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About the
author With over 20 years» experience in senior management with a major educational
tour operator, Ian Pearson is now the General Manager of the School Travel Forum, an independent not - for - profit organisation dedicated to
promoting good practice in school travel, and a trustee of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.
* A blog
tour is when an
author goes from blog to blog (rather than from store to store) to
promote a book.
Book blogs, topical blogs, podcasts and online radio shows are potential hosts for virtual book
tours, where
authors visit a different site each day
promoting their book.
On a virtual book
tour,
authors promote their books by making «virtual» guest appearances during a particular time frame on blogs, podcasts, radio shows, social networks, or other virtual venues.
Again, I've heard other
authors say similar things about blog
tours: they might be effective for selling non-fiction, but they're not necessarily a great way to
promote a novel.
Publicity
Tour - This is a
tour that an
author takes in order to
promote their book.
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promotes authors and sets up virtual book
tours through Enchanted Book Promotions.
A blog
tour allows an
author to «appear» on multiple book blogs in a span of 1 to 4 weeks to
promote an up - and - coming book.
Publicists can both directly and indirectly effect book sales through their book marketing efforts, including
promoting a virtual
tour, securing
author interviews, leveraging the
author's book blog and social networking profiles, and utilizing the
author's media kit.
One publisher used NetGalley to
promote a special campaign to bloggers to help spread the word about
authors who were
touring (both physically and virtually).
On the other hand, publishing independently effectively makes that
author an entrepreneur and marketer, similar to a musician / band that releases an album independently and
promotes it through
touring.
Acting as a clearing house for Jewish Book Month events is part of the Jewish Book Council's overall mission to
promote the reading, writing, publishing and distribution of quality Jewish content books in English, as well as to serve as the coordinating body of Jewish literary activity in North America in both general and Jewish venues, advising local communities on exhibits, book fairs, book club appearances,
author tours and other literary programs.
A virtual blog
tour offers the
author the opportunity to visit various book blogs and
promote them and their books.
For an
author who's got to
promote his / her books, blog
tours seem a good alternative... if done right.
Fortunately, there are other ways to
promote your book in various major metro areas including pitching phone and Skype interviews, and conducting a virtual blog
tour (most book publicists routinely set up virtual blog
tours for
authors — and, if you're considering a book publicist who doesn't know what a virtual blog
tour is, then run in the opposite direction as quickly as possible!).
Camy, one tool that many
authors are now using to
promote their work are podcasts, you have not used a podcast in the Deadly Intent
tour.
It's quite similar to the book
tours that many well - known
authors do to
promote their latest offerings, minus the pressure of bookings, public speaking and the grueling travel schedule that usually comes with it.
Of course, most
authors have always done book signings and interviews, but in this digital age, you're expected to also have a website, a blog, a Twitter account, do podcasts, blog
tours, and anything else you can think of to
promote your book.
Back in the old days, publishers would send
authors out on book
tours, spending large amounts of money to
promote books.
A book blogger should never have to give a more positive review than they feel a book deserves, and neither should an
author waste time and money on a book
tour that doesn't actually
promote their books.
Authors, a virtual book
tour is a great way to
promote your book to a targeted audience and I encourage you to give it a try!
There are many ways to
promote: social media, advertising on popular websites and blogs, print advertising in trade magazines, attending reader oriented conventions and events... but one of the best ways to get your book out there and build name recognition as an
author is through a virtual book
tour.
They're the virtual equivalent of the traditional book
tour, except
authors «visit» book blogs instead of stores to
promote their novels.
A Great Way to
Promote your Brand An
author website is perfect to display your readers reviews, and let your fans know about your release dates, your new books, your works in progress, book
tours, events in general, etc..
One of the things some
authors do to
promote their book is a «blog
tour» which I've heard described as the modern day or indie equivalent of hitting the road for signings at book stores.
Basically a book blog
tour is a way of
promoting an
author and their book in the same way that they would have been
promoted in a bookstore.
Wednesday's
promoting tip for
authors Today's guest post is part of the virtual book
tour, for How to Sell More Books on Amazon, by Dana Lynn Smith.
Beyond that, as I alluded to in the opening, there's sort of been a new expectation / conventional wisdom creeping up that the key to being a Good Hardworking
Promoting Author is to blow out your blog, your Facebook page, your website, your Twitter feed, your Goodreads network, and better yet, all of the above and by the way you need to set up your own author tour and try to get some media appearances going we'd love it if you placed some articles and stories and where's your book trailer oh also don't quit your day job and don't forget about your manuscript deadline and make sure the next book is incredible and amazing and could you spend some time with your family p
Author is to blow out your blog, your Facebook page, your website, your Twitter feed, your Goodreads network, and better yet, all of the above and by the way you need to set up your own
author tour and try to get some media appearances going we'd love it if you placed some articles and stories and where's your book trailer oh also don't quit your day job and don't forget about your manuscript deadline and make sure the next book is incredible and amazing and could you spend some time with your family p
author tour and try to get some media appearances going we'd love it if you placed some articles and stories and where's your book trailer oh also don't quit your day job and don't forget about your manuscript deadline and make sure the next book is incredible and amazing and could you spend some time with your family please?
If an
author can write a book they can sure write a few articles or interview Q and A's as part of the
tour to help
promote it.
The result of that politically dominant position has been mirrored in buying choices — which
authors were bought, which
authors were heavily
promoted, which
authors got book -
tours etc..
I was interviewed this week about several book publicity and promotion - related topics, including the one thing every
author should do to
promote their book, the role of the press release in book publicity and different types of press releases to use, working with a publicist, ways to capture the media's attention, the difference between free and paid press release distributions services, virtual book
tours, and other topics.
The result of that politically dominant position has been mirrored in editors buying choices — which
authors were bought, which
authors were heavily
promoted, which
authors got book -
tours etc..
Instead of physically traveling by plane, train, or bus, a blog
tour allows you to make virtual pit stops
promoting your book and your
author brand on websites relating to your work.
As for the online marketing side, that involves
promoting both our ebooks and print books online: organizing blog
tours, placing banner ads and other advertising, creating catalogues with CataList, pitching our books for review — including uploading e-galleys to NetGalley — maintaining and growing a presence on relevant social media sites, blogging, supporting our
authors» online initiatives, and helping to publicize their offline events and activities.
Authors should
promote the
tour on their websites just as they would
promote bookstore events.
Authors often
promote tirelessly on social media, blog
tours and even podcasts to raise awareness for their projects.
On a virtual book
tour,
authors promote their...
In the meantime, let us know if you've been involved in a book
tour or seen something really unique other
authors are doing to
promote their newly released books.
Bill McKibben,
author, activist and founder of 350.org, has been on a
tour of the East Coast to
promote his latest project, PutSolarOnIt, an effort to get the White House to put Jimmy Carter's solar panels back on the roof after Ronald Reagan had them removed.
7/06 to Present — TRIUMPH BOOKS Chicago, IL Publicist, Sports Publishing Company • Manage book
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promote book releases and
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promote Triumph Books and its book releases • Produce numerous press releases and media alerts to support book releases and
author signing events • Assist in managing part - time employees within the publicity department