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Why Write Articles to Promote your Book?
Reach 15,000 to 100,000 targeted buyers every week Online. That's the best reason I know to write and submit how-to articles to opt-in ezines and top web sites. get more book sales.Now, that's real exposure! And it's totally targeted because these people visit sites and subscribe to ezines who feature your topics of expertise. Your coach now has over 105 articles circulating and these have brought her over one-third her monthly income. The second best reason is that promoting your book through articles is fre*e. You subscribe to ezines, then submit your short Online articles to your online subscribers. All you do is write and submit your article once a week to ezines and top web sites. Your coach's articles are now on 900 other people's web sites with a URL link back to her site. Think about those increased sales, mainly because they are targeted. The third best reason is that this promotion method takes little time to accomplish, maybe nine hours a week. You write a short article from 300-800 words, get it edited and send it off. You can send to over 10 opt-in ezines at once with just one click. That's exposure to over 15,000 potential customers. You may spend an hour writing at first, but soon, you will produce a great article much faster. If you don't want to learn how to do this from a good coach or teleclass, enroll an inexpensive assistant, and let her do this promotion. Delegating this task has made your coach's time promoting even less than nine hours. You can expand your business and book sales so much more when you follow the coach's motto: "Do what you do best and hire the rest." More Reasons to Write and Submit Articles 4. Submitting articles is 7 times as effective as advertising because when you submit many articles, you become known as the savvy expert. Your potential buyers appreciate your fre*e information and will eventually trust you enough to buy from you. Just the sheer numbers of these articles you submit with your proper signature box at the bottom can bring 10-50 new ezine subscribers each time. This free advertising box attracts people to your Web site, where, if you have proper copywriting with marketing pizzazz, you will sell many books or services. Start writing a few articles, keep them until you have ten to submit.As you submit them, write a new article once a week. When you submit 20 or so, you will become a household name. Ezine publishers and sites will publish them People who visit the site or read the ezine will also ask you if it's OK they use your article. Of course it is! They will send your articles to their business associates, who, if they produce an ezine or have a Web site, will also publish your article. Talk about viral marketing! You can also write short tip articles from 100-300 words. You coach now expands her market to people who don't want a lot of information--just the facts, please. Coach's Tip: Be sure to send a thank you each time someone emails you saying they want to publish your article. After you thank the, ask for permission to add their email to your ePublishers email list. When you keep track of all supporters in an email list, they become your 24/7 sales force. Your coach sends new articles and tips each week to over 150 ePublishers she collected emails from. Now, that's viral marketing at its best! Entice your ePublishers to say "yes, ePub" in the subject line back to you by offering the benefit that it's straight to their email door and they will get the latest, up-to-the-minute information on your topic. 5. You receive global attention when other Web masters feature your articles because they will include a short bio, articles description and key words to help the search engines find you. Your rank in the search engines will go way up like mine to be one of the top ten web sites in your field. .It's exciting to get a call from China or other countries wanting your book or service. All of this means more book sales, and you don't even have to leave your office. Your coach is now number three in google and 35 other search engines. 6. The more exposure your articles get, the more you are perceived as the savvy expert, and when potential customers visit your web site, they are more likely to buy not just one book or service, but several. 7. You can recycle your articles over and over to get even more exposure and sales.. First, you can include your new article or tip in your own ezine you send out to potential customers. Tweak it a bit to submit to the opt-in ezines and top web sites. Don't resubmit within one year it unless you make pertinent revisions. You can change the slant with another audience, or you can change the title, shorten or lengthen it.You can take a small amount of information out of one article and repackage it into a short tip. Ask your coach the best way to write a tip. 8. Your articles could attract authors in your field who need free material for their book. Debbie Allen, shameless promoter herself, who wrote "Confessions of Shameless Internet Promoters" took three of my how-to articles for her latest Internet marketing book. Now in it's 2nd printing my revised three articles will pull even more interest. As she promotes her book, she promotes these articles. This word of mouth buzz will bring even more new business. 9. Take advantage of your Online audience. Remember, people go the net to get free information. If you give that freely, they are more apt to become loyal customers. Remember also, that because other Web site owners and ezine publishers don't have time to only write their own articles, they are constantly looking for your how-to articles. You can be published in hundreds of them! Article writing and submitting is the best book promotion effort so far. With over 125 circulating the net, my web master makes them available by categories of Book Writing and Self-publishing, eBooks, Online Promotion, Web Marketing and Under 500 Words. People can just click and get any one article by autoresponder, so they get exactly what they want. Divide and conquer. Think of the different categories you can offer. Make a list of them and get the word out! Start writing short articles now, and see how great Online exposure brings you what you want and need for your business success. Judy Cullins, 20-year book and Internet Marketing Coach, Author of 10 eBooks including "Write your eBook Fast," and "How to Market your Business on the Internet," she offers free help through her 2 monthly ezines, The Book Coach Says...and Business Tip of the Month at http://www.bookcoaching.com/opt-in.shtml and over 140 free articles. Email her at mailto:Judy@bookcoaching.com
