Indie authors don't get enough credit.
No publisher backing them. No marketing team. No agent.
Just them, a laptop, and a story they believe in so much they bet everything on it.
That takes more guts than most people will ever have. ๐ฏ
Who reads your stories? Some writers try to please everyone. Speak to the specific person who loves your genre. Think of a small group of friends. You want to find your best friends in the book world. #bookmarketing
Authors: You are not a "writer."
You are a small business owner, and your book is your first product.
Stop treating it like a passion project and start treating it like an asset.
Your social media feels exhausting because you're creating, not distributing.
You don't need 30 new ideas.
You need ONE good idea from your book, turned into 10 different formats.
Stop "asking for reviews."
Start sending your 20 biggest fans a personal email (or DM) with a swipe file, a thank you, and a non-pushy ask.
You don't need 100 reviews.
You need 20 good ones.
Your Amazon book page is not a sales page; it's a conversion page. If you don't drive your own traffic (from email, from X), you will make zero sales. The algorithm won't save you.
Most authors are terrified of marketing.
Good. It's not your job.
Your job is to create one piece of content so valuable people feel guilty not buying your book.
LaToya Lawrence's "Born of the Veil" tells of a woman in Queens whose Brujerรญa curse unleashes a terrifying power within her. ๐ฑ
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