Comments on: Can you describe your book in five seconds?

By: Gary Smailes

Gary Smailes — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:35:42 +0000

I always tell writers to read this post when talking about pitches. Glad it helped.

By: Kay Dew Shostak

Kay Dew Shostak — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:17:30 +0000

Thanks – I’ve often heard about the elevator pitch. However, I’d never thought about making possible for the hearer to then pass it along. Good point and one I’ll go work on right now!

By: Shack’s Comings and Goings » Sunday Wash-Up 14th June

Shack’s Comings and Goings » Sunday Wash-Up 14th June — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:13:23 +0000

[...] Can you describe your book in five seconds? ”Getting your book published is tough but getting it to stand out from the crowd is also hard. The founder-CEO of fReado Vikram Narayan was asked how a writer should be promoting their book and getting it to stand out from the crowd.” [...]

By: Gary Smailes

Gary Smailes — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:07:31 +0000

Vikram’s approach of the 5 second pitch is like all good ideas: simple in concept but difficult in practice. I found that it really makes to focus on what is important in your book but also what sets it aside from others.

By: andy Shackcloth

andy Shackcloth — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:49:07 +0000

Thanks for the post, it has been serious food for thought.

I struggled with a 30 second “elevator” pitch for the blog, doing again but with 5 seconds as the target, serious work.

But also to do it for each of the novels, damn, they don’t even have elevator pitches yet.

By: Roger C. Parker

Roger C. Parker — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:08:55 +0000

Fascinating–thanks for sharing.

This is a valuable post, not only because of your restatement of the importance of instant positioning, but the link to BookBuxzr.

By: Gary Smailes

Gary Smailes — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:38:28 +0000

No problem Vikram. I found the whole interview really interesting but just picked out this bit as the point I thought was most useful to takeaway. I will post the whole transcript in the comments if anyone is interested – just ask.

By: Vikram Narayan

Vikram Narayan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:28:30 +0000

Hi Gary,

Thank you for this post. I really enjoyed the interview process!

Vikram Narayan
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