How to use free media to become a bestselling author (on Kindle, too)
Here's a news story about how author Scott Sigler used free media to land a publishing contract and become a bestselling author. This isn't specifically about Kindle, but you can certainly use it for your Kindle books:
How Scott Sigler used free media to become a best-selling author | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News
This isn't totally new, but it certainly confirms what you've heard about building your audience.
The gist:
1. He started giving away his books for free to build his audience.
2. He offered his novel as a free podcast in 20 weekly episodes. He also credits this for improving his writing, because when he read it out loud he could hear his pretentiousness.
3. He got his contract with Crown publishing.
4. He began producing video trailers for his books -- the kind of trailers you usually see for movie promos.
There's another success story to motivate you to get that book finished.
Becky
How Scott Sigler used free media to become a best-selling author | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News
This isn't totally new, but it certainly confirms what you've heard about building your audience.
The gist:
1. He started giving away his books for free to build his audience.
2. He offered his novel as a free podcast in 20 weekly episodes. He also credits this for improving his writing, because when he read it out loud he could hear his pretentiousness.
3. He got his contract with Crown publishing.
4. He began producing video trailers for his books -- the kind of trailers you usually see for movie promos.
There's another success story to motivate you to get that book finished.
Becky
nothing to see here.