Whether you have a dedicated page or
entire website for your book, here's some key elements you need to include so you and your book are presented in the best, most professional light possible.
Not exact matches
You may want to host the
book blog on another site if the content wouldn't be relevant
for the
entire school community (parents, students, etc.) We chose Weebly as the hosting site
for our online
book blog, and we didn't connect it with our school
website because we wanted a safe place
for teachers to share their ideas and reactions to a
book that wasn't pertinent
for parents and students.
Self distribution also allows the author to sell direct from his / her
website, put together consignment deals with local bookstores and manage the
entire sell - in process
for the
book.
Amazon, Kobo, Sony, and Barnes and Noble all sell these
books but direct the customer to the Pottermore
website, where the
entire series of
books are available
for purchase.
Self - published authors continue to abuse the
entire concept of a legitimate review system by trading them with fellow authors, buying them from other
websites or giving free
books away in exchange
for a review.
One of the most interesting features was the ability to embed the
entire book for viewing only within a webpage, so potential readers can read the
book on a controlled
website, without downloading.
Since 1996 the Wu Ming Foundation have operated what they refer to as a «copyleft» policy and allow visitors to their
website to download the
entire text of their
books for free.
Search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing don't look through
entire books or author
websites (or any other web pages
for information (yet).
In order to overcome obscurity and be discovered, authors can use the principles of search engine optimization when writing text
for their
websites, and independent authors in particular can participate in Google's
book search program, which indexes
books»
entire contents to make the titles easier to find via search engines, as well as making the
books searchable.
Amazon's description: «A comprehensive guide
for all sizes of libraries, this
book guides you through the
entire process of effectively redesigning your library's
website — from evaluating your current site and understanding user needs, to creating a budget, through to launching and maintaining your updated site.»
Again, that's only
for visitors who have the time to read an
entire book on a
website, but perhaps a few creative authors will find ways to encourage this sort of behavior.
Considering you have written a
book that is worth reading (which is an
entire separate blogpost) and that you have followed the overwhelming marketing advice to create an award - winning
book cover, issue a press release, utilize every social media platform known to man, create your own
website that is optimized
for an infinite list of search engines, blog, guest blog, complete a
book tour, and run free or discounted
book promotions then you may feel you have run the gambit of options available to self - published authors.
In my case, I won't do any marketing
for you until I've checked your
entire platform, your Amazon page and
website, social media profiles,
book cover and sales description.
And what the Look Inside does is it takes your
entire book and it compresses it down to one file
for easy viewing on the Amazon
website.
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bookings for their clients, with the
entire booking process available online.
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website for booking, and planning
entire vacations, activities and adventures in Canada.