If your book meets Amazon's criteria, you may be eligible to advertise your book so that it appears when users search for other people's books or
books in a specific genre.
What the author is reading now and favourite
books in specific genres.
-- How much does your neighbor know about publishing and the ins and outs of editing
books in specific genres?
Book fairs help you sell your books to your target audience, and typically the organizer of a book fair will compile a list of 10 - 100
books in a specific genre.
These book promotion sites allow fiction writers to hone in on readers looking for
books in their specific genres, which is helpful.
It is trivial to locate
a book in a specific genre that I want to read next.
Not exact matches
If you know a
specific book or
genre is a frequent testing target
in the AP English Literature exam, use the PBL project to go
in - depth on that content.
Again, we are not talking about climbing up the rankings
in a
genre -
specific category or how many email subscribers we can gain or how many
books we can give away.
So I've put up a whole bunch of
book formatting templates on this site,
in Microsoft Word, added some tutorial videos, and done all the research for you so that you can design
genre -
specific book interiors (instead of generic
book design that could fit anywhere).
The Master Package of
book formatting templates has over 100 options to make your
book beautifully unique, a package of
genre -
specific templates, and a whole new video series on
book formatting that's more
in - depth and easier to follow than the free version.
Find blogs that talk about those topics even though they're not geared toward your
specific genre because if that topic is
in your
book you can talking about your
book and people who are interested
in that topic will then be interested
in your
book.
We just put your
book in front of a targeted group of readers interested
in your
book's
specific genre and / or subgenre, and then it either hits or misses.
The Anonymous Blogger works
in the sales department of a major trade
book publisher, and is writing a series of articles about sales
in specific genres.
When we launch a «
genre specific campaign», your
book will be sent via a custom mailshot (as above) to those of our readers who are specifically interested
in the
genre you wish to target.
The truth is there is too much competition, and unless your publisher is doing brilliant content marketing, building a
genre specific email list, helping you build your amazing author website and boosting your optin offer, counseling you on social media strategy and long term
book sales, you've basically signed away a big chunk of your sales
in exchange for editing, formatting and design.
If you're writing
in a
genre with
specific rules (mystery, for example), studying craft
books on the
genre will be time well spent.
It scans files of
books in a
specific folder and disk distributes them by
genre / author / novelties.
These 13
genre -
specific book series sets are full of covers that will give you an easy way to brand a whole series to be easily recognizable as a group, which will help transition sales from previous
books to subsequent
books in the series.
They want authors to write
in a certain
genre, for a
specific market, because that's what's «selling» this month, e.g. shiny vampires; never mind that by the time the
book is actually published (oh, about 12 - 18 months after the deal is signed), the new flavour of the month will be glowing werewolves.
Book publicists specialize
in specific genres just like literary agents do.
The
book also offers some great
genre -
specific snippets of wisdom, tips on writing
in general, and revision checklists for each
genre.
Depending on the
specific genre and demographic, YA
books can vary
in length — but they should stay between 40K - 75K words.
However, if you want to take it up a level, you could ask them to send you a signed copy to include
in the prize you're offering, but that's unlikely if you only have a website selling your own
book — which is why it's much better marketing to build up a
genre -
specific platform, rather than just an author website.
Established, recognized literary awards
in independent publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin
Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado
Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the
Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's
Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International
Book Awards (USA
Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher
Book Awards); Midwest
Book Awards (MIPA): National
Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie»
Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published
Book Awards; USA
Book Awards /
Book News Awards; and
genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Worldcon).
If you write a
specific genre, reviewing
books in your
genre and posting a roundup («7 new science fiction novellas I think you'll enjoy») is amazing for
book marketing.
Realizing that his was a very
specific niche
book in the
genre of self - help or spirituality, Berman explored his self - publishing options and eventually settled on CreateSpace
in order to take advantage of the simple transition to ebook.
What I did instead was write another
book, this time with a
specific genre in mind.
The reader will not only know what the
book is about, they will get a complete analysis from a professional writer who specializes
in specific fields of study (
book genres).
