Don't worry about being a cliche or looking
like other books in your genre.
To package that excellent content so that it looks just
like any other book in its genre in a bricks and mortar bookstore.
Make your book cover look
like other books in the genre.
Not exact matches
Like our list of comic
book - based superhero movies and
other genre movies, we're not including production info such as cast, crew or plot; this is just an easy - to - read look at what's to come
in North American theaters.
An extremely loose, glossy adaptation of the relatively obscure 2006 independent studio graphic novel of the same name by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys & Aliens isn't the first mash - up of Westerns and science fiction (Westworld, Wild Wild West and Back to the Future Part III are
other examples), but it is one of the first
in a popular burgeoning trend
in mixing
genres that has seen
books like «Pride and Prejudice & Zombies» become popular.
They can experience a variety of
book genres and
other reading materials
like newspapers, comics, and magazines and more
in a controlled, small environment.
I often hear things
like «I want my
books to be DIFFERENT or BETTER than all the
other stuff
in my
genre.»
Our aim is to produce quality
books for all those interested
in the
genres regardless of age, gender or any
other distinguishing feature (
like tattoos, braces, color of skin, or educational background).
I
like to see at least on
other book in a particular
genre — let someone else be the guinea pig and test the market demand first!
For our
other guests, please use the
Book Plugs category
in the navigation menu to the right to find story samples
in whatever
genre you
like.
For example, they can look at a
book and then (
like shopping
in real estate) they compare to
other books of the same length
in the same
genre with the same basic author recognition.
Go online and find
other book covers you
like, remembering to think
in terms of style and theme as much as
genre.
So your
book cover should look
like a bunch of
other covers
in your
genre.
Ann isn't
like any
other Historical Fiction writer; she writes her two
books in a rhythmic prose format, which isn't a common phenomenon among authors
in the same
book genre.
An average email, depending on each reviewer's conditions, will have your
books title and
genre, the format your
book is available
in, when the
book will be available
in other formats or print, what format they usually
like, summary of your
book, and anything more that they require.
For many readers of crime fiction and
other genres, there's nothing quite
like the feel of a good
book in your hands.
Then there are
others who have been writing for a long time
in a variety of
genres and feel
like it is now or never, that they had better get off the dime if their
books are going to see the light of day.»
-- Networking with
other authors
in your
genre for mutual support and benefit — Finding ways to bring a lot of traffic to your and your
book (
like guest - posting)
While romance novels tend to be on the «quick and easy» thin side of
book length,
other genres with titles
like the Game of Thrones series or the Harry Potter
books lend themselves to more wordiness and are therefore catching up to romance
in terms of ebook sales thanks to Baddeley's theory.
So if I'm going to look for a
book in that
genre online, I'm probably immediately going to pick up the one that has a cover that doesn't look
like all the
others.
Because I want to make sure I don't rely so much on tropes that someone picking up the
book because they
liked something I wrote
in another series or
other genre will be able to be pulled into the story.
Using Google and
other search engines to identify
book clubs interested
in your
genre is a great first step, but you should also check out
other online sources
like Meetup.com, whose purpose is to help people interested
in common subjects make contact.
Each
book has a detailed description and comments from the author as well as
other information
like book cover,
genre, page count and everything you need to know to select stories that you are interested
in.
If they
like it, they could become lifelong fans and purchase sequels or
other books you produce
in the same
genre.
Try browsing the covers of
other books in your
genre for inspiration, and if you find examples of elements you really
like and are looking for
in your cover, show them to your designer.
Romance,
like other genre novels — paranormals of various kinds, thrillers, mysteries, and some YA sell extremely well because their readers expect not just one novel but an entire series (we meet Dan Brown's protagonist, Robert Langdon,
in book after
book), which they also expect to buy.
Most authors
like reading; for pleasure, to find out how
others write successful
books in the
genre or
genres that interest them, or both.
In addition, I had a new release in the same genre (although not the same sub-genre) which I thought might attract the readers who liked my promo book well enough to read the whole trilogy and start looking for my other book
In addition, I had a new release
in the same genre (although not the same sub-genre) which I thought might attract the readers who liked my promo book well enough to read the whole trilogy and start looking for my other book
in the same
genre (although not the same sub-
genre) which I thought might attract the readers who
liked my promo
book well enough to read the whole trilogy and start looking for my
other books.
Like the collections found
in the Kindle app, you can organize the Nook
books that you've purchased into shelves — group by
genre, author, or any
other scheme that suits your needs.
But, it's far easier to market a
book that's been written to fill a need, and know who your audience is, and what they want — and to do that you need to do market research (read what's bestselling
in your
genre) and make your
book a lot
like, and hopefully better than, those
others.
It needs to look
like other bestselling
books in your
genre.
Now, the big benefit when writing
in one
genre or a similar cross
genre, is that when readers find one of your
books, buy it and
like it, they'll seek more of your
other books.
There are some
genres that significantly outperform
others, and it is important that authors
in pursuit of self - publishing their
books using tools
like
Newsletters are a good vehicle to alert customers about author readings and signings and
other store events and to highlight recommended
books in various categories,
like general fiction or specific
genres (mystery, romance, cooking, kids, etc..)
As you help promote
other authors
in your
genre, by sharing their blog posts, reviewing their
books and the
like, you will build good will and a strong network of peer support for your current and future projects.
In other places, classic trompe l'oeil works
like that of Richard Shaw's 1980 ceramic sculpture rub up against more ironic examples of the
genre, such as Robert Gober's 1989 handmade bag of kitty litter and Steve Wolfe's 1994 - 96 box of
books, both of which fool the eye effectively.