Cori H. Spenzich reviewed Green-light your book by Brooke Warner
Review of 'Green-light your book' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Brooke Warner writes with authority, and with many years of experience in both traditional publishing and indie.
Items I took note of:
- Five things To Do When You're Hiring a Publicist
- Author Expertise: Brooke considers this 25% of an author's platform. For a novelist, the questions becomes, "Why am I writing this book? What does this book mean to me?" Being able to talk about and share that with others can help in reaching an audience. This is interesting since it provides a similar path to those who write memoir or non-fiction, without needing their books to be either of those in category
- The importance of getting everything done, all the way down to an LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number).
- Know your genre, and research the hell out of it
- Know your metadata, and research the hell out of it
Some links she provides …
Brooke Warner writes with authority, and with many years of experience in both traditional publishing and indie.
Items I took note of:
- Five things To Do When You're Hiring a Publicist
- Author Expertise: Brooke considers this 25% of an author's platform. For a novelist, the questions becomes, "Why am I writing this book? What does this book mean to me?" Being able to talk about and share that with others can help in reaching an audience. This is interesting since it provides a similar path to those who write memoir or non-fiction, without needing their books to be either of those in category
- The importance of getting everything done, all the way down to an LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number).
- Know your genre, and research the hell out of it
- Know your metadata, and research the hell out of it
Some links she provides in relation to the metadata funhouse:
Google Keyword Tool (Unofficial)
Make Your Book More Discoverable with Keywords (Amazon Official / KDP)
She also talks about subverting the publishing industry from within, instead of being a "renegade author" that bucks the rules entirely (often resulting in little to no readers, because it can look amateur vs. visionary). Along with finding your tribe, which includes fellow indie authors.
I think this is an excellent, and necessary book for those evaluating the self-publishing and/or micro/small-press path to getting books out into the world.