Like most indies, I am struggling to find the right outlets and my audience. Today, I received a very informative email from Robert Stanek, he is an indie author who has had some success in the publishing world. For my post, I am sharing his knowledge with you on getting the word out there and increasing your reading and viewing audience.
I’m pleased today to welcome Robert Stanek as a guest on my blog. Robert Stanek is not only the talented author of more than 150 books for adults and children but someone who has been helping other writers ever since his first book was published in 1995.
Back in the early days of the Web, Robert created Writer’s Gallery, Internet Job Center and Internet Daily News to help other writers (archives at http://www.tvpress.com). These days Robert helps other writers by hosting some terrific writers groups, by blogging about writing-related topics, and through his Read Indie tweets on twitter.
On Facebook, Robert Stanek hosts one of the more popular groups for getting the word out about your promotions and free offerings. It’s called “Free Today” and you’ll find the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/freet.... On Twitter, you can tweet using the hashtag #freetoday as another way to spread the word about your promotions and freebies.
Go Indie (https://www.facebook.com/groups/goindie/) is another terrific group for writers that Robert hosts on Facebook. Go Indie is a group dedicated to promoting indie authors, indie books, and indie booksellers. On Twitter, you can also use hashtag #goindie to spread the word about your books.
On Goodreads.com, Robert hosts the Read Indies group. Read Indies helps to provide a platform for writers to discuss their books and writing-related topics. Read Indies is at http://goodreads.com/group/show/88011.
Robert also writes the Read Indies Blog (http://readindies.blogspot.com/). The blog discusses many important writing-related issues and details many of the challenges indie authors face in gaining mainstream acceptance. Some of the more interesting posts:
Taking Your Work from Print to Film - http://readindies.blogspot.com/2012/1...
Selling Rights to Your Books - http://readindies.blogspot.com/2012/1...
Viewpoints on Rejection Letters - http://readindies.blogspot.com/2013/0...
Understanding Bestseller Lists - http://readindies.blogspot.com/2013/0...
Finding Success as a Writer - http://readindies.blogspot.com/2013/0...
You can learn more about Robert and his books at www.robert-stanek.com.
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