Marketing or Pushing? - The Book Marketing Network2024-03-28T12:33:16Zhttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/forum/topics/523145:Topic:83852?commentId=523145%3AComment%3A83921&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDoes anyone have info about y…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-23:523145:Comment:932012008-04-23T15:05:08.138Zcarol stanleyhttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/carolstanley
Does anyone have info about youtube...what format the video has to be..any suggestions???
Does anyone have info about youtube...what format the video has to be..any suggestions??? Hi Julie,
I understand what y…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-23:523145:Comment:931982008-04-23T14:42:50.564ZTammy Varner Hornbeckhttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/TammyVarnerHornbeck
Hi Julie,<br />
I understand what you mean. My first book, was with a royalty paying publisher (Publish America), and there is practically no marketing help on their end at all. All they did was put my book on a book list, that is it. My second book (both are Christian Poetry, by the way) is not in much better shape, I just have it posted on 4 sites: mine, the publisher (LuLu-a POD publisher), the Christian website that worked in conjunction with LuLu (Author-Me.com), and a site that used some of my…
Hi Julie,<br />
I understand what you mean. My first book, was with a royalty paying publisher (Publish America), and there is practically no marketing help on their end at all. All they did was put my book on a book list, that is it. My second book (both are Christian Poetry, by the way) is not in much better shape, I just have it posted on 4 sites: mine, the publisher (LuLu-a POD publisher), the Christian website that worked in conjunction with LuLu (Author-Me.com), and a site that used some of my pieces as devotionals (done through Author-Me): <a href="http://www.worldsundayschool.com">www.worldsundayschool.com</a>. Anything else is up to me, and I have no education or experience in marketing. I haven't a clue what to do to market my books. Therefore, I have a pretty slim chance in catching the eye of a traditional publisher. You said you do your own marketing? Could you give me some ideas?<br />
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I'd be so very grateful!<br />
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Tammy I relate to this issue. I've…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-23:523145:Comment:930122008-04-23T02:17:27.582ZKymber Leehttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/KymberLee
I relate to this issue. I've been doing my owning marketing for nearly a year now. I'm finally getting some speaking engagements and booksignings in different towns. I'm a firm believer that if you don't toot your own horn no one will.<br />
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Keep pressing and you'll get there.
I relate to this issue. I've been doing my owning marketing for nearly a year now. I'm finally getting some speaking engagements and booksignings in different towns. I'm a firm believer that if you don't toot your own horn no one will.<br />
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Keep pressing and you'll get there. Today...unless you are James…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-22:523145:Comment:929722008-04-22T22:33:08.350Zcarol stanleyhttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/carolstanley
Today...unless you are James Patterson, Laura Ingraham, Paris Hilton, Madonna...etc... you are out there marketing your heart out. There are too many avenues, and many books to read. Just the books on marketing are overwhelming. So it is important to keep up the daily energy of seeking marketing avenues for a specific time each day. I devote at least two hours a day...now in research and ...since I have just gotten a few copies of my newly published book I will hit the streets...So keep…
Today...unless you are James Patterson, Laura Ingraham, Paris Hilton, Madonna...etc... you are out there marketing your heart out. There are too many avenues, and many books to read. Just the books on marketing are overwhelming. So it is important to keep up the daily energy of seeking marketing avenues for a specific time each day. I devote at least two hours a day...now in research and ...since I have just gotten a few copies of my newly published book I will hit the streets...So keep working...carol Good job, June. Its definitel…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-26:523145:Comment:878482008-03-26T12:56:59.633ZNikkiNicolehttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/xn/detail/u_thagstands4
Good job, June. Its definitely up to the author to make things happen for their books.
