You have spent time and money publishing your self - published book, but how do you go
about marketing your book if you do not have a big publishing house backing you?
While there have been entire books
written about marketing your book online [see D'vorah Lansky's Book Marketing Made Easy and my Kindle book, Author's Quick Guide to Marketing Your Book Online and Off] the five quick tips in this article should give you enough information to revise your current online presence or start off on the right path toward money - making success.
Many people don't think
about marketing their book until after it's published, but if you can get the word out and gain a following prior to publication, the better your chances will be of people being excited for your book's release.
This week, in one of my Facebook groups a teen author
asked about marketing her book on Goodreads and I was stunned by the reaction of some of the adults in the group.
Longer books, versus shorter books, versus just writing what the story demands and not worrying about the market
Amazon is great
about marketing a book once it is ranking and selling well but you need to give it that initial push to get momentum started.
(Laura Dawson, who knows more about ISBN's and metadata than any other ten people combined, has a good post up
today about marketing books.
Add in an overall lack of
knowledge about marketing books, designing covers, formatting, and most of all, editing, and you'll simply find that much of the slush that has traditionally piled up on agents» and editors» desks is now being e-pubbed for your reading «pleasure.»
Find out more
about marketing books with social media on Jon Reed's workshop «Introduction to Social Media Marketing for Publishers ``, 5th November, London.