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| February 19, 2015
Oakland, California
Stormy
Hi Friend,
I just got back from teaching, speaking, and doing author coaching sessions at the San Francisco Writers Conference -- 4 days! -- and was impressed with all the dedicated authors I met there.
I'm still recovering sleep-wise, and am happy I was able to jump back into my work-in-progress today, editing book 3 of my Henrietta The Dragon Slayer series.
I had a major tech snafu with my weekly Blab chat this week and so decided to bring the topic into a formal webinar on "How to Get Reviews," since people were disappointed. So was I.
I wanted to share how book bloggers are eager to connect with authors and other readers, and how with a little attention, you can connect with bloggers, get reviews, and use the power of word of mouse to increase your visibility and potentially sales.
Many authors think that they just need to do certain promotions to increase sales, but there is no one size fits all in this creative business.
There is no guarantee that asking book bloggers to review your book will generate sales, but if you don't try it, how will you know?
All the details on how to get book reviews here:
http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2015/11/05/how-to-get-reviews-by-beth-barany/
or join us for the special free webinar on March 1st:
http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/special-free-webinar-get-book-reviews/
If you have a book that's difficult to classify because it crosses a few genres, go with the dominant genre when you query bloggers.
Book bloggers really appreciate hearing directly from authors. That's one of the perks of what they do as a hobby: review books and chat about them with their friends who love the same types of books as they do.
In business terms, book bloggers are key influencers. They publish reviews to their blog readers; they already have a built-in audience. Another way of looking at it is the one-to-many marketing, just like teaching or speaking (other great way to get the word out about your book.)
What concerns do you have about getting book reviews? Hit reply and let me know. I'll do my best to address them in the webinar.
♥
All my best,
Beth
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| | | | Special Free Webinar: How to Get Book Reviews
If you want to develop a long-term relationship with one of the key influencers in our industry—book bloggers—then you’ll want to learn how to get reviews for your books.
This webinar is for:
• Independent and traditionally published authors who want more reviews for their books.
• Genre novelists, though you can adapt this material to your nonfiction books too. Resources we share will be tailored for genre novelists.
• Soon-to-be-published novelists who want to line up early reviews from their supporters and fans.
• Published novelist who want to get reviews for their current books, coming soon books, and even their backlist, so that they can generate new attention on their
books.
In this special free webinar we will cover how to get reviews from book bloggers. They are people who love to read and have started their own blog or video blog, are active on social media, and love to connect with authors.
This webinar (and upcoming course) does not cover how to get industry reviews from such publications as Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, newspapers, or magazines.
We’ll cover:
• How to Find Appropriate Bloggers
• How to Draft your Query to Bloggers
• How to Track Your Progress and Research of Bloggers
• How to Set up a Review Campaign and Why You Would Want To
• Tips on How to Promote Your Review Campaign
• And take your questions live!
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Time: 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT | 7pm ET | xxpm GMT
How: Special Free Webinar!
http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/special-free-webinar-get-book-reviews/
Space is limited to 50 spots, so sign up early, and show up early.
I’m excited to share with you this information, hosted by me, Beth Barany, publisher of the Writer’s Fun Zone and Book Midwife for dedicated genre novelists.
ABOUT OUR TEACHER
Beth Barany is an award-winning fantasy and romance novelist who has worked with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and published. Her first novel, a young adult adventure fantasy, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer (Book 1), won the 2012 Grand Prize Award of the California Indie Fiction contest. She’s passionate about writing, story telling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams. Her latest book for writers is Twitter for Authors: Social Media Book Marketing Strategies for Shy Writers.
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Hope to see you at one of these!
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Time: 4-5:30pm Pacific
SPECIAL WEBINAR: HOW TO GET BOOK REVIEWS
Free!
You're on my list so you don't need to register, unless you want the goodies! Then go here: http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/special-free-webinar-get-book-reviews/
March 14-28, 2016
How to Get Book Reviews course
Sign up here to register:
http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/how-to-get-reviews/
April 1-30, 2016
Branding and Marketing for Novelists Bootcamp course
Sign up here to register:
http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/branding-marketing-bootcamp-for-novelists-april-2016/
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
Sign up for both the How to Get Book Reviews course and the Branding and Marketing for Novelists Bootcamp course by March 1, 2016, 9pm Pacific, you get some Early Bird Bonuses valued at over $300.
- How to Run a Successful Blog Tour for Novelists home study course ($297 value) (You can see the course curriculum here.)
July 2016
21st Century Publishing Options, 2 week course (Dates and registration coming soon!)
Sign up here to get notified:
http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/book-publishing-tips/
September 2016
Attending StoryExpo
Los Angeles, CA
https://storyexpo.com/
October 13-16, 2016
Delivering Master Class & a Workshop at Emerald City Writers Conference
Seattle, WA
Registration will be here:
http://gsrwa.org/ecwc/conference/
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Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
beth@bethbarany.com
PS. If you found this newsletter useful, please forward it to your friends,
writing buddies, and people who you know want to write a novel, but
gosh darn it, haven't yet.
♥
ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 18 books and 5 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 15 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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