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All Blog Posts Tagged 'promotion' (249)

New Author Advice

New Author

What should you expect? Each genre, every single book and every author will have different experiences. This depends on many, many factors including release date, size and availability of book, experience and preparedness of author, resources and contacts, limitations, location and ingenuity of author.

My first suggestion to you, as a new author, would be to get a great stack of paper, a couple of pens and a thermos of any kind of refreshment you choose. Got all those?… Continue

Added by Lillian Brummet on February 26, 2010 at 11:06am — No Comments

The Next New Approach to Online Book Promotion and Sales

We invite you to review the project in process, at this link here at John's community.

http://bookmarket.ning.com/forum/topics/the-power-of-the-digital

Added by Patrick Dacre inbusiness4good@y on February 17, 2010 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Holiday Book Promotion During the Off-Season

Do you have a holiday book and wonder how to market and promote it other times of the year? If it's a Christmas book, declare Christmas in July. Put together a contest/drawing and fill a basket full of Christmas and current holiday goodies.

Do leprechauns celebrate Christmas? Have a combo St. Patrick's Day/Christmas prize basket.

Snow in the Summer?

It doesn't seem like the most wintery/Christmasy time of year. You could make a combo basket/bag full of Fourth of July… Continue

Added by JAday Kennedy on February 9, 2010 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Turning Nightmares INTO Pleasant Dreams

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When your curtain lifts, what do you see? Are you living a dream come true or are you tossing and turning as the nightmare continues?

Many talented writers go unnoticed. Many books sit on the shelves, never to be sold.

Question: So how do you navigate over a billion Internet viewers to witness your outstanding performance?

Answer: Through promotional tactics,… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 31, 2010 at 4:32pm — No Comments

Gleek Marketing!

When I sold my first book, I was surprised to learn that I needed to promote it. And clueless about how to do it. Since then I've learned a couple things about promotion, I'd like to share and I'm hoping you'll do the same. I know there are some marketing experts out there, so don't be shy. Please join me at… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on January 26, 2010 at 7:21am — 2 Comments

The 4 W’s of a Media Kit

Do you have a newsworthy story? Before you go out looking
for media exposure make sure that you have a media kit
available. Remember the media won’t wait until you’ve had
a chance to put this together......

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Added by YvonneW on January 19, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Book Marketing Maven blog is now The Savvy Book Marketer

The Book Marketing Maven blog has a new name – The Savvy Book Marketer – and a new look. The blog has been re-designed to coordinate with The Savvy Book Marketer Guides and the format has been updated for easier reading.

The Savvy Book Marketer blog continues to offer authors and publishers free book marketing advice, from traditional promotional methods to online book marketing and social media. Weekly guest posts by leading book marketing… Continue

Added by Dana Lynn Smith on January 11, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Comedian/Entrepreneur/Writer/Author: DERRICK ELLIS NEW SELF-HELP BOOK ENTITLED "HOW I GOT GHETTO RICH IN THE STREETS" WILL BE AVAILABLE JANUARY 15, 2010!!!

The most anticipated book of its kind, is now here! Comedian/Entrepreneur/Writer/Author: DERRICK ELLIS New Self-Help Book entitled: FROM SELLING DOLLAR COMEDY TICKETS TO STARTING MY OWN CLOTHING AND PRODUCT LINE "HOW I GOT GHETTO RICH IN THE STREETS". You'll see why critics predict that this book will be one of the hottest selling Books in the country! "Some of Derrick Ellis best written work" -Critics Review

"This book will definitely take Mr. Ellis to another level" -Book… Continue

Added by Derrick Ellis Enterprises, Inc. on January 10, 2010 at 4:46pm — 1 Comment

Any Authors Interested in a Feature?

I have several opportunities for those of you promoting books this year...

The Circle of Friends Newsletter

My newsletter goes out on the 20th of each month to over 1000 fans and I feature a fellow author in each one. Feature is 500 words or less, and includes book info, bio, and links. Prefer YA authors, but will consider other genres.

Blog features at… Continue

Added by L. Diane Wolfe on January 5, 2010 at 12:19pm — No Comments

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Added by Gene Cartwright on December 30, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

Books For Film

Is Your Book Ready For Film? Industry Pros Already Visiting.

