marketing more

As to what I've been doing, here's a list for you!
If you can, look this article up, I contacted a newspaper in my hometown in the UK and this just came out. As tina just said, I'm an internationally recognised author now!

http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/8407794.Former_Bromsgrove_resident_publishes_her_first_novel/

I made business cards with the book name, the publisher's web address and my website and ISBN on it to give out to people who show interest in finding it.
I've contacted local stores in Santa Fe. One independent store is interested in consignement. Borders needs the distributer to contact them directly.
I have given a copy to the local arts paper to review (who in the past have written full page articles about other creative endeavours of mine)
i created an electronic press kit, that includes the official PRelease, a one page Q and A, the first chapter, photos, links and more of a story for journalists to see why this is an unusual book worth promoting.
i updated my website with the novel, publisher contact info, ordering info etc
google alerts tells me when someone looks up my name
amazon is selling great
three stores in my local village are selling the book
i mention it in conversation and have sold about thirty out of my truck in less than a week
I am booking two nights of events, focused on my book but suplemented by live music

thats what i can think of right now~ more to come.

sleam

Marketing the new book

It seems that there are the fast track internet machines to distribute fiction and there is grass roots. I tend toward the latter. Yesterday was the first day back in New Mexico since my novel came out. I went to the coffee shop and there I was, in print. Ten books lined up next to Sky F. who jumped up and gave me a hug. "You kept this quiet Sleam! Why didn't you tell me?" nancy grins from behind the counter and pours me a coffee. Two books sold. I give her a copy to read so she can talk about the book to the tourists and locals alike. At the shop later, Janice takes seven. "I like that number" and starts to look one over, thrilled for me. At Lori Musil's gallery in Cerrillos, she sells one immediately to a friend and then takes two on spec. That afternoon i hear from a few retail places I'd emailed from the UK, and I send out more. I sell another in Santa Fe. And then I come home.
Busy. Good first day with this.
Next, its emails, press releases to the local papers, contact a few writers I like and ask for reviews, and then to the pub. I'll take a few copies with me just in case.