A conversation on our Discord has prompted me to say again: remember, y'all, what really sells books is not the author talking about their work, but *readers* talking about it. Word of mouth drives far more sales than advertising or any other engine. So if you loved a book, tell your friends!
Also, when a book you like goes on sale, it's always good to share with friends that way too!
e.g. I would probably never have read @marthawells.bsky.social wonderful Witch King book if she hadn't shared that the ebook was on sale recently (as well as the Award nominations!)
This is absolutely true haha. I was struggling to find a sci-fi series to jump into after finishing the expanse and a random post online basically was gushing over "Children of Time".
Gave it a try after a lot of misses with other books and it was so good! Really excited to read the sequels ~
I can't tell you how often I ask people to tell others about our books, but it's just not that easy.
It takes a monumental amount of effort to open your mouth or type something on a keyboard.
Apparently.
It's like pulling teeth nowadays cause you don't wanna force it but people gotta realize advertising is a hard bag by yourself. Any bit helps even just 'HEY THIS IS GREAT' or else you'll be stuck in that neverending sea.
I notice that a lot too, people are less willing to follow links off-site anymore. It's created a terrible atmosphere where if they can't get it on the app then they won't bother. Gone are the days of people being more proactive in searching for new content.
Well, I can't very well sell a book off of Facebook.
Hmm.
Or can I? I suppose I could sell the ebook right from the platform, as a downloadable file. 🤔
Maybe in the marketplace...
Oh, Amazon would just love that.
The majority of my book buying is based on authors recommending books they’ve read. That is how I find most authors new to me. First on Twitter but now here.
I hope to have gotten at least a few people to read the lady Trent series. I actually doodled something about the wing mechanism you had described because it was so darn intriguing!
It's run by me and Alyc Helms for our readers; you're entirely welcome to join, but it's not a general-purpose book server, if that's what you're looking for.
discord.com/invite/uyqXY...
