Conferences can also help your book marketing and
book publicity efforts as they are another way to spread the word about your book.
Not exact matches
Traditionally,
book publicity encompasses outreach to media such
as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and — in the last decade or so — major blogs, websites, podcasts, and «influencers,» including publishing industry leaders, celebrity
book lovers, and tastemakers in the
effort to secure review or feature coverage for a
book and author.
As long as the book is available for purchase, you should be promoting it and publicity like this should be a big piece of that effort.&raqu
As long
as the book is available for purchase, you should be promoting it and publicity like this should be a big piece of that effort.&raqu
as the
book is available for purchase, you should be promoting it and
publicity like this should be a big piece of that
effort.»
The Huffington Post has an article about how two major publishers, Algonquin
Books and Alfred A. Knopf, are using Twitter
as part of their
book publicity efforts.
The
book marketing department and the
publicity department have tens of other
books to be concerned with, so your
efforts as an author to create opportunities are important to the
book's success.
Covers of course are now something you
as an author have an input into, and their market research into what sells and what doesn't is comprehensive and scientific, which like their absolutely fantastic
publicity and marketing
effort means
books can really fly on merit.
And that's obviously unfair to them; it will probably cost them sales, and it will certainly cost them time,
effort, and money to change their covers and all their
publicity materials, online and off,
as well
as having to trash any print
books they have.
As an author, you want to know where people go for news so that you can direct your
book publicity efforts at the media outlets that are likely to help you reach people who will be interested in your
book.
As long as Amazon was the world's leading retailer of hardbacks, paperbacks, and ebooks, it could draft off the publicity efforts of each book's publishe
As long
as Amazon was the world's leading retailer of hardbacks, paperbacks, and ebooks, it could draft off the publicity efforts of each book's publishe
as Amazon was the world's leading retailer of hardbacks, paperbacks, and ebooks, it could draft off the
publicity efforts of each
book's publisher.
When you contact a distributor, make sure they know you have a
publicity campaign underway (if you do),
as this makes your
book potentially more appealing for distribution
efforts.