Marketing an Ebook by Cynthia Hickey

With the success of my ebooks, many authors have asked what I am doing to market them. I don’t believe I’m doing anything different than I would if the books were in print. My cozy mysteries, previously published through Barbour, have been re-released as ebooks and have sold more copies than they did in print. Other ebooks I’ve released myself. While I still have books in print, I also enjoy the freedom of ebook publishing. So, how do I market?

*Blog interviews and guest posts where I give away a free download

*At least once a week, I twitter and FB an announcement about one or more of my books, and ask others to retweet.

*I link my twitter, FB, and blogs together.

*I buy inexpensive ads in online magazines.

*I give away free downloads for reviews.

*I post pictures of my covers on Pinterest

*I write the best book I can. If someone mentions an error, I unpublish the book, fix the mistake, and republish.

I’m not sure whether any of these options work more than the others, I only know that I’m selling copies and having a blast. Hope I’ve helped others who may be wondering about ebook publishing.

Readers can connect with me at www.cynthiahickey.com, on FB at https://www.facebook.com/TKlinesmith#!/pages/Cynthia-Hickey/151333448227549 and Twitter at https://twitter.com/

I’d love to hear from you.

Multi-published author Cynthia Hickey had three cozy mysteries published through Barbour Publishing, with a novella scheduled to be released in March 2013. Her first mystery, Fudge-Laced Felonies, won first place in the inspirational category of the Great Expectations contest in 2007. Her third cozy, Chocolate-Covered Crime, received a four-star review from Romantic Times. All three cozies have been re-released as ebooks through the MacGregor Literary Agency, along with Deadly Neighbors, the first in a new cozy series. She lives in Arizona with her husband, two of their seven children, two dogs, two cats, a snake named Flash and a fish named Floyd. She has five grandchildren who keep her busy and tell everyone they know that “Nana is a writer”. Visit her website at www.cynthiahickey.com 

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Spyglass Lane Mysteries: Two New Books

Today Spyglass Lane Mysteries releases two new ebooks, Worth Its Weight, by K.D. Hays and Candy Coated Secrets by Cynthia Hickey. This brings the total of available cozy mysteries up to eight, with two more coming every Thursday.

Worth Its Weight description:

Paintings slashed...furniture broken...someone is wreaking havoc at the Blue Moon Art & Antiques Gallery.

Extended Description:

Paintings slashed... Furniture broken… Someone is wreaking havoc at the Blue Moon Art & Antiques Gallery. Fledgling private investigator Karen Maxwell goes undercover as a salesclerk to find out who’s behind the vandalism, and why. She learns little from friendly clerk Vicki and Eric, the shop’s surly, tight-lipped porter, would run over her with a hand truck before he’d answer any questions. The guilt may even lay with the shop owners themselves, despite the fact that they’re the ones who hired her.

Karen’s investigation seems to be going nowhere—just like her once-promising relationship with Brian, the handsome blacksmith who could sweep her off her feet in a minute… if he’d ever take a break from working with the church youth group. Frustration mounts as her dreams of romantic evenings turn into endless rehearsals for the church Christmas play.

If Karen can’t crack the case soon, she may find herself busted back to plain, old office manager, her dreams of a career as a private investigator—and a life with Brian—as old and busted as the Blue Moon’s vandalized antiques.

Candy Coated Secrets description:

Summer Meadows entered church on Sunday not to find God, but to search for a killer.

Extended Description:

When a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows's house, she does what comes naturally - she acts without thinking and volunteers to lead an elephant to the fairground. The animal's trainer follows close behind but disappears when they reach their destination. When Summer goes looking for the trainer, she finds something altogether different - a woman hanging dead in the shower of one of the trailers.

A carnival slew of mishap and misadventure ensue when Summer and her fiance, Ethan, set out to solve the murder.

All ebooks are available for download to Kindle with several other formats available, including PDF, RTF, plain text, and even the ability to read it online. A sample is available for all books by clicking on:

Amazon

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