Something about book marketing or writing.
I also notice this resistance whenever I post
something about book marketing or some successful campaign I've done.
Not exact matches
With that being said, formula
marketing is extremely predatory and is
something that some professionals feel so strongly
about that their are
books written on the topic, courses taught, and documentaries.
For it to have
book marketing value, it has to have a direct link to your
book or
something in your
book (for example, the author of a novel or children's
book telling Raggedy Ann's «real» story could create Raggedy Ann Day), and you have to spread the word
about the special day you've created (publicity is a good option).
This is
something anyone who has a
book should think
about,
marketing it so that your
book increase its sales.
Amy Collins gives us some good advice
about planning ahead related to
book marketing and sales, not
something I am particularly good at.
Book marketing is just as simple and easy — if you agree to create
something that other people care
about, listen to their advice and develop a product they want to buy, build up a solid email list by giving away free content, and are always thinking
about how to connect with new people.
I started thinking
about marketing and advertising once the
book was already available as well, because it occurred to me that no one would ever know
about my
book unless I did
something to help readers find it.
But first, let's be clear
about something:
marketing and selling your
book isn't going to be easy.
I just thought it was amazing to see what we talk
about doing now to
market our
books in
something so old and couldn't resist sharing it.
Early attempts at social reading focused on the sharing of insight and ideas
about the text,
something that was perfect for the academic
market since it allowed students and professors to make comments within a user's
book, much like margin notes.
It's
something to think
about, especially if it's a
market where you know you won't sell a lot of
books.
I have wrote a few interview articles on a self - published author named Nicola Matthews and asked her what she thought
about your advice to
market something besides the
book when it came to writing fiction.
-LSB-...] listened to Self - Publishing And The Bookstrapper's Guide To
Book Marketing With Tucker Max yesterday, at The Creative Penn Podcast, and
something Tucker Max said
about the storytelling of -LSB-...]
or
something like that, and it's terrible, and we don't want authors to be in that situation, so we decided to write the definitive
book on how to think
about book marketing, and then exactly what to do to launch a
book.
The cover design is a
marketing piece, not
something that should just look pretty to the writer or author who obviously knows what the
book is
about and who can read between the lines.
Real
marketing is
about setting up an air of excitement
about something to come so that when the
book is actually released... there are hundreds of ready buyers waiting in line for it.
If you're a writer, and you've written a
book (or multiple
books) you plan to self - publish, the
marketing aspect may not be
something you've spent a lot of time thinking
about.
Re-purpose an old blog post, post reviews of your favorite or recently read
books, invite people in the publishing world other authors, illustrators, artists,
book marketing gurus to guest blog for you, post excerpts from your
book and write
something around the theme, post tips and ideas for writing inspiration, news
about you, a video or audio clip of you talking
about your present or upcoming projects, the possibilities are endless.
I have now learned
something else
about the wonders of Kindle
books on the international
market.
You could begin with a note that says
something like, «I have adapted a post by Ed Cyzewski
about book marketing...» Then include a link back to this post.
«I'd like to talk to you
about something that we here at
Book Marketing Tools are becoming quite the experts in, and that is how or the making of the perfect optin.
What is most useful to me
about cause
marketing of this sort is that it gives me one more thing to talk to readers
about —
something I am passionate
about — and it helps me get over my shyness
about asking someone to buy my
book.
As we head into December there's
something about all the Kindle Killers and eBook -
Market - stealers and «better than Kindle» Kindle competitors that's worth considering — None of them is actually trying to replace the
book.
I'm talking
about writing a
book for genre readers that meets trope expectations, elicits emotional reactions, and satisfies the cravings of romantic suspense and thriller readers, but also brings
something new that's missing from the
market.
Another distinction: Do - it - yourself publishing, where the author attempts (with varying degrees of success) to self - edit the
book, learn enough
about typography and design to come up with
something reasonably professional looking, do the same for the cover, create and execute a
marketing plan, etc., etc..
Authors hiring outside publicists and webmasters, buying additional advertising, subsidizing
book tours, not just talking
about marketing but doing
something about it... all these things are no longer the exception but the rule.»
And Molly Greene wrote an enlightening post
about using
something called
Book Marketing Tools that submits your 99c book to over 30 sites for a flat fee of only $
Book Marketing Tools that submits your 99c
book to over 30 sites for a flat fee of only $
book to over 30 sites for a flat fee of only $ 15.
I enjoy reading old finance
books (inc. «The Money Lenders», and «Paper Money» which I'd particularly recommend if you can get hold of a copy: Adam Smith is a very entertaining writer, and this
book is eerily apt for 2011 despite being published 30 years ago), and virtually every
book harps on
about recycling petrodollars — a financial
markets phenomenon in the 70 / 80s, and still going strong — surely banks and investment managers are now ready to offer
something a little more sophisticated to Islamic investors?
The only interesting moment of the call was when a question was asked
about whether management shouldn't be doing
something like buying back shares given the continuing chasm between
book value ($ 11) and
market price ($ 7 - 8).
With the growth of commercial real estate loans on banks»
books slowing, as Federal Reserve policymakers said in the latest Federal Open
Market Committee meeting, pension funds like TIAA and NYSTRS may be trying to teach us
something about the potential significance of non-bank lending for commercial real estate finance.