Marketing

by David Batten-Hill
29th January 2012

Hello again,

Since I put 'This Son of York' out as a Kindle edition with Amazon on 10th December, I've sold 54 copies. All have gone via Amazon. The book is available with Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Kobo, Diesel, Apple and Sony.

I've built two web sites, which I can track using Google Analytics. The biggest visits/sales surge came after I mentioned the book on a car forum to which I belong. Going on Radio York was fun but it didn't have the hoped for effect.

I've already sent review copies to the main newspapers - as yet the only response has been a 'deleted without being read' from one of them.

So, the question is, has anyone any marketing ideas?

Replies

Well done in selling your book. It is a start. Is there any other forums you are on that you could maybe slip it into conversaton? Have you approached your local library about doing a reading? or have all of these been tried already.

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