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Ksenia Anske

February 26, 2015

This beast called "Self-promotion"

by Ksenia Anske


Photo by Laura Zalenga

Photo by Laura Zalenga

Photo by Laura Zalenga

Photo by Laura Zalenga

Okay, so I got asked advice on how to self-promote and get people to do the things you ask them to do and so on. And I thought, this is a loaded question and I ought to write a whole post about it. Because here is the thing. 

NUMBER ONE.

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TAGS: Self-promotion, marketing, how to, advertising


August 24, 2014

How to get readers interested in your book

by Ksenia Anske


Photo by Joel Robison

Photo by Joel Robison

Photo by Joel Robison

Photo by Joel Robison

Dylann Rhea asked: "I'm just curious about how you get readers interested in your book? I have followers on twitter (which are mostly companies and other indie writers) but no one seems to be interested in reading my story. I know I'm really new to the writing world and I'm just grasping how to advertise and all that jazz but I still can't figure out how to get readers interested."

I have a very simple answer for you.

DON'T.

It's harsh, but it's true. If you work hard at "getting readers interested in your book", as in, you will shove it in their faces, you will foist it in their hands, you will shout at them on every corner how they absolutely must read your timeless masterpiece and how if they don't, you will follow them all the way home and nag them there until they take your book just to get rid of you and later barf on it or give it to their dogs or burn it or throw it in a trash bin where raccoons will pee on it in the night, oblivious to your literary genius shining forth from the pages within. That's not how you get people interested in reading your work. Want to know why?

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TAGS: readers, interest, books, how to, advertising, beginning writers