Fish Fingers
Last night I finally took the plunge and went along to the local writers' circle. Something I have shied away from until now. I was finally spurred into joining because of the guest speaker, Seumas Gallacher.
Seumas has self published three books on Kindle. He knew nothing about social networking and had to start from scratch. This can be a bit of a nightmare for, how shall I put it, those of us that are more mature.
Fortunately I have had computers in my life since the Sinclair ZX81 and for quite a time in my full time job. Still, trying to understand how some of the sites work has, and in some cases still is, a bit of a struggle.
Do they matter? After all we are just going to put our books on Amazon and away they go. Not quite. Suppose you had brought out a new brand of fish fingers, would you expect people to know that you have brought out a new product? Not really. You would have to market them.
If you think I am comparing my book and yours to fish fingers, you are not wrong. We have to work just as hard to sell our books as Findus and Birds Eye (yes there are other brands available) had to do when they first launched the fish finger.
Now anyone who wants fish fingers can go to the freezer and there they are. But imagine if there were millions of brands available. Where would you start? With the one that pushed itself to the front, and that is what you have to do with your books.
Get it now? Seumas got me to see the light. I hope he gets you to see it too.
Seumas can be found at http://seumasgallacher.com/
Go and pay him a visit. He is well worth reading.
ps. tell him I sent you. He might buy me a drink.
pps. The Bahrain Writers' Circle are a lovely bunch of people. I will be back.
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