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Novel Poetry. Bringing Pen To Paper Self Publishing Using Social Media to Market Your Work. Making Literature Your Own. ENGLISH 3134. Group Project: Alecia Bates, Larisa Redmond, Michael Townsend, Sabrina Langlois & Tressa Buschert.
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Novel Poetry Bringing Pen To Paper Self Publishing Using Social Media to Market Your Work Making Literature Your Own
ENGLISH 3134 Group Project: Alecia Bates, Larisa Redmond, Michael Townsend, Sabrina Langlois & TressaBuschert
Writers create and publish their own works much easier through desktop publishing systems, xerography, print-on-demand and the World Wide Web without having to accept the low royalties offered by a publishing company.
Self-Publishing Motivators The substantial rise in self-publishing is being enticed by freedom on: • Material • Pricing • Design • Distribution • Marketing
Publishing Sites • www.lulu.com • www.blurb.com
Feature Overview: • Self-publish your book for free. • Create your book with bookstore quality. • Construct the appropriate size book for your project with multiple size options. • Vibrant, full color to high quality black and white printing. • Lulu Cover Wizard makes it easy to create professional covers.
Feature Overview: • Downloadable software allows writers to work offline • Works on Mac and PC • Superior layouts, fonts, graphics and photos • Create and save your own layout • BookSmart support • Blurb BookShow allows friends and fans to flip through your book on blogs and Facebook • Share and promote your material
Once the writer has published his or her work, they can move on to marketing it themselvesby creating a web of social networks. Facebook, blogging and Twitter provide separate and distinct elements of marketing, but together create the optimal environment for success.
Social Media Marketing Blogs
The evolution of the internet, social media and access to on-demand publishing has given up-and-coming authors the opportunity to create and market their books with the click of a button, which has opened the world up to a whole new generation of writers and readers.
References • Halsey, Mike. “Facebook Reaches 600 Million Users”. ghacks.net.Ghacks. nd. Web. 26 July 2011. http://www.ghacks.net/2011/01/06/facebook-reaches-600-million-users/ • Polderman, Bruce. “Meet Bruce, Blogger PM”. Buzz.Blogger.com. Blogger. 7 July 2011. Web..12 July 2011. http://buzz.blogger.com/ • “Publish”. Lulu.com. Lulu. nd. Web. 14 July 2011. http://www.lulu.com/publish/index.php?cid=en_tab_publish • “Self-publishing”. About.com. 26, July 2011. Web. 26, July 2011 http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/glossary/g/selfpublishing.htm • “Twitter”. Twitter.com. 2011. 26, July 2011. Web. 26, July 2011.http://twitter.com/about