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12 Month Book Marketing Plan
Keep it simple. Focus on one thing each month to help grow your platform as an author and market your work. You can come up with a dozen things you want to accomplish for your book, right? Personally I like to take the first Sunday of the month to work through my monthly marketing tasks. Here is a quick list of ideas which can be used in any order.
Read MoreYour Book’s Journey
It is every writer’s dream to see his or her book in the front window of the local bookstore. It is fun to imagine tall, colorful stacks of your books surrounded by throngs of curious readers flipping through the pages as others rush to the cash register. Feel free to continue this fantasy as you pound the keyboard, but if you’re interested in turning the vision into reality, then suspend the writing and read on.
Read MoreDo You Have What it Takes to Be Published?
It is every writer’s dream to see his or her book in the front window of the local bookstore. It is fun to imagine tall, colorful stacks of your books surrounded by throngs of curious readers flipping through the pages while others rush to the cash register with their copy.
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7 Free Tools to Market Your Book on Amazon
It’s hard to find a needle in a haystack, not to mention a diamond in the rough, but if you...
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The Power of the Author Interview
A marketing tool all authors need to utilize to market and promote their books is the author interview. It’s quite simple to create and the investment of 30 minutes or less will go a long w
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5 Tips on How an Author Can Use Google Alerts to Sell More Books
When people want to search from something online they immediately think of Google.com and they...
Read MoreSalem VI: Rebecca’s Rising Interview with co-author Jack Heath
the hottest new paranormal thriller to hit the virtual bookshelves, Salem VI: Rebecca’s Rising, to my audience. In this two part series, we’ll get acquainted with co-authors Jack Heath and John Thompson. Salem VI: Rebecca’s Rising is one of those books that is destined to make an impact readers
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Amazon’s Listmania! Is an Incredible Marketing Tool for Authors
Knowing the ins and outs of Amazon is a must for any author, whether they are self-publishing or have a traditional publishing house behind them. Either which way, it boils down to the author still being responsible for their own book marketing and Amazon has one free marketing tool, that I really like…Listmania!
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Local Adirondack Authors Marketing Their Books to Travelers
Recently, I was traveling in the Adirondack Mountains and found myself at the historic Fort Edward Train Station. It was built in 1900 and is home to a charming little gift shop for Amtrak passengers to peruse while waiting for their next train. My train was running 40 minutes late, so I took the time to look through all of the nick-knacks and artwork that were available for sale to pass the time. There was a woman playing violin to a crowd of six people waiting along with me and she played beautifully. It was a little piece of unexpected Heaven.
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Using Amazon Keyword Tags to Sell More Books
Over the weekend I was looking for a book on Amazon and I could not find what I was looking for. ...
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Authors Can Master Book Publicity…Look to the Caddy
Professional golfers rely on their golf caddies, like authors should rely on their book publicists. You don’t have to be a fan of the sport to appreciate what goes into a great game of golf.
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