Author Buzz

Where Authors & Readers find each other

Matthew Brown

About Matthew Brown

Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.

sheep — I wrote recently about my hatred of email lists and now I have a new approach that I hope will totally replace email – relationships. Lorraine Hamilton wrote an article a few years ago about giving up on lists and doing something better. As soon as I read it, I […]

Screw lists – build relationships

25th July 2019 in Publicity tagged Author Platform / email list by Matthew Brown

a sheep — I have run into a wall when it comes to a part of the Author Platforms projects – the email lists section. I write about author platforms because I am good at theory and great at writing about theory. I am not so great at actually getting on and doing […]

My massive problem with mailing lists.

24th July 2019 in Opinion tagged Author Platforms / email / email list by Matthew Brown

Starting last night I began work on the most comprehensive guide to author platforms. The author platforms guide was so big I had to put it in its own site. I am busy filling the pages of the site with useful information, videos, and links just as quickly as I […]

The complete guide to Author Platforms

12th July 2019 in Site News tagged Author Platform / guide by Matthew Brown

Author Buzz UK is, fundamentally, a social network for authors. British authors in particular but all writers, authors, readers, publishers, and agents are equally welcome. In this post we will take a look at the ways you can use Author Buzz as a social network and where else you might […]

A social network for authors

27th June 2019 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / authors / blogs / directory / Facebook / Good Reads / groups / Reddit / Social Network / Stack Exchange / Tumblr / Twitter by Matthew Brown

hand reaching up — Your reach as an author is pretty much the only limiting factor when it comes to selling books. The more people you can reach and get interested in you and your writing, the more books you can sell. That reach your author platform. Here are seven things you can do […]

7 things that will improve your reach as an author

3rd June 2019 in Publicity tagged Author Platform / blogging / social media / theme by Matthew Brown

lights — 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 […]

Get blog posts into your group with RSS

2nd June 2019 in Using Author Buzz tagged blogging / feeds / groups / RSS / technical by Matthew Brown

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

1st June 2019 in Sell more books tagged advertising / books / directory / sell more books by Matthew Brown

Old Printing Press — 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?

29th May 2019 in Opinion tagged authors / progress / publishing / ramble / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

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

27th May 2019 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / SEO / Tumblr / Twitter by Matthew Brown

pocket watch — 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?

21st May 2019 in Publicity tagged Author Platform / be interesting / blogs / sell more books / social media / tell stories by Matthew Brown

girls whisper — 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

7th May 2019 in Publicity / Sell more books tagged be interesting / fame / J. K. Rowling / publicity / talk by Matthew Brown

Fireworks — 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

4th May 2019 in Publicity tagged blogs / payment / press release by Matthew Brown