13 Things To Do After Publishing Your Next Book – Guest Post by, Toni Pike… | Smorgasbord

Toni Pike is the guest of The Story Reading Ape and has some very important advice for authors with a newly published book. As a book promoter I agree totally with everything that Toni has listed. Your book is not going to fall into the readers hands.. it needs to be placed where they can see it first. Please head over and make sure you are giving your book the best chance possible. #recommended

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You have already published your first book. As part of that process, you set up your author pages on Amazon and other distribution sites such as Smashwords. You also established your own website, Facebook author page, Goodreads Author page, Twitter account and accounts on other social media platforms.

Now the time has come to publish your next book. You upload it and, hey presto, a short time later your precious creation goes live. Here is a list of thirteen housekeeping jobs to attend to before beginning the hard work of post-publication marketing.

1. Assemble your Buyer Links

Assemble a list of the new buyer links for adding to your website, signatures and posts.

2. Your Amazon Author Pages

Update your author pages on Amazon USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan: claim the new book and modify your biography.

3. The Author Page on other distribution sites, such as Smashwords

Modify…

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