ook trailers, those short video teasers that take their name from the more common movie trailers, offer an intriguing way to
hook potential readers through the dramatic power of visual storytelling.
Learn how back cover copy is a powerful sales pitch to
hook potential readers through a strong book summary & author bio.
It can be such a tedious process if you're not used to creating book blurbs, but a great book blurb will
hook a potential reader, even if the book itself is so - so.
A lot has been said in recent times in both self and conventional publishing circles with regard to
hooking potential readers utilizing Twitter, Facebook and leading E-zines such as Angie's Diary, plus Goodreads which, despite the fact that it was
A lot has been said in recent times in both self and conventional publishing circles with regard to
hooking potential readers utilizing Twitter, Facebook and leading E-zines such as Angie's Diary, plus Goodreads which, despite the fact that it was set up to promote books, in effect is yet another social media site.
You have a few paragraphs about the book and / or its author on the back (about 100 to 200 words) to
hook the potential reader.
The role of design is to help translate the heart, tone, and essence of the writing into a visual metaphor that
hooks a potential reader and gets them to come closer, to read the cover copy, to learn more about the author, to take the book seriously, to get excited about what's inside, to preview the first few pages, and then let the words of the book take them away.
But with book descriptions, you need to serve up some steak too — you have to set up the story,
hook the potential reader and make them feel not only that this book is worthy of their precious time and money but that they are desperate to find out what happens.
Not exact matches
Once you wow your
potential readers with an excellent front cover, the next part of your book that'll
hook them is your back cover copy, which is publishing speak for the information that appears on the back cover.
The process is exactly the same as writing a blurb for a fiction book, although the blurb will focus on selling the benefits of the book to the
potential reader (and how the book will help them if they buy it), rather than trying to
hook them into a story.
Learn how to write compelling back cover copy to catch and
hook the attention of
potential readers with clear information on what they get when they read your book.
The genre of book, the audience you want to target as
potential readers, and the «
hook» that will make people want to read the book will all be factors in what marketing and promotional methods you choose.
The genre of book, the audience you want to target as
potential readers, and the «
hook» that will make people want to read the book are all factors in what marketing and promotional methods you choose.
A great website design keeps your dedicated followers engaged while
hooking potential new
readers.
What makes a novel
hook strong is the type of reaction it gets from a
potential reader.
This is (after looking over the cover) the
hook that will make your
potential reader either buy this book, or keep browsing.
A
hook is something that catches your
potential reader's attention, arouses a
reader's curiosity, or engages your
reader's interest, for example.
Live action «
hooks» the
potential reader on a more emotional level because the characters appear as real people.
To successfully market your book you must find a
hook to engage
potential readers.
Use the giveaway as a
hook to draw
potential readers in and leave them wanting more with the promise of even more great content with the release of your next book which you will, of course, charge for.
This may be the first thing that a
potential reader sees about your book, so you need to
hook them.