I know nook have a forum. Is it the same with Kobo and Apple? Do they have author pages for you to fill in, or do smashwords distribute your bio?kookoo88 said:nookboards is similar to kindleboards. Other than that I haven't found a lot of ways to promote elsewhere.
Ha ha,the prayer worked. I've sold one and had 5 of theo ther sampled on smashwords.Herc- The Reluctant Geek said:Prayer appears to be the only effective strategy, as far as I can tell.
I distribute through bookbaby which means The Growing Dim Project is available through iPad apps, Sony Reader, BN, and amazon.kookoo88 said:nookboards is similar to kindleboards. Other than that I haven't found a lot of ways to promote elsewhere.
My wife has the nook as well. B&N's website also has their own forums for readers. The fact of the matter is that Amazon pretty much blows everyone else away when it comes to sales and a lot of authors really like the kindleboards as do a lot of readers. Mobilereads is another good site that caters to readers of ebooks more than writers. I don't know of anything specific for iPad, Sony or Kobo. I think there's a lot of forums for Apple fans, but I'm not familiar with them. Honestly, I have a hard time keeping up on one forum, let alone a hundred or so.nicholasmcgirr said:I distribute through bookbaby which means The Growing Dim Project is available through iPad apps, Sony Reader, BN, and amazon.
The nook boards do not seem to be as active as kindle, which is odd, because I have a nook, yet here I am on Kindleboards as much as possible.
Nicholas.
Agreed. I somehow pull out $30 or $40 on B&N somehow. The only time I see the words Barnes & Noble are when I pass by it on the freeway. lolVictorine said:I sold more on B&N than on Amazon today. How did that happen? I have no idea. I'm on here a lot, and I do nothing on Nook boards or anything else Nook related.
Go figure.
Vicki
Like Sarah said, I don't.Decon said:How do you market your books on Kobo, B&N, apple etc when you publish through smashwords.
Wow, that's fabulous, Vicki.Victorine said:I sold more on B&N than on Amazon today. How did that happen? I have no idea. I'm on here a lot, and I do nothing on Nook boards or anything else Nook related.
Go figure.
Vicki
I can only say I have had two responses this week on kindleboards from readers telling me they have bought one of my books. On a writers forum I recieved an email this week from a reader saying they had bought my book in response to a post. How many buy on the forums and don't tell you? .. who knows.mesmered said:Kindle, nook, Kobo... does getting out on the boards really sell the books anyway? What would happen if you didn't? Seriously. I wonder how many readers of our posts actually glance at the signatures and say: 'I must buy that.'
I'd like to think that it did work and that it does matter... but owing to OH being in hospital I haven't been on the boards for yonks and yet I am selling. How come? Even my blog and tweets have diminished just lately. So what really does the trick? Damned if I know. May be its that one star review I got in the UK.
Thanks for pointing out the twitter hashtag. Better to use than not.Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake' said:Through Smashwords I sell the most books on Kobo. Except for a twitter hashtag, I haven't promoted a thing. What's really odd is that I can't find my books at all on the Borders website. I've searched by my name and by the names of the books and they just don't come up. It's a mystery.