Moon Affirmations has its first review on Amazon! Barbara Ardinger read and reviewed it. She is a wonderful writer and the author of Pagan Every Day and Secret Lives of Crones. Her website is http://www.barbaraardinger.com/.
Secret Past has two wonderful reviews on Amazon! Both people gave it a five stars! I’m very excited about that.
Marketing is my most time consuming task right now. I spend a lot of time sending out press releases saying my books have come out. I send out review copies. It is a lot but I try to do some each day. At this point I’ve had small successes – Barbara’s review being one of them.
I don’t have a huge budget so I can’t afford an ad in national magazines to advertise my books. These are costly in the realm of hundreds of dollars per issue. As I was looking for places to put my ads, I discovered one publication wanted $300. Since I don’t make a lot on any of the books, I’d have to sell a heck of a lot of books to break even on that type of expense.
This is where I put on my business hat and have to weigh the cost vs the benefit of the expense. Now a national magazine or publication can bring my books to the attention of thousands of people but how many of them would actually buy? If it brought hundreds of sales then it would be worth it. If it didn’t, I would have wasted my money.
Part of it is targeting the right audience. With Moon Affirmations that isn’t too difficult as it has a specific niche and a broader market but the other two books is more difficult. It isn’t like there are romance novel bookstores only. I could target women’s magazines but not all women read romance novels.
As for the poetry book, it is even harder to find target specific places to send my marketing material to. I keep researching and looking for ideas.
This is why when I get accomplishments – like the reviews – it is wonderful news to me.
Check out my books. They are available:
Available on Barnes and Nobles:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-past-eileen-troemel/1119169953?ean=9781499159868
Available for sale at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/426548
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Past-Eileen-Troemel-ebook/dp/B00JL38Z7C/ref=la_B00JL4PEJ8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398097355&sr=1-1
Available for sale at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/432900
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Affirmations-Daily-Meditations-Energy-ebook/dp/B00K08TF3K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398791925&sr=8-5&keywords=moon+affirmations
Available on Barnes and Nobles:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moon-affirmations-eileen-troemel/1119387496?ean=2940045859738
Available at Barnes & Nobles:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moments-in-nature-eileen-troemel/1119566668?ean=2940045940085
Available at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/437602
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Moments-Nature-Eileen-Troemel-ebook/dp/B00KBFOWSK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400077630&sr=8-1&keywords=moments+in+nature