The Holy Grail for many authors is to write a popular book series where readers of book one go on to read book two and so on. Writing a popular book series provides many marketing advantages, namely that your advertising is far more profitable.But writing a series is also risky. Generally, you can only sell subsequent books to folks who purchased, read, and enjoyed the first book in the series.For some authors, writing books in a series has shackled their otherwise good books to a relatively unappealing freshman effort.So, how do you know if your book is a good fit for a series?In this week’s episode), you’ll hear from Kristina Stanley, best-selling, award-winning author and the founder of Fictionary.co). We discuss
- Two types of series
- How to know if your idea can sustain a series
- Strategies for release and promotion of books in a series
Listen in) or check out the blog version of this episode) to learn about the many marketing advantages a completed series provides and how you can write a successful series.
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