What is the number one problem facing new authors?
Getting discovered by readers. Chris Lowry has written over two dozen guides and case studies jam packed with lessons, tips, techniques and tricks he has used to sell thousands of books and reach new readers.
With the New Writers Initiative he's promising something even larger.
New writers need to find more readers. But how can you do that without coming off as too pushy or too aggressive?
The truth is you really only need 5,000 raving fans who love your work to make a decent living as an author entrepreneur, and despite the changing rules and landscape of the publishing industry, it has never been easier to get started on a dream writing career than today.
There are a couple of problems new writers face:
How to find more readers and How to stand out in a sea of noise?
After all Amazon publishes almost three thousand new books each day, and the company only wants to promote books that make them money. Remember the Zon is a business platform first, not an author platform, not a publisher, but a bookstore. It's an online bookstore to be sure, but just like any bookstore it exists to make money for the bookstore owner. If your print book just sat on a shelf in the store, they would never order another book from you. How would that impact your career as an author?
Same thing for the Zon. If you have a book up but no one buys it, that tree ain't falling in the forest folks. Nobody can hear you.
So how do you help readers find you?
This guide is a step in the right direction and if you follow along with the suggestions and recommendations, new writers can build their audience fast.
It starts with telling good stories. If you can't tell a good story that keeps folks interested or laughing, or both, then practice that. A lot and out loud. Find people to read them, and give you feedback. Do it online and you might find thousands of people to help you.
After good stories comes great descriptions, and the right covers. Once you have those in place, it's time for some promotion.
But when is the right time to start promoting? You're already too late to be promting your next book. People need to see your name at least 7 times and probably more so they recognize it. What are you doing to make a name for yourself?
Here's a simple tip to help with name recognition. Be interesting.
Don't be another author sitting in a room staring at a blank wall who always wanted to be a writer since they scribbled in notebooks as a young child. Ugh. Don't we have enough of those?
Be the dirty limerick writer who got sent to the principal's office for scrawling on the bathroom wall. Be the ultramarathon running idiot who wants to traverse the US on foot. Be interesting.
And then grab this guide. It should be free or just .99 cents if the Zon hasn't price matched it yet. Once you get it, follow along inside and let's get you started on building your fan base, finding new readers so you can do what you do best, which is tell awesome stories that people love to read.
I can't wait to help you.
Getting discovered by readers. Chris Lowry has written over two dozen guides and case studies jam packed with lessons, tips, techniques and tricks he has used to sell thousands of books and reach new readers.
With the New Writers Initiative he's promising something even larger.
New writers need to find more readers. But how can you do that without coming off as too pushy or too aggressive?
The truth is you really only need 5,000 raving fans who love your work to make a decent living as an author entrepreneur, and despite the changing rules and landscape of the publishing industry, it has never been easier to get started on a dream writing career than today.
There are a couple of problems new writers face:
How to find more readers and How to stand out in a sea of noise?
After all Amazon publishes almost three thousand new books each day, and the company only wants to promote books that make them money. Remember the Zon is a business platform first, not an author platform, not a publisher, but a bookstore. It's an online bookstore to be sure, but just like any bookstore it exists to make money for the bookstore owner. If your print book just sat on a shelf in the store, they would never order another book from you. How would that impact your career as an author?
Same thing for the Zon. If you have a book up but no one buys it, that tree ain't falling in the forest folks. Nobody can hear you.
So how do you help readers find you?
This guide is a step in the right direction and if you follow along with the suggestions and recommendations, new writers can build their audience fast.
It starts with telling good stories. If you can't tell a good story that keeps folks interested or laughing, or both, then practice that. A lot and out loud. Find people to read them, and give you feedback. Do it online and you might find thousands of people to help you.
After good stories comes great descriptions, and the right covers. Once you have those in place, it's time for some promotion.
But when is the right time to start promoting? You're already too late to be promting your next book. People need to see your name at least 7 times and probably more so they recognize it. What are you doing to make a name for yourself?
Here's a simple tip to help with name recognition. Be interesting.
Don't be another author sitting in a room staring at a blank wall who always wanted to be a writer since they scribbled in notebooks as a young child. Ugh. Don't we have enough of those?
Be the dirty limerick writer who got sent to the principal's office for scrawling on the bathroom wall. Be the ultramarathon running idiot who wants to traverse the US on foot. Be interesting.
And then grab this guide. It should be free or just .99 cents if the Zon hasn't price matched it yet. Once you get it, follow along inside and let's get you started on building your fan base, finding new readers so you can do what you do best, which is tell awesome stories that people love to read.
I can't wait to help you.
