If I could list all the things I had to figure out myself as a new author, I would run out of room and you're eyes would be tired from reading it. Recently, I was scrolling down my Facebook news feed and found a post for authors about press kits. It sounds crazy to think this, but I was a little taken aback that I hadn't heard about it before. None of my favorite authors have one on their websites, and I chalk it up to having an agent.
As an Indie author, it is unlikely that you have an agent to provide that sort of information to perspective interviewers and reviewers. So I set out to find out what is in a Press Kit, and how other Indie authors are handling this.
What I found was not as fantastic as I would have liked. There is not that many authors that think to have a Press Kit. That seems weird.
If you got to this point, you may be asking yourself: So what is a press kit?
Well, a press kit is a collection of information and promotional material that is easily accessed by the media and other people who want/need the information.
For a new, Indie author, this seems like a strange thing to add to your website. "Why do I need that? I don't have media beating down my door asking for information." Of course you need it. First off, you centralize all the important information into one place for your own sanity. And what happens when one day, a journalist asks you for it? What are you going to do is berate yourself for not doing it sooner!
In the next few months, I will be providing a list of things you should be putting in your online press kit and helping you develop one of your own! Just in case...
Stay tuned!!!
As an Indie author, it is unlikely that you have an agent to provide that sort of information to perspective interviewers and reviewers. So I set out to find out what is in a Press Kit, and how other Indie authors are handling this.
What I found was not as fantastic as I would have liked. There is not that many authors that think to have a Press Kit. That seems weird.
If you got to this point, you may be asking yourself: So what is a press kit?
Well, a press kit is a collection of information and promotional material that is easily accessed by the media and other people who want/need the information.
For a new, Indie author, this seems like a strange thing to add to your website. "Why do I need that? I don't have media beating down my door asking for information." Of course you need it. First off, you centralize all the important information into one place for your own sanity. And what happens when one day, a journalist asks you for it? What are you going to do is berate yourself for not doing it sooner!
In the next few months, I will be providing a list of things you should be putting in your online press kit and helping you develop one of your own! Just in case...
Stay tuned!!!
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