Comments on: MIND MELD: Publishing Lessons From Debut Authors (Part 2) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2014/05/mind-meld-publishing-lessons-from-debut-authors-part-2/ A Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy blog featuring news, interviews, reviews, points of view and fun stuff. Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 By: Tabitha (Not Yet Read) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2014/05/mind-meld-publishing-lessons-from-debut-authors-part-2/#comment-141413 Wed, 21 May 2014 18:53:47 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=94134#comment-141413 Yes authors are rock stars – those pajamas…dead sexy. *cough*

Anyways I totally agree with Somain – it isn’t just about selling your book anymore and seeing if it gets big – you have to pimp yourself out as well as the books. Social media and legwork that authors have to do now a days to get known is such a big part of whether more people will pick up your book.

If I randomly walk into a store or online I always check to see on goodreads first if someone I know has read it and if they have what they think. Seeing that most of the people on my GR list are bloggers I can always count on someone having read it and there being some initial thoughts out there. But also hearing things from the author on a personal basis is so important. Making yourselves approachable to readers makes us more prone to push books on our friends.

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By: Paul (@princejvstin) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2014/05/mind-meld-publishing-lessons-from-debut-authors-part-2/#comment-141406 Wed, 21 May 2014 12:25:40 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=94134#comment-141406 Trying to figure out your sales via Amazon ranking/Bookscan etc is like trying to read your future in tea leaves.

Oh, so true, so true, from what my author friends tell me.

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