Call of the Guardian is a fun read, a classy and classic fantasy adventure. A boy, Draven, plunges into a dragon cave while running in desperation one day and discovers a mentor. The dragon, Razal, provides both strength and stability…
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Don’t Make My Mistake
I’ve been posting about free newsletter marketing lately, but I did try my first paid marketing campaign, for The Golden Key, this past summer. It had a couple of high moments, but overall I made a blunder that I’d like…
Tagged with: Amazon Look Inside, book promotion, Cathleen Townsend, newsletter marketing
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Posted in promotion
Merry Christmas
Christmas joy can be an elusive thing. We place so many expectations on this holiday; it can be difficult to live up to them. Here’s a collection of some of my favorite memes, and I hope they spark a smile…
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Free Promos Part 3–The Quest for Rank
Ah…the dream. The captivating thought that you’ll click onto your book listing and discover that you’ve penned a book that shot up to number one. But as time goes on, you discover increments. Maybe not number one in the whole…
Tagged with: book marketing, book promotion, Cathleen Townsend, free promotion, top-rated, Twelve Tales of Christmas
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Free Promos Part 2–Promoting a Book the Second Time
Following the success of my free Golden Key promotion (A Totally Free Promo) I decided to repeat the same promo for Dragon Hoard, now that I was armed with better information about what the individual promoters could reasonably achieve. This…
Why You Might Want to Publish Your Reader Magnet
I’ve spoken already about why you might want to give your work away here: https://cathleentownsend.com/2018/11/13/free-books-why-you-might-want-to-give-your-work-away/, but there’s another time that even writers who’d prefer to only sell their work end up offering it for free. Reader magnets. These go by…
Free Books: Why You Might Want to Give Your Work Away
There’s a certain underlying philosophy concerning free books that I want to touch on briefly here. Some people (including me) believe that a good way to find new readers is to remove the bar to entry by making your book…
A Totally Free Promo for Little Fish and/or the Financially Impaired
Also for those who don’t market because they don’t know how. Lets’ face it–promoting your book can be daunting. People talk about “having to learn to promote” as though it’s a single skill you can pick up. It’s not.…
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Writers’ Forums
Writing can be a lonely pursuit. Many of us don’t personally know any other writers in our real lives. I’ve never been one to advocate replacing your real life with a virtual one, but it can be helpful to talk…
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The Golden Key is Free for a short time, plus First Chapter Excerpt
The Golden Key is free for a short time! I’m really proud of this book–I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written. And for a couple of weeks, you can get it without plunking down the price of a…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, fairy tale, fantasy, noblebright, The Golden Key, WWI
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Cathleen Townsend 