You have completed your manuscript, and now you might be
looking for and agent.
What will the agent see if they GoogleTM your name?
Do you have real followers on social media sites, do you
have an author’s platform?
There are people on the Internet that sell FacebookTM,
TwitterTM, and other sites. If an agent sees this, your reputation
will suffer.
Building a list of subscribers to a blog, newsletter,
followers on social media that you work for will tell agents that you have a
list of potential readers and purchasers for your book.
If you choose to self-publish your book, having an Internet
presence where you have kept your readers up to date on the progress of your
book, and availability to purchase is what you need to sell your book to them.
There is no doubt that writing is a business, and more so
for the self-published author, unless you have a reputation and following like
James Patterson, who by the way, is on television hawking his books.
If you want to sell your books, you need and Internet presence and a platform from which people can purchase your book, or a link to a purchase site like Smashwords, Lulu, iUniversise, or whoever is publishing via POD, paperback, or eReader formats.
Having sold copies may also help you find an agent.
Today’s author needs to have a marketing plan, be willing to
do book signings, promote, and schedule all of this on their own. Most
self-publishing houses do not do this work for you, and many traditional
publishing houses expect authors to do this work to sell their books.
What are you willing to do to create an Internet presence?
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