How to Use WLC

You've written a book!

​Now What?

Join the community that 

will help YOU succeed--WLC!

World Literary Cafe is  a multi-faceted community that promotes everyone in the literary realm, from readers to authors, editors, reviewers, and author services. Below you will find a few tips on how to use our site.

For quick promotion info, click HERE.

When getting involved in a community, it's beneficial to get to know the members. Our forums are perfect for that purpose. Authors and readers can connect in our Reader Forums, and writers can talk shop and swap advice in the Writer or Author Forums. 

• AUTHORS HOSTING AUTHORS:  Host and be hosted. Connect with other authors  to facilitate interviews, guest posts, discussions, and giveaways.

• BETA READERS & CRITIQUE GROUPS: Give your manuscript the chance to be better. Beta readers and critique groups can help--connect with them here.

• AUTHOR, READER FORUMS: Connect with readers about your books, post reviews, hold a book club discussion. The possibilities are endless. 

• AUTHOR FORUMS: Talk shop with authors in your specific genre.

• WRITING FORUMS: Connect with beta readers, form critique groups, or discuss querying, editing, self-publishing, or anything else writing related.

Feeling a bit baffled by social media and the demands of writing, promoting, and networking? Not sure how to build your platform or market your books? WLC founder, and bestselling author, Melissa Foster, will show you the tips, tricks, and tools to understand--and manage--how to do it all while selling your books. Check out these classes:

• BOOK MARKETING 101
  ​Building Your Platform & Understanding Social Media

• BOOK BRANDING 101
  ​Building & Maintaining Your Brand

Cross-promotions offer free exposure for all. A little sweat equity goes a long way, and what better way to grow your followers and readership than expanding while you help your fellow authors? We offer several cross-promotional venues for authors--ALL of these programs are based on reciprocation: 

• TWEET TEAMS: Our Tweet Teams are not just for authors, but for bloggers, reviewers, editors, and others in the literary field. Expand your outreach by joining a team and tweeting each other's events.

• #ShareTheLove4Authors (Facebook Like Program): More followers, more friends, more community. Get more Facebook likes on your professional pages with #ShareTheLove4Authors.

• #WLCTwitterFollows: Community works. Join #WLCTwitterFollows to gain followers, spread your wings, and expand your outreach. 

• TAGGING 4 AUTHORS (Amazon Tag Program): Tags are an important part of book marketing. Your book needs tags to be found when readers search for books on Amazon. 

Marketing your book is all about exposure. WLC offers many different types of programs that offer excellent exposure. Below are our paid promotions for authors:

• NEW RELEASE: Have you released a new title? List it in the WLC New Release Promotion and gain a full week of promotions.

• READ & REVIEW: Get your book in front of our vetted review team for a full month--PLUS a week of promotion on WLC. 

• FREE FOR ALL (KDP Select): Gain more exposure for your KDP Select free days. The fifteenth of each month we host a Free For All--all free KDP Select books are promoted for 24 hours.

• SOCIAL MEDIA MANIA: ​This program maximizes your social media exposure utilizing the World Literary Cafe's social outreach. 

• TODAY'S HOT TITLE: Next in line for HOT, QUICK exposure. For those budget conscious authors, a front page 23 hour feature utilizing the World Literary Cafe's moderated social outreach. 
• SPECIAL PROMOTIONS: Announced on an on-going basis.

​On a tight budget? No worries! We've got you covered. Check out our free promotions. Due to the extraordinary interest in our free promotions, there may be a waiting period for certain programs.

• FREE EBOOK FRIDAY:  Every Friday we give away TWO free ebooks to WLC members. Want to gain free exposure? This is a great program. 

• AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Get front page exposure on WLC with a fun and thought provoking Author Spotlight interview. 

• CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT: Give your readers something new--Let your characters speak to the readers in this interactive interview. 

• INDIEKINDLE: Stop tweeting your own horn! We'll tweet your book. 

Still have questions? Ask Melissa

*WoMen's Literary Cafe offers paid and free promotions and does not warrant, claim, or guarantee any sales or sales projections.

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