For non-fiction authors, you can use this technique to
decide on your book title, and indeed, I changed mine based on the keyword search.
Not exact matches
Earlier this year a publisher in Beijing
decided to capitalize
on the Chinese demand for all things Buffett and translate a
book Peter had written in 2010,
titled Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment.
For example, one prominent apologist, when commenting
on the emerging church,
decided to critique Brian McLaren's
book on the basis of its
title (alone).
The lower tax bracket
on physical
titles might be one of the
deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing
book acquisition budgets, their dollar simply stretches further with print.
According to the article by James B. Stewart, Third Place
Books» Robert Sindelar
decided to take the high ground and offer certain Hachette
titles at a significant discount, and even went so far as to hand deliver an eagerly anticipated bestseller's follow - up to customers who pre-ordered it, something those same customers can not currently do
on Amazon.
If I'm in a bookstore and looking at a
title by an author I've never heard of before, then there are three things that make me
decide to take a chance
on a
book.
If you
decide to purchase the new NOOK GlowLight Plus you can choose from a wide array of free content, including: three
books from a selection of 20 great
titles featuring favorites such as The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates, Think Big, Act Bigger by Jeffrey Hayzlett and
On A Night Like This by Barbara Freethy, and three magazines from a selection of more than 25 popular publications such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Food Network Magazine.
Someone's going to be in the headquarters, they're going to
decide what number of
books are going to each store based
on the region, and so stores themselves, when you walk into a Barnes and Noble, let's say, and you talk to that manager, they have a very small amount of wiggle room when it comes to the
titles they're allowed to bring in.
Because this
book is based
on the quote which DOES use the word «stupid» I
decided to take a risk and
title it Farkle Shark, You Are Not Stupid — even though I know that many families do not allow the word «stupid» to be used in their home.
One of the problems with going into a new market is
deciding on whether to use the same
book cover design and
title as the English language versions.
In this episode, we discuss things like the importance of local authors to her sales mix, the value of building community through her bookstore, the importance of
book events to her business and how she
decides on whether or not to carry specific
titles.
I can't say too much here because it might give away the plot; Where There's A Will has a bit of a double - meaning which I hope readers will realise when they get to the end of the
book, and I liked the idea of that which helped me to
decide on it, but the other reason I chose the
title is because my intention with the series is to use well - known phrases that have some meaning for the
titles — the second
book is An Eye For An Eye, which should give you some hint of what it's about.
The lower tax bracket
on physical
titles might be one of the
deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing
book acquisition budgets, it simply goes further with print.
Patrick King talks copywriting - from coming up with the perfect
title to
deciding what words to use to attract readers to tips
on how to write effective
book descriptions
on Amazon.
For today's highlight of
book trailers, I've
decided to focus
on nonfiction — Jason Turbow's hilarious must - read for baseball fans: The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench - Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime (love that complete
title) and First Brother - in - Law Craig Robinson's anticipated memoir, A Game of Character.
People tend to look at
books less online because it's easier to go from one
book to the next
on Kindle, and readers tend to quickly check the
title when
deciding to buy or pass
on a
book.
I have not yet opened the channels for either version to appear
on Amazon, but I wonder if I DO
decide to add the hardcover version to Amazon in the future with the paperback, I fear the two
books (even though identical) will have the two DIFFERENT
titles in an Amazon search.
When you
decide on your
book's
title, consider registering it as a domain name so you can promote the
book online in its own space.
I'll hold it for you but not forever: There are many times when an author buys a cover before their
book is finished or before they've
decided on a
title.
There are many times when an author buys a pre-designed cover before their
book is finished or before they've
decided on a
title.
All three of these
titles were
books I actually wanted to read, but I
decided for one reason or another I was going to wait for the trade
on them (with Grandville, an original graphic novel, I'd planned to wait until I had some Amazon credit or a birthday or something, and get it then).
Others may not
decide on the
title until the
book is completed.
If you
decide to change your keywords, be sure to add them to your
book description and maybe even incorporate them in your
title if your
book's not
on the shelves yet.
What made Bryan
decide to not only relaunch his series with new covers, blurbs,
titles, and in a new genre, but also why he went back and did some major editing
on the early
books.
Recently I
decided to change
titles of my
book; doing so with the Kindle version was easy, but you can't change
titles on Createspace (because it's linked with an ISBN number) so I thought I'd try moving the print version to KDP instead.
I know they say you should not judge
books by them, but when I'm scrolling through page after page
on Amazon the cover and
title are all there is to make me
decide whether or not I'll click
on a particular novel and take a closer look.
I
decided to read another
book also
on Lehman Brothers
titled The Murder of -LSB-...]
After trial and error, we
decided on a
book case which separates into small parts, inspired by the geometric design of the
title logo.
In 1988, Jane and Lynn
decided to collaborate
on the
book which is now
titled, Positive Discipline for Teenagers, and began to teach parenting and classroom management skills experientially.