{"id":17642,"date":"2024-08-22T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/?p=17642"},"modified":"2024-08-22T11:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:03:31","slug":"patrick-mcdermott-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/patrick-mcdermott-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick McDermott Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-clients","category-p"],"acf":{"intro_slagan":"United States","intro_text":"Self-published author with five novels, one novella, and several short stories in my portfolio. 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I\u2019d also like sales to break even with marketing costs.<br \/>\nThere are three distinct market segments I want to appeal to:<br \/>\n1.\tScience fiction and fantasy readers looking for \u201cclean\u201d futuristic space adventures with a supernatural thread running through the story.<br \/>\na.\tProducts:<br \/>\ni.\tBorn of Fire &#8211; prelude to Prosperine Series (eBook and Audio Book)<br \/>\nii.\tThe Alien Corps \u2013 book 1 (eBook, Print and Audio Book)<br \/>\niii.\tRise of the Erlachi \u2013 book 2 (eBook, Print and Audio Book)<br \/>\niv.\tThe Scarf \u2013 book 3 (eBook, and Print)<br \/>\nv.\tFractured Prophecy \u2013 book 4 (eBook, and Print)<br \/>\nvi.\tProsperine is available as a trilogy and 4-book series in eBook and print)<br \/>\n2.\tReaders who enjoy gritty coming-of-age stories set in a historical context where the protagonist is facing life-changing challenges. Readers who enjoy the nostalgia of a 1960\u2019s setting in UK.<br \/>\na.\tProducts:<br \/>\ni.\tSmall Fish Big Fish: A coming-of-age novel<br \/>\nii.\tGuilt of the Innocents (online only)<br \/>\niii.\tSting Like a Butterfly (Free short story)<br \/>\n3.\tReaders who like non-fiction autobiographic short stories.<br \/>\na.\tOnline Products only<br \/>\ni.\tHow not to become a writer<br \/>\nii.\tMy fight against the Big C<br \/>\niii.\tChildhood memories of growing up in Scotland<br \/>\nTarget demographics:<br \/>\n\u2022\tYoung adults, 15y.o. to 25 y.o.<br \/>\n\u2022\tAdults 50+<br \/>\n\u2022\tMale\/Female ratio 60:40<br \/>\n\u2022\tWorldwide geographics, but bias towards those with UK connections for market segment 2<br \/>\n\u2022\tMost sales of SF books in USA<br \/>\nMarketing Strategies:<br \/>\nDrive people to website:<br \/>\n\u2022\tInteresting\/different content: showcase my survival from TB, Cancer (twice) and Crohn\u2019s Disease), additional information on my writing background and my social background (brought up in an area twice named number one on the list of most deprived areas in Scotland.)<br \/>\n\u2022\tfree online stories<br \/>\n\u2022\tFree book (The Alien Corps \u2013 book 1 in Prosperine Series) for SF market<br \/>\n\u2022\tFree short story (Sting like a butterfly) for nostalgia\/UK market<br \/>\n\u2022\tFree PDF for Prosperine Series<br \/>\nTactics:<br \/>\n\u2022\tFacebook<br \/>\n\u2022\tTwitter<br \/>\n\u2022\tGoogle Ads<br \/>\n\u2022\tBookFunnel joint promotions<br \/>\n\u2022\tFree book giveaway promotions<\/p>\n","url":"https:\/\/www.pj-mcdermott.com\/","url_text":"pj-mcdermott.com","main_services":"eBooks, print books, audio books, online free books","image_1":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Logo-Patrick-McDermott-Publishing.jpg","client_review":"","why_we":"","history":"","image_2":false,"image_3":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patrick McDermott Publishing - 5 Star Featured Members<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patrick McDermott Publishing offers sci-fi, fantasy, and autobiographic works. 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