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Bill See – From Indie Musician to Indie Author

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On June 16th, Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman spoke with legendary punk rocker Bill See about publishing and marketing his own memoir. Bill See was the lead singer for critically acclaimed Los Angeles indie rock band Divine Weeks before continuing on as a solo artist.He shared his D.I.Y. know-how from his band days now to promote and market his own book and covered several topics: 

  • How the music industry was revolutionized and is still trying to adjust to the changes and speak to the theories and similarities to the literary world.
  • The pros and cons of self publishing vs. traditional publishing.
  • Marketing/promoting: Traditional media vs. underground, blogging and social media, etc.
  • Pros and cons of hiring a publicist as a self published author. What is money well spent in promotion.
  • Most important aspects of promotion before actually starting the campaign (i.e. title, keywords, metadata, keywords, social media, book trailers)

Bill See, from the band Divine Weeks

Bill See, from the band Divine Weeks
Bill See has just released his first book “33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream,” a memoir about breaking away from a turbulent upbringing and going on tour in a tiny van across the U.S. and Canada in the summer of 1987. Bill has a unique perspective having watched the music industry revolutionized by the internet, and with the advent of self publishing hitting the literary world, he sees a lot of similarities.

33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream

33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream
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Amazon Associates Now Integrates Directly with Twitter

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This is an exciting way to help build Amazon sales by tweeting about your own book and other books that you know are useful to your readership. And you can get a small income if people click and buy the books. Back in the 90s, I made as much as $50 to $100 per month on Amazon commissions. The pre-requisites are as follows

1. An open twitter account: sign up at www.twitter.com

2. An open Amazon Associates account: sign up at www.amazon.com/associates

How do you do it? When you are logged in to Amazon Associates you go to Amazon, find a book of interest,
and merely click “Share on Twitter” on the grey toolbar at the top of your browser. Voila, what could be easier?
I predict the window of opportunity will be small to get started as the holiday buying season opens up. So
don’t delay
–Victor