Good job, June. Its definitely up to the author to make things happen for their books. I have colleagues now calling…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-14:523145:Comment:846712008-03-14T22:07:50.825ZJulie Ann Shapirohttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/jshapiro
I have colleagues now calling book stores and the library requesting my book. It was mentioned in USA Today this week. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-03-11-kindle_N.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-03-11-kindle_N.htm</a>
I have colleagues now calling book stores and the library requesting my book. It was mentioned in USA Today this week. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-03-11-kindle_N.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-03-11-kindle_N.htm</a> Wow, what a great story June.…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-14:523145:Comment:846652008-03-14T21:05:54.161ZPeter N. Joneshttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/flashgordon
Wow, what a great story June. Yes, it is largley up to the author to market their book, and calling stores is a great way to get stocked. It sounds like it was a full time job to achieve that level of success - that is another hurddle many authors face - finding time to manage marketing, writing, and other life/work issues. I know I run up against it all the time, but I'm making some moves/decisions so that I will have more time to focus on my writing and marketing over the…
Wow, what a great story June. Yes, it is largley up to the author to market their book, and calling stores is a great way to get stocked. It sounds like it was a full time job to achieve that level of success - that is another hurddle many authors face - finding time to manage marketing, writing, and other life/work issues. I know I run up against it all the time, but I'm making some moves/decisions so that I will have more time to focus on my writing and marketing over the summer.<br />
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Cheers.<br />
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Publisher: <a href="http://newgreatbooks.blogspot.com">Great New Books Reviewed</a> I think you have to do this r…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-14:523145:Comment:846542008-03-14T19:51:54.123ZJune Austinhttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/JuneAustin
I think you have to do this really, if you want to be taken seriously and more for the point, if you want your book to stay on the shelves for more than the standard three months, assuming you are lucky enough to get into book shops in the first place.<br />
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Since I am self published (print on demand) I had no choice but to do everything myself. It is very difficult for POD authors to get stocked in book stores here in the UK, since the stores insist on returnability (there are moves to change this…
I think you have to do this really, if you want to be taken seriously and more for the point, if you want your book to stay on the shelves for more than the standard three months, assuming you are lucky enough to get into book shops in the first place.<br />
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Since I am self published (print on demand) I had no choice but to do everything myself. It is very difficult for POD authors to get stocked in book stores here in the UK, since the stores insist on returnability (there are moves to change this though). I was lucky enough then in August last year to have the distinction of becoming one of the very first POD authors in the whole country to become actually stocked by the largest wholesaler in the UK, whom all the big chain stores and most independents use. I worked solidly then for four months ringing over 500 stores, at the rate of around 10-15 per day, and have managed to get stocked in one third of Waterstones stores nationwide. This is no mean feat for a book like mine, where even commercially published authors do not have this level of success.<br />
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Since I returned to work four days a week in November I no longer have the time that I once did, but I do what I can on my says off. Of course if the industry did not insist on such ridiculous discounts then I may not have had to do this in the first place, but that is a whole other discussion ... Self published authors must m…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-14:523145:Comment:845922008-03-14T14:40:51.750ZBehcet Kayahttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/BehcetKaya
Self published authors must market their book it they wish to have any results. At first I was negative to the idea, operating under the delusion that all I had to do was publish my book, put it out there and the world would come to me...not so...<br />
I have found several avenues that are turning out to be quite successful. Public libraries are very open to new authors and my novel is now in catelogue in quite a few southern California libraries as well as several more across the country.…
Self published authors must market their book it they wish to have any results. At first I was negative to the idea, operating under the delusion that all I had to do was publish my book, put it out there and the world would come to me...not so...<br />
I have found several avenues that are turning out to be quite successful. Public libraries are very open to new authors and my novel is now in catelogue in quite a few southern California libraries as well as several more across the country. Independent book stores is another avenue...I now have several that have taken my novel on consignment and one has asked me to come in for a book signing.<br />
Of course reveiews, reveiws, reviews...friends, family, review services...the more the better... Deborah,
Thanks for understan…tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-03-09:523145:Comment:839942008-03-09T01:01:57.829ZJulie Ann Shapirohttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/jshapiro
Deborah,<br />
Thanks for understanding. Yes, I've shared an idea or two with my publisher. It's funny sometimes.<br />
This whole journey is such a learning experience.<br />
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Julie
Deborah,<br />
Thanks for understanding. Yes, I've shared an idea or two with my publisher. It's funny sometimes.<br />
This whole journey is such a learning experience.<br />
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Julie