tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post7078391965545615688..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLICITY: My Favourite PortalsCarol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-75128847392429647522017-02-19T09:14:28.369-08:002017-02-19T09:14:28.369-08:00I think (mostly) we are an extremely helpful lot!I think (mostly) we are an extremely helpful lot!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-18081802971869944312017-02-19T09:14:04.271-08:002017-02-19T09:14:04.271-08:00Let me know if you require any help..my blog is al...Let me know if you require any help..my blog is always available.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-53789536433562548092017-02-19T08:27:23.050-08:002017-02-19T08:27:23.050-08:00Very helpful! I'm discovering a great communit...Very helpful! I'm discovering a great community of authors willing to share their experience. Really appreciated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-64309136869136506432017-02-19T04:11:58.567-08:002017-02-19T04:11:58.567-08:00Great advice Carol, thanks will be needing this as...Great advice Carol, thanks will be needing this as planning to self publish in 2017. :)Kyrosmagicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419835135954477360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-90063117407531295402017-02-15T09:52:39.600-08:002017-02-15T09:52:39.600-08:00Fair comment...it could be my genre .. people like...Fair comment...it could be my genre .. people like reading a 'historical novel' in paperback. Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-86366974392676629382017-02-15T01:50:46.117-08:002017-02-15T01:50:46.117-08:00It is something I've always thought, oh, I'...It is something I've always thought, oh, I'll get round to it one day, about! But when I was at Leicester with Lizzie Lamb and co, and Georgia, Mark Barry, etc, they all agreed that selling paperbacks was a thankless task, and have all sat there in so many places feeling an idiot as people walk by their displays... as Georgia said, if people haven't heard of you, they're not interested. You get some sales out of kindness and from friends, and in places where you're known locally, but most of their sales come from ebooks. As more and more people start to read them, I think that the ebook is the way of the future. Even my father reads on a Kindle now! He loves it because we can find him books he wouldn't be able to find in the shops, and he can alter the print size, background, etc.<br /><br />I do appreciate all you say, honest I do! And understand what you are doing with this post. But if paperbacks are only a small income for you, imagine how microscopic it would be for someone like me, who wouldn't even do the stuff to push them..Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-74651003942365803832017-02-13T09:11:08.729-08:002017-02-13T09:11:08.729-08:00Thanks and please do! Glad to be of helpThanks and please do! Glad to be of helpCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-8344826623586909952017-02-13T09:00:13.133-08:002017-02-13T09:00:13.133-08:00I'm going to print out your advice. Your post ...I'm going to print out your advice. Your post is just the right length and reminds me of the stuff I need to be doing;)Middlemay Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937322022301492120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-52554548779849806152017-02-12T02:26:28.255-08:002017-02-12T02:26:28.255-08:00Yep. Just pointing out there are more ways than po...Yep. Just pointing out there are more ways than posting promos on social media. I am always surprised you don't offer books though. It is as easy to load to Createspace (OK, you have to do a full wrap cover. But it does give people choice, as well as a (small) income stream.....Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-70279036256060113442017-02-12T02:21:53.921-08:002017-02-12T02:21:53.921-08:00Sorry, I meant it's about half for paperback w...Sorry, I meant it's about half for paperback writers, not mostly!! I do think, though, that there are many, many people like me who would loathe and shy away from anything like radio interviews (and not have the gall to ask for them in the first place). I believe those amongst us who feel confident enough to do talks and show our skills off in public are in the minority. BUT!!!! I understand that this article is you telling us what YOU do - not general advice :) Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-10654902857218887022017-02-11T09:46:09.687-08:002017-02-11T09:46:09.687-08:00I hope 2/3rds was applicable to both formats... no...I hope 2/3rds was applicable to both formats... nothing to stop ebook only authors doing book talks/festivals ..a lot of people contemplating self-publishing would appreciate advice.... about preparing your manuscript and about the actual writing process.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-68725761024790565942017-02-11T08:32:04.730-08:002017-02-11T08:32:04.730-08:00Can I just say that I (and others) don't consi...Can I just say that I (and others) don't consider it necessary to thank for retweets? They're just something we do, day in, day out; if I thanked everyone who retweeted me, I'd never get any writing done, and I don't think people want thanking, generally, just a retweet back. That's why most people do them, and the RT back means 'thank you', I think. <br /><br />This is mostly about promotion for paperbacks (and very good it is too); will you be doing anything for the many writers who only do ebooks?Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-83116580242717345272017-02-11T05:09:31.914-08:002017-02-11T05:09:31.914-08:00Welcome..hope you don't get too inundated!Welcome..hope you don't get too inundated!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-78961563128325926972017-02-11T05:09:07.250-08:002017-02-11T05:09:07.250-08:00Merci, mon ami!Merci, mon ami!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-11375618588510394902017-02-11T05:08:53.197-08:002017-02-11T05:08:53.197-08:00Thanks you. honoured sir!Thanks you. honoured sir!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-12168501575660939882017-02-11T05:08:36.776-08:002017-02-11T05:08:36.776-08:00If you read my 'How I write' posts, you wi...If you read my 'How I write' posts, you will see that I do this also...London is full of Victorian nooks and crannies..and as it still resembled the gigantic building site it was in the 1860s...I feel I am back in its past!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-6785822986734184422017-02-11T04:59:18.352-08:002017-02-11T04:59:18.352-08:00Thank you so much for the shout out and recommenda...Thank you so much for the shout out and recommendation Carol.Rosie Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814740525740666516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-33081203687448796052017-02-11T04:47:32.221-08:002017-02-11T04:47:32.221-08:00If the day comes that I might, finally, have somet...If the day comes that I might, finally, have something worth publishing. Rest assured I will annoy the hell out of you before. Just to get more bits of your, may I say, wisdom. OK, experience if you prefer so. I will still call it wisdom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086107947384034892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-70628944841971843642017-02-11T04:30:39.381-08:002017-02-11T04:30:39.381-08:00wunderbar post! wunderbar post! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205251775637958014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-50110817272639344292017-02-11T03:39:39.903-08:002017-02-11T03:39:39.903-08:00Interesting advice. A freind of mine is a crimje ...Interesting advice. A freind of mine is a crimje writer in the states and he blohgghs as he's writinhg the stories and visits the places where the action takes place and photographs them so you really get involved. Good luck with your sales!Bill Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708495845352257713noreply@blogger.com