Did you know that you can have your blog’s headlines appear in a group even if your blog is not an Author Buzz UK blog? In this tutorial, I am going to show you how. If you have an Author Buzz blog, the posts should already be appearing in your […]
Yearly archives: 2019
As part of the Author Buzz mission to promote authors (especially authors in the UK), we would like to offer authors the chance to promote their book for free. There are no catches. You just find your way to our directory and add your book to the books section. You […]
Advertise your book for free
In discussions and forums, I have noticed that many people carry a low opinion of self-publishing authors. Why is that? I am not suggesting that there are not some terrible self-published books out there. There are many very poor attempts that would have benefited from a professional editor. There are […]
Why the low opinion of self-publishing authors?
Tumblr is a hybrid of a blogging platform and social media. It can be used to reach out to new audience members nut it can also be used in ways that no was probably not the intention of anyone who created it. These are some of the more creative uses […]
How to (ab)use Tumblr for fun and profit
The perfect time to start promoting your writing was last week. Until they invent time travel, the best time to start is as soon as humanly possible. Book promotion is not really book promotion – it is author promotion. Even before you have a book, you can start promoting yourself. […]
When should you start promoting your writing?
What would you think if I told you that the way to sell more books is to never promote your books? You probably think I have lost the plot. Yet it is true. The worst think we authors do is try to promote our books. The problem is promoting books […]
Never promote your books
Do you want to know what works better than a press release? If you answered no, you are probably on the wrong website. For everyone else, keep reading. Press releases are okay. Sometimes, when you have something that captures people’s interest, they are amazing. Mose of the time they are […]
Better than a press release
Supporting an author is one of the best things you can do for both readers and authors. I have seen a lot of short lists with a few ideas on how to support authors. What I have tried to do here is compile the most comprehensive list of ways to […]
Supporting an author: Free and non-free ways.
The reason marketers bang on about press releases is that they work – a press release for a book should not be so different. I have hesitated to write this article. It feels like I would only cover things that authors, being writers, already know. However, as publishers seem to […]
How to write a press release for a book
My five o’clock in the morning option is that the UK publishing world is long overdue for a disruptive newcomer. It is well known that ideas had in the wee small hours come in two flavours – terrible and crazy. It is the crazy ones you have to look out […]
How to possibly disrupt UK publishing
Do you have a question that you would like answers to? We may be able to help. It is quite common to have questions. Questions are nothing to be ashamed of. Not getting answers – now that’s a bit silly. Fortunately our community seems to be pretty good at answering […]
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What is your ideal writing space like? Is all you need a room with a lock on the door and a hot meal inside you? I’m asking this question because the 90th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is fast approaching. There is a large scale poll […]
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