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Indie Lights Book Parade – Cynthia Enuton, author
The
Fur Angel Series:
Angel
in a Fur Coat (first book in the series) begins in a
faraway place where angels are trading their wings and halos for fur coats to
be born on earth as dogs. First, they must learn what it means to be a dog, so
they go to school. They learn about dog breeds and various dog jobs, and after
graduation they get their fur coat and are born to find the person they were
made for.
Now, as Fur Angels on earth, Legend of the Pink Toe
explores the wonderful world of dogs through the eyes of one special little
angel who bears the mark of a legend…a pink little toe.
The legend is unleashed in Wayward Angels when
fifteen-year-old Rebecca is pulled into the fantastical world of Fur Angels by
her roommate, eleven-year-old Tanisha, who believes in fairytales and Angel in a Fur Coat is her favorite
book. Life isn’t easy for the students of Tikkun Olam, a facility for troubled
kids also known as the crazy kids. But with the help of therapy, friendship,
and a little therapy dog, Peanut, maybe a fairytale ending isn’t all that
impossible.
Dolittleology
dives deeper into the phenomena of human and animal communications. When fourteen-year-old Billy Cohen claims to
talk with his Pug named Stimpy, he is admitted to the Tikkun Olam Institute.
Once a psychiatric treatment facility for kids, but things aren’t what they
appear to be. Billy discovers secrets hidden inside its walls and within the
subconscious of his mind.
Websites: http://www.FurAngelSeries.com
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/Gooberella
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gooberella
My Promotional
Tree
Every author’s dream is to publish a book and have
it fly off the shelves. Promotion gives your book wings to fly. With millions
of books to choose from, how do I get people to pick my book ─ or even see my
book? That seems to be a common question among authors.
I begin with my website. Right now I have two sites
that are linked to one another. My book site: www.FurAngelSeries.com and my fun, everything-else site: www.Gooberella.com
I envision my websites as a tree trunk where all my
treasures are waiting to be discovered. I try to keep my sites simple. Book
covers are displayed with a short blurb and a buy button that takes you to
Amazon.
Each social media outlet I use is a branch of my
website (tree) that reaches out to people all over the world. Every promotion I
do leads back to my website. I try to make my branches fun and creative.
Something people can relate to, makes them smile and laugh. I’ve designed my
tree branches to fit my writing genre which is the fantastical world of
talking- dogs. Yes, my tree is colorful, magical, and a little nutty and so are
my branches.
My first branch is Facebook, and the groups I
subscribe to are filled with talking-dogs, dog photos, contests, and a lot of
caring people with a love of dogs. My dogs are known as the 3 Goobers. They
support dog related charities, auctions with donations of autographed books, as
well as host their own dog photo contests where the winners win…you guessed
it…signed books.
Other branches are, Twitter, Pinterest, and
Instagram. I always carry a camera with me and post at least two pictures a day
on these outlets followed by a link to my website. Remember, all things posted
should lead back to your website.
My nuttier branches are Fiverr, www.Fiverr.com/gooberella
where I make talking-dog videos for $5.00 and Youtube, www.youtube.com/xiagooberella
where I post the videos.
Anything related to your writings that could branch
off and lead back to your books is a form of promotion. I also sell art work of
my books illustrations on a site called society6, www.society6.com/gooberella.
They put my illustrations onto shirts, pillows, bed covers, rugs, shower
curtains…basically just about anything. And once again, everything leads back
to my main book website.
As far as sales go, Amazon is my biggest outlet. It
allows me to share my books all over the world. They have many promotional
options for authors. If used in conjunction with independently operated
promotional sites, authors can gain good exposure.
And finally, book signings. I love going to schools
to give book presentations. It’s fun talking to students about my books,
writing techniques, the publishing process, and playing my talking dog videos.
The kids love them. Book festivals and book store signings are more for author
interaction rather than sales. Festivals usually charge a pricey booth-space
fee, and bookstores take up to 50% or more of sales. But it’s always fun
talking with customers and autographing books to them and their dogs.
Book promotions can be hard and tedious but with a
little creativity and thinking outside the box it can be a fun adventure.
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| Cynthia Enuton |
Cynthia grew up in Maryland and received a BA degree
in Psychology from the University of Maryland (UMBC). She worked at a State
facility for severe emotionally challenged adolescents for over 13 years.
Cynthia currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida, as a children/YA author and
travels with one of her Fur Angels, Augie Dog, to book signings of the Fur
Angel Series.
C L Enuton
Author and
Illustrator of the Fur Angel Series
www.Gooberella.com
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I must say that this fur angel concept sounds very original--at least I've never heard of anything quite like it. I think Cynthia is thinking along the right lines regarding creative marketing tactics. Might as well try ideas to see if they work--it's better than just sticking with tired methods and waiting for something to happen.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Hi :o) Thanks for letting me share the Fur Angel Series with your readers.
ReplyDeleteWow, I thought simply explaining about the Fur Angels was fun and interesting, but THANKS Cynthia for sharing some of your promotion and marketing tips (love the idea that the website is a tree... and everything else is a branch...
ReplyDeleteMakes perfect sense... how come I didn't think of that :)
PS: Lisa, *thank you* so much for your kind words and spending what I know was a fair chunk of your valuable time reading about Bill. He will be truly missed, but I know his daughter (if not more family members) will read the comments, so yeah, thanks :)
PPS: And please thank your family members for their service to our beautiful country :)
Such a fun website! Love your fur angels. I've always thought dogs were guardian angels. They're so loyal and protective . They're the epitome of unconditional love!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck Cynthia!