Welcome to March 2026. It doesn’t look a whole lot different from January or February 2026 in my neck of the woods–not that I live in the woods. Still cold, still lots of snow, but I’m hopeful that things will change. Spring is bound to show up sooner or later, but for the record, the groundhog is a lousy weatherman.
This month’s question:
What elements do you include in your book launch? Or what do you have in mind for your future book launch? Or what advice do you have to offer to others planning to launch a book?
I’m ashamed to say that I do very little to launch my books beyond posting on my blog, Facebook, and X that I have a new book out. I suck at marketing. I have been a guest on a couple of other blogs, and I’m grateful for that, but overall. I just put the book out and hope my fans and maybe a couple of new readers will see it. Not the best plan, I know.
In the past, I limited myself even further by being exclusive to Amazon, so that I could benefit from Kindle Unlimited, but this year, I am trying something new, an experiment in going wide. I am publishing my books with both Amazon and Draft2Digital and giving up the KU option on ten previously published books in the hopes that I will use the broader market to find new readers. I’m not much of a gambler, and to me, I’m taking a huge chance, but we’ll see how it goes. I selected books in a variety of genres to try first. Fingers crossed that the experiment is successful.
What about you? How do you launch a book?
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