Twitter for Authors: Social Media Book Marketing Strategies for Shy Writers
By Beth Barany
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About this ebook
Social media book marketing is key to building your author platform and to selling more books.
For many authors, the idea of sharing themselves with the world through Twitter and other social media platforms can be petrifying.
But in Twitter for Authors: Social Media Book Marketing for Shy Writers, you will discover simple ways to connect with your audience and potential readers.
In this easy-to-read guide, written by a shy writer, novelist and teacher, Beth Barany, you'll find the confidence and encouragement to step into social media and the how-to steps on what to say, how to find your followers, and how to present yourself in 140 characters or less.
With a focus on Twitter, the author takes you through the principles you need to understand to make this medium useful to your writing career.
Chapters cover such topics as:
-- How to set up your Twitter profile
-- How to get comfortable with Twitter
-- How to craft messages to get your potential readers curious
-- How to build your network on Twitter
-- How to use special tools like hashtags and chats
-- Examples of what other writers say on Twitter
-- How to make best use of your Twitter time
-- How to use Twitter to build your author career even before you're published
-- And more!
Delivered in 20 short chapters, Twitter for Authors: Social Media Book Marketing for Shy Writers is designed to be read and then acted upon, so you can build your audience and your brand today.
Beth Barany
Award winning author, Beth Barany writes in several genres including young adult adventure fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction mysteries. Inspired by living abroad in France and Quebec, she loves creating magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. For fun, Beth enjoys walking her neighborhood, gardening on her patio, and watching movies and traveling with her husband, author Ezra Barany. They live in Oakland, California with a piano and over 1,000 books.
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Twitter for Authors - Beth Barany
Twitter for Authors:
Social Media Book Marketing Strategies for Shy Writers
SMASHWORDS EDITION
by Beth Barany
Bestselling author of books for writers:
Overcome Writer's Block https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/42082 and
The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book
Author of the award-winning YA epic fantasy, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/46068
Discover other titles by Beth Barany at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bethbarany.
beth@bethbarany.com
http://www.bethbarany.com
http://twitter.com/Beth_Barany
https://www.facebook.com/BethBookCoach
Copyright 2012 Beth Barany
All rights reserved.
Published by Barany Publishing
We publish books that empower authors to have successful careers.
Barany Publishing
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Table of Contents
WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: A Pep Talk, or Increase Your Book Sales Before You Write Your Book
Chapter 2: Using Twitter to Network and Market Your Books
Chapter 3: Playing a Social Networking Game You Can Win: An Introduction
Chapter 4: Your Clear Message: Get Your Potential Readers Curious Now
Chapter 5: How to Write Your Twitter Profile
Chapter 6: Promotions on $0 Budget: Use Twitter for a Purpose
Chapter 7: When Writers Tweet: 5 Hot Tips for Finding and Keeping Your Twitter Groove
Chapter 8: Chat on Twitter: The What and How of Author Chats on Twitter
Chapter 9: How to Use Hashtags on Twitter to Connect with Your Readers
Chapter 10: All the Good News That’s Fit to Tweet: What to Say on Twitter
Chapter 11: More Examples of What to Say on Twitter
Chapter 12: Don’t Use Twitter If …
Chapter 13: Dare to Play With Twitter: The Dirty Little Secret
Chapter 14: Social Networking for Authors: An Overview on Author Branding
Chapter 15: Play a Game You Can Win: Social Media Book Marketing Strategies for Shy Writers
Chapter 16: Discover Your Book Promotions Style by Copying, I Mean, Following the Masters
Chapter 17: Unpublished Authors Can Promote Too!
Chapter 18: How to Find Your Readers Online
Chapter 19: Artist Entrepreneur: Build From Your Strengths, A Case Study
Chapter 20: Indie Authors: What is Your #1 Tip for Marketing?
Hurrah
Credits
Acknowledgements
About The Author
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WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
You're a fiction writer, a novelist. Perhaps you're starting your first novel and want to know what this Twitter and social media thing is all about. Perhaps you've been writing for a while and are getting ready to send your manuscript to agents and editors and know you need some kind of social media presence. You may be wondering if Twitter is right for you. Or perhaps you've been using Twitter for socializing and now want to use it to build a presence with your potential readers, fans, and supporters. If you find yourself in one of these groups, then this book was written for you.
Wherever you may be in your fiction writing adventure, this book is also for authors who would like to get comfortable using Twitter, and other social media tools, to market your books and your message, so that you can share your stories with the world.
I'm assuming that you'd like more readers, you’d like to sell more books, and you’d like to have time to do what's most important to you: write more books. This book is for you.
Additionally, this book is for shy introverted fiction and creative nonfiction book authors, who want tips and tricks on what works best, and are willing to experiment with different things to find what works for you individually.
This book is also for authors who are ready to take charge of their publishing careers through social media book marketing. Whether you're independently published, self-published, with a small press, or published by a big publisher, great! You came to the right place. I believe in helping authors learn what they need to know so they can take charge of their careers.
By the time you're done reading this book, my goal is to help you feel more comfortable with sharing your books on Twitter, on other social media channels, and even in person. I'll help you feel clear about how to use Twitter, help you feel satisfied from the experience, and help you create connections between you, your fans and supporters.
While I wrote this book primarily for fiction writers, nonfiction writers will find these tips useful, too.
Adapted from blog posts and articles, I wrote this book in bite-sized pieces for quick and easy consumption in this busy world. This book will help you get inspired, take