Book marketing articles
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to send press releases to newspapers about your new book
- There are over ten thousand daily, weekly and monthly newspapers in the United States and Canada. For the first time author they are a valuable source of free publicity. They are hungry for news and your new book is news. When approaching these papers there is a list of things that are frowned upon and another list of things under the heading of ?don't you dare. We will examine the latter category...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get rich writing fiction
- Some of us write simply because we can't not write. Ideas grab us, move us, and demand to be written. We strive to make it as real as we possibly can, to improve at our craft every day, hopefully to make it into the realm of literature as well as entertainment. We want to craft an entire world where the places and people are so real that the reader doesn't feel like he's reading a book as much as ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make money with your short stories, poems, essays, and novels
- Recently, someone rated my "Online Book Marketing" article a 2 out of 5. That person apparently didn't like the article. My guess is that he or she was turned off by the marketing angle. Writers write; they don't sell. Some writers even view the concept of selling or marketing their work as somehow inherently wrong.That's fine. But unless you get a lucky break from a huge publishi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Successful book marketing the natural way - part 2
- Is your mind muddy on book marketing? Do you wake up each day and say, "I'm not a social person and I hate to beat the drum for my book" or "I just wish someone else could market my book for me"?If you could market your book a pleasurable way, you may not think it a chore. Natural marketing refers to the action you take to get the word out about your service and product that rings true to y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Successful book marketing the natural way - part 1
- Is your mind muddy on book marketing? Do you wake up each day and say, "I'm not a social person and I hate to beat the drum for my book" or "I just wish someone else could market my book for me"?If you could market your book a pleasurable way, you may not think it a chore. Natural marketing refers to the action you take to get the word out about your service and product that rings true to y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why would i buy your book? six steps to your tell and sell - part 2
- How would you like to have countless people clamoring for your book and willing to visit your Web site to buy them? How would you even like to presell your self-published book before they are finished?Most authors and entrepreneurs wait until their Web site is designed before they think about marketing their products on it. What a shame!Six Steps to Build your Book's Bullet Proof "Te...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why would i buy your book? six steps to your tell and sell - part 1
- How would you like to have countless people clamoring for your book and willing to visit your Web site to buy them? How would you even like to presell your self-published book before they are finished?Most authors and entrepreneurs wait until their Web site is designed before they think about marketing their products on it. What a shame!Let's say someone expresses an interest in your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Publicity for buzz marketing for authors
- Congratulations, you've written a book and even gotten it published! Now, all you have to do is get people to buy it. Getting people to actually enter a bookstore with the purpose of buying your book is not easy because you're not a "brand name" yet. But you do have a potent weapon at your command-- the telephone. Use it.Call the editor of the books section of your paper. Say you'd like to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get more readers for your book
- Marketing your own book can seem like a scary task. You poured your heart and soul into the writing of it, and now when you think about marketing your masterpiece, you think, "I'm a writer, not a salesperson!"But there is a simple way you can get the word out about your book. It takes a little time, but the effort pays huge dividends.More people will be interested in your b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to market a suspense novel in an online multimedia format
- If you haven't heard of the author C.F. Jackson or the novel Won't Be Denied, you soon will. This author has taken marketing to a new multimedia level with the release of an online commercial.The three minute commercial is an innovative way to walk in the world of Maré Alexander, the main character, who greets the viewer and provides the viewer a synopsis of her story....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Best sellers aren?t written ? they?re made - it?s all about promotion
- Writing a book is becoming more and more of a trend these days. In fact, an estimated 5,000 mystery books were published last year in the United States alone, and that number is expected to grow. With so much competition, making the best-seller list is no easy task. So how is it that out of the thousands of mysteries published each year, some become best-sellers while others never get past the pub...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Best selling book cover design
- To get a book cover design may be expensive and painstaking one. Book cover and the layout of the inside pages should catch the eye of the readers in today's market. Book cover the marketing tool for any writers or publishers if you got that one right then you work is half done. Find a Designer who user the state of art software to which is preferred by most printers.An interior of a book i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to schedule a book signing
- How would you like to sell more copies of your book? Would you like to read excerpts from your book to a captivated audience?Book signings are the cornerstone of an author's post-publication foundation. But how do you set them up?Organizing book signings, readings, and public appearances is one of the most important parts of a successful marketing campaign.A book signing or re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Navigating the amazon sales ranking
- First, the disclaimers: Since the algorithm Amazon uses to generate its sales ranking is proprietary, the details contained herein are extrapolated from research and field tests. The resulting consensus finds Amazon's system to provide marginal sales data at best.To whit, read Amazon's own definition of its system, slightly paraphrased from their FAQ: "The Sales Ranking system exhibits...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 5 book selling tips
- TIP # 1Online reviews are paramount in importance when it comes to drawing attention to your book. And the best part is, you're in control of your own destiny!If you haven't yet submitted your own review on sites like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, what are you waiting for? This should be one of the first steps for every published author.Encourage other family members and friends ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Media events for book promotion
- "How do I set up a media event?" -- As a publisher, that's a good question to have an answer for.Media events and public appearances can fall into any number of categories and include any number of venues (book stores, radio interviews, television interviews, writing group speeches, presentations, chat room interviews, online book tours, public forums, and more).A good place to ident...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online book marketing: how to sell your book even if you are not a salesperson
- What you do after you have written your book is as much, if not more, important than the actual writing of it. You can take a great book and poor marketing and have very poor results. Conversely, I believe you can take a mediocre book, market it well, and make very good sales from it. The only limiting factor is you. You probably think, "I'm a writer, not a salesperson." That's true, but...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten non-techie steps to market your book online
- Are you an author who is looking for new ways to promote your book or business? Does the traditional promotion you do take too long and not bring you top results? Are you willing to investigate easy non-techie ways to get more book buyers?Check out these ten steps within "Ten Non-Techie Ways to Market your Book Online:"Step1. Ten Steps Preparation and FoundationWhen marketing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Design each part of your book to sell more copies
- Whether you are an ebook author/publisher or a print book author/publisher, you can get your unique, helpful information. You'll help make other people's lives better, become a household name, gain clients, sell more books and make much more money when you design each part of your book to attract more readers.Format and design your book's insides, front and back matter so it will sell the m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is there a book hiding inside you?
