If you're in the process of writing a book, you should already be
thinking about book promotion - following are six steps to get you on the right marketing page.
That way, you don't have to be
thinking about book promotion every day when you hop onto Facebook.
Not exact matches
Although some of those tactics will work for non-fiction
books as well, I
thought I'd talk more specifically
about non-fiction
book promotion this week.
If you
think about source or style rather than the advertisement / content itself, what type of
book promotions tend to work on you as a reader?
I
think the most frustrating thing
about book promotion for me is that sometimes something works and then the next time it doesn't which you mentioned a few times.
Most authors want to use their
book as what they're giving away but, again,
think about whether your new — and therefore mostly unknown —
book is really the best thing to motivate people to take part in your
promotion.
If you only post tweets
about you and your
book, your followers will
think you are self - involved and are too concerned with self -
promotion.
So, according to this survey,
book publicists ought to
think about gearing their
book promotion campaigns to those Americans who are ill - educated enough actually read
books.
Then, when it's
about to be sent to the printer they start
thinking about promotion and
book marketing.
yesterday on the effectiveness of
book signings made me
think about what does and doesn't work as far as
book promotion goes.
But, I also
think you need to make it very easy for people to find your
books / links / content if they're interested, and it's all
about finding that fine line between overdoing self -
promotion and being accessible.
The Author's Guide to
Book Promotions is a primer that helps you think differently about book promotions and helps you take confident steps into the promotions wo
Book Promotions is a primer that helps you think differently about book promotions and helps you take confident steps into the promoti
Promotions is a primer that helps you
think differently
about book promotions and helps you take confident steps into the promotions wo
book promotions and helps you take confident steps into the promoti
promotions and helps you take confident steps into the
promotionspromotions world.
Start
thinking about promotion long
about book 5.
I
thought and
thought about what indie published
book I could highlight today, and finally I remembered ones that I just recently got during their free
promotions.
Authors are being encouraged to write fast, write as many
books as they can, pile them up as high as possible before even
thinking about doing any «platforming,» or
promotion or marketing or audience - building.
But morally, I
think Frey is completely unjustified in telling tales
about Oprah as part of his
book promotion efforts.
What's happening in the marketing space in the
book marketing and
book promotion space has changed so radically, particularly in the last year, that I have begun
thinking about that whole thing and how they're approaching it is changing.
Even I needed a reminder that time spent on
book promotion was a worthwhile investment — even if it does seem as though so many members of the media have taken this week off, and are currently
thinking more
about mincemeat than
about lining up interviews.
I try to give you updates from the publishing industry every week that might actually make a difference to you in your
book sales and
promotion, so this week, I should be
thinking and talking
about things like how / why Barnes & Noble is inexplicably opening four new stores.
I'm finishing up my first «How To»
book now and I
think my 2nd title should be a «How To» for self publishers, all
about the marketing and
promotion end.
I just
think that Reid's self - righteous self -
promotion should be in an article
about him, not in a
book review.