What's on your mind?

[Iwamoto Yuri]

Lol, and still a ton of people love going to Japan XD. I got the chance to go to a country I like to study a language I've wanted to learn for years. Try not to spoil my happiness please .

[k11chi]

MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED!!!!

9 months of labor and I birthed this beauty. One more week of labor and the e-book will be available! I'm soooooo tired....

That's an interesting idea for a book.

[Shiromi]

MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED!!!!

9 months of labor and I birthed this beauty. One more week of labor and the e-book will be available! I'm soooooo tired....

That's amazing. Congratulations \o/

Thanks!

MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED!!!!

9 months of labor and I birthed this beauty. One more week of labor and the e-book will be available! I'm soooooo tired....

That's an interesting idea for a book.

Yup, I'm super nerdy.

[kkslider5552000]

This seems like the type of thing that a looooot of nerds would be interested in.

[Raspbryl]

Lol, and still a ton of people love going to Japan XD. I got the chance to go to a country I like to study a language I've wanted to learn for years. Try not to spoil my happiness please .

not my intent in fact if you'd read the articles in detail you'd know they were fear less cynical and more thoughtful than their titles would suggest.

[Shiromi]

This seems like the type of thing that a looooot of nerds would be interested in.

I hope so! Then I can make money!

[Iwamoto Yuri]

Lol, and still a ton of people love going to Japan XD. I got the chance to go to a country I like to study a language I've wanted to learn for years. Try not to spoil my happiness please .

not my intent in fact if you'd read the articles in detail you'd know they were fear less cynical and more thoughtful than their titles would suggest.

Yeah, but you're making me think too much, lol. I just simply want to enjoy the thought XD

[Raspbryl]

Lol, and still a ton of people love going to Japan XD. I got the chance to go to a country I like to study a language I've wanted to learn for years. Try not to spoil my happiness please .

not my intent in fact if you'd read the articles in detail you'd know they were fear less cynical and more thoughtful than their titles would suggest.

Yeah, but you're making me think too much, lol. I just simply want to enjoy the thought XD

The sad reality is humans are still humans and their flaws are reflected in their homelands. Disneyland might seem magical just for a visit... once you move in you begin you see the grime. best to keep your expectations tempered and focus on the aspects you enjoy.

[Iwamoto Yuri]

Lol, and still a ton of people love going to Japan XD. I got the chance to go to a country I like to study a language I've wanted to learn for years. Try not to spoil my happiness please .

not my intent in fact if you'd read the articles in detail you'd know they were fear less cynical and more thoughtful than their titles would suggest.

Yeah, but you're making me think too much, lol. I just simply want to enjoy the thought XD

The sad reality is humans are still humans and their flaws are reflected in their homelands. Disneyland might seem magical just for a visit... once you move in you begin you see the grime. best to keep your expectations tempered and focus on the aspects you enjoy.

Lemme enjoy the small things, person :V.
Besides, I've been in Japan twice. I know what to expect

[Shiromi]

*dusts hands off* There, the e-book is done! Can I sleep for a week now? No? I have to promote the book now? It's almost like I have an actual job now...

[kkslider5552000]

I can help promote it!!!

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hey guys Shiromi has a book!

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I did it.

[Shiromi]

I can help promote it!!!

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hey guys Shiromi has a book!

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I did it.

LOL now do that a few thousand more times to random strangers

[bash7353]

What does one have to do to promote a book? I assume reality differs slightly from how Slider imagines it.

[MoonRaven]

Long day at work behind once more. Whew.

[Shiromi]

What does one have to do to promote a book? I assume reality differs slightly from how Slider imagines it.

It's advertising, basically.

Before the book ever published, I posted about the book constantly, letting people know what my progress was, for example:
https://academy.realelvish.net/2017/03/ ... -complete/
https://academy.realelvish.net/2017/04/ ... cover-art/

I also posted on Facebook about it with my dreamingfifi page:
https://www.facebook.com/dreamingfifi/p ... =3&theater

Now that phase is over, and I'm doing things like this:
https://www.facebook.com/dreamingfifi/p ... 9892729363
I messaged the admins of a bunch of Tolkien-related Facebook groups to see if they would be willing to let me promote my book on their page, and all of them agreed. So, I wrote elevator pitches for my book and posted them on the groups.

I've also e-mailed a few nerd-news websites about my book, but I haven't heard back from them yet.

Yesterday I went to the local table-top gaming/comic books store and they agreed to buy one book to see if it would sell. When I receive a few more copies of the book I'll take them to local bookstores and see if they'd be interested in selling one.

After that, I'm going to start going to sci-fi conventions as a speaker and vendor, selling my book and doing short transcriptions with calligraphy pens.

One shot in the dark thing I'm going to do is send a copy of the book to Stephen Colbert, famously a rabid LotR fan, signed with a note saying "To a fellow fan, The Neo-Sindarin word for 'truthiness' is *Thannassuias." If I'm super lucky, he'll make a one off mention of it in one of his shows. At the very least, I'll amuse an intern sorting through fanmail.

Another thing I'm going to do is start posting more poetry in Sindarin on fanfiction websites and include "Wanna learn how to do this? Buy my book!" I'll also review fanfics with advice about Elvish usage and send people to my website, where they will be able to buy my book, as well as make use of the thousands of names and phrases.

Another thing I'll be doing is making a series of short videos on youtube about the meanings and pronunciations of various names from Tolkien's books and include little ads about my book.

So, basically, "promotion" is just making sure lots of people know that something exists, so that the few who are interested in it will seek it out and buy it.