Create Your Writer Platform The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success As an a Uthor

Name: Create Your Writer Platform The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success As an a Uthor
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ISBN: 9781599635750

ISBN-10: 1599635755

ISBN-13: 9781599635750

Edition: 2012

Authors: Chuck Sambuchino

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'Create Your Writer Platform' helps writers to fully understand what a platform is, how it contributes to their success as an author, and how to construct one from the ground up - no matter what area they're writing in.

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Chuck Sambuchino of Writer's Digest Books edits the annual Guide to Literary Agents and Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market. His Guide to Literary Agents blog is one of the most popular blogs in publishing. His 2010 humor book, How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack, was optioned by Sony Pictures. His books have been mentioned in Reader's Digest, USA Today, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Variety, and more. Chuck is also the author of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript and Create Your Writer Platform. Follow him on Twitter @chucksambuchino.



Introduction


The Principles of Platform



What Is Platform?



The Necessity of Platform



The 12 Fundamental Principles of Platform



Choosing your Niche



Platform for Fiction and Memoir


The Mechanics of Platform



Platform Avenues: Which should you Choose?



Your Website: The Foundation



Your Blog: The Extension



Your Newsletter: The Outreach



Article and Column Writing



Public Speaking



Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, and more



A Side Dooss to Platform


Author Case Studies


Ethan Gilsdorf (Memoir)


Mignon Fagarty (Nonfiction-Popular Reference)


Mary Kole (Nonfiction-Writing Reference)


Gina Holmes (Fiction-Inspirational)


Cal Newport (Nonfiction-Education)


Lissa Rankin, M.D. (Nonfiction-Health)


Brette Sember (Nonfiction-Cooking, Lifestyle, Finance, and More)


Billy Coffey (Fiction-Inspirational)


Susan Hendesson (Fiction-Mainstream)


Amy Julia Becker (Memoir)


Sarah Pekkanen (Fiction)


Christelyn Karazin (Nonfiction-Self-Help/Relationships)


Final Thoughts