Comments on: Online Push by Book Publicists? http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57483 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:39:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57483 there's nothing wrong with helping fellow writers, but not at the expense of your own work or the integrity of your blog. if you wanted to do a heads up on new books coming out like you do with your google notebook on publishing news, that might work. you could offer the author a link from your blog to their publicity without being responsible for reviewing the book or its rating. it could also provide a pipeline for future interviews for WU. they could provide you with the newest books hitting the street. just some ideas...do what you feel most comfortable with. there’s nothing wrong with helping fellow writers, but not at the expense of your own work or the integrity of your blog. if you wanted to do a heads up on new books coming out like you do with your google notebook on publishing news, that might work. you could offer the author a link from your blog to their publicity without being responsible for reviewing the book or its rating. it could also provide a pipeline for future interviews for WU. they could provide you with the newest books hitting the street. just some ideas…do what you feel most comfortable with.

]]> by: Cath http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57286 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:43:05 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57286 Targeted appraoch, definitely. Consider your audience and use the promotional tools that will reach that audience. Then you'll have more time for oh, I don't know, maybe writing? Targeted appraoch, definitely. Consider your audience and use the promotional tools that will reach that audience. Then you’ll have more time for oh, I don’t know, maybe writing?

]]> by: Belinda http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57239 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:47:04 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/02/04/online-push-by-book-publicists/#comment-57239 I believe a targeted approach is most important. Isn't the point to reach the audience interested in your work? With that in mind, I think both online and more traditional publicity works, as long as the right people are getting the information. How to make sure that happens, like you said, means the publicist and author need to know which blogs and websites to visit and why. However, because I tend to read a lot of the romance/historical fiction blogs, when I start to see the same author in every blog I get annoyed. So that's something to keep in mind for authors that do find the right target audience/blogs: the readers for one blog are probably also the readers for a similar blog. Try to mix up your post and/or interview answers so they learn something new with each post and not get turned off by your attempts to get new readers. I believe a targeted approach is most important. Isn’t the point to reach the audience interested in your work? With that in mind, I think both online and more traditional publicity works, as long as the right people are getting the information. How to make sure that happens, like you said, means the publicist and author need to know which blogs and websites to visit and why.

However, because I tend to read a lot of the romance/historical fiction blogs, when I start to see the same author in every blog I get annoyed. So that’s something to keep in mind for authors that do find the right target audience/blogs: the readers for one blog are probably also the readers for a similar blog. Try to mix up your post and/or interview answers so they learn something new with each post and not get turned off by your attempts to get new readers.

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