It’s the Monthly Blog Hop for the Insecure Writers Support Group founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh.
The first Wednesday of every month, an optional question is announced that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience, or even a story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG
Today's awesome co-hosts for the March 4 IWSG posting are:
PJ Colando, Ronel Janse van Vuuren and Natalie Aguirre
I come from anther time...
A magical time...
When writing a book was all an author had to do.
When the book was finished...
And the author landed an agent...
And the agent landed a publisher...
And the publisher had the manuscript edited...
And all the details about book cover design, promotion, etc...
Were handled by said publisher.
That was it!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Yeah, the only thing magical about this scenario...
Is my thinking—magical thinking.
Promotion for an author’s book was always necessary...
Before the Internet, and Facebook, and Instagram, and Algorithms etc.
It was all done differently but still done.
So, getting back to today’s question...
What I’m doing about my book launch?
I’m in the process now getting ideas...
I will be scouring the Internet making notes on other author’s methods and ideas...
And having a more engaging social media presence.
And you?’
What do you do for a book launch?
Or have any ideas to share?
Always,
Em-Musing
5 comments:
Magical indeed! Publishers do help but we have to do most of it.
It was definitely a different time. The other thing I've noticed, all the content from that time was...similar. And I don't mean that in a good way. We were either less picky as readers or really didn't have a choice. Maybe communication was just harder? At any rate, there's good and bad that comes from any evolution, eh?
Ah, yes. The good old days!
Scour the Internet and books for what is working now. I had to update my marketing book as so much changed in the past few years.
Ha! Ha! I like your magical version of what happens. Hopefully, you'll get some helpful suggestions from everyone's answers.
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