Librarything | The Newbie Author’s Guide

Librarything is another one of the three biggest book social  media sites. This is one of the bigger reader hot spots that provide authors with means to connect with readers and share their books with them and engage. Librarything has activities and tools than Shelfari, but it falls second to Goodreads. How to Get Author … Continue reading Librarything | The Newbie Author’s Guide

Shelfari | The Newbie Author’s Guide

What is Shelfari? Shelfari is Amazon’s community for readers and authors that works much like Goodreads and Librarything where people can put up a virtual bookshelf and declare author status. Authors can put extras about their books that will display on their book listing on Amazon.com. It is separate from the discussion forums that are on Amazon.com … Continue reading Shelfari | The Newbie Author’s Guide

AuthorCentral | The Newbie Author’s Guide

AuthorCentral is basically your author dashboard for Amazon.com and Selfari. When you set up your account here you can achieve author status on Shelfari and control the content for your book sales page contents and more. You will also have an Amazon author page created for you that is accessible for shoppers on Amazon. You can also … Continue reading AuthorCentral | The Newbie Author’s Guide

Marketing Your Book: For Beginners

Beginner’s Dive into Marketing: Marketing can seem like a daunting task at first glance, but if you take it step by step and allow yourself plenty of time to get into the marketing groove before your book is released, you will have a much easier time of it and gain the advantage of having your … Continue reading Marketing Your Book: For Beginners