However, I find that when I go to book sites on Facebook, Google +, forums and other locations, it tends to be "beggars begging from beggars." What I mean by that is it's writers and self-publishers trying only to promote their books. Everyone seems to be a promoter and no one seems to be the audience.
Writers are, of course, readers as well, and that's the presumption. But it comes across as a sea of everyone doing what you're doing, and it's hard to stand out.
What has been a bit more successful for me, however, is when I do a video about an RPG game that we've played, and I post it on Youtube, then Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Suddenly all the gamers get sucked into the story and want to see more. It's unique and interesting, and I don't look quite so desperate to sell something. When I finally come around to telling everyone, hey, by the way, I have a book, they're much more receptive. They haven't been bombarded with 30 other books in the past hour.
For instance, I have a show called RPG Storytime where I take the story from an RPG story and I tell it in a video with miniatures using narration, sound effects, etc. to tell the tale. Other people who play that game watch the show, ostensibly get interested in my writing, and hopefully they'll check out my original works. This is also beneficial because the games are often from worlds like Star Wars, so I can interest people who are fans of that, even if they're not gamers. You can click below to see some of these webisodes.
This would most likely be successful in other types of sites other than gaming as the primary ingredient here is the fact that it's away from the crowd of other authors hawking their wares. However, I like that community partly because it's something I really enjoy, and it's also a very interactive medium since everyone is looking to play with one another.
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