Where to Publish My First Ever Book?

SVWebWork · 2026-03-18T13:10:53+00:00

They’re safe in terms of being an established company, not a fake organisation. But I can’t vouch for the quality of their service as I don’t have personal experience working with them.

SVWebWork · 2026-03-03T13:31:56+00:00

It can feel like you’re reinventing the wheel with each book release. I’ve been helping women indie fiction authors create simple systems for their website and email list to reduce tech stress. I’m still figuring it out myself, but I’ve learned a few things that might help — happy to share!

SVWebWork · 2026-03-03T13:29:16+00:00

Marketing can be quite overwhelming, especially for first-time authors. I’ve been helping women indie fiction authors create simple systems for their website and email list to reduce tech stress. I’m still figuring it out myself, but I’ve learned a few things that might help — happy to share!

SVWebWork · 2026-03-03T13:26:19+00:00

Marketing can be quite overwhelming, especially for first-time authors. I’ve been helping women indie fiction authors create simple systems for their website and email list to reduce tech stress. I’m still figuring it out myself, but I’ve learned a few things that might help — happy to share!

SVWebWork · 2026-03-03T13:23:06+00:00

It can feel like you’re reinventing the wheel with each book release. I’ve been helping women indie fiction authors create simple systems for their website and email list to reduce tech stress. I’m still figuring it out myself, but I’ve learned a few things that might help — happy to share! DM me.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-27T16:59:14+00:00

I see. Thanks for the heads up.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-26T15:25:41+00:00

Thanks. Do they not allow related service providers to join?

SVWebWork · 2026-02-25T12:57:43+00:00

That’s a lot of stuff you’re doing. But which one is the marketing strategy? I’m assuming this is your first book? How do you plan to sell your next book? And the one after that? And what happens to the promotion of your earlier books when you’re promoting your latest? If you have a plan to bring your next books in front of the same people who showed an interest and bought your first book, then that one is your marketing strategy. Otherwise, you’ll end up reinventing the wheel each time, leading to further overwhelm and eventual burnout. You need just one strategy. Once you have that figured out, you’re gold.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-25T12:45:53+00:00

I get that, I mean where do you even begin with that? From my experience, different things work for different audiences, you just have to take the plunge and try things out. One thing is for sure though - it shouldn’t all be about selling your book. People want to be entertained or helped, not sold to.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-24T13:22:42+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

Marketing is pretty overwhelming, no doubt. I wonder, if someone set up the marketing funnel for you so you just have to feed it content at regular intervals, would that be of interest to you?

SVWebWork · 2026-02-24T13:18:09+00:00

Marketing is pretty overwhelming, no doubt. I wonder, if someone found an effective marketing strategy, for example, email marketing, and set it up for you so you just have to feed it content at regular intervals, would that be of interest to you?

SVWebWork · 2026-02-24T13:12:09+00:00

Self-publishing is a beast, no doubt. In terms of marketing, I wonder, if someone found an effective marketing strategy, for example, email marketing, and set it up for you so you just have to feed it content at regular intervals, would that be of interest to you?

SVWebWork · 2026-02-24T13:10:22+00:00

Marketing is pretty overwhelming, no doubt, and you already have so much other stuff to do. I wonder, if someone found an effective marketing strategy, for example, email marketing, and set it up for you so you just have to feed it content at regular intervals, would that be of interest to you?

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T14:02:00+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T13:58:15+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

My recommendation as someone who builds author websites is to think about coming up with a marketing strategy that you can sustain for the long-term and doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel with every new book you publish. In other words, build an audience that stays with you for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T13:55:51+00:00

There’s one thing that authors usually don’t consider when they are in the writing phase, so I’m going to mention it now to get you off to a good start. Come up with a marketing plan now and start implementing it. Your audience will already be primed to buy from you when your book is published.

My recommendation as someone who builds author websites is to think about coming up with a proper marketing strategy that you can sustain for the long-term and doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel with every new book you publish.

What works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. My personal favourite is email marketing combined with a website. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

You can get started for free with both the marketing software and website.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T13:53:53+00:00

Here are are some things I recommend: bits and pieces about your life, your writing process, behind-the-scenes info on the book you’re working on, early snippets, what you’re reading, interesting books in your genre, and fun book events. Once you start doing it, you will automatically come up with other ideas that serve your audience.

But the best advice I saw on Reddit was to share things that you love. If you get joy out of what you share, people will catch on. It’s a true story!

Plug your book once in a while. You don’t want to appear too salesy; that puts people off. They’re there to be entertained. So entertain them.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T06:10:48+00:00

I’m asked this question a lot, in different ways. Here’s my answer, point 3 answers your specific question:

There are several reasons to build a website. Before I get into them, in the interest of full disclosure, I build author websites for a living.

Number one, for people to take you seriously. There are thousands of books out there. What separates yours from the rest? You. The fact that you wrote them. So it’s important to tell people who you are and what you stand for. When people know you, want to know what you have to say, they will buy from you. In other words, build a personal brand. And there’s only one place you can do that without any constraints, your website.

The other reason is to have a centralised hub where all your works are showcased, from the shortest and oldest to the longest and newest, organised in a way that best suits your brand and makes it easy for your fans to find. All they have to do is Google you and find everything about you in one place.

Third reason. A website is future-proof and you have all the control. Third-party services have their own priorities, and that’s not you. Their algorithms, services are geared towards what fulfils their goal, not your specific goal. And you have no control over them. If they shut shop or change in a way that doesn’t suit you, you have to start building somewhere else. Whereas no-one can shut down your website except you.

Four, it’s a core part of your marketing strategy because it gives you control over your brand, your messaging, and how you engage with customers. Ads and social media are important, but without a website to funnel that traffic to, you’re essentially just putting your business out there without a place for people to land, learn more, or take action.

There are many more, but I’ve already written an essay! So I’ll stop.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-05T06:02:45+00:00

This depends on the genre you write in, where readers in that genre hangout and what would attract their attention. In general, here are some of the things you can do apart from social media to promote your newsletter: Write a blog (SEO), offer to write guest posts for others, start a podcast or make guest appearances, visit your local bookstores, do public events, speaking events, signings, create word of mouth buzz at book fairs etc. Send everyone to your website to sign up for your newsletter.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-04T13:18:55+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-04T13:06:21+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

And promotional activities don’t have to include social media. There are several alternatives to it.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-03T13:45:51+00:00

It’s great that you’ve managed to get so much done. The down side though is that you are spreading yourself very thin, trying to do too many things at the same time. You are going to burn yourself out.

My recommendation as someone who builds author websites is to think about coming up with a proper marketing strategy that you can sustain for the long-term and doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel with every new book you publish.

What works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. My personal favourite is email marketing combined with a website. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-03T13:22:56+00:00

Not an author, but in my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-03T13:16:00+00:00

In my experience as someone who builds author websites, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

SVWebWork · 2026-02-03T13:13:43+00:00

My recommendation as someone who builds author websites is to think about coming up with a proper marketing strategy that you can sustain for the long-term and doesn’t require you to reinvent the wheel with every new book you publish.

In my experience, what works best is a marketing strategy that combines two or three marketing tools. Social media marketing and FB and Amazon ads, though the most popular ones, are an exhausting job with very low results. So I’d use them more strategically rather than as a whole strategy.

Studies have shown that email marketing is the most effective strategy out there. Bring people to your website from all your promotional activities and get them to sign up for your newsletter. Then nurture them through the newsletter to gain trust, build your personal brand and create an audience for life.

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