tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post3345105720510498757..comments2024-02-28T17:57:30.344+00:00Comments on Gill's Blog: The Rewards of Self-promotionGill Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907328485580011762noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post-90921869145661448032011-05-23T19:23:29.306+01:002011-05-23T19:23:29.306+01:00Brilliant information on self publishing, thank yo...Brilliant information on self publishing, thank you for this blog. I also wholeheartedly recommend 'Peggy Larkin's War'. I read the book before painting the cover and fell in love with it. My partener began to read it reluctantly, because it was a kid's book but, when he finally succumbed to my persuasion, he couldn't put it down. Trevor Forest is a brilliant writer and I just know you will love the book too.Just Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496999593165899775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post-43303116423944120482011-05-20T22:57:33.869+01:002011-05-20T22:57:33.869+01:00Yes, very interesting points Gill. I definitely fe...Yes, very interesting points Gill. I definitely feel it's possible to achieve the balance between self-promotion and genuine interaction with like minded people. Thanks for this food for thought.Alison Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362636911324944855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post-70984560572268958692011-05-20T20:15:48.765+01:002011-05-20T20:15:48.765+01:00Really interesting post, Gill. I'd never thoug...Really interesting post, Gill. I'd never thought about how many times we need to hear about something we're interested in before buying it before but that makes sense.<br /><br />I can wholeheartedly recommend Peggy Larkin's War - I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and, thinking about it, apart from knowing Trevor through Twitter, one of the reasons it appealed to me was because Nina Bawden's Carrie's War was a childhood favourite.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719765628886270649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post-12672816425028783332011-05-20T11:07:01.440+01:002011-05-20T11:07:01.440+01:00What a wonderful post. And you won't be disapp...What a wonderful post. And you won't be disappointed by 'Peggy Larkin's War' it is a superb book for readers of any age, I absolutely loved it.Rebecca Eminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931904595437049369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910220950634467298.post-78574289985192711212011-05-20T09:05:47.050+01:002011-05-20T09:05:47.050+01:00Wonderful post, Gill, thank you. (mind you I would...Wonderful post, Gill, thank you. (mind you I would say that). My only worry in promoting Peggy Larkin’ War was overdoing it. As it’s a children’s book I couldn’t speak to my intended audience and didn’t want to attempt to hunt down kids on Twitter for obvious reasons. I was quite nervous when I first began to promote it as I had a vision of suddenly losing half my followers. Thankfully my friends on twitter understood the problems that self published authors have with merchandising and promotion, and no one has taken me to task over it. Maybe my friends are too polite, lol.<br />Twitter is one of the few tools a self published author has to work with, so when I decided to push I had to push hard. I think the trick is to make sure you interact with your twitter friends at the same time as a continual bombardment would put the most sympathetic of followers to hit the unfollow button. I do try not to massively overdo it and make sure I chat with people and have some fun too. So far it’s gone well and I’ve managed to stir up a lot of interest without any negative feedback. I really would hate to be seen as a spammer.<br />Many thanks for the article Gill. I hope you enjoy Peggy Larkin's War if you do buy it, the feedback on it so far has been beyond my wildest dreams.<br />TrevorTrevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479128863662675716noreply@blogger.com