Wow...its certainly been some time since I've posted on here!
One of the main reasons for getting back onto my website and sprucing things up a bit again is I've just finished reading Lets Get Digital by David Gaughran. *Writer Chat Incoming* I would say that for me, reading this book has been as useful as reading Steven King's On Writing, although in a very different way. Full disclosure, its really highlighted to me a lot of things I've been doing wrong, or not as well as I could be doing anyway. Basically the book acts as a step by step guide to self publishing, from writing the first draft to marketing strategies. Gaughran is a successful self published writer in his own right so knows the subject and his style makes the topics discussed very easy to understand. One of my main take away's would be to pay for professional covers for your self published titles, which I have done for my latest book, Ringer (more about that service in another post!). Previously I'd done these myself and thought they were ok, but ok doesn't cut it really. The chapters on the importance of the Kindle Store, categories and keywords and how to maximise these is also really interesting and useful. I'm also in the process of refreshing this site and looking to set up a mailing list to help with marketing in the future. The sections on Marketing are also great. Professional editing is also something I plan to look at and I'll be looking again at the end material in all my books and making sure that is helping me out as much as it can. All in all a great read and very insightful, with numerous common sense points for self published authors to take on board and apply easily. All for less than £4 on Kindle! I'd also suggest signing up to Gaughran's mailing list to get regular updates and a free copy of Amazon Decoded too! Until next time DT
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