As many of you may have seen on our BookRix YouTube Channel, while at the 2011 BookExpo America, I had the opportunity (and lucky chance encounter!) to meet in person and grab an exclusive interview with two of the most successful self-published authors of our time: J.A. Konrath and Blake Crouch. Currently, they are grossing between $30,000 and $50,000 a month in eBook sales!

Watch this video (turn up your speakers) if you are serious about self-publishing your novel or book. They offer helpful tips and important messages to not only Author R. Lynn, who’s just started her journey down the same indie path with BookRix as a sponsorship partner (and was the perfect person to ask these guys some serious questions), but for all of the BookRix community and writers in the world wanting to expand their book’s potential horizons.

In this video Blake Crouch and J.A. Konrath discuss what it’s been like since they left their legacy publishers and how that’s changed their options.

They also talk about the importance of marketing and finding key influencers to write book reviews for their books (pre-launch), building a fan base and platform to sell books online and so much more.

Be prepared, the REAL, authentic and humorous personalities that Author R. Lynn and I got to see emerge during the interview are included, but with all seriousness about why they left their legacy publishers and the power of social media sites for authors including Facebook, Twitter and of course your very-own BookRix.

Follow the authors on Twitter:

@JAKonrath
@BlakeCrouch1
@AuthorRLynn

Ever wondered how to effectively promote your book on BookRix? Our resident marketing genius Tim “maicherinho” Maicher has put together a great collection of tips and tricks to help.

Don’t sweat it that it’s on the German site – the book’s in English (promise!).

If you’re looking for more ideas on marketing your book, be sure to check out these groups in our community:

• Marketing Tips For Writers
• Marketing for writers

Are you on Twitter yet? Are you using it to promote your book(s)? We’ve been getting pretty active there, connecting with BookRix authors and readers, sharing little bits of information, quick tips, fun stuff, etc., that’s too short for the blog.

If you’re on Twitter, here are a few ways you can connect with us, and we’ll even help you promote your book.

1. Follow us at BookRixUS.
2. Follow our BookRix authors list.
3. If you’re an author, send us a message that you’d like to be added to that list.
4. Tweet about your book. Be sure to actually say something about it, not just post the link. Also, please use a URL shortener (we recommend bit.ly, but there are literally hundreds of them), as our URLs are kind of long-ish. If you do actually say something about it, we’ll try to re-tweet you at least once. We regularly check for mentions of BookRix and links to our site – it’s done by humans, so it may take a couple of days and occasionally we may miss one or two.