Yoohoo, calling all published writers looking for promo opportunities!

I have a lot of friends who are authors, and every single one -- whether they are traditionally published or self-published -- is struggling with marketing and PR. As we all know, even if one is traditionally published, both are often left to the writer these days.

I'm thinking of setting up a full-scale "do good" promotional collaboration between Wishadoo! and writers who are part of the Wishadoo! Community, making use of social media and other tools/connections at our disposal.

There are several ways I can share a title/author with various social networks, but I'm also very specifically thinking of creating a dedicated section in the Marketplace, which is like "ebay for good," where writers can donate themed baskets (with signed books, signed postcards or other item if e-book only) for auction.

You as the writer can designate the recipient of the proceeds of your auction, or you can leave it up to the buyer.

Recipients would need to be part of the Wishadoo! Community and have a post in the Wishlist, be it an individual, an organization, a group, a school, A PUBLIC LIBRARY ( ) etc. It could even be a business using Wishadoo!'s tools for a kickstarter-like crowdfunding campaign.

Maybe I/we could get indie publishers involved with this project? Hmmmm......

As long as there is a Wishlist post that fits the TOS and is legitimate, it can be the recipient of the auction.

So, you could choose an existing Wishlist post (as you may see me post about in GD periodically) or, better yet, in order to help me expand Wishadoo and expand outreach for your book promotion, you can encourage any organization, school, library, etc. -- any person or group you can envision at Wishadoo! -- to join Wishadoo, create a Wishlist post, and they can benefit from the proceeds of your auction.

The more people we engage via organizations and networks who stand to benefit, the more exposure you and your book(s) get.

I'm thinking it would be really cool to get OWS involved as well. I'd also love to designate space just for OWS-related activities and ways Wishadoo! can be of service to that effort.

(BTW, this is currently the only means of generating revenue via Wishadoo!, as -- similar to ebay and other online marketplaces -- Wishadoo! does receive 3% of sales.)

If you're interested, please let me know! I haven't worked through every single aspect of this idea but would be happy to brainstorm with anyone interested. I will expand to other creatives and artists but want to start with books, since my background is publishing and I know more people in this industry.

I don't want to spam DU but will crosspost to the other writing groups here.

Thanks for reading!