Be there when we blast the entertainment industry universe: agents, producers, studios, etc.

Books for film is the excitiing new component of iFOGO, Inc. focused on getting select books and authors before those who make film rights buying decisions.

If… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on December 18, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments

Seven Ways to Make Hiring a Book Publicist More Affordable

Hiring a publicist can be an expensive proposition, especially for self-published authors and those whose books are published by presses that offer little or no marketing support. With some publicists asking $1500 - $5000 per month in fees, authors are often surprised by the amount of money they need to spend to get the word out about their books.

But publicity doesn’t have to be a bank-breaker. Here are some tips you can use to help defray costs when working with a publicist to… Continue

Added by Paula Margulies on December 4, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

New Blog, Novel Works/author featured

Hi all,

Today I posted a new review for “Mazurka” written by Aaron Paul Lazar on Novel Works.

About the author: Lazar writes to soothe his soul. The author of LeGarde Mysteries and Moore Mysteries enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his websites at www.legardemysteries.com and… Continue

Added by Marta Stephens on November 24, 2009 at 8:43am — No Comments

Trash Proof News Releases ebook at Smashwords

My new book Trash Proof News Releases is up on SmashWords – it’s a free download.

Here's the description:

TRASH PROOF NEWS RELEASES is a tool designed with one specific goal – to get you publicity in your target media that achieves a return on investment that rivals and even exceeds your best marketing. It offers you everything you need to know to give media everything they need to run with the story using you and the resources you’ve arrayed and meet their needs in… Continue

Added by Paul Krupin on November 19, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

Win a free copy of Susan Chodakiewitz's Too Many Visitors for One Little House Today Only!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce a chat l book giveaway with children's book author Susan Chodakiewitz on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern. Leave a comment or ask her a question and you'll become eligible to win a free copy of her book, Too Many Visitors for One Little House! The winner of her book will be announced on Nov. 18. This book would make a great Christmas gift for the little ones in your house. Hurry...you only have a… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on November 17, 2009 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Narcissism at an all time high

No, not my narcissism, that of others. I'm stunned, awed, and amazed at the smattering of comments I've received on this site already. Almost without exception there has been blatant self-promotion and complete disregard for anything / everything I posted.

Am I upset? No, not at all. Impressed at the level of ambivalence displayed in the marketing machine that many people have evolved into though. Odds are these people are quite successful at what they do, since they are indeed… Continue

Added by Jason Halstead on November 9, 2009 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Free Book Promotion Websites

My blog lists book related websites, social networking websites, and other sites where you can spread the word about your books without spending a dime!

http://onlinebookpromotion.blogspot.com/

You can also find more information in my eHow article about free online book… Continue

Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on November 7, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Ebay for Books?

Where are your books available for purchase? Amazon? That's great but are you lost among the hundreds of millions of books there? And, Amazon takes such a large chunk of your book sales. Fine, if you do not have a way of selling on your site, and fulfilling your own orders.

What about your own web site?

Do you have a great web site?

How many people know where you are?

Is your site SEO (search engine… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on November 2, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

BookBuzzr interviews Michele Brenton – Author of Alternative Poetry…

A few months ago, we had the swine flu scare in India. Everywhere I went, I saw people wearing masks. And everybody kept cleansing their hands with hand-sanitizer. You could practically cut the fear in the air with a knife. At this point, I stumbled upon a BookBuzzr book with the words "Alternative Poetry - Lite" in the title. Intrigued, I flipped through a few pages. And before I knew it I was smiling ... and then laughing! Then I came across this little verse which was so relevant to the… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on November 2, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

BookBuzzr Interviews Chad Lilly - Founder of Inner Circle Publishing

Your book - uncommon sense - has a unique style and touches the reader in a very different way. Can you tell us a little about the book?

"uncommon sense" was my second book and contains poetry focused on the development of our intuitive process. It seems as if universal wisdom has always been written in this sacred language of metaphor: Poetry. Thus the reason why all 'sacred' books were penned by Poets (and later called Prophets). Touching on topics like: Inner Learning,… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on October 26, 2009 at 12:59am — No Comments