

...just my two cents worth. =^_^=

LE wrote: "Finally online networking etiquette, can we have a book as well please, chapters tackling appropriate behaviour for Twitter and Facebook would be a godsend.

(Also lets not just limit this to self-..."

Lol, fair point about the world. I think I might be able to write a book about social network etiquette because I have written so many blog posts about it, but I am afraid I can't do anything about the world. I still put my elbows on the table!

I'm in the middle of promoting my novel at the moment. It's a pain, but is it worth paying for a press release? If so, what distributions are worthy of payment?

I've read some book descriptions done by self-published authors that, while might be true, just threw me for being so self-aggrandizing

But my book IS a heartwrenchingly uplifting tale that will make you feel every emotion known to man (and a few known only to women). It will also shatter your worldview and leave you thinking for years to come. There's a whole order of monks devoted to studying and meditating on my book. Every published author in every genre admitted that my book is way better than all of theirs combined. Why shouldn't I say so right there in the description? It's not like I made any of that up myself.

Steve wrote: "
But my book IS a heartwrenchingly uplifting tale that will m..."

LOL! Awesome. X-D

What was that title a couple years back -- "A heart-breaking work of staggering genius"?

Ah... the humility of the truly creative.