The time has come to begin generating pre-publication buzz for my newest book. As I’ve reported on these pages before, it’s my latest novel, “China Tour”. Here’s what I put on my Facebook author page, and on a Facebook writer page I’m a member of. I’ll slowly be adding it other places.
I finished the first round of edits on my latest novel, and am ready to begin putting a virtual book launch team together. My tentative title for the novel has been “China Tour”. However, I’m thinking of changing that to “Smugglers and Spies”. The title is very much up in the air. The one-sentence description is: An American couple’s troubled marriage is put in greater danger when they become embroiled in a CIA operation while touring China. The book is about 73,000 words, or about 255 pages when formatted for editing. It’s set in 1983.
This is the first time I’ve tried to put a virtual book launch team together, so I’m feeling my way. What I thought I would ask of my team:
– Read the book. I’ll supply a Word or PDF copy ASAP. I’d ask that you read it within two weeks, if possible, and give me some feedback.
– Give me feedback about the title.
– Obviously, if you find the book is something you couldn’t associate with, you could back out.
– Within the first month of publication, make three posts about it on-line. This could be at Facebook, Twitter, a blog, or even through an e-mail to friends, the goal being to get some buzz started.
– Once the book publishes, post a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.
– After publication, I’ll give everyone on the launch team an official copy, either paper or electronic at your choice. I’m hoping to do the paperback version almost simultaneous with the print version, but the cover will dictate that.
Anyone want in on the launch team? Message me here at Facebook, or e-mail me at norman_d_gutter AT yahoo DOT com. I’ll have the file to you within a few hours.
The offer is also available to the few readers of this blog. Post a comment here if you’re interested, and indicate what type file you want (if I already have your e-mail). Otherwise just e-mail me. If you don’t specify file type I’ll send a PDF. I’d like to get about 20 people on the team.