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Nadezh Frank's avatar

Really appreciated this. ๐Ÿ™‚ One thing that stood out (and that I donโ€™t see talked about much) is how events can be more than just a launch-day moment. You made a great point about them being a way to connect with people and share your book without the pressure of a hard sell. A low-key approach that still has real impact. Thanks for sharing this!

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Youโ€™re welcome! Iโ€™m glad it resonated with you!

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Stephanie Wrobel's avatar

SO INSPIRED once again!!

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Love to hear it!

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Amy's avatar

Thanks for this! I'm still writing my first novel and have all this to come (hopefully!). I think I'll find this phase incredibly overwhelming due to my ADHD, but it's great to get an early vibe on what the future holds.

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Thanks for reading! I think it's overwhelming to most (all?) of us. I have a communications background so much of this feels natural to me but I still get overwhelmed by figuring out what I want to do and how much of it. It is hard.

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Amy's avatar

Thank you, I guess itโ€™s one step at a time!

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Scotty Meiklejohn's avatar

This was soooo helpful. Thank you so much for sharing Anne-Sophie!

Iโ€™ve already been dreaming up venues for a launch party of my own. Just have toโ€ฆ you knowโ€ฆ finish the novel first ๐Ÿ˜…

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Thanks for reading! And yes, finishing the novel does help having something to celebrate ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Maggie Glenski's avatar

Thank you for sharing the behind-the-scenes to it all! Love how you approached it with learnings from the corporate world. And yes!! Photograph everythinggg ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Thank you! And yes, whenever something in publishing confuses me, I try to juxtapose it with the equivalent in the corporate world. Right now, I'm applying to keep the job I have next year (meaning I'm writing a proposal to sell a new book.)

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Leigh Stein's avatar

Content begets contentโ€ฆ Andiโ€™s party inspired me to create content from itโ€ฆ your post is content triggered by my contentโ€ฆ

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

It sure does!

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Caroline Albert's avatar

we loved being part of such a special launch!

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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's avatar

Thank you, Caroline! Your support means so much!

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