Hi all, hope you’re all doing ok? I’ve just had my 2nd vaccine so getting ready to feel awful at any moment.
BIG THANKYOU to those of you that have posted pictures of the book and reviewed it and retweets etc, it’s really appreciated and super helpful.
My book has officially been out for 3 weeks now, I’m really pleased with the response from readers so far, but it’s so hard to get any sort of traction with a marketing budget of zero. Also I am not Meghan Markle / Richard Osman / A hugely successful writer.
So, I would like to enlist you all as a miniature army of helpers, if you have a spare 10-15 minutes. Here is a list of simple things you can do that might help my book get a bit more visibility. Anything you can do from the list is HUGELY appreciated and if you have any more ideas please let me know.
Reviews are a big help, you can leave them any of these places
Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Friend-Forever-Zena-Barrie/dp/1789651077
Waterstones
https://www.waterstones.com/book/your-friend-forever/zena-barrie/9781789651072
Foyles
https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/your-friend-forever,zena-barrie-9781789651072
WHSmiths (where it has been listed as erotica)
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/your-friend-forever/zena-barrie/paperback/9781789651072.html
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56517790-your-friend-forever
If you haven’t read it yet, just marking it as ‘to-read’ on Goodreads will help because then other people see it... it’s all to do with algorithms…. I don’t understand it.
StoryGraph – It’s like Goodreads but not associated with the evil empire
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/76c9eeb0-a109-443f-b448-98d200701ebe
Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/your-friend-forever
Other Ideas
Are you in a book club? Maybe suggest my book?
Are you best friends with Sara Cox / Reece Witherspoon / Oprah Winfrey ? Give them my book. (Ideally get Oprah to give it away free to her audience like she did with the cars).
Do you have a podcast or community radio show I could come on?
Are you Chris Evans?
Are you secretly the editor of the times literary supplement?
Do you run a spoken word night or know someone that does?
Do you run a bookshop (or know someone that does) ask them to order 50,000 copies.
Do you have a massive twitter following? You could tweet about it. That would be nice.
Twitter
If you tweet about it tag in @ZenaBarrie and @Unbounders
Instagram
Take a lovely arty picture of the book and upload it to Instagram.
Tag in @zena_barrie & @unbounders
Facebook
Do a facebook post, tag me in.
If you have any bright ideas let me know!
Anyway, time to get on with some proper work before I start with the vaccine sweats.
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou
Mmmmwah
XXX Zena