Publication for the Modern Miss

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Amazon, Authorgraph, blogging, Goodreads, Portraits of Pretence, Public Lending Right, self-publishing, Society of Authors

I imagine that the day before publication of one of his books, Charles Dickens’s to do list would say “Raise glass to self for having written another one”.  But the list for the modern self-published author – i.e. me – is much longer and less liquid.  Here it is:

• Update writing blog purchase link
• Update working blog purchase link
• Update working blog sidebar and purchase link
• Update email footer
• Update Public Lending Right dashboard
• Update Society of Authors profile
• Update Amazon Author Central profile
• Update Goodreads profile
• Update Authorgraph profile

All done now, so everything is poised – poised, I tell you – for official publication tomorrow morning.  That will be a low-key affair, with a posting on Facebook and a Tweet, and then me jumping around the room yelling, “Book four is done!  Book four is done!”.

Sign of the times

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author, Authorgraph, dedication, Fatal Forgery, The Man in the Canary Waistcoat, Worm in the Blossom

Always on the lookout for marketing and promotional ideas, I have come across an interesting service called Authorgraph.  In short, it enables people to get author dedications and signatures for their e-books.  I have registered my three current Sam Plank novels with them, and put their widget on this blog, over there to the left, so anyone who has signed up (for free) to Authorgraph can make a request for their e-book to be signed by me.  I have done an on-screen version of my signature and to that can add a short dedication.  The reader is then sent (according to the Authorgraph FAQ) “an email with links to download a PDF version (viewable in applications like iBooks) or an AZW version (viewable in all Kindle apps on iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, etc.)” of their requested Authorgraph.  It’s a fun idea, and a very pretty website.