Posts belonging to Category Promoting ebooks
Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 4, 2012
A frequent mistake I see is for people to turn half the words in their message into hashtags in their Twitter tweet. Doing that reduces the tweet’s effectiveness. … resist the urge to put the # in front of too many words in the message portion of your tweet.
Categories: Promoting ebooks, social networking, Twitter |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote a book online, social networking, tips for authors, Twitter, Twitter use, using twitter to promote books | 
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on July 26, 2012
Goodreads is a very popular website where readers and reviewers convene to share their love of books. It’s also a powerful tool for authors to connect with those readers and build lasting relationships. But where does an author begin to be a part of this community that can seem complex and daunting?
Categories: Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author Jennifer Ashley on Goodreads, author promotion, Goodreads article by author Kimberly Llewellyn, how to promote ebooks online, how to use Goodreads, promoting books on Goodreads, Reviews on Goodreads, romance author Kimberly Llewellyn | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on June 4, 2012
I’ve only been on Pinterest a short while, but every day I’m discovering nifty little tricks that help me use this site as a powerful promotional tool. I thought I’d share three of them. 1) You can tag other Pinterest users by using the @ symbol followed by their Pinterest user name. You have to [...]
Categories: Pinterest, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote ebooks online, how to tag on pinterest, how to use pinterest, using pinterest to promote ebooks | 3 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 21, 2012
by Guest Author, Sherri Browning Erwin By now, most authors recognize the importance of establishing a presence on Facebook and Twitter to help drive promotions that can lead to sales. But what about Pinterest? What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a virtual pinboard, a way to organize and share things that you find on the web. [...]
Categories: Promoting ebooks, SEO, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote ebooks, how to use pinterest | 15 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 1, 2012
I know many authors who recoil at the very thought of promoting ebooks. I suspect the reason is that many authors think promotion equals endlessly tweeting “Buy my ebook!” The good new is: that is not what I mean when I talk about effective ebook promotion. The bad news is: effective promotion is more complex [...]
Categories: ebooks, Facebook, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, SEO, Uncategorized, Website Design |
Tags: ebook promotion, effective author website design, how to promote ebooks, seo for authors | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 27, 2012
It was a year ago this month that my world changed forever thanks to the ebook revolution. April 2011 was when my sales exploded. I have been reeling – in a good way – ever since. This journey, however, started long before that. It started in the fall of 2009. Back then, I had one [...]
Categories: Blogging, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks by julie ortolon, epublishing a romance novel, pearl island trilogy, romance novels by julie ortolon, self publishing an ebook | 5 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on January 19, 2012
If you read my last post, Making a Music Soundtrack for a Novel, you know At Last, my new ebook release from Amazon/Montlake, has a companion soundtrack. It includes eight romantic American standards that were recorded by the amazingly talented Barbara Calderaro specifically to go with the story (since my heroine is a singer). The [...]
Categories: book cover design, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: creating a novel soundtrack, ebooks by julie ortolon, epublishing a romance novel | No Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on November 22, 2011
Those of you who follow this blog won’t be at all surprised to hear I’m blazing yet another new trail in the ever-evolving ebook revolution. This time, however, I’m not going it alone. I’m traveling into uncharted territory with five of my closest author buddies by doing a multi-author, ebook anthology. For those of you [...]
Categories: book cover design, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on October 24, 2011
As with the historic Gold Rush of the 1800s, the the Ebook Gold Rush in unfolding in much the same way. Those of us who arrived early enjoyed a brief time in which striking a mother load was much easier. As the population out in the Wild West grows, the percentage of authors making a huge strike will become smaller, but, as new territories open up (more ereaders in the US and abroad) the overall amount of gold out there increases, providing opportunity for small but steady gold mines.
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, The Journey |
Tags: indie ebooks, NINC, Novelist Inc, self publishing ebooks, the ebook revolution | 3 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 11, 2011
by USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean Thank you for inviting me here, Julie! I am a huge fan of your work and am so grateful to you for all your generous contributions to the world of indie publishing. As I write this blog, I am in the midst of a two-week 99 cent sale [...]
Categories: book cover design, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: covers by Kim Killion with Hot Damn Design, ebook cover design, how to promote ebooks, Julianne MacLean | 25 Comments »
