tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post113759841670765027..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Does blogging sell books?Brenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1145590118018895372006-04-20T23:28:00.000-04:002006-04-20T23:28:00.000-04:00I can't make the claim that blogging has put me on...I can't make the claim that blogging has put me on the best seller list (it hasn't) but it has sold a few books and got me a little bit of freelance work I wouldn't have otherwise, but besides all the fun I'm having the advertising revenue is actually beginning to trickle in. <BR/><BR/>My thoughts: I'm going to continue to write because I love it but I publish (and blog) so others might love it as well.Billy Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1138114175751513232006-01-24T09:49:00.000-05:002006-01-24T09:49:00.000-05:00No, of course not. And neither would I. We two are...No, of course not. And neither would I. We two are just a couple of shrinking violets. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Maybe you noticed that after I posted that I didn't believe my blog was going to sell zillions of books, six people jumped in to say they'd discovered this blog and liked it enough to go out and hunt up my first book. But if my blog sold six <I>hundred</I> books, I would be very pleased but still not rich. In the world of mass-market paperback sales, six hundred copies isn't a lot.<BR/><BR/>Hey, not that I'm ungrateful. Every little bit helps. But my point is that this blog gets a lot more traffic than do the blogs of a lot of authors I know who are better writers, better known, and prettier than me. I think some websites and blogs <I>do</I> increase sales, and maybe mine will turn out to be one of those. I'm just saying that an author who doesn't love the internet as you and I do is probably going to do better promoting her book in more traditional ways.<BR/><BR/>I don't send out press releases or do booksignings (okay, I've done two) or radio interviews (okay, I've done one) because those things don't interest me. But the internet, I'm good at. So this is a smart place for <I>me</I> to promote. But Booksquare, I've seen too many authors' blogs fizzle out. And I've seen too many glossy, professionally-designed websites that never got off the ground. Clearly, some authors don't have a clue how to play the internet and win. So I think they're wasting their time.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm opinionated or anything.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137671945335091612006-01-19T06:59:00.000-05:002006-01-19T06:59:00.000-05:00Thanks, everyone. It's gratifying to know I've pic...Thanks, everyone. It's gratifying to know I've picked up a few readers by bloging.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137636066655975432006-01-18T21:01:00.000-05:002006-01-18T21:01:00.000-05:00I have a friend who is a published author and is n...I have a friend who is a published author and is now self publishing another book, which led me to research book and writing forums on the internet. that is how I came across your blog. Once I read it I was hooked. that is when I read your web site and discovered you had published a book with another on the way! I am excited to read your book. loved the chapters I read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137631373417466162006-01-18T19:42:00.000-05:002006-01-18T19:42:00.000-05:00Same here! I discovered your work after reading y...Same here! I discovered your work after reading your blog (which I love!)Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821211828732583157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137627342460283442006-01-18T18:35:00.000-05:002006-01-18T18:35:00.000-05:00I'm not too worried about whether my blog sells my...I'm not too worried about whether my blog sells my books [seeing as how I'm not published yet and still in the first draft stage of my first novel! It could be <I>years</I> before I even <I>have</I> a book to sell!] <BR/><BR/>But I do know that it's loads of fun to write whatever pops into my head and then respond to people in the <A HREF="http://shelblog2.blogspot.com/2006/01/holy-crapoli-im-htmler.html" REL="nofollow">comments section</A>.[Notice how I planted that link there? I finally learned it, and I'm ridiculously proud of myself!] <BR/><BR/>So, if and when the time comes, I think I'll enjoy hearing from and responding to my readers, regardless of whether it sells books or not.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and reading your blog has made me a fan, and buyer of your books, and I probably would never have picked one up otherwise, so chalk up another one.Shelbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872241263679720990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137626759817739432006-01-18T18:25:00.000-05:002006-01-18T18:25:00.000-05:00Count me as another one. I didn't know about your ...Count me as another one. I didn't know about your books until I read your blog!<BR/><BR/>I agree with what you say. If an author doesn't like the internet, they should flee from it! You're personality comes across, in volumes, in your blog Brenda. That is one of the reasons that I buy your books.<BR/><BR/>Think about the author that doesn't really want to write a blog. Does that come across to the people who read it. Probably yes, and that could possibly turn potential readers away!Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137614813527791362006-01-18T15:06:00.000-05:002006-01-18T15:06:00.000-05:00Brenda said: "As your mother always said, if a thi...Brenda said: "As your mother always said, if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well."<BR/><BR/>You've been talking to my mother?! Oh crap, am I ever in trouble.<BR/><BR/>--Chris (dFm)Mikesellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522375368851193970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137605520355744392006-01-18T12:32:00.000-05:002006-01-18T12:32:00.000-05:00Statisticly insignificant, perhaps, Marianne, but ...Statisticly insignificant, perhaps, Marianne, but it still gives me a little thrill to hear from you people. Thanks for posting. <3<3<3<BR/><BR/>Lee, perhaps I shouldn't say this in public, but my husband is an architect who builds hospitals, so he works with surgeons every day. He might have told me a story or two at the dinner table... I think <I>you</I> know the kind of story I mean. ;-)Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137603361868774942006-01-18T11:56:00.000-05:002006-01-18T11:56:00.000-05:00I read your blog because its fun, and I bought you...I read your blog because its fun, and I bought your books. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed Finding Hope. There was a twist that I expected and then a twist that I didn't expect. Lots of fun for me. <BR/><BR/>Looking forward to A Family Forever. I have preordered it from Amazon. <BR/><BR/>From a Nursing prospective (That is my day job.) How did you get the attitude of a surgeon so right on?<BR/><BR/>A Fan..<BR/>Lee Walters ;)Lee Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556105254483950232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137601799666141682006-01-18T11:29:00.000-05:002006-01-18T11:29:00.000-05:00Statistically insignificant, but I did go and buy ...Statistically insignificant, but I did go and buy a copy of you book after reading your blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1137600088264937522006-01-18T11:01:00.000-05:002006-01-18T11:01:00.000-05:00hope you counted me in as one of your biggest fan,...hope you counted me in as one of your biggest fan,<BR/>:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com