Four Reasons YA Authors Should Target Teens on Facebook

[Ted]

From the Smashwords Site Updates page: She writes how many teens don't have credit cards, and this prevents them from downloading free ebooks at most retailers. So she directs her readers to Smashwords where free ebooks can be downloaded without a credit card, either priced at free or with a Smashwords Coupon. She also writes that although teens don't have credit cards, they know people who want to purchase books for them (parents and libraries).

Eva goes on to list 4 reasons for targeting teens:
1. Teens love to comment;
2. Teens tag their parents and beg their parents to buy the books for them;
3. Teens ask their libraries to order the books;
4. Teens tag their friends and spread the word about your books.

Read the article here.

[chelsfield]

Good article and good point. Platforms like Wattpad prove the power of teens as a creative and market force.