Indie book marketing... promotions or trip hazard

I continue my quest to sell my indie books...
Why?

• Because I created them to be read, not to hide away in boxes.
• Because my reader feedback tells that people love my books. 

So are they selling?

• Yes. I've sold over 1,000 books at book signings and craft fairs.
• They're now selling on kindle.

So what's the problem?

• Books will only sell if people know they exist.
• Indie books can easily get lost in the crowd

So what's the solution?

• Give up  Never give up.
• To put my books where they will get noticed.
• It's not enough that they get stumbled across by a few readers. They need to be out there causing a virtual roadblock that no one can get round without picking them up for a read...

For virtual roadblock/bookshop click here and see what all the fuss is about.

Snow at Easter... stay indoors and read a book

Who'd have thought that snow at Easter would make A Face full of Snow the perfect Easter read. Available in paperback and on kindle so why not give in to the weather this Easter and snuggle up with a good book?








Or if you want to ignore the weather and think about Spring - why not try But I'm Not Sleepy for a bit of sheep trouble.

It'll make you think twice about counting sheep anywhere but n a field... 

Made in Britain

So why manufacture in Britain...?

Because not everything has to be made as cheap as possible, sometimes quality matters more than cost cutting.

So why order books from half way across the world when there are printers locally who can do an excellent job, cutting out delivery delays, and reducing the carbon footprint.

  ...and apart from that... it's so much fun to go and collect a book run hot off the press, and maybe even catch sight of the last ones coming off the production line, and then to drive home with a new batch of books in the boot of the car - for me its's always an exciting day - it puts a BIG smile on my face... :)   

So for children's books made in the UK please visit my website and get Lost in a Book today...

Confessions of a distracted writer...

So... what have a I written today...?

I've seen it written (so it must be true...) that a writer should write every day, even if it's only a shopping list... well I'm not so sure about shopping lists being a valid day's work, unless it's to point out the need to earn money to buy the things on said list...  But that said, it does make me think that maybe I can see my email writing and blogging as valid pieces of writing... Then I can forgive myself for allowing anything and everything to distract me for the rest of the day...

Of course I've been climbed on by cats - pretty standard - and sometimes I can even carry on typing around a cat, or while one sits on my shoulders.

I've been swimming - which can sometimes be put down to thinking time when I come up with an amazing plot as I swim...

I've been to visit horses which could be put down to inspirational for writing... if I was writing a horse book...

...and so to sum up - today I have emailed and blogged - I have been writing...