This book introduces authors and publishers to important book marketing concepts, details the free
ebook marketing tools at Smashwords, presents 65 book marketing ideas, and then adds new Deep Dives bonus sections on social media, working with beta readers and how to earn free press coverage.
Not exact matches
By providing features to support a wide range of scenarios: give
eBooks away for free as a
marketing tool, automatically link
eBook and print editions to enhance discovery and provide more options to readers, and offer optional copy - protection (DRM) to prevent piracy and unlicensed distribution.
The variety of services enables and supports digital publishing, distributes and monitors digital
eBooks, as well as provides a suite of online
marketing tools.
D2D offers free services and resources to authors, including
eBook conversion, automated print layout,
marketing tools such as Universal Book Links, and remarkable industry insight and support.
It seeks answers to a wide range of questions, including indie author income, number and length of books published, formats (
ebook, print, audio or foreign), best
marketing tools, retailers that result in highest sales, and the authors» goals with regard to indie publishing.
As a data - driven
marketing tool,
ebooks can be used for fiction and nonfiction comps and exit purchase leads, which creates engagement and fosters an environment for discoverability of new authors or new content.
New free
eBook converter technology speeds up time to
market for self - published authors seeking to capitalize on growing e-reader usageRaleigh, NC, September 13, 2011 — Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the launch of the free Lulu EPUB Converter, a
tool allowing content creators to convert popular word processing formats, such as a Word document, into sellable EPUBs, the most widely adopted format used by eReaders.
2 min readAs
eBook sales continue to rise, Lulu wants to be sure you have access to all the latest and greatest
tools and resources to help you sell more books in this exciting new
market.
Since
ebooks have no production costs, they let you be much more flexible in pricing, and can be a powerful
marketing tool to attract new readers.
The Book
Marketing Tools and its free
ebooks listing
tool, e.g., were not included.
A good cover can be a great
marketing tool for an
ebook.
Book cover design, typesetting, proof - reading, editing,
eBook development, distribution, print, print - on - demand, websites and
marketing & PR
tools are our core services; each undertaken with a level of care that is unparalleled in the industry.
However, the company model does speak to a greater purpose for
ebooks as
marketing tools.
«We've built a comprehensive publishing platform that can handle
ebook creation,
marketing, direct sales, distribution and analytics, and now we're seeing how innovative apps like stories etc. can take several Pubsoft
tools to offer a unique e-memoir engine.
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Rising up to meet this
market,
tools like our platform, Pressbooks.com, were created to overcome the one remaining hurdle for everyday authors: formatting a book — a task that previously required a graphic designer and an
ebook developer.
The author portal also offers useful
tools, like a sales heat map that authors can use to geo - target their
marketing efforts and, for Amazon Publishing authors, a beta program that lists daily Kindle
ebook unit sales.
We offer consulting and training on a variety of
eBook issues, and our FlightDeck
tool is the best EPUB validation and quality assurance
tool on the
market.
Ayman Abdel - Rahman helped create a self - publishing
tool called BookBake and talks about the
ebook market overseas.
Wattpad will describe how some pioneering publishers are using the Wattpad platform as a
marketing tool: building author - reader connections, publishing original short stories and prequels within existing series, and creating direct relationships with an increasingly global audience that buys their
ebooks.
With both Amazon and Apple choosing to release
eBook production
tools for formats different from ePUB 3.o, the support of ePUB 3.o by just about everyone else in the
eBook market gives the new specification the foundation it needs to ensure that publishers will devote resources to its creation.
Richardson feels that this relationship between interactive
ebooks and films can be used as a vital
marketing tool for the film industry by generating consumer interest in films before the hit the box office.
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Our first
ebook, The Publishing Talk Guide to Twitter, is available now and tells you all you need to know to master this essential
tool, and guides you step - by - step to
marketing success.
The client had the
ebook printed; she says it's turning out to be an excellent
marketing tool.
