9 Creative and Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Indie Authors
Indie authors often have limited budgets for promoting their books. However, there are many cost-effective and creative ways for authors to market their books and reach new readers.
Advice from IR Approved Author Will Bowron: “Get out of your own way.”
In a city where masked vigilantes enacting their own form of justice is common and accepted, a reporter pursues the man who started the vigilante movement.
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IR Approved Author Brent Monahan: “The best part [of being indie] is that I can write about topics that interest me instead of being tied to a certain readership.”
Although set in the capital of the Third Reich in the closing days of W. W. II, Escaping Berlin is not a war story.
IR Approved Author Katherine Villyard Tells All About Her Book
Love Stories is a collection of seven previously published and five previously unpublished short stories centered on a theme of love.
Deserving Henley
Deserving Henley is the 2nd book in The Refuge Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.
Advice from IR Approved Author Caroline E Rayfield: “Promote the book before it’s even published. Hit the ground running.”
The Adventures of Milo Chow is a collection of 9 short stories following the life of Milo Chow and his family.
Advice from IR Approved Author Peter B. Dunfield: “Create a writing schedule for yourself, make that time and space sacred, and then dive in and create your stories.”
The book is about a girl named Avie, who time-travels by reading herself into the storyline of books.
IR Approved Author Benjamin Harnett Tells All About his Book
THE HAPPY VALLEY is about a young girl who discovers a defunct secret society in her hometown connected to her family, and then sets about reviving it.
IR Approved Author Joseph Howse: “The freedom to take risks is both the best and the hardest part of being independent.”
The book introduces a multilayered story of family, society, and nature, centring on a Soviet girl, Nadia, who, one day on a remote beach, looks up from her book to see that her friend is drowning.
Advice from IR Approved Author Opëshum Patroz: “Connecting early with reading circles that consume the genre you write in is a wonderful investment in making important connections…”
"Beyond the Father" delves into life’s determination to transcend all limitation. Set on the planet Xżyber, citizens of the Sub-Median Region, imperfectly reborn into metal, oppress those who are organic.
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb is a Hitchcock-style psychological thriller that will keep you tearing through the pages until you reach the shocking conclusion!
Brutal Prince
“Brutal Prince” is the explosive first act in the epic “Brutal Birthright” series. It’s a stand-alone Dark Mafia Romance, complete with HEA and no cliffhangers. It contains blazing hot bedroom scenes for mature readers only!!!
Advice from IR Approved Author Tyler Beauchamp: “Embrace rejection.”
The story is about a young high-schooler, Will, who after experiencing a traumatic event leaves his old school to start his Junior year at a new high school.
Offside
OFFSIDE is a steamy new adult college romance. It is book one of the Rules Of The Game series and can be read as a complete standalone.
The Intern
A scorching hot enemies-to-lovers office romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …
One Bossy Date
Expect enemies-to-lovers fireworks! Delightful banter, slow-burn sweetness, plus one office beast who finally learns how to smile for the lady who ignites his world.
Let It Snow
Curl up with the perfect cosy read and the latest novel by the bestselling author of Just the Way You Are.
Advice from IR Approved Author Susan Allen: “Don’t let your negative voice stop you from writing a book – it is not a stupid idea.”
"Count Me In" is the memoir of the trailblazer, Susan Allen – a global leader and once one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.
Advice from IR Approved Author Bob Mantel: “Always remember that no one’s waiting for your book.”
"The Velvet Badge" initially concerns soldier Donny Damon’s mistaken belief that President Kennedy has reached out to him during the Cuban Missile Crisis and his ludicrous, peripheral involvement in JFK’s subsequent assassination.