Does anyone here use Facebook to promote their writing? If so, how? Do you have an author page? A page for each book? What do you post on these pages? Do you do a lot of interacting from your personal Facebook wall? Do you think Facebook is useful in addition to blogging and Twitter?

This is sort of the opposite of your question, but I actually don't use Facebook. At least, not yet. I have plans to create pages for my books, and possibly my characters (I've seen a few from here). I don't want to do anything like this right now, because I haven't copyrighted all of it, and I admit that I'm scared of having my work stolen. Personally, I think that Facebook can be a very useful promotion tool; it just has to be used at the right time and in the right way.

I use FB for promotion. I have an author page and a page for my Makilien Trilogy.

https://www.facebook.com/mollyevangeline
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Makilien ... 7259217994

I think it's a great promotional tool. It's easy to interact with readers and share updates. I always post links to my pages when I've updated my blog or websites. Most people are more likely to see FB updates than keep checking your blog and websites for updates, and that is great for keeping people interested. Pages are also nice because you don't have to add any personal details and can interact with people you don't know without having them as part of your personal FB profile. Unless you choose to make it visible, no one can see who moderates the pages.

Thank you, Molly! I took the plunge and started a page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aubrey-Ha ... 9075941474

I "liked" your pages with my page. If others have pages for their books or author-brands, please post!

I just "Liked" all your pages. They look amazing!

Thanks, Elestar!

I use FB to promote my writing:

* I use my pen name (this causes some confusion for personal friends)
* Normal personal page (not a fan page yet)
* No page setup for my book yet
* No page setup for my series yet
* Provide occasional snippets of my writing
* I try to build relationships with agents, publishers, fellow-authors, and fans.

Besides the last point, which has been my focus, I have some work to do! Of course, I don't have a publisher yet.

http://www.facebook.com/treskillard

-Robert

I have one, but I don't have pages for books because that would be too many pages to keep track of.

I'm starting to wonder if I should do an author page. There are some posts that are more applicable to my faith and/or friends, which are different than what I would post on my author page. But, if I separate the two, then am I cutting my audience in half? For example, if I don't double post info, then only fans of my author page will find out about my newest story or podcast release. I really don't want to have to double post info, so what's the best method?

I suppose most of my Facebook friends that pay attention to me, and are interested in my fiction, will follow me over, but I still see a lot of them falling through the cracks. Ultimately, I imagine I'll need a fan page. If I had to choose right now, I'd say as soon as I have my first sale, I'll start the author page. That sale can be a short story, so hopefully that won't be too long...

As for your question. I use Facebook to tweet from my Kindle, both fiction and theology. However, I'm starting to wonder if I should get an author page simply so I don't have to hide the fact that I'm a believer. I don't want to derail this conversation, but I wonder how well an author page can hide the religious points on my personal page. Lately, I've realized that I want to write for unbelievers, and so I haven't been posting my faith on Facebook or Twitter, which is unfortunate because I want to be able to tell someone Praise the Lord, or that atheist has it all wrong...It seems then that Facebook is becoming more of a promotional tool for my writing than an extension of my witness to the world (though maybe only indirectly, because I hope for my writing to be a subtle witness, as well as my personality).

I have tried the Network Blogs app on Facebook, which I think is not necessary now. At first I used it for the autopost of my blog content onto Facebook, but now I think I'd rather just post my own summary and advertisement, as theirs is very general.

I think Facebook has enough unique advantages that it should be used in conjunction with Tweeting and blogging.

Tim, personally I don't think there's a problem with posting relevant info in both places as long as it's done tactfully and in moderation. If it's big news, like a new podcast, a post on each (maybe space them by a few hours) probably won't be overboard to those that follow both. Actually, I think they'd understand why you posted in both places.

I think it's worth making the transition to page because of the wider audience you'll reach. There is a whole 'nother market of people that would like your page but won't friend you - or, you probably wouldn't want them to friend you, because you don't know them personally.

That right there is a great reason sista' Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Personally, I am more than happy with Twitter and GBuzz, but I must say primarily I'm relying on my blog/other projects. I am not on Facebook much, so I would not want to create a page and have it sit empty; that looks bad.

I guess I just don't use social networking much when it comes to my writing.

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I have a Facebook. I am not open to friends that I have never met in person though.

Princess A, I understand the motive, but if I only friended people I met in person I would have missed out on some really great interactions and contacts, such as writers and editors and publishers. If you are concerned about privacy, is there a way to make lists to keep some from seeing everying? I just read something about that on the link I came to share below.

So, I came to post here about a blog I just read "3 Principles for a Facebook Fan Page" that has more links at the bottom about Facebook marketing.