Updated: This was blogged two years ago and I just thought I’d bring it back to the front.
If you’re a new writer and looking for websites to market your work or yourself as an author, searching for those places online takes a really long time, especially if you don’t type in the right keywords on google or other search engines. I thought I’d post sites all in one place so you can find what you’re looking for without searching for days on end.
http://www.writersmarket.com Online version of the book
http://www.helium.com Where writers can post articles, stories, opinions
http://www.writing.com Writing site
http://bookmarket.com/index.html This is John Kremer’s website where there are supposed to be “1001 Ways to Market Your Books”
http://authornation.com/ A community for authors and readers
http://www.bookreview.com/$spindb.query.bottom.booknew This is where you can get interviewed, post your book, or even get it reviewed.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/ Where you can post short stories, articles, or other kinds of content
http://www.sffworld.com/ if you write SF, then take a look at this site
http://www.bibliophil.org/ a website you can have a customized library
http://www.ibookdb.net/ an internet database for books
http://ebookscafe.writergazette.com/addbook.php where you can list your e-books
http://www.published.com/ a free directory of writers and artists
http://thewriterslife.homestead.com/promotion.html book promotion links
http://www.writing-world.com/ articles about writing, or post your work
http://wordpress.com/ a blogging network
http://www.blogger.com a blog site
http://www.writermag.com a writing magazine
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pepb.htm a website that tells you which sites are real or not real
http://www.bookcrossing.com/ If you ever want to see if people read a book you just leave around, then come here
http://www.goodreads.com/ a social network for book lovers
http://www.librarything.com/ your personal library online
http://www.facebook.com You can do an advertising campaign for your website or book
http://www.authortree.com/ build your own author website
http://bookmarket.ning.com/ social network on Ning.com
http://www.authorsden.com/ Author community
http://www.authorzone.com/index.php another community for authors
http://www.shelfari.com/ List your library online
http://www.squidoo.com/browse/homepage
http://www.editred.com/ Writing community
http://www.myspace.com this is obvious
http://www.redroom.com/ Author community
http://www.booktour.com/readers If you feel like going on a tour for your book, this is a place to post it
Well, these are most of the sites I have on my favorites list. Hope these links are helpful to the beginning writer. Have fun surfing!
Hi Cliff, this is a really good list of resources for writers. I am sure that many of the members of the Rainbow Readers book group will be interested in checking some of these out.
I have read an extract from Out of Time and it seems a great read. I hope all goes well with the book writing. Have you got any more planned?
Hi. Very nice list, thank you. Keep up the good work.
cheers!
Any more books planned? Yes, I do. If it weren’t for me being in college, I’d probably have my second one finished just in rough draft. I still don’t know if I’m going to self-publish the next one though.
This is incredibly helpful information. Good thing I stopped by!
I use Booksie.com for publishing my writing and TheNextBigWriter.com for getting feedback on what I write. Thanks for your list.
Phil