What this book is REALLY going to tell you is that there are no easy answers. With thousands of books being released every day, if you don’t want yours to disappear from view instantly, you’re going to have to actually market it. Even if you’re with a mainstream publisher, you as the author will still have to do something, from book signings to library talks. Self-publishers have to do everything, or risk sinking without trace. And being self-published myself, I can tell you,

Full title: Let’s Get Digital; How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should by David Gaughran I’m going to preface this review by saying that I have about a hundred books on self-publishing, being an indie author, writing to market, writing methods and marketing your writing. I’ve been looking for the definitive work to recommend to other authors considering self-publishing, just starting out on that road of discovery I’ve been stumbling along for a year or so now. I think I just

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article talking about my first experience with BargainBooksy, a feature I did for Dana's Duo. You can read the article here. This week I want to analyse BargainBooksy's sister site, Freebooksy. Once again, I didn't do any additional marketing for the promotion. I didn't talk about it on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr; I just let the promo run without any interference from me. On Freebooksy, your book must be at least temporarily free. Since all