We're always excited to see a new book
promotion tool for authors and publishers, and it's even more exciting when this tool is free and easy to use.
Without the bargain sites, will Amazon's KDP Select be a productive
promotion tool for authors given the assumption that the bargain sites do help boost discoverability?
We have a whole new suite of
promotion tools for authors to gain new readers by hosting contests and book giveaways.
Not exact matches
I should have
for so many reasons:
tools, tips, courses,
promotions, rubbing shoulders with other
authors, and so much more.
Millions of
authors use Facebook as a
tool for promotion, but did you know that you can also use the social media site as a direct selling platform?
While it's true that not every successful
author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list
for promotion, it's a
tool that has helped numerous
authors go from obscurity to making a living with book royalties.
That was not the only time saving offer AMC had
for authors; it was grabbing reviewers
for my book, it was promising to connect an introvert person like me with fellow
authors, educational webinars with experienced
authors, professional help with my book cover design, book
promotion tools and many more.
Examples of things we are seeking:
Author websites with book marketing tools, book promotion for authors, book reviewers, articles pertaining to writing, publishing or book marketing or services like places to list books, book blogs or other platforms like online tv, radio or author commun
Author websites with book marketing
tools, book
promotion for authors, book reviewers, articles pertaining to writing, publishing or book marketing or services like places to list books, book blogs or other platforms like online tv, radio or
author commun
author communities.
The
author marketing club provides support and
tools to help develop marketing campaigns and
promotions and your writer would kiss you under the mistletoe
for solving this prickly problem
for them.
In addition, BookBaby has made a name
for itself in the free
author tools that it provides its clients, especially in the areas of marketing and
promotion.
Maximizing the use of Goodreads
for book
promotion is just one of the
tools we use in our
author coaching service and work with publishers.
Helping with that is the option
for authors to make their title free
for up to 5 days of the 90 (a common
tool for promotion that was unavailable directly through Amazon until now).
Smashwords, longtime critics of book exclusivity
for a wide variety of reasons, has also offered
authors a full dashboard of
tools, including their recently launched «Special Deals»
promotion.
Alex and I spoke at length a few weeks ago about self - publishing, book
promotions, and useful
tools for authors, and I'm happy to direct our readers to his excellent article today!
As of 2017, indeed,
authors and books will enjoy these new book
promotion tools: • Book widgets • Featured books • Video book reviews All these services will be available in a double language: Italian and English I am also keeping my fingers crossed
for those
authors who submitted their books to Italian publishers.
With more and more
authors hitting the bookshelves and less money becoming available
for publicity purposes,
authors of every genre and publishing style need to use all of the
tools at their disposal
for book
promotion.
The following is not only a book
promotion tool (although you can use it to snag some book reviews), but it's also a valuable information source
for publishers and
authors: Publishing Poynters Marketplace by Dan Poynter.
For authors seeking that elusive «best - seller» status, self - promotion can be your best tool for generating internet traffic and increasing book sal
For authors seeking that elusive «best - seller» status, self -
promotion can be your best
tool for generating internet traffic and increasing book sal
for generating internet traffic and increasing book sales.
Now there is a
tool for this, they can earn 70 % instead of 35 % royalties during their
promotions, and all customers will see the discount at Amazon, even if they hadn't heard about the
author's
promotion.
So, in exchange
for exclusive contracts, Amazon offered self - published
authors tools like free
promotions and the Kindle Countdown, which they believed (correctly) would help us sell our books.
I really do believe that the
tools for promotion that KDP Select gave us — and that I used enthusiastically — had a lot to do with my past success — particularly as an
author who writes slowly (books come out about every 2 years) and didn't have enough books in my series to go the perma free route).
Topics include choosing the right
tools for book creation and distribution, running your publishing business,
author brand and platform, social media marketing and traditional
promotion, hybrid publishing with trusted partners, attracting an agent and a traditional publishing deal, raising money
for your book, sales and distribution, metadata, SEO, and book discovery in Amazon and all the online retailers, selling in brick - and - mortar bookstores and libraries, formatting and conversion, EPUB format and MOBI
for Kindle and creating a full - color, fixed - layout book
for the new tablet readers, printing, mailing lists, websites, and blogs.
These low - cost
tools allow
authors to create eBook
for devices with additional features
for accessibility and
promotion.
Book
promotion is a powerful
tool for all
authors.
We designed our solution specifically
for that purpose: remove the friction from book
promotion and create great
tools to power the
author / reader conversation.
One of the most important self -
promotion tools available
for writers is an
author website — and, more specifically, the writer's blog featured on that website.
Going free is still the best promotional
tool for an unknown indie
author short of a U.S. BookBub price
promotion, which I haven't been able to get.