The AAP is beefing up its monthly reports with data from many more publishers — 1,149 for January 2012 compared to under 100
in past months — and more detailed reporting on
specific genres: Children's / young adult e-
book sales are now broken out and religious
book sales are divided by hardcover, paperback and e-books.
In - Depth Reader Profiles examines the demographics and buying patterns of consumers purchasing
specific genres of
books.
You'd be much better off advertising on one
specific blog that reviews
books in your
genre: pay for a sidebar ad for a few weeks, rather than getting on 10 blogs
in a day.
A lot of them are
genre -
specific book review sites, because one of the most powerful marketing tricks is to write
book reviews (or
book «lists») about other
books in your
genre, so that you're attracting highly targeted traffic who are «pre-screened» and likely to be interested
in your
book as well.
This feature is great because by default all of your
books are listed
in one bookshelf, and the possibility to organize them into
genres or
specific authors is intriguing.
Look for blogs that are tailored to your
specific genre and contact them to see if they'd be interested
in a free
book for an honest review.
Promote your
book with Ingram, one of the most trusted names
in the industry, and get your
book in front of the right readers with Ingram's
genre -
specific supplements.
Although it's not always necessary, it's also a great idea to make sure that you're trying to target one of these aforementioned publications that deals — either directly or amongst only a few others —
in your
specific Kindle
book's
genre.
It'd be safe to assume that some portion of Kindle owners don't really dig into the
genre specific best seller lists and that some Kindle owners miss out on really good
books in genres they wouldn't normally consider.
Whether they are searching directly for your title or for a
specific genre, when you fill out the metadata accurately and strategically your
book then shows up
in more searches that match it.
Look
in genre -
specific Facebook groups to find people who love
books like yours, and ask if they'd like free copies of your
book in exchange for an honest review.
Your Archway Publishing cover designer will conduct creative research on
genre -
specific cover trends to determine which design will maximize your
book's impact
in the marketplace
Below you will find the top
book recommendations from the five major
genres of fiction (like romance) or you can get super
specific with 104 sub-
genres (like the Top 5 Reads
in Chick Lit).
Your Archway Publishing designer will conduct creative research on
genre -
specific book layout trends to determine which design will maximize your
book's impact
in the marketplace.
A lot of
books use a colophon,
in some form or another; it's not just limited to one
specific category or
genre.
From there, you can find bloggers
specific to your
genre, or
in some cases general interest bloggers with a big enough following (and consistent posts) to pitch your
book to.
«The
Book Reviewer Yellow Pages is one of the most comprehensive guides to finding quality online book reviewers who specialize in specific genres.&ra
Book Reviewer Yellow Pages is one of the most comprehensive guides to finding quality online
book reviewers who specialize in specific genres.&ra
book reviewers who specialize
in specific genres.»
There are also many more small press, digital first, and boutique publishers who stick to a
specific genre of
book and aren't considered
in the numbers of either traditional or self published.
In addition to larger «big - box» trade outlets and retail stores, Bookmasters» special sales team can present your titles to non-traditional
book sales and distribution channels, including craft stores, gourmet food stores, museums, hospitals, gift shops, specialty retail chains, mail order catalogs, specialty wholesalers, online resellers, bulk sales for promotional use, and other
genre -
specific sales outlets.
In other words, Bookmasters promotes our publishers» titles to non-traditional
book distribution channels such as craft stores, gourmet food stores, museums, hospitals, gift shops, specialty retail chains, mail order catalogs, specialty wholesalers, online resellers, bulk sales for promotional use, and other
genre -
specific sales outlets.
That is clearly the model you're using, but when you get some time, you might want to try a tour that focuses on some of the nonfiction nuggets
in your
book, zeroing
in on
specific topic audiences rather than blogs that are built around a
genre.
Newsletters are a good vehicle to alert customers about author readings and signings and other store events and to highlight recommended
books in various categories, like general fiction or
specific genres (mystery, romance, cooking, kids, etc..)