So last free KDP giveaway I basically had no idea what I was doing and did not know about online hangout spots for fantasy fanatics like reddit/fantasy, the latter of which I’m deeply indebted to my argument partner (and fellow SPFBO Semifinalist) Daniel Olesen for pointed out to me. He also suggested I take part in the Fantasy Writer of the Day Ask Me Anything (AMA), which I did (find the process here). I signed up for a Wednesday, and therefore decided to have that be the c

Note: This is another low effort, annotated version of a post I did over a year ago on the Best Fantasy Books forum, this time focusing on Goodreads ad strategies. I’m including this one since it’s groundwork my second giveaway case study, which will probably be the last low effort post for the week as I finish up edits on book two. First off, I started with this article outlining Goodreads advertising strategies. Basically it boils down to running several ads at the same tim

Note: This is an annotated version of a post I did over a year ago on the Best Fantasy Books forum. I have since refined my strategies but will include them all one at a time in the order they happened to show the process. Consider this either an object lesson or cautionary tale... Being completely oblivious to and avoidant of marketing, and without any web presence whatsoever (facebook/ twitter) when I put out The Woven Ring, I at first watched the MSWL twitter handle/ site