Book marketing articles
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top six lies about book marketing: (and the truths to set your book free!)
- If you're like me, you have a book and the passion to spend the rest of your life making it a success. But, with all the ways to market your book, the costs and the inevitable sinking feeling of utter helplessness, what can you do?You COULD run around in circles trying to get your book in every bookstore in town. You COULD write Oprah or the Today Show, and hope for a call-back. You COULD s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Book titles that make big bucks
- Do you know how readers decide to buy a book? 1) They get a referral from a friend. 2) They see an interesting book title on the best-seller list. 3) They look up a topic (generally non-fiction) and look for a book closest to their interest (generally based on titles). 4) They browse in the bookstore looking for an interesting title ? then they read the book jacket copy. 5) They look on an Interne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to market your unsold books on the internet: its easy
- Your book expresses your wondrous information, your creativity, and your genius. It's your dream come true. Or is it? You have already tried a few venues--maybe an expo, book signings, press releases, book reviews, distributors, wholesalers, speaking and book tours.Now, there is a new way to market those unsold books. Use the Internet. And you don't even have to have your own Web site or sp...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Attract more buyers to your book: use metaphors
- Surprise your potential buyers. Give them chocolate frosting!After we entered school we had a lot to learn. We left the sand box, the nap, and the all day playing with our imagination. No wonder we have lost touch with our original, playful, creativity. Now in the information age we expect to read short, concise pieces. Yet, we can, if we play a little, add more of our original ideas to our...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten getting started tips to market your book and business
- Want to sell a lot more books? Want clients calling every day to find out more about your service? Most emerging businesses forget the #1 way to promote anything--the Internet. Specifically, writing and submitting articles.These ten Tips will help you write a winning article that top ezines and Web sites will want to publish.1. Include your non-fiction book's chapter how to's or your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get your book reviewed
- Imagine your book at the top of the Best Sellers List of the New York Times. Most authors do. The question is, "How do I get it there and sell millions of copies?"When planing your book, there is one critical thing that most authors forget - marketing. In the case of book reviewers this means pre-marketing.Most reviewers require a copy of your book at least three months bef...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 vital book promotion tips
- As a literary publicist I often am asked about publicity tips, tricks, and the magic behind my work. It's not magic. All you need to know are the basics and from there you will be able to create an effective book promotion. Below I've listed the most vital and basic tips to a successful book publicity campaign.1. ALWAYS Take 'No' for an answerIt can be frustrating when the media isn'...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 ways to find good reviewers for your new book
- Review Your Reviewer: You will be sorry if you do not take the time to get a pretty good picture of your reviewer. Use e-mail, snail mail or anything else you've got to pop a few questions to your reviewer. If the review is on radio or TV place a few phone calls in advance. Why? You must get a fix on your reviewer's position and general inclination. If your writing is in religion, check the doctri...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sell more books on amazon.com
- Why Should Your Book Be on Amazon.com? Credibility. If your book is important, it should be available at the world's biggest book store.Visibility. People (including members of the media) will find your book and learn about you through your appearance on Amazon. (That's how I got into Woman's Day magazine.)Money. You will sell books you wouldn't have sold otherwise. Many b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Book talks: what to say and how to say it
- Great! The Chamber of Commerce, or a similar group, has asked you to talk about your latest book. Though words are your business, you may terrified of public speaking. What should you say? How should you say it? These tips will help you to give a five-star book talk.Confirm arrangements. Mistakes happen and you don't want them to happen to you. One or two days before you're slated to speak,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing your book on radio
- Have you listened to radio lately? If you have, chances are you've heard an author talking about his or her latest book. According to the "Let's Talk Radio Marketing" Website, "Radio advertising has proven to be one of the most cost-effective means of reaching your target audience."In other words, radio gives you the biggest bang for your buck. I wanted my new book to reach a wider audience...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The high cost of a six-figure book advance
- The six-figure book advance, like the New York Times bestseller, is the object of many a writer's fantasy. Whether it's also a realistic goal is something else again.Can you really get a six-figure book advance?When Susan Page wrote The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book in 1997, she included the following list of the qualities that you and your book have to ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You, your book and the internet!
- Authors, especially self published, small press and Print on Demand authors should understand the power of the Internet when promoting a book. There is POWER in cyberspace authors and it's only getting bigger and better. More users will be online buying books next year than this year. More people are buying books today online than they were yesterday.Guess what the last item I bought at a b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You , your book and the internet!
- Authors, especially self published, small press and Print on Demand authors should understand the power of the Internet when promoting a book. There is POWER in cyberspace authors and it's only getting bigger and better. More users will be online buying books next year than this year. More people are buying books today online than they were yesterday.Guess what the last item I bought at a b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Book publishing without pain
- When I meet an author with a great book concept, one who's definitely the right person to write that book, right away I'll often encourage her to self-publish. This is because I know that, if that author is thoroughly invested in what she has to say, and if she is determined to create a buzz about her message, she'll discover5 Fantastic Benefits of Self-publishing1. Control. When you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats killing your publishing career?
- With the large increase of books being published by self-publishers, and the up-rise of print on demand, there is still a lot of death taking place in the publishing industry. Thus far, 175,000 books have been published in 2005.Are you a part of this population? There are many aspects that make up these individuals. However, let us target just three that are undeniable to anyone reading thi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writers: the truth about advertising, publicity, and pr
- Many of us are trying to do business and don't know how to define these words. We read articles and think, this could have just as easily been about me! We wonder why the reporter picked that person instead. We wonder how someone got into magazines and onto radio shows. We attribute big successes with an expensive publicist. We are not sure what a publicist does but since the guy on Entourage has ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 easy online ways to market your book for free
- Marketing your book whether you went the POD, e-book, or traditional route can be a daunting process. Figuring out what works and what doesn't can take time, energy, and if you're not careful a lot of money. When I first self-published my science fiction novel GETTING OUT ALIVE, I had already done quite a bit of research into ways to market my novel that didn't eat into my pocket book.Here ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Looking to sell your book for a good price?
- Many self-publishing authors plan on eventually selling their book to a large publisher at a good price. The fast track way to achieve this goal is to push up the market value of a book with a push v. pull strategy. This article shows you how to do exactly that, using a simple Internet strategy that any self-publisher can afford.PUSH v. PULL EXPLAINEDBooks with push like Harry Potter...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to self publish and promote your own book
- If you are reading this article then you have already toyed with the idea of self publishing. You may be unsure at this point and without a doubt, the decision to self publish, should not be taken lightly.Before you go any further you should be very clear about what self publishing means. Put simply ? it means that instead of sending your manuscript off to a publisher with a hope and a pray...
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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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