I came on the internet to try promoting my two published books. I wrote these two books of poetry and had them published with a reputable self publishing company.

However if I was trying to make a living from these books I would have starved to death.  I have come to the conclusion that the internet is good at letting the world know about your books but not so great at selling them. Although you pay for Best Seller packages they really do not help much. You do get the opportunity to get and pay for more services, but the bottom line is these publishers are not really doing much to promote your books you have to promote them yourself as an author.

I have used a number of different strategies in promoting these books but I still am not seeing any sales. I see my books being advertised all over the internet by different book store but no sir. I am not seeing a penny in royalties. However I am determined to get some form of compensation from writing and I have decided to try some other alternative methods.

 I have come across sites a number of sites like Hubpages and Trion that compensate you for writing. They do not pay large sums but I do feel less frustrate since I do not have to put up large sum of money upfront. I think in this business of self publishing it is the publishing companies who benefit.

http://hubpages.com/profile/Juliet+Christie

http:// www.triond.com/users/Juliet+Christie+Murray