Join me for the latest research on indie author trends while I also provide up - to - the - minute
indie book marketing advice.
Yet, according to
indie book marketing advice, even ten months turnaround time is not competitive.
Not exact matches
My
advice would be that authors leave the fact of their «
indie - ness» off all
marketing aimed at readers and let the
book win on its own merit.
Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her
books, Massey has great
advice for
indie authors on independent publishing,
book marketing and strategies for getting a
book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.
Right now, she's releasing a new edition of How to
Market a
Book, so we asked her for her
advice on long - term vs. short - term strategies, selling internationally as well as at home, and whether it's worth worrying about translations and foreign rights as an
indie.
Peter Sandeen has a great list of leads and some good
advice overall regarding conversion that you can apply to your
indie author
book marketing, and then there are sites like Guest Post Tracker that let you search for opportunities by topic and provide a service for tracking your submissions.
Indie authors are given an almost overwhelming amount of
advice about promoting and
marketing their
book, a great deal of which is contradictory.
Isn't this exactly the kind of
advice that's causing
indie authors to rush to
market with the first draft of their
book, before it's gone through several rounds of rewrites and had some professional editing?
As an
indie - published author, the team you put together to publish your
book is as close to a professional
marketing team as you're going to get, and their
advice may be invaluable.
I belong to Independent
Book Publishers Assoc. (IBPA) and they offer tons of great
advice and
marketing opportunities for
indie authors and publishers.
Today I am sharing a circle of key people I follow on Google Plus who provide great
advice on
indie publishing, e-publishing and
book marketing.
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The
marketing advice most
indie - authors are given is twofold: establish an internet presence in forums and on social networking sites, and solicit
book bloggers to review their
book.
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