Post by account_disabled on Jan 2, 2024 4:48:19 GMT
In some articles on various editorial marketing strategies I recommended creating a site to promote your book . And, as you know, I also made one for my blogging essay. I don't think a site like this can bring in new readers through a Google search. It is actually a minisite, so it has few pages published and is not updated often. The traffic it generates is low, it will never be at the levels of a blog that publishes frequently. However, it is useful, in some cases, for a number of reasons: it acts as representation : the image also counts and a book that has a dedicated website has a certain effect contains more information than a short book description it is a landing page : it is created to sell it is a container of news regarding the book: new editions, potential sequels, etc.
When to create a minisite for your book? When I started writing my blogging book, I didn't plan on creating a site to advertise it. I didn't even know if it would be published, so it was premature to think about it. I don't remember when the idea came to me, but we were already in the editing Special Data phase and I was jotting down some ideas for promotion. A minisite for my essay seemed appropriate at the time , and I still stand by that. My science fiction novel PU will not have a minisite, even if it is published by Mondadori or another giant. K , a fantasy, will have it instead. But then when is a minisite for the book necessary ? How to decide whether to create it or not? JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter saga, a character so famous that it can no longer be taken as a comparison. He has more than one minisite, because several international publishers have created one.
Then there is « Pottermore » , which is a real parallel project to the saga. The author also wrote The Vacant Seat and 3 detective novels by Robert Galbraith: there are no sites dedicated to these works. Perhaps the fantasy genre is better suited to being represented with a minisite? Maile Maloy's fantasy trilogy that began with The Apotecary has one and can be found on the Penguin publishing house website. Geoff Rodkey's fantasy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg has one and stands on its own. But Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire does not have an official website. Nor Terry Brooks' Shannara saga. No, it has nothing to do with it being a fantasy. To tell the truth, I don't know the answer to the question "when to create a minisite for the book?". I said in another post: when it is necessary, but it is a somewhat vague answer. Why will my K have a site? Because in that case he inspires me. That's all. Of my other literary projects, perhaps they will have a minisite, another fantasy and a detective story. Which pages to include in the minisite? It is a minisite , in fact, not a portal.
When to create a minisite for your book? When I started writing my blogging book, I didn't plan on creating a site to advertise it. I didn't even know if it would be published, so it was premature to think about it. I don't remember when the idea came to me, but we were already in the editing Special Data phase and I was jotting down some ideas for promotion. A minisite for my essay seemed appropriate at the time , and I still stand by that. My science fiction novel PU will not have a minisite, even if it is published by Mondadori or another giant. K , a fantasy, will have it instead. But then when is a minisite for the book necessary ? How to decide whether to create it or not? JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter saga, a character so famous that it can no longer be taken as a comparison. He has more than one minisite, because several international publishers have created one.
Then there is « Pottermore » , which is a real parallel project to the saga. The author also wrote The Vacant Seat and 3 detective novels by Robert Galbraith: there are no sites dedicated to these works. Perhaps the fantasy genre is better suited to being represented with a minisite? Maile Maloy's fantasy trilogy that began with The Apotecary has one and can be found on the Penguin publishing house website. Geoff Rodkey's fantasy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg has one and stands on its own. But Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire does not have an official website. Nor Terry Brooks' Shannara saga. No, it has nothing to do with it being a fantasy. To tell the truth, I don't know the answer to the question "when to create a minisite for the book?". I said in another post: when it is necessary, but it is a somewhat vague answer. Why will my K have a site? Because in that case he inspires me. That's all. Of my other literary projects, perhaps they will have a minisite, another fantasy and a detective story. Which pages to include in the minisite? It is a minisite , in fact, not a portal.