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Hey guys! Welcome back!

This month, we’ve been talking about ways to support the authors in your life. Statistically, it’s pretty likely that you know at least one author, so I thought it’d be good to share with you a little bit of what we need from our friends—and how you can be a better friend to us.

Because, really, we could all stand to be better friends to one another. If we’re being honest. I could too.

At this point, we’ve both purchased and read the book our wonderful author friend has released, but what can we do now? What else is there that might encourage our little indie author to keep doing what they’re doing?

Well, we could...

#3: Get Others to Buy the Book

I know, I know, that’s not your job. It’s a full time job, and a hard one. One that most of us don’t even want to think about. But it’s also one of the nicest things you can do for your author friends.

And! There are some really simple ways you can go about doing this without expending much effort at all.

When you’re with a group of people and you know one of those people reads, tell them about your friend’s book. You’ve read it by now, so you know a little bit (at least) of what it’s about. Tell them you know the author, that you can probably get them a signed copy if they want one. Maybe even carry your friend’s card, so people you come across will be able to look the book up online.

Or, even easier, click “share” on Facebook! And don’t just do it once. Every time you see a link by your friend, talking about their book, share it. Like it. Comment on it. That’s how social media works. Things get seen by more people by being seen by a few people. Your like or share could mean the world to your author friend, even if only because you’re sharing with your other friends how cool it is to know an author and to have read their book. Plus, you never know, you might be introducing one of your friends to their new favorite author. That, I know, would make any author's year.

It’s all about support, really. It’s all about showing your friend that you care, that you want to do what you can to support their work, and that you will always be an encouragement to them.

After all, isn’t that what you’d want, if you were in their shoes?

It’s really not that hard. Tell people about the book. Get excited about it. I guarantee your author friend will be elated to see how much you care. I would be. 

[love]

{Rani Divine}