Tag: book promotion
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You Can’t Control Your Destiny, Only Your Direction
Here’s a lesson I have learned and am continuing to learn as an indie author: I can’t control my destiny, but I can control my direction. I have a goal. I would one day love to write for a living, but I have no way of knowing if it will ever come true. There are…
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It’s Finished! Moving on and other stuff for May
My manuscript for my third novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, is finished. It has been edited and proofread. Done. I’m so happy and absolutely can’t wait to get it out to readers. I’ll have a lot more to say about it in the next few weeks – including the cover reveal which is coming…
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This is not a book cover
But it soon will be! Be watching in April for the unveiling of my ultra-amazing new cover to my third novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree. Kindle & Paperback Release Date: July 1, 2014 In the meantime, I have some great promotions up my sleeves over the next couple of months. It’s exciting to move…
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The Recluse Storyteller Spotlight and Excerpt
Head on over to Cassandra’s Lost in Books and find a spotlight and excerpt of The Recluse Storyteller not found elsewhere. And, if you look across the top of her page, you’ll notice a special announcement about an exciting promo for the book coming this week! Stay tuned for details. Read spotlight and excerpt HERE!…
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Breaking Through the Noise for Writers and Readers
How can a writer standout in an extremely crowded, competitive market? How can a reader know what is really a good read without reading it? No simple solutions exist for either of these quandaries. As an indie author who’s been promoting for a year now, I attest to the difficulty of knowing what marketing strategies…
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Working for Every Sale
Being an Indie Author isn’t easy. And yet it isn’t necessarily hard, either. What it most certainly is, however, is time-consuming. As I approach the one year anniversary release date of “Beauty Rising”, I beginning to understand one thing: I have to work for every sale. And as I said, it isn’t easy. The trajectory…
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Washing Windows and Learning: A Lesson for Indie Authors
I was washing a few windows today. When I finished from the outside of the house, I went in thinking my work was finished. But as I looked at the same windows from inside, insidious streaks spread over the glass. Am I that bad of a window washer? It made me think about a time…
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8.3% – The Best Goodreads Giveaway Odds Ever! (maybe)
Though I can’t say for sure because I lack authoritative data on the subject, my Vietnam Goodreads giveaway had (perhaps) the best possible winning percentage ever with every entry having an 8.3% change of winning. One winner out of twelve entries. Awesome! I’m so happy to be sending a copy of Beauty Rising into Vietnam,…
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About that Facebook Author’s Page
Honestly, thinking about making a Facebook Author’s Page for author Mark W Sasse makes me extremely uncomfortable. Self-promotion is one of the jobs I like least about being an indie author, but I have to keep telling myself: there is no one else to promote me! And so I keep coming back to the ‘should I’…
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Monumental Firsts for a New Indie Author
I’m so new at this; releasing and promoting my novel “Beauty Rising” has been quite an experience. I sometimes feel like I’m playing darts blindfolded, having no idea where the target is. Because really, as a new, unknown Indie Author I don’t know what the target should be. Should I be happy selling my first fifty books…
Author Mark W Sasse 