From Jungkook to Your Readers: What BTS Can Teach Us About Building a Loyal Community
I’m a BTS fan… but I’m a super fan of Jungkook. Yesterday he did a live that reminded me why I love this group so much. They don’t pretend to be perfect idols. They show up as real men—who drink, have fun, and…
Building Your Readership – 2026 Issue #2 Part 3: How To Keep Your Book’s Momentum Going After Launch
When the confetti settles and the launch week adrenaline fades, this is where most authors quietly disappear. Not because they failed. Not because the book wasn’t good. But because they think the…
Feature You And Your Book For Women's History Month
This a FREE promotion for the month of March
I have 31 slots available.
What I need from you:
Bio - 75 - 100 words
Headshot
Book Cover
Blurb
Genre
Link to Purchase
Send to: 1sormag@gmail.com
By February 25th
Do you kiss on the first date?
23.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Schedule your virtual teaser book promotion strategy session. Let’s chat about your promotion strategy.
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You can’t release a book and think I loaded it up on kindle, Amazon will do the rest.
You can’t promote once a week and think you are going to sell hundreds of books.
One thing I’ve learned about promotion is you have to be ready for it.
You can’t release a book and think it’s going to hit all the best-selling lists if you don’t have a plan.
Being a widow does that in rooms like this; it turns you into something people handle carefully.
Some seasons of life make you visible in ways you didn’t ask for.
Second Shores — Episode 5.
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Baila met her first potential spouse Harlin. He has two boys. Children use to be a deal breaker for her. Now she has to decide if she will move forward with Harlin.
Should she accept Harlin as her first date?
Creating them before your book comes out gives you time to get the perfect words for it.
Today’s author is Christian fiction author is Pat Simmons.
I how many versions of your bio do you have?
You want a long bio - 100 - 150 words
A short bio - 50 - 100 words
A min bio - 10 - 25 words
Your bio introduces you to the reader. Depending on who is asking for it will determine which one you send.
Getting Started #4
Bio
This is the perfect time to work on your bio.
Your bio is used for your book cover, website, social media platforms, interviews and promotion content.
Email List
Website/Blog
Email Address/Email Signature
Social Media Platforms
Promotion Plan
Promotion Sites
Livestreaming
Podcast/Radio
Video
Promotion Help
Today’s author is Christian fiction author Danyelle Scroggins
How many tools do you have in your kit?
Getting Started #3
Promotion Kit
I always tell my clients if they want to get ready for promotion they need to start working on their virtual tool kit for promotion.
Chapter 1: Are You Ready To Build Your Book Promotion Infrastructure?
Building the infrastructure involves setting up multiple components, including the Email List, Author Website, and a Book Promotion Plan.
Thank you to the readers who purchased my books in January. You started my year off right.
If you’ve read it, would you mind leaving a quick review? It helps other readers discover it.
I appreciate you more than I can say. 💜
Which Maya Angelou books have you read?
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I’m trying to hold out for part two to drop before I start watching.
If you started last night what was your favorite part about part one.
I’m ok with spoilers, if you are not don’t check out the comments just incase someone leaves one.
Did BTS find you when you needed them most?
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I think what I loved about writing Love in Space is I was able to create my world.
My world was a little upside down and I could visit the spaceship and the singles on it.
They were falling in love and finding their happiness.
Are you tired of this world?
Visit the USS Obama today.
Reader Poll – How Do You Like To Hear About New Books?
One of the discussions to day in Clubhouse was that this generation of readers are not using email to keep in touch with their favorite authors. For me email is my favorite way to stay in touch with authors. I like receiving the newsletters.…
What would your new chapter look like?
New routines. New friendships. New possibilities.
Second Shores — life after retirement.
Book Butterflies 🦋 on Substack
They were my first mentors for book promotion. I still learn a few things from them when it comes to building relationships with your readers.
Inside Building Your Readership I share 12 ways to start building your readership.
Remember building your readership starts with you.
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I wrote to two authors Rochelle Alers and Beverly Jenkins to my surprised they wrote back and put me on their mailing list. I got advance copies of books, signed book covers and they let me know the events they would be at for the year.
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Before social media the only way you built relationships with your readers was snail mail.
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My comfort foods:
Grill cheese, doughnuts, popcorn, French fries and sunflower seeds.
What are your comfort foods?
What’s your favorite or least favorite way to promote?
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Imagine being required to find love before reaching a new planet.
That’s the heart of Love in Space.
Could you fall in love under that kind of pressure?
When was the last time a book, author, or post made you feel seen?
Hit comment and tell me what did it.
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Building your readership is a process. It doesn’t happen overnight.
Readers don’t come to you.
You have to tell them about your books.
What are you doing to build your readership?
