So the exposure for When Stars Die has been absolutely insane, proving that I have had a successful launch. I don’t know what my ranking is on Amazon right now, but that is something no author should concern him/herself with. I did everything I could for exposure, and so did AEC, and that’s that. All I can do is keep writing from here, and that’s it. Plus, I am almost done with the sequel to When Stars Die, The Stars Are Infinite. So here is the launch day in review.
See how many people the press release alone has reached? And the last time my publisher told me about the reach stats, it had reached up to over 13,000. That’s tons of exposure right there, and that’s not even including the fact that a few people put the press release on their blogs. Now exposure doesn’t translate to sales, but I am primarily seeking exposure right now, especially because I do expect the e-book launch to be very successful.
Then there was the launch party I won from Lady Amber. Here is a FB pic from that:
If you can see it, 182 people came. That doesn’t sound like a lot, considering over 1,000 people were invited, but this launch party was hugely successful because I was busy the entire three hours. There were hardly any lulls where I wasn’t interacting with all the people that came. So I made a lot of fans and received a lot of Goodread adds and Amazon Wishlist adds. One of the stipulations to winning a print book was to share a press release I created of my book and AEC Stellar’s anthology. A lot of people shared this. I do recommend Lady Amber for launch parties, but in the future, I MIGHT be doing the launch parties myself, along with the PR people from AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc.
The next thing that happened was a book blitz from Juniper Grove Book Solutions. I HIGHLY recommend them, as I received a lot of amazing exposure from them. There were over 1,000 entries for the e-ARC of When Stars Die. Over 1,000. Imagine if I gave away a Kindle or something. I will be using them for the book blitz for the e-book, as well as Lady Amber, and perhaps another tour site. So here is the banner from that.
I also have another book blitz going on by YA Bound. I will post a review that mainly reviews the overall exposure I received from it, as I use these blitzes primarily for that.
I also have a super awesome pic a customer took of my book when she bought it from my publisher’s wife’s boutique, Fluente Designs. She also updated me to tell me that she loves the book so far.
And another super cool that that happened that gave me a lot of exposure was that I appeared on YA Interrobang as one of the book’s launching this past week—along with freaking Veronica Roth’s book, Allegiant. Here is a pic of that, courtesy of Tumblr.
My Facebook page also went from 540 something to 967, and my Twitter page went from 1100 something to 1,360. My Goodreads adds, too, went from 150 to 358 (I think. That’s just an estimate. Goodreads is slow to update), and over 280 people have entered for a signed, print book of When Stars Die, and it hasn’t even been a month yet, which is how long I’m keeping the giveaway open. AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc. also has some surprises planned within the coming months, but I have to keep those hush-hush.
AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc. also released an anthology called 2013: A Stellar Collection. While it can be downloaded for free on Smashdowords. I HIGHLY recommend you buy it, as all proceeds go toward marketing, which essentially means the money is flowing toward us.
My short story included in this is titled ‘I Am the Bell Jar.’ It is about two mentally ill teens trying to make a disastrous relationship work, only for it to end up in tragedy.
Another thing AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc. has released a short story by author, Ryan Attard, whose book, Firstborn, will be released in December. I highly recommend it. The voice is very strong, as is the story, and will make you excited about his upcoming book.
So here is my book tour schedule. Some of them have happened already, but I’m going to list them anyway, simply because I haven’t shown them yet due to the sheer volume of interviews and guest posts I’ve been doing. I’m also supposed to receive more interviews and have ANOTHER one to do. There are also some interviews I’ve done that I have not received responses for yet, but I’m going to keep bothering those people until I have a response.
Jacinda Buchmann TBA
Booker Like a Hooker-Guest Post on When Stars Die and AEC Stellar TBA
Cover Contest Nov. 2
Greg Lamb Interview TBA
Pau’s Moving Castle Nov. 3
Jessica Haight Nov. 17th
Young Adult Book Addict Dec. 14th
Sorin Suciu Nov. 15th
Laurie’s Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews Signed, print giveaway Nov. 12th
The Book Pound Nov. 1st
We Do Write Nov. 4th
4cover2overt NOW
The Corner Club Press Paranormal Issue– Nov. 20th
Whimsically Yours Nov. 2nd
Falling for YA NOW
Bookaholic-ness Guest Post on The Inception of When Stars Die NOW
Read Your Writes NOW
The Bookshelf Sophisticate Guest Blog Post on The Stars Are Infinite NOW (Scroll Down)
The Flores Factor Nov. 1st
YA Unscene Delete Scene from When Stars Die NOW
Mich Bookshelf NOW
Moonlight Gleams Bookshelf Guest Post on Inspiration for When Stars Die TBA
Cocktails and Books Oct. 30th
Book Bliss Nov. 2nd
I am going to get on a blogging schedule from now on that will include updates on AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc., my book, any thoughts on publishing and writing, and personal posts from me.
Tomorrow’s post will be about how, even during my launch week, depression has been trying to drag me down and what it has been doing to my thoughts regarding my book–among everything else.
Last, here are links to giveaways you can enter to win some AEC Stellar e-ARCs.
https://www.facebook.com/oneclickchick?sk=app_228910107186452&app_data
http://onemorechapterreviews1.blogspot.ca/p/book-auction.html
https://www.facebook.com/hookedonbooks05?sk=app_228910107186452&app_data
https://www.facebook.com/brandylrivers?sk=app_228910107186452&app_data
https://www.facebook.com/GrabowskiKy?sk=app_228910107186452&app_data
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Congrats! Can’t wait to read it. 🙂