henry copeland:
Sure a social media presence helps your self-published book. But building one can take years. pllqt.it/wL3fKc
Social media as a launch pad for a self-published book -- good luck!
Yes, the good news is that you can create a platform with social media, and that it is virtually free except in terms of your time. But the bad news is that in a world that is completely oversaturated with traditional media, information, news, hype, marketing, books, other platforms, social media, blogs, magazines, online magazines, advertising everywhere, television, and so on, it’s incredibly difficult to stand out. To do so, you have to craft an extraordinarily compelling message and story, create a clever platform around it that makes sense for what it is and who you are, and then have the patience to do what it takes to develop that platform through the social media and traditional media you’ve chosen. It can take years.- www.forbes.com