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Thanks to everyone who participated in our previous Self-Publishing Linkups on New Year’s Resolutions/Goal-Setting, Social Media Resources and Self-Publisher/POD Reviews (note: you can still add your link at any time).

For those who missed it, here’s the what, why and how of the Self-Publishing Linkup:

Indie authors share a ton of knowledge and experience through their blogs, and sometimes we feel like we can’t keep up.

Shannon and I were discussing how great it would be to have all of the posts centered around a given topic gathered in one place — voila! The Self-Publishing Linkup was born!

This week’s topic is “Target Markets/Finding Your Readership.” This can be any post that you’ve read or written discussing how to find readers, determine your target market, growing your readership, etc.  Here’s how to participate:

1. Leave a comment on this post with the following information:

• Title: The title of the post
• Description: Tell us (and everyone else) what the post is about — why should your fellow authors check it out?
• Link: Leave the full link to your post (like http://selfpublishingteam.com/2012-new-self-publishing-tools-resources-from-duolit/)

The post can be on any blog – yours or someone else’s. If you find (or write) a great post, share it!

2. Let others know you particpated in the linkup! Share a link to this post (or your post) with the hashtag #selfpublinkup on Twitter. Here’s an example:

• Just shared my post on finding your target market on the #SelfPubLinkup: http://ow.ly/8Zoan

The more authors who participate, the more information and resources that will be shared! Get started by leaving your link in the comments below!