In last week’s post I announced my first free promotion of MATANZAS BAY as part of the KDP Select Program which gives authors up to
five days over a 90-day period to offer their book free of charge. I’d heard from many authors who had done free promotions with varying results. read more…
Congratulation to Penelope Merriweather, winner of the “Like Parker Francis” contest. As I said in my last post, the contest generated over 350 new Likes to the official Parker Francis Facebook page, spurred, perhaps, by the prize of an autographed copy of BRING DOWN THE FURIES. Penelope’s number was chosen read more…
On December 20 I kicked off a new contest I called the Drive to 205, a blatant attempt to add more Likes to my Parker Francis Facebook page. At the time I had only 95 Likes and was feeling despondent. I said I hoped to double the current number to 205 in read more…
The question most indie authors are asked is how can you get people to notice your book. It’s a good questions considering hundreds of thousands of new books, many of them ebooks, enter the marketplace each year. After the more traditional marketing techniques are tried, we begin looking for the read more…
Saturday, January 12 – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
10280 Midtown Parkway (St. Johns Town Center)
Jacksonville, FL
Saturday, December 22, 2012 – 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
214 Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, FL
Writers are often accused of living inside our heads where we carouse with imaginative characters. Some of us also invent frightful scenarios to cause great bodily harm to these characters.
I must plead guilty to all of the above.
When asked where I get my wild ideas, I sometimes inform the inquirer read more…