The holidays are coming up, and it's time for all of us indies to fight for your dollars along side the big industry behemoths of the world that have all of the marketing power at their disposal. In recent years, they've tried to expand it beyond the usual confines of just "Black Friday". It is now Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and more recently added, Cyber Sunday. My usual plan is to constantly promote my published works from November, all the way up to February, taking advantage of not only "Black Friday" after Thanksgiving, but also Christmas, Kwanzaa, MLK's Birthday, and Black History Month.
I think that people need to work harder at supporting our entrepreneurs and indie artists, and not just give our money away to these big conglomerates and box stores. I know too many of my fellow content creators who are struggling to get supported by the consumer community, especially our own people. Our people like to complain a lot, but don't really back up a lot of their complaints with any real concrete action. There are too many of us that are promoting the heck out of our works online, and not getting any type of support.
Let's try to really support our Black/Brown entrepreneurs. Speaking for myself, my works are all available online at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble [www.bn.com], and Books-A-Million [www.booksamillion.com]. You can also go to the publisher's site for each book, to purchase a copy during the holidays.
So...lets REALLY try to put the 'black' into Black Friday. Let's talk with our dollars, and really show some financial 'black/brown power'. If we really do have TRILLIONS in disposable income, then lets spend that money wisely, and with our own.
Raise Your Brown Black Fist: The Political Shouts of an Angry Afro Latino
Publisher: Authorhouse
www.authorhouse.com
Raise Your Brown Black Fist 2: MORE Political Shouts of an Angry Afro Latino
Publisher: Outskirts Press
www.outskirtspress.com
In My Lifetime: funny Stories of Life Lessions
Publisher: Outskirts Press
www.outskirtspress.com
The Chronicles of The Black Fist
Publisher: Createspace
www.createspace.com
Demure Nights
Publisher; CreateSpace
www.createspace.com
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