This is part one of a long (3 part) conversation I had with Kalin Nenov of the Human Library on the subject of promotion strategies for books. We talk about:
- Getting outside people involved (for example, by running contests and polls).
- Giving manuscripts to lots of beta-readers (and giving them prizes!)
- C. M. Kosemen, Darren Naish, and John Conway‘s book, All Yesterdays, and their clever contest.
- Going to forums to get help with background and worldbuilding.
- Alternate History Forum
- Speculative Biology Forum
- Deviantart
- Dinosaur Mailing List
- Hell Creek Forum
- TVTropes
- (suggestions for other good forums? Add them in the comments!)
- Reading forums are often more useful than writing forums. (Writers must comment on other people’s work, not only advertise their own.)
- In Bulgaria, some forums are:
- Shadowdance: http://www.shadowdance.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
- Citadelata: http://www.citadelata.com/forum/
- Chitanka’s forum: http://forum.chitanka.info/literature.html
- Ivan Efremov’s forum: http://sf-sofia.com/forum/index.php?f=7&rb_v=viewforum
- Eurocon!
- Sborishte na trubaduri: http://trubadurs.com/
- SciFi.bg: http://scifi.bg/
- Az cheta: http://www.azcheta.com/
- Knigolandiya: http://knigolandia.info/
- Anna Hells: http://annahells.wordpress.com/
- Preslav Ganev: http://literaturatadnes.com
- Branimir Sabev: http://chetene.blogspot.com/
- Parvi vpechatleniya ot posledno prochetenoto: http://zonkobg.blogspot.com/
- Palatkov lager za pingvini: http://alvinbg.blogspot.com/
- Stars in My Pocket: http://ikosmos.blogspot.com/
- Valentin D. Ivanov: http://valentindivanov.wordpress.com/
- Grigor Gatchev: http://www.gatchev.info/blog
- Priumici: http://knigoman.wordpress.com/
- TANSTAAFL: http://angelbogdanov.blogspot.com/
- In English:
- http://www.antipope.org
- http://aidanmoher.com/blog/
- http://joshuadavidbennett.com/
- www.scifireaders.net
- http://www.thetexfiles.com/
- Add your suggestions in the comments!
- In Bulgaria, some forums are:
- Talk to larpers.
(Thanks to Fix it in post for audio help)
And don’t forget to tell us what kind of shoes YOU think elves should wear!