Book Marketing Buzz: Book Promotion & Publicity Tips: How to Promote Your Books with Fiction Author Michaela Riley

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Our guest blogger for today is Michaela Riley, author of Embittered Justice.

Book Marketing for Embittered Justice has consisted of a daily search on the internet for new and innovative ideas on a budget.  The first step after Publishing was the creation of a web site. There are numerous places to get exactly what you want; I searched on Craig’s List for a local web designer. Started creating articles, posts, blogs, ezines about Embittered Justice.

My own website at http://www.michaelariley.com, email account authormichaelariley@gmail.com.

Publisher’s website at Publish America

Press releases sent the first month after release of book in February 2008.

I began advertising on various sites listed below. This is something that takes about an hour per day to keep up the buzz. I also purchased targeted traffic for my personal web sites. Receiving about 2000 hits per day on my site, also added Web store and set up Pay pal account to sell autographed copies of book  from my site.

Book Marketing and Social Networking sites:

http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com/

http://www.bookslut.com/advertise/intro.php

http://www.razorpages.com

http://www.authorsden.com/

http://www.youtube.com

http://www.facebook.com

http://www.blogspot.com

http://www.myspace.com

http://www.bookhitch.com

http://bookmarket.ning.com

http://www.4greatbuys.com

http://www.craigslist.org

http://www.bookmovement.com

http://www.authorsonthenet.com

http:www.amazon.com

http://www.bookadz.com

http://www.authorsonthenet.com

http://www.articlemarketer.com/signin.php

http://www.writing-world.com

The book trailer was completed and submitted to all sites that would let me add the video.

Book Trailer

http://www.onetruemedia.com

http://www.gwextra.com

As a child Riley would spend most of her time reading every book she could carry home from the school library. She admits, “Being a writer was a fairytale for someone else’s life. Then I found a story that needed to be told.”

Riley has completed a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and a Master of Business Administration degree. She has been practicing as a Registered Nurse for almost twenty years and is the CEO of her own Professional Development Company.

Riley began to pursue writing when she had the misfortune of spending time in a local court room. Research revealed increasing rates of plea bargaining and malicious prosecution. “I have always been an advocate for people in need. When your right to speak for yourself is prevented, something has to be done. The story must be told, everyone has a story. Writing has become something I am passionate about and I am working on two other fiction novels.”   You can visit her website at http://www.michaelariley.com.