All Blog Posts Tagged 'promotion' (249)

One older blog began with one sentence and was not finished. “Much of the latest focus on author promotions is weeding out “time wasting” exercises in ego stroking endeavors.” That was in may.  I had written about it in a blog in last June titled Vanity Event.  I wasn’t sure if book signings were that much a waste of time, as was being suggested. The other one, blog, got sidetracked for a number of reasons, but one reason was that I was trying to research the origin of that terms for…

Exciting changes have been forced on website changes for this member and writer. Perhaps I am trying to do too much. Anyway, I had to make a decision on whether to continue two other websites that were not getting much traffic, and yet the costs were going up each year, which  …………. Well, it was nuts to stay there. The two new sites are up at the links below in the signature…

The printing industry is experiencing several changes in recent times. One of the largest advents of the modern publishing world is the popularity and increasing significance of self publishing. A few years back, the publishing industry was dominated by traditional publishing companies that did not allow complete freedom and scope for creativity to all authors. The boom of the digital era has changed the book publishing industry. Self publishing a book has become the new…

[caption id="attachment_36128" align="alignleft" width="210"] This is my book. I'll be using it as an example throughout this post to show you how to promote your own book.[/caption]



Congratulations on writing a book! Only a select few aspiring authors get started writing a book, much less finish it! You've undoubtedly invested enormous amounts of time, focus and love into your book. Now that it's done, the work of promoting it begins. Here…

Akira Okihu on a blog, discusses the quest for followers.  Maybe I am late in replying to this piece on "quest for followers" but it is something, the topic, which so many of us are in the middle of these days. It isn't really meeting others in person, but one is developing an audience at this level. I realize there are pros and cons to the entire concept of "social…

It may possibly go away sometime, but one has to wonder. As I wrote in June about NSA and the UK, James Bamford gave a tremendous history of our connection with the UK since and in spite of our gaining independence. They have remained our steadfast ally on the globe. The 2oth century clandestine connections are detailed in particular. Then the “Cold War” connections in late 40s…

A very economical option all authors have at their disposal is giving their book away for free. There are no costs when giving away a digital book. Should you decide to hand out 700 ebooks or price them at 99 cents on Amazon, it’s not costing you, the author, anything. In fact, you’re advertising your book gaining exposure without spending the money to print it or distribute it.

Some authors might be reluctant to give their work away for free, which is understandable. Most authors…

When you go to a purchase site for books, are the reviews important to you?  

Is the review what determines whether or not you will buy a book?  

Does it seem like all the reviewers lately are just friends of the author who have left reviews?

All of these are important questions when asking yourself if it is important to promote your book via book reviews.  Amazon seems to be the place where most of the reviews are…

If you are new to the blogging scene, you probably don’t have a lot of followers (yet). For aspiring authors, this is a calamity. There you are, pouring your heart and soul into your posts, and nobody is reading them! How will anybody know that you are a gifted writer if your blog is languishing, unhonored and unsung, in cyberspace?

The standard advice to unsung…

Which book did you read lately? ‘Is it a paperback or a hardback?,’ is the question you usually ask. But, this trend is outdated. Most people prefer reading an ebook nowadays.

Though the era of actual books hasn’t died out completely and will never do so, ebooks have gained much prominence in people’s lives today. Ebooks are electronic (usually word or PDF) versions of actual paper books. The content is the same. The look is the same, but the feel is different. You don’t have to turn…

Book fairs are becoming increasingly popular nowadays. International book fairs are no lesser affairs than a star-studded Hollywood celebrity event. Books are certainly a loved possession of the intellectuals.

Though with quick advancement in technology, people are now getting more and more hooked to gadgets, never think that the craze of books has died out. Never think of books as a secondary interest of people nowadays. It’s just that people’s interest in the type of books have…

The received wisdom of self-publishing is to place your book everywhere, and in all formats. I did that (mostly). And it didn’t work. This is why: Writers who finance their own work can’t possibly promote their books everywhere, and in all forms.

Book promotion is time-consuming enough as it is, but promoting a book to brick-and-mortar booksellers, libraries,…

Please join Marsha Casper Cook when she welcomes Leagh Christensen and Marni McNiff on March 2 at 8PM CST  9PM EST.

Marni is a Media Specialist & Editor. She spent several years as the Managing Editor at The Institute of Children's Literature before branching out into a freelance career. She currently edits books…

Amazon promotion this weekend. The kindle ebook edition of The Shylmahn Migration is available for free this Saturday and Sunday.

The miniseries screenplay adaptation was the winner of the Pacific Northwest Screenwriting Competition a couple of years ago.

Hope everyone checks it out, downloads a copy. Epic science fiction. 

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I didn't have an agent for my first book, which, in light of the disastrous contract I signed, was a mistake. So, when I completed a second book I decided to contact one. After reading the manuscript she gave me a call, agreed…

Marketing a book takes pain, in spite of it being a superb piece delivered by a genius mind.  You need to be adroit in marketing your books through the right channels to the right market. A book that is qualitative yet obscure will not get you any bucks for your hard work.  Make sure you do all possible things to get your book some popularity.  Convincing a publisher to publish your creation isn’t easy. Book promotion may seem difficult if you are a first timer. It may drive you crazy…

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