tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post4058639963168941719..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: Negotiating the minefield: book promotion in the digital age by Jenny HarperRae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-52380915915390874322015-05-20T13:27:08.449+01:002015-05-20T13:27:08.449+01:00Linda, it's better to ignore a bad review. It ...Linda, it's better to ignore a bad review. It only gives the reviewer the satisfaction of knowing he/she has got to you if lots of people click on the 'not helpful' icon. Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-78752915723429567852015-05-20T13:08:27.370+01:002015-05-20T13:08:27.370+01:00This all resonated with me, Jenny. I've had so...This all resonated with me, Jenny. I've had some stinkers and I honestly think some people must get off on writing one star reviews. As most of you will know I'm with Choc Lit and when one of us gets a stinking review we all zap the 'not helpful' icon like mad on the book's page. My skin is getting thicker these days and my spine is stiffening about all of this....but I don't let them bother me, that way madness lies!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-67744784822684204732015-05-18T13:23:23.726+01:002015-05-18T13:23:23.726+01:00Thanks Georgina - mostly other people's advice...Thanks Georgina - mostly other people's advice, not mine!<br />Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-39613928293622570042015-05-18T13:22:44.115+01:002015-05-18T13:22:44.115+01:00Thanks Dianne. There are so many useful articles o...Thanks Dianne. There are so many useful articles out there, it's hard to know which ones to pick! <br /><br />Good luck with your promo - look forward to hearing how it goes - and of new successes.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by.Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-13256743419414783622015-05-18T07:28:04.662+01:002015-05-18T07:28:04.662+01:00Excellent advice, thank you.Excellent advice, thank you.Georgina Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303824950067128529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-63352276252134454712015-05-17T21:39:07.009+01:002015-05-17T21:39:07.009+01:00Jenny, as a fellow enoveler, I can only chime in w...Jenny, as a fellow enoveler, I can only chime in with echoing affirmation about how valuable this group is, under the guidance of our fearless founder, Jackie Weger. And as a group, with everyone's contributions, we are so strong in our combined knowledge of social media and marketing. I couldn't wade my way through the minefield without the digital support of everyone.<br />As I'm going to do a very aggressive promo push with my upcoming novel, I really appreciated your post with all of its summarized links of importance. A fine example of sanity-saving networking! Thanks!Dianne Greenlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711276193673909087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-81394257658311567942015-05-17T17:26:30.444+01:002015-05-17T17:26:30.444+01:00The RNA is an incredibly supportive organisation, ...The RNA is an incredibly supportive organisation, Julie. I'm always astonished at how people who are essentially competitors share information and promotion so readily. Either it says something really nice about us, or we aren't really competitors at all!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-88898582917019680722015-05-17T16:29:20.794+01:002015-05-17T16:29:20.794+01:00I've found that being a member of an organisat...I've found that being a member of an organisation such as the RNA helps, esp on the promo day. Gilli Allan always picks up topics to Tweet about from the Yahoo group and tweets for other members under 'RNA Tweets'. Julie Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370540030678282595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-18082405966515381012015-05-17T13:01:13.770+01:002015-05-17T13:01:13.770+01:00Keep smiling - now that IS good advice! Thank you ...Keep smiling - now that IS good advice! Thank you for dropping by, Miller, and for your kind words. You are right - networking is good for us on all levels, and I must make myself remember that when the need to spend long hours on the computer becomes overwhelming.Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-79505463870394138832015-05-17T12:58:35.368+01:002015-05-17T12:58:35.368+01:00You are good at it, Rosemary. The perfect hostess!...You are good at it, Rosemary. The perfect hostess!<br /><br />I find quite a difference between US culture and UK culture. We are so diffident about pushing ourselves here! The Americans go for it. Because tweets go all over the world, most of mine tend to be on the pushy side, America being so much bigger a market than the UK. But what do my followers here think of them?<br /><br />Like I say - it's a minefield!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-51404762624777330942015-05-17T12:55:21.730+01:002015-05-17T12:55:21.730+01:00The thing is, the more you learn, the more you fin...The thing is, the more you learn, the more you find there is to learn. It changes all the time, and the big players like Facebook and Amazon move the goalposts all the time too!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-7643783523728574402015-05-17T12:54:14.183+01:002015-05-17T12:54:14.183+01:00You are so right about the friendships, Mary. I fe...You are so right about the friendships, Mary. I feel like I know a lot of the eNovel crowd personally, even though they live in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, France ... And it can be great fun. The St Patrick's Day Leprechaun party we both joined in as hosts was terrific. I posed the question, 'What name should I give the Irish heroine in my next novel?' and got 180 emails in half an hour! Don't think I sold many books, though...<br /><br />I do enjoy a lot of it. I definitely like being able to help other people. However, I do find it all a huge distraction!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-28133312583119098232015-05-17T11:02:48.534+01:002015-05-17T11:02:48.534+01:00Keep smiling and look professional is the best adv...Keep smiling and look professional is the best advice I can give when encountering a negative review. I learned this when promoting my first book, a historical novel. I was approached by what looked like an erudite young man. I though his mother might be the beneficiary of this novel.<br /><br />'I wouldn't buy that book'; he said and I was naturally a bit crestfallen. 'I only read sci-fi.'<br />'Well that made my day. We knew where each other stood. I certainly don't write Sci Fi. Jenny blogs like yours give a real boost to indie and traditional writers. Networking is the oil of our lonely activity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130221742789406109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-89082446805687989472015-05-17T09:05:48.050+01:002015-05-17T09:05:48.050+01:00Thanks for the interesting and useful post, Jenny....Thanks for the interesting and useful post, Jenny. We're told never to respond to negative reviews or star ratings and I expect everyone will see at once that the 2* can be ignored! I've got used to social media now, and although I still don't enjoy the promotion part, I know it's necessary. I like it from the point of view of getting to know so many people online and I do think we need to remember the 'social' part so that any writerly promotion is only one aspect of us as people. Off to check your links, thanks!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-17471994607955194512015-05-17T08:32:47.228+01:002015-05-17T08:32:47.228+01:00Oh Jenny. I don't love it, but I'm trying ...Oh Jenny. I don't love it, but I'm trying not to be scare of all the possibilities - good and bad - that are out there. Very useful post especially all the links. Thank you!Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-66438444051319369212015-05-16T23:08:48.476+01:002015-05-16T23:08:48.476+01:00Sorry about your 2*, Jenny - so maddening when it&...Sorry about your 2*, Jenny - so maddening when it's not even a review. However, it prompted an excellent post, full of useful information for authors in the digital age. Love it or loathe it? Well, in the beginning I knew nothing about marketing and promotion and was floundering around so then I would have said I loathed it. When Jackie Weger invited me to join eNovellers, way back when it was starting out I accepted not knowing what a steep learning curve was in store. Now, I actually enjoy it. I love knowing my tweets might be helping another author who, in turn will help me. It's not all about tweeting, though, it's the sharing of information. If I'm interviewed on a blog, I share on social media. This does several things: provides a bit more exposure, tells other authors about the site and if they visit and share that's good for the blogger and other authors might follow up and later be intervewed or have a book reviewed. I actually find it all pretty exciting and I've made some fantastic friends (albeit virtual, the friendships are real) along the way - and sell books. So, I'll never be in JoJo Moyes' league but Amazon puts some money in my bank account every month. Didn't mean to go on at such length, Jenny, but when I started to comment I suddenly realised how passionately I believe in the fellowship of other authors in our digital world. Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.com