Therefore, I have come around to thinking that, for some people, there might, indeed be such a thing as
bad book publicity.
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and I'd interpret that to mean there's no such thing as
bad book publicity, either.
Not exact matches
For example: editors that are difficult, fired, laid - off, or retire; title changes or
bad book cover design;
bad reviews or
publicity; poor
book sales; changes in the industry or marketplace; etc..
Worse, I was doing all the work with
book marketing and
book publicity, yet they were reaping the rewards.
* Top literary agents have the ability to navigate any challenges that come up during the pre-publication, publication, or post-publication process without losing their cool or damaging relationships: i.e. editors that are difficult, fired, laid - off, or decide to retire;
bad book cover designers; your
book being cut from the publisher's list before it's even published;
bad reviews or
publicity; poor
book sales; changes in the industry or marketplace; etc..
Spending too much time on advance
book promotion is probably as
bad of a decision as spending no time on advance
book publicity.
But concluding that all
book trailers are a silly approach to
book promotion doesn't make any more sense than deciding that blogging for
book publicity is a
bad idea after you've seen a
badly - written
book blog, or reasoning that media releases don't work after you've seen an incompetently - handled press release (most likely, one that reads as if it were an ad for a
book, which won't accomplish anything, rather than an actual news release, which most likely will help you achieve your
book promotion goals).
The downside is that it may take up to a year for them to review, you have to buy and send them a copy of your
book and there's no guarantee that they will say nice things about your
book but as they... even
bad publicity is good
publicity.
There may be no such thing as
bad publicity, but fraudulent reviews and personal attacks have shown to cause 60 % or more drop in
book sales from reports I have received.
Now for the
bad news: the amount of
book publicity that Morton's
book has garnered far outweighs the enthusiasm, and the respect, that the media is showing for the
book and its author.
In this issue: Article: Is Summer a
Bad Time to Start a
Book Publicity Campaign?
Although I doubt that blog subscriptions generate a noticeable porting of revenue compared to
book sales and newspaper and magazine subscriptions the issue can cause
bad publicity fallout for Amazon either way.
The
bad news is that
book bloggers are flooded with
book review requests from aspiring authors looking to get free
publicity just like you.
Some publicists will tell you that summer, mid-fall or mid-spring are
bad times to begin a
book publicity campaign.