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Social Media, Book Signings & Why Neither Directly Impact Overall Sales

Kawanee Hamilton

At first I was unhappy and a bit discouraged because as a writer I have to say there’s a LOT of marketing plans out there that people get paid to create and there’s sooooo much conflicting information. Do this! Don’t do that!!!

UGH!!!! I’m chasing my tail and spinning my wheels but going nowhere. I created a blog and a facebook page as well as many other social medias to help promote my books. Not even 1 book that has sold was due to that hard work. ANNOYING!!! I could’ve been writing!

So as I read through the post I realized she was right. It isn’t that social media is a waste of time, it is just not a viable or reliable way to sell books. So don’t hang all your hopes on it…. I get that.

It is a way to build hype for established authors and their books; to help build fan bases and get feedback from other writers and to seem approachable. To get encouragement maybe.

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One of my AWESOME on-line pals posted something troublesome on my Facebook page. Apparently there is a recent article in a major writing magazine that declares social media does not sell books and, in a nutshell, isn’t worth the effort.I’ll warn you guys ahead of time that I went hunting for the article—at the last remaining Barnes & Noble within a 25 mile radius of my home—and couldn’t find said article (and have asked Kim to get me the specific issue). But, since this type of commentary is prevalent enough in the blogosphere, I feel I can address the overall thesis accurately enough.

Social Media Was NEVER About Selling Books Directly—Who KNEW?

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I’ve been saying this for about ten years, because the idea of using social circles for sales is NOT new…

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Kawanee was born in Alexandria Louisiana but her first real memories are of Russellville Arkansas. She's always loved to read, and has always had an vivid imagination. She grew up in a house where almost everyone read, they didn't need a TV although she could still be found planted on her butt in front of her grandma's TV watching cartoons on Saturday mornings. She made up her first story with her mother when her cat died; it was about where pets go when they die. She continued to create stories from bad dreams she had and her dad would help her change nightmares to stories. They would sit up in a chair until the scary went away. He told her that: "Dreams, good or bad, are just stories your mind makes up. You are the author of your dreams; if you don't like them rewrite them. " She was hooked and has continued to read and write stories drawing from dreams, sights and just pure imagination. She just recently decided she'd like to try and get published and fail than wonder what if. Her story continues but where it goes from here is up to you, the Reader... She hopes you'll join her in finding out where her journey goes from here!

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