It has been a while since I posted. The time required to market a new book is beyond what many would expect. I have had to come out of my box and set up social media accounts and create posts for these and my publisher’s accounts, which is surprisingly time-consuming. This is particularly challenging when you are trying to market a book that crosses over into the erotica genre, and it is even more challenging when there is kink and BDSM involved. TikTok guidelines seem to be nothing more than a blank sheet backed by Teleperformance staff banning based on personal bias and complaints. I am not sure why any business or person would invest time or money in marketing on a platform that will literally delete your account and all the work in it with no notice or real procedure to appeal. That being said, I am on TikTok because my publisher insists.
On the plus side, I was able to do an interview about Memoirs of Darkness while still maintaining my anonymity. The interview got cropped down to only 2 minutes with an extended version coming out in the future, but you can find it on TikTok and YouTube.
We are working to have Memoirs of Darkness added to databases like GoodReads, but patience is required in that area. A quick look at the GoodReads Librarian discussion group is all it takes to understand the massive volume of books they are being asked to add to their database. It is kind of shocking at the volume of books being published. I have to wonder how many of those or Chat GPT were generated, given the number of “influencers” telling people to write their book with the AI app and get it on Kindle to make “huge money!” I have to laugh because, whether you support AI-generated books or not, the only thing that is happening is a diluted pool of limited book-buying dollars and a devaluing of books in general.
If you haven’t purchased “Memoirs of Darkness” yet, please do. It is available through Amazon Kindle as a paperback and an e-book, and as an e-book through the Lulu Bookstore and Google Play Books. All my new social media links are below. Come and follow my accounts.
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