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Even if you have a small fanbase interact with them weekly.  Fans love authors that take the time to interact with them and if you do your fans will recommend you to other potential readers.  You can get really creative with this but here is a list of a few things you can do to “meet” with your fans weekly:

• Hold a weekly Twitter chat.
• Create a weekly video and post on your website and social media accounts.  Ask fans to comment so you can answer their questions.
• Host a Google+ Hangout weekly.
• Have a weekly chat on Facebook.  You can post the notice of the chat on your Facebook Fan Page and have fans comment.  You can reply to comments.  Make sure you setup a regular time to start and end the chat.
• If you have local fans setup a MeetUp group to meet with fans locally.

Do you have ideas for ways to spend time with your fans?  Share it with us in the comment section please!

Reviews are critical to book sales and it doesn’t matter if you get 5 stars or lower.  In fact, some publishing experts say reviews look more real if they are a mix of ratings.  If you have reviews on Amazon and GoodReads comment on them.  Make your comments positive even if the review is not and you will go a long way to building reader loyalty.  You even have the opportunity of learning how to improve your next book from the readers themselves.  Always take the opportunity to interact with readers and they will remember you the next time they visit the bookstore.

Book Hitch offers a free option to add your books to the site.  This includes a 60-word description, 5 search keywords and a link to the site where readers can purchase your book.  If you don’t mind paying a yearly fee you have the option of a more detailed listing.  To see what other authors are doing visit Book Hitch and then open your free account!

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!

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The Creative Pen blog has a good article titled “Help! My Book Isn’t Selling. 10 Questions You Need To Answer Honestly If You Want To Sell More Books.”  Some of the advice is common sense but most of it is real meat that you can use to figure out why your book isn’t selling.