Are authors rich? Not the majority.

Is book marketing easy for an author? Again, I’m going to say, not for most.

So, how can you help, dear reader?

Supporting authors is pretty simple, really. Here’s my top 10 tips for easy ways to support an author:

  1. Pre-order their books. This boosts the sales ranking for their book on launch day, which gives it more visibility.
  2. Buy their books. Same reason as above, plus you’ll make the author’s day.
  3. Read their books on KU. If you have a subscription, it’s part of your plan, and they’ll get paid for the page reads.
  4. Recommend their books. Word of mouth goes a long way.
  5. Share their posts. Even when people are scrolling quickly through their feed, a book image will stick in their mind and they might just decide to buy it.
  6. Follow their social media. That way you’ll get all their latest book alerts, or find out about any discount promos on their back titles.
  7. Write book reviews. More reviews helps readers decide if a book is for them – or not (latter point steers the wrong readers away from the chances of bad reviews).
  8. Leave ratings. This boosts visibility, helping to put their book in the path of the right readers.
  9. Attend their book events. Chatting to an author about their books, even if you are just browsing not buying, is motivation for them to keep writing. Authors need to know they have an audience.
  10. Borrow their books from libraries. It’s free for you, and the author still gets paid (in a similar way to getting page reads on Kindle Unlimited). Plus, you’re supporting your local library in a time of funding cuts and closures. Win-win for author, reader and library!

Posted by on October 12, 2024 in Opinion, Reading and tagged , , , , , , , .

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About Leilanie Stewart

Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry. In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.

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