Comments on: Novelists with Web Sites

By: Alex Annesty

Alex Annesty — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:24:58 +0000

Google me (Alex Annesty) and you’ll get good results. I’m approaching this from the reverse position; I believe a good web presence can help promote and develop awareness of a novel in progress (‘Colin goes to Zobeland’ in my case). The Zobeland site was developed to this end and I’ve put effort into ensuring it makes my name and the novel’s title prominent in search engines.

By: tito perdue

tito perdue — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:43:04 +0000

Tito has repaired his deficiency and now has 2 sites:

http://www.authorsden.com/titoperdue and titoperdue.com

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:22:30 +0000

Hi Rafael – you’re absolutely right. Every presence on the Web can help promote the author’s profile. Authors certainly must take the initiative in promoting their own works, that’s just the way things are these days.

Thanks for the tip about Joshua Furst. We’ll take a look at it.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:49:49 +0000

Joshua Furst has after months of neglect added something new and interesting to his blog. He has posted the first in a series of YouTube vignettes associated with Sabotage Cafe. In addition he has created a website soley dedicated to this forthcoming novel: sabotagecafe.com. I think more than anything, author blogs and sites such as MySpace, and YouTube allow authors to be proactive in promoting their work as opposed to idley sitting around as publishers and agents go about their business of not doing much at all. At the very least i don’t see how they can do themselves much harm since any publicity is good publicity. Thoughts?
Rafael

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:26:02 +0000

Hi Spring, we’ve added your Web site to the list! You asked a really good question about the actual impact of a Web site on an author’s career. We’re still in the middle of our research. Indeed, in a few months, after your site has been up for a while and your book published, then we’ll certainly want to talk with you about your own experience. Best Wishes!

By: spring warren

spring warren — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:25:14 +0000

I’ve got a website! I admit it was not up when your list was published, however. I have felt conflicted about having a website, wondering if it would be of help or become an area of difficulty for me. With my good computer savvy friend behind me, I decided to try it. I am interested if you have done any research as to what a website does or what it does not do for an author and an author’s career. A wide range of experience, I’m sure, and full of good stories.
Best, Spring Warren

By: Non-fiction writers & their Web sites » Book Design

Non-fiction writers & their Web sites » Book Design — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:05:15 +0000

[...] Of the 60 reviewed authors only 24 had Web sites. That’s 40%, which is lower than our calculation for novelists with Web sites. [...]

By: Reader

Reader — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:16:30 +0000

Doris Lessing has a web site

http://www.dorislessing.org