Ebook Publishing
Tools -
Ebook Software,
Ebook Security,
Ebook Marketing and More!
I think the problem is, many people use the free
ebook as a
marketing strategy, when it's a
marketing tool.
A great
Ebook cover design is one of your best sales
tools in your author
marketing arsenal.
Before going into the details of using
eBooks as a
tool for indirect
marketing, let's get a brief idea about indirect
marketing.
For authors, we believe now is the time to build your website, implement
marketing tools and create a social media presence (in addition to publishing
ebooks!)
• Establish your
eBook's selling position, borrowing upon tried - and - true
marketing tools.
Publishing a professional
ebook can be a great
marketing step and with the variety of
tools to self - publish it's never been easier for a new author.
eBooks can be the
marketing tool for publishers to attract new readers, especially for those who are interested in new technology or lifestyle (my italics).
Kindle Select seems to have a LOT of
marketing tools that other distributors don't have, but I know I have to get the other
ebooks off of sites to go exclusive.
With «50 + new
eBook stores in its retail network, new book
marketing tools, additional customer service support and guaranteed high quality file conversions, all BookBaby authors can now experience a worry - free
eBook launch.
When it comes to
marketing,
ebooks have distinct advantages over their print counterparts, as new
tools emerge to increase buzz, discussion, and sales.
While I'm a huge fan of LinkedIn's Sophisticated Marketer series of
eBooks (especially The Sophisticated Marketer's Guide to Content
Marketing) and most of Rebecca Lieb's research (especially Contently's Content Methodology), the
eBook that blew me away was Aaron Orendorff's «50 Best Social Media
Tools From 50 Most Influential Marketers Online.»
Pronoun has free
tools for authors and also packages you can buy that will help you get your
ebook ready for
market.
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eBOOKS AS MARKETING TOOLS The promotion possibilities are endless with e
eBOOKS AS
MARKETING TOOLS The promotion possibilities are endless with
eBookseBooks!
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As
eBook sales continue to rise, Lulu wants to be sure you have access to all the latest and greatest
tools and resources to help you sell more books in this exciting new
market.
So think of
eBooks or booklets, anthologies, articles, and other work you beta publish, as
marketing tools, too.
Nate Hoffelder on The Digital Reader Nate's Big List of
eBook Market Analytic Tools «Finding the right niche / genre / keywords to market your book, and then parsing the sales data once your ebook is on the market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.&r
eBook Market Analytic Tools «Finding the right niche / genre / keywords to market your book, and then parsing the sales data once your ebook is on the market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.&
Market Analytic
Tools «Finding the right niche / genre / keywords to
market your book, and then parsing the sales data once your ebook is on the market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.&
market your book, and then parsing the sales data once your
ebook is on the market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.&r
ebook is on the
market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.&
market, can mean the difference between a best - seller book and one no one has ever heard of.»
We jumped at the chance to get a behind - the - scenes look at BookBub, how they select
eBooks for their daily emails, and what you can do as an author to make the most of this incredible
marketing tool.
For $ 14.99, Book
Marketing Tools will help you submit your free
ebook giveaway to multiple sites, many of which have low numbers for review requirements.
Leaders from top library companies weighed in on this issue during an hour - long discussion held before a gathering of publishers, booksellers, and librarians, aiming to debunk lingering misunderstandings about ways in which libraries affect retail sales of
ebooks and digital content, and to inform publishers of new
tools that have been developed to
market, manage, and even sell digital content through libraries.
«Our remarkable global book printing network,
ebook creation
tools, and distribution services are now available to a new generation of publishers and entrepreneurs to serve their
markets at lower cost, more profitably than ever before possible.»
Ebooks will still have to be sold and
marketed, just in different ways as there will be far less reliance on an upfront advance buy - in, but far more reliance on ongoing
marketing through the use of content and metadata — as well as user - generated content and promotion
tools to get the book
marketed.
Improve your brand perception and take advantage of your
eBooks greatest
marketing tool — it's own cover!
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