- Have you always wanted to write?Are there ideas churning in your mind waiting for just the right time to get them down on paper? Do you have a unique perspective on a subject or problem facing many people? Do you read a book or article and think, "I could write better than that?" Have you ever said "someday, when I have time, I am going to write a book?"Perhaps no...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The bible of self publishing
- Any book that is in its 14th edition must be doing something right. Such is the case with author Dan Poynter`s, The Self-Publishing Manual: How To Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book.Poynter, in addition to authoring The Self-Publishing Manual: How To Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book, has written more than 100 books, 50 monographs and over 500 magazine articles.The latest edition ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to create an amazing author website
- Without a website, an author is unknown. Without a website, an author sells fewer books. Without a website, an author has limited web presence. Without a website, an author has limited media presence. Without a website, an author can't maximize his or her creativity, expertise and talent.You get the point. An author website is crucial. But too often, authors are simply told ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The book signing
- Tomorrow night is my first Local Writers Fair. I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Ten authors will gather in a little room behind tables full of books in a historic library in Canandaigua, N.Y. It's been advertised heavily and the excitement has been building for weeks.Just for this occasion, I bought a new table cover from the fabric department at Walmart. It's a deep, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to sell your e-book - (or other information product) - through quickie seminars
- I've been selling my own self-published information products (mainly e-books) online for the past 3 years. Is it profitable? Definitely.But as any seasoned information marketer will vouch, it takes time to build up your name recognition online. You'll have to spend considerable effort to develop word-of-mouth web site traffic. It's rare that you start off making $1,000 a day.But offl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The lecture experience: part i
- During the past year or so, I have done nearly a hundred talks about my book, "LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities." It's about the First Ladies ? the OLD First Ladies, Martha through Mamie. Since they talk to each other and cross through centuries, it is, of course, an historical fiction. In doing so many lectures, I thought it might be interesting to discuss are some of the things I ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Publicity through philanthropy for writers
- I am twenty three years old, have sold over four thousand copies of my first book in a matter of a month after it's release and recently been contacted for contracts with Random House and Harper Collins for two new titles. I think a good deal of my recent success is highly correlated with my Reading for Charity Contest and the attention it has drawn. I'll explain the entire background, but as pre-...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover 3 easy ways to promote your articles
- Are you using these methods to promote your articles?If not, you are missing out on some easy ways to get more traffic. Ways that require no additional work on your part once they are set up.1. Fr*e EbookCompile all of your articles into a fr*e ebook and give it away.Set it up on its own page. Include a description and a request form requiring people to enter their name...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to promote a book
- Nowadays it's no longer a matter of whether or not an author should promote his or her book, but how aggressively one should go about it. The sad truth is that publishers often fail to promote books, and if we, the authors, don't promote your own book then it may be destined to a lifespan between that of butter and yogurt, to paraphrase Calvin Trillan. The author's extra efforts may make all the d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Promotion - credibility extras
- For many of us, marketing our titles is one of the most tedious tasks of being an author. Even authors who published with large New York houses are expected to take part in marketing and promotion. Many articles and several books have been written to give us guidelines. One thing all marketing experts stress is the importance of being professional.Here are several extras that other industri...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Titles (and subtitles) sell books!
- Does a title really sell a book? The short answer is, yes. If a book does not attract a reader initially, it will be overlooked and not purchased. The book title is the element that creates the initial attraction to the book.Watch people who are browsing in a bookstore. A catchy title grabs their interest and makes them reach for the book out of curiosity. A great title makes browsers think...
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