Here’s a nifty website: Nothing Binding. Authors can register for a free account and upload information about their books. Another important feature is that you can meet and network with other writers. That’s always a good thing. Already using the site? Let us know how it’s going for you!
If you want to get noticed as a writer visit authonomy. This site was created by Harper Collins in order to find new talent and join writers and readers. You’ll need a few chapters of your work to get started. You can learn more at authonomy.
Link to your Amazon.com to Shelfari and import your books. You can interact with potential and current readers and build your platform and audience!
There are lots of places to post free books that are part of the Amazon.com KDP promotion. One place you may not have known about is the Kindle Boards the Book Bazaar subforum. You’ll need a free member account first and be sure to follow the rules before posting your freebie!
BookTalk.org is a free online reading group with thousands of members and hundreds of forums. If you have a book you want to introduce to readers find the fiction or non-fiction forum and watch what others do before you make your first post. Also, don’t forget to introduce yourself in the forum for introductions!
If you are jonesing for some feedback on your latest masterpiece before hiring an editor check out Wattpad. Register for a free account and load up a chapter or your whole masterpiece and wait for the feedback to roll in! Do you use Wattpad?
Writing-World has compiled a great list of resources for self published authors. I really love the fact that they created a button to give you a version suitable for printing! You can see the list here.
The SlideRocket blog has a fantastic freebie that is great for authors. They are giving away a free, customizable social media marketing plan template. If you don’t have a social media plan for your book you need one. This template will help you get off on the right foot AND keep you there!
Mashable is sharing their presentation “Top 10 Tips for Social Media Engagement” on Slideshare. If you already know Mashable skip the introductory slides and go right into the meat of the presentation. Our favorite slide is “10 Commandments Of Twitter Etiquette”. We wish the world would read and follow this list! You can see the presentation, and that slide, here.
Salesforce/Radian 6 has a nifty presentation on Slideshare called “30 Ideas For Your Social Media Plan”. Salesforce went through their most popular posts from 2011 and came up with 30 ideas that you can use for your author social media campaign. This not to be missed presentation is here.
