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ravencorinncarluk
Jul 12, 2011

nerd of all trades
author of stories with bite
o,.,o
Hello fellow self-pubbers.

Great thread. It makes me want to add my two cents about Smashwords and Amazon.

I submit to both, and just opt out of Amazon in the premium Smashwords catalog. Mostly because I dislike the disclaimer Smashwords requires.

But I love having my books on Smashwords for review purposes. I can give someone a coupon code and the link, and they can download whatever format they would prefer. Easier than me emailing out files.

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ravencorinncarluk
Jul 12, 2011

nerd of all trades
author of stories with bite
o,.,o
I don't watch book trailers. I made one for my short story anthology, and it was hard to make.

A comment by a book marketer I admire changed my mind about book trailers. I had gotten the impression that indie authors needed all the exposure they could get, thus I NEEDED a trailer. As she pyt it, the kind of people who read aren't the kind to learn about books via video. Mixing media in the wrong way.


FingerbangMisfire posted:

I just posted this question in the Reddit thread, but I wanted to ask here as well: Does anybody bother watching book trailers? Would you make one for your self-published piece? I'm thinking about anything as simple as an author introducing himself to readers or as complicated as you'd want to make.

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