It can form a valuable part of
your wider book marketing efforts.
Not exact matches
Book marketing, as you know by now, is not an exact science, but rather a combination of a
wide variety of
efforts that each play a role in an indie author's success.
Determining which publishing option makes the most sense for YOU and your work, making sense of the resources you'll need to engage to publish your
book, understanding the
marketing efforts required to launch your
book into the
widest universe of your readers... that's the mission.
The commercial eBooks are from Digital Pulp Publishing, presenting a
wide and eclectic array bringing independent access to the broad open
market through the
efforts of many publishers; and also great numbers of additional
books, perhaps totalling ~ 100,000 by July 4, from eBooks About Everything.
As we've discussed,
book marketing is no longer about lonely
book signings and time - consuming schlepps to beg every store in town to carry your
book — taking your
marketing online (while not appropriate for EVERY
book / subject matter) offers you the opportunity to reach a
wide audience with only a moderate input of time and
effort.
Every day in our
book marketing and pitching
efforts, Smith Publicity publicists contact
book reviewers, bloggers,
book interest media, magazine and newspaper editors, television and radio producers and freelancers covering a
wide range of topics.
Casting too
wide a net in your
marketing efforts will get you nowhere, especially considering the absolute deluge of new
books that become available to readers on a daily basis.
While Amazon isn't clear on how many of these 100 million are actual readers, you may have more borrows in Select without a lot of promotional
efforts than you would have if you went
wide with your
books and did the same low - level
marketing.