http://www.dailywritingtips.com/google-alerts/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/google-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-390700 Peter Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:41:56 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3813#comment-390700 I find Google Alerts one of the most useful online services available and seem to have about 200 Alerts myself! For Writers it's really useful to set-up Alerts for your book ISBN numbers Eg. 10 digit "047039062X" and the 13 digit: "978-0470390627" in addition to your books title and your name. You can then see who's selling it and read any reviews etc. Try and be proactive in getting some positive reviews on Amazon etc as soon as possible, by giving out some pre-publication drafts (PDFs?) to solicit some early positive feedback. I find Google Alerts one of the most useful online services available and seem to have about 200 Alerts myself! For Writers it’s really useful to set-up Alerts for your book ISBN numbers Eg. 10 digit “047039062X” and the 13 digit: “978-0470390627″ in addition to your books title and your name. You can then see who’s selling it and read any reviews etc.
Try and be proactive in getting some positive reviews on Amazon etc as soon as possible, by giving out some pre-publication drafts (PDFs?) to solicit some early positive feedback.

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