My first book Exchange Day was published 2 short weeks ago and I have been toiling over marketing ever since. I posted on FB, asked friends to share the book page I created, begged friends with twitter accounts to tweet something for me, and have told everyone I know to share the book by good ole fashioned word of mouth. But I knew I needed to do more.
I've been reading Indie Writer Blogs to learn as much as I can about other forms of marketing that I can explore. A few days ago I learned about KBoards. These are discussion forums designed to share info on books. I am unfamiliar with the KBoard culture, but have enough common sense to know not to annoy everyone with self-promotion. However, I do not really understand the point of most forums and have a difficult time understanding how they can be used. So I decided to start small. I found one forum titled "Your Top 10 Desert Island Books," and read all the posts. Seemed straight forward enough, though I don't know why strangers would care what books I would take with me on a deserted island. So I decided to pop my KBoard cherry. I made a list of 10.
I have posted this list below, not so that you can judge the books I would take with me. I posted to show you how much of a social media lame-o I am. I numbered my list like everyone else. However, for number 8, I unwittingly typed a sunglasses emoticon. Not sure if this comes across as a square trying to play on the newfangled computer. Or if it looks like I am cool and especially like Game of Thrones (which I do.)
Oh well. Live and learn, I guess.
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