Three practical ideas to promote your e-book

A good friend of mine shared his e-book with me the other day, and asked me if I could help promote his book for him. I’m always happy to help, so in this post I’m going to share three simple ideas to help you promote your e-book.

First of all, getting featured on somebody else’s blog is great, however to really take control it’s imperative that authors build a following and platform of their own. Even traditional publishers these days are hesitant to work with new authors who have not yet developed their own platform. To be blunt: until you start building a following of your own you won’t have much success in the publishing world.

Here’s three practical ideas to get started, ranging from having no budget to being more serious about your career as a published author.

We’ll Tweet your book

I love promoting books and helping fellow authors. Just send a Tweet about your book with the hashtag #wowbooks – we’ll retweet across our platform and share it. No cost.

Build your own following

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