Hello, friends!
Just a quick update to let you know that if you ordered a paperback, those will be shipped to you within the next two weeks and for e-books, those will be made available as well in short time.
For our local Southern California peeps, we’ll be hosting our book release/signing party at the Barnes & Noble in Chino Hills, on Saturday, August 13, from 2 pm to 4 pm - we’d love to see you there! (Matt might or might not actually wear a FULL plate of armor... ok, probably not, but maybe Adam?)
Hey everybody! I didn’t expect to be saying this for at least another 3-4 months, but Exile, Magus is live and in funding mode! When I saw the G&S contest announcement, it was too good of an opportunity for me to pass up. I’m now in that somewhat panicky "I wasn’t ready for this" first day of campaign launch mode. Its both an incredibly nervous and highly energized feeling. I’ve already gotten a pretty good start, so now its just up to me to keep up the momentum. I’m hoping you’ll join me in that endeavor as well. That’s all I’ve got for now, expect to hear from me every Tuesday or Thursday from now until the end of this contest with updates on our progress as well as other fun "things" I’ve been doing my best to save up to share with you all.
4. Don’t be afraid to ask people to support yourself, not your book. It’s a small division, but it makes a big deal. Ask people to help support you get published and back that dream. It will take 2 years before they have a book and there is a lot of editing that goes into it. Your story may look completely different, so focus instead on your idea, and who you are and why it’s important to you.
5. Focus on your own extended networks, family, and friends first, then turn your attention to crowds and other Inkshare authors. Yes, there is a community here, and everyone is trying to get their books funded. At some point, it’s about playing match maker and cross pollination of reader bases. That is a good and healthy thing. It’s okay to market each others books to your crowd. That’s why you knock your people out of the way first. Then you can help others and others can help you.
6. Passive media: Ads, cards, fliers, these things help you build your author brand and focus your vision, but they don’t help with crowd funding in a contest. They won’t net you any sales. What they will do: Is polish your writer brain into a fine-tuned 15 second selling machine.
So, those are some of my quick tips. Inkshares had blogged about it before: and Tal Klein wrote his tips. I’m willing to help and offer advice to anyone, just send me a PM.
~Rick Heinz