Until the incidence and rapid growth of the Internet, authors found it virtually impossible to create let alone maintain contact with their readers. Now they are able to do this easily and automatically. In my own writing activities (and in common with an ever-increasing number of authors) I operate several multi-page information web sites where I provide my readers with a variety of channels for news and contact:
Home Page - with the focus on my latest work
Bibliography - listing all published titles
Services - information on my availability for lecturing, book reviewing, etc.
Guest Page - where readers can log in and record comments
Contact - providing my personal email address
Ezine - where they can subscribe to my free newsletter
But you can do more than communicate with your readers with a dedicated web site; you can assist the publisher with the marketing of your book - and you can do this in various ways. Your contribution to the overall plan in the highly competitive industry of book publishing will be small but nonetheless valuable.
WHY YOU SHOULD DO THIS FOLLOWING PUBLICATION
The sooner you set up a site, the sooner you will start a dialogue flowing with readers and potential readers; the sooner you will start contributing to the promotional thrust; and all the sooner you will start selling the odd copy or two yourself.
How do you do that? Easy - follow this simple 4-point plan.
1. Buy direct from the publisher's distributor at trade discounts of up 35%.
2. Gear up to accept payments by credit card from anywhere in the world. You can do this for free at http://www.clickbank.com
3. Place an order button on your home page.
4. Sell at the cover price and pocket the difference.
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