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Promoting Scary Books

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SCARY BOOKS

‘Tis the season to dress like a zombie and scare up some sales.

Even if your book doesn’t relate to Halloween, it’s a great time to read scary books.

Here are a few ideas to get your brain churning:

  • Create an event. It could be a zombie run, or it could be a Halloween bash. Here is an example of a Halloween-related event at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/596532817124822.
  • Contact local newspapers with a press release. An article mentioning your book in the context of Halloween helps to stir interest in Halloween among the community, which actually helps local businesses. If you want to get your book in the news, you have to try, and you have to come up with an angle that makes it newsworthy.
  • Join or start a group that features horror, scary books, Halloween, or a related topic. Facebook has groups, for example.
  • Tweet with relevant…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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