ʻO Donna Fasano kāna mau kuleana i ka 4 miliona kope
Ua kūʻai aku nā puke a Donna Fasano i 4 miliona kope ma ka honua a ua paʻiʻia ma kahiʻaneʻiʻelua mau'enela mau 'ōlelo. I ka mea i hoʻopuka muaʻia e kahi luna hoʻolaha kūkala, ua hoʻoholoʻo Fasano e hele i ka palapala hoʻopili pono'ī - a ke ola nei i kāna mau puke.
Maʻaneʻi, hāʻawiʻo "Donna Faz" i kānaʻike kākau kākau-aʻoiaʻiʻo i ka mea kākau moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hoʻolahaʻana a me ka kūʻaiʻana i ka makana:
E hoʻolako i kāu mau puke i nā huahana he nui a me nā palapala
Valerie Peterson: He aha nā lawelawe e hoʻolaha a hoʻolahaʻia eʻoe? Ebooks? Hoʻolapala? He'ōlelo aʻo no nā mea kākau ma laila?
ʻO Donna Fasano: Aia kaʻu mau puke no Kindle, Nook, Kobo , a me nāʻona (ma ka waihona kūʻai iTunes). Aia kekahi mau puke ma Smashwords.com . Aia kekahi o kaʻu mau puke i ka paʻi. Ke hoʻohana nei au i CreateSpace no kaʻu mau puke paʻi, akā aia kekahi mauʻoihana'ē aʻe e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe POD (print-on-demand), e like me Lulu.com , Print-To-Press, a pēlā aku. E loaʻa hoʻi kaʻu mau puke ma keʻano he audiobooks ma Audible.com , Amazon, a me iTunes.
ʻO kaʻu'ōlelo aʻo i nā mea kākau, penei: e hoʻolako i kāu mau puke ma kahi e hiki ai, ma nāʻano likeʻole - nā puke, ka pepa, nā puke liʻiliʻi , a me nā hōʻailona hou e hiki ke hele.
Ua hala au i 20 mau makahiki o kaʻuʻoihana e hoʻokomo i kaʻu mau hua i loko o ka hīnaʻi hoʻokahi aʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e hana hou i kēlā kuhihewa. Aia kekahi poʻe heluhelu ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a heʻano'ē aʻe ko lākou a pau i ka pehea e makemake ai e heluhelu: kekahi e like me ka paʻaʻana i kahi puke puke ma ko lākou mau lima,ʻo kekahi makemake i ka mea heluhelu, kekahi e like me ka laweʻana i nā puke ma o kā lākou leo leo, heluhelu kekahi ma ka iPads a i kekahi mau papa'ē aʻe, aʻo nā mea hoʻolohe'ē aʻe kekahi.
Makemake au i kaʻu mau puke e loaʻa i nā mea e makemake e ho'āʻo i kaʻu mau moʻolelo punahele.
E hōʻoia i kāu puke Hoʻolālāʻo Professional
VP: He aha ka mea kākauʻoihana makelia āu e hilinaʻi nei?
DF:ʻO ka mea mua, ka hōʻailona, ka waihona puke a me ka puke blurb (aka, ka huahana huahana). No ka mea e makemake ana e komo i loko, eʻikeʻoeʻo kēia nā mea mua iʻikeʻia e kāu poʻe heluhelu i ka wā e hele ai lākou i ka hale kūʻai Kindle a iʻole ka hale kūʻaiʻo Nook, aiʻole ka iTunes iBook Store.
ʻO ka ukuʻana i ka mea hana kiʻi kiʻi e hana i kahi uhi nui e pono ke kumukūʻai. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike nui i Photoshop, mai ho'āʻoʻoe e uhi i kou uhi.
A iāʻoe e kākau i kāu palapala wehewehe, e hoʻohana i nā hua'ōlelo ikaika ma kāu mau'ōlelo. Hoʻokomo i ka mea heluhelu ma ka weheweheʻana i kāu mea kuʻi a iʻole ke ao āu i hana ai. Hoʻopau i ka hoʻopiʻi me ka hakakāʻana i ka hopena e hiki i ka mea heluhelu ke heluhelu i kāu puke.
Hoʻonui i kāu puke me nā Blogs a me nā Ads Ads
VP: Pehea lāʻoe e hoʻohui ai me nā mea heluhelu hou?
DF: Ke hoʻopau wale nei au i kahi hanana hoʻolaha hou 50-blog no ka hoʻopakeleʻana i koʻu puʻuwai i hala ma mua o 10 mau lā. He hauʻoli, akā he hana nui. Eia naʻe,ʻo kaʻaeʻana e nānā i nā pūnaewele kahi mea nui e loaʻa ai nā mea heluhelu hou. Hiki i kekahi mea kākau keʻimi i ka papa inoa lōʻihi loa o nā mea kākau moʻolelo ma kahi o kekahiʻano e Googling "[insert genre] blog directory" or "[insert genre] blog database."
A i koʻu manaʻo ua'ōlelo wau, hoʻolaha ka hoʻolaha. Ereadread NewsʻO kēia lā kahi wahi kūpono no nā mea kākau hou e hoʻomaka ai. He mea kūʻai nui ka Bubai Bub, akā, e loaʻa ana kāu hualoaʻa ma kāu pā.
E hui me ka poʻe heluhelu ma Social Media
VP: He nui kāu mau pilina me kāu poʻe heluhelu ma o kaʻenehana kaiaulu a iʻole kekahi mau hālāwai'ē aʻe, e like me nā heluhelu, nā hōʻailona, nāʻaha kūkā, a pēlā aku?
DF: He mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua komo au i nā heluhelu a me nā hōʻailona ma nā hale kūʻai puke.
Ua hele au ma kekahi hele huakaʻi 4 mau kūlanakauhale. Ua hāʻawi aku au i nā papa aʻo a me nā seminena ma nāʻaha mele Hawaiʻi (RWA) , a ua hele pū hoʻi i nā kula kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a kamaʻilio pū me nā haumāna e pili ana i kaʻuʻoihana. Ua'ōlelo wau ma nā papa kula puke. Aʻoiai he mea hauʻoli ia mau mea a pau,ʻaʻole au i maopopo uaʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā mau hana ma mua o ka hahauʻana i kaʻu kālā. "E nānā mai iaʻu,ʻo wau ka mea kākau i paʻiʻia."
I kēia mau lā, hālāwai wau a aloha i nā mea heluhelu i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka laina. Aia wau ma Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Pinterest, a me Tumblr. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi blog i kapaʻia i nā kuhikuhi a pau (no ka mea,ʻaʻoleʻike wau i ka mea e makemake au e blog e pili ana) a loaʻa iaʻu kahi pae hoʻolālā e holo wau i ka inoaʻo "Awesome Romance Novels" kahi e hoʻonui ai au i nā puke kākau puke'ē aʻe.
Heʻekolu manawa lanakilaʻo Donna Fasano o ka Medallion HOLT, he CatalogRomance Reviewers Choice Award winner for Best Single Title, he Desert Rose Golden Quill Award finalist, a he Romance Writers of America Golden Heart finalist. Mai kona liloʻana i mea kākau Indie, lanakilaʻo ia i ka makana koho a ka poʻe heluhelu 2013 no Best Romance ma BooksAndPals.com. Ua hanaʻo ia i ka Kindle a me ka Nook Top 100 Paike List i nā manawa he nui. E kipa i kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele o Fasano.