Comments on: How #TweetTheAuthor Connects Authors With Readers http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/ help for writers timid about technology Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeannette Katzir http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Jeannette Katzir Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:26 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-247 My 2nd printing of my book is here and it looks great. Anyone up to reading it??? Broken Birds, The Story of My Momila. thebrokenbirds@aol.com My 2nd printing of my book is here and it looks great. Anyone up to reading it??? Broken Birds, The Story of My Momila.
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]]> By: Mark David Gerson http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Mark David Gerson Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:07:40 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-64 Anna: Just start creating a presence for yourself on Twitter and/or other networks -- by being personable, engaging, friendly and helpful...and by not engaging in hard-sell techniques. It's sure worked for me! (http://twitter.com/markdavidgerson) Anna: Just start creating a presence for yourself on Twitter and/or other networks — by being personable, engaging, friendly and helpful…and by not engaging in hard-sell techniques. It’s sure worked for me! (http://twitter.com/markdavidgerson)

]]> By: Anna Walls http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Anna Walls Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:57:11 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-63 It's a fabulous idea. How can one make it work for a beginner? If you're already on the NY Times best seller's list, everyone already has heard of you. What about those who have yet to get there? Anna It’s a fabulous idea. How can one make it work for a beginner? If you’re already on the NY Times best seller’s list, everyone already has heard of you. What about those who have yet to get there?

Anna

]]> By: Rusty Shelton http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Rusty Shelton Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:16:03 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-55 Thanks for your comments, Phil & Mark. Mark--We have found that Twitter is a great way for authors to continue building their platforms--whether they are NY Times best-selling authors like Andy Andrews or first-time, unknown authors who have a voice that needs to be heard. I think Twitter does offer a bigger upside to new or unknown authors because it gives you a place to be heard. Phil--Thanks for your kind words. Andy has such a great fan base and they have really responded to his tweeting over the past few months. It really goes beyond one book for him--it's about his larger message and your point about the long-term is spot-on. Thanks for your comments, Phil & Mark.

Mark–We have found that Twitter is a great way for authors to continue building their platforms–whether they are NY Times best-selling authors like Andy Andrews or first-time, unknown authors who have a voice that needs to be heard. I think Twitter does offer a bigger upside to new or unknown authors because it gives you a place to be heard.

Phil–Thanks for your kind words. Andy has such a great fan base and they have really responded to his tweeting over the past few months. It really goes beyond one book for him–it’s about his larger message and your point about the long-term is spot-on.

]]> By: Phil Gerbyshak http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Phil Gerbyshak Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:43:25 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-51 This is a great suggestion and a great strategy. It's great that Andy was willing and able to keep up and engage folks in his book. While this certainly will sell some books in the short term, if Andy keeps tweeting he'll keep his fan base interested in him long after the book is out there. He'll build a loyal community of raving fans who love him and will be interested in his NEXT book too. I'm curious to see if this is a 1 time thing or if this will continue for Andy...and for other authors who use social media to connect with their audiences. This is a great suggestion and a great strategy. It’s great that Andy was willing and able to keep up and engage folks in his book.

While this certainly will sell some books in the short term, if Andy keeps tweeting he’ll keep his fan base interested in him long after the book is out there. He’ll build a loyal community of raving fans who love him and will be interested in his NEXT book too.

I’m curious to see if this is a 1 time thing or if this will continue for Andy…and for other authors who use social media to connect with their audiences.

]]> By: Mark David Gerson http://www.authortechtips.com/2009/07/how-tweettheauthor-connects-authors-with-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Mark David Gerson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:38:07 +0000 http://www.authortechtips.com/?p=570#comment-48 As an author who's not (yet?) on the NYT Bestseller List, I think it's a terrific idea. Twitter offers so many new opportunities for authors to publicize their work and connect with readers. That's certainly true for well-known writers. It's perhaps even truer for the small press, midlist and other lesser-known scribes! As an author who’s not (yet?) on the NYT Bestseller List, I think it’s a terrific idea. Twitter offers so many new opportunities for authors to publicize their work and connect with readers. That’s certainly true for well-known writers. It’s perhaps even truer for the small press, midlist and other lesser-known scribes!

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