MORE RESOURCES: Your marketing has to communicate what will most excite potential readers about you and your book. You can use what excites you about your books and what they can do for your readers. Make the Amazement Factor one criterion for choosing ideas to write about. Self-promotion is integral for author success today. But while many authors are introverts and have difficulty promoting themselves, others have a tendency to go overboard in stroking their egos, which equally makes it difficult to sell books because their self-praise is a turn-off for readers. Proper author self-promotion is a balancing act. Publishing has changed dramatically in the past few years. You need to know the new rules. Do you research and find out which way is best for you... Writing for an Ebook platform allows the author to be more creative and experimental. Here I share a couple of my own ideas and experiences in using Kindle, one of the most well known self-publishing outlets. As owner of a print-on-demand publishing business, I get asked a lot of questions and thought it would be useful to give answers to the five most common ones. My friends and family say my manuscript is really good. Is it ready to publish? If you're an expert who has written a book about your area of expertise - or you're in the process of writing it - I'm sure you know already that it's not enough to just publish the book and wait for the money to come rolling in. You need to do more - much more - to promote it (if you want more sales) and you (if you're using the book for positioning as an expert). Webinars can be a powerful tool to help you as an author. Here are three ways you can use them to help you as an author. When an author is looking to increase the numbers of his fans and readers, he should set himself up with a social network. This article will show you why. What if you wanted to open a Sally's Sewing Shoppe? Wouldn't it make sense that you knew about sewing? As counter intuitive as it may sound, giving away copies of your book can be the best book promotions tactic you can employ. Giving away premium gifts or bribes are a common marketing ploy that triggers a seemingly automatic response among consumers. Social location marketing is a mobile social media tool that can convert check-ins into cash. It is a small, but powerful social media tool. Although, statistics show that only 4% of surveyed American admitted to using location based social networks, numbers are on the rise. Five tips to help you create a marketing strategy for your newly published book. The journey to publication can be arduous and for those considering the Indie route, it is not for the faint of heart. When the book is finally done, one has moved from being an author to being a business owner and this entails promotion, marketing and finding the right type of exposure. A Website is an important and necessary tool for business owners. Your Website is the door to your business. It is what a tailored business suit is to your personal appearance. Have I got news for you! Most of it good. Some not so good. But let's start with the good news. In today's high-tech world there are two popular ways to give birth to that novel or how-to book you've been writing in your mind for all those years: One is called self-publishing - aka print-on-demand or POD - where you end up with printed books in hand. The other is to create an eBook, which means you'll be selling access to an electronic file rather than to printed books. They say that 82% of Americans would like to write a book. Tens of thousands of them do. Authors have a large choice when it comes to promotional techniques to get their books in front of prospective readers. Nothing really comers close to the power of the internet for promoting a product. One technique that can produce amazing results is the newsletter or ezine as it is sometimes known. Do you want people in your social networks talking about your new book? Host a book contest! With the right prizes, this promotional tactic can generate book sales, blog subscribers, Twitter followers, or Facebook fans (or all of the above). A big part of an authors ability to have a successful relationship with their fans resides in building an email list. The email list can be used to interact with their fans and create excitement about current and forthcoming book releases. In this article we look at what an email list is. How to build one and how to use it to significantly increase your book sales. Understanding the writer's market is an essential skill for traditionally published authors. This ensures your book gets past publication, and even more important, it will ensure your book gets sold. In this dicey economy, new and experienced writers are self-publishing their work. Choosing a title and subtitle can take days or weeks. What are your criteria? Amazon's Kindle ebook reading device has taken the world by storm. There are millions of these devices in use and sales of electronic Kindle books are now outselling traditional paperbacks. All of this means that more and more people are thinking about publishing their new masterpieces on Amazon. Print on demand (POD) capabilities have revolutionized publishing. Beginning authors are turning to POD to see their work in print. Experienced authors are turning to POD because of its advantages. This article details some of them. I use a combination of cover design methods for my 16 eBooks (2 more in a few weeks) and the same for my POD (print on demand) ones as well. With print eBooks you have to keep in mind the back as well as the front cover, plus spine text if you have a thick enough book. Been there, done that! A couple of times, actually. And I'm here to tell you that writing a book - difficult as it may seem - is the easy part...unless you'll be happy owning the only copy of your book in print. "Book writing" in and of itself can be a truly satisfying experience. Several years ago, I sold my share of the west coast ad agency I founded. A non-compete agreement precluded me from doing what I knew and loved. I was not ready to retire and did not want to stop creating. So like others before me, I set out to write a novel. After all, we all have one in us. Right? Most authors have traditionally used offline strategies to create buzz for their new book. These methods typically entail striving to gain coverage in the local press, sending out press releases and holding public sessions to talk about the book. These methods are certainly costly and may not reach as many people as an emerging author may like to. Social media has changed this, and emerging authors can now access millions of potential readers and buyers. The modern generation is open to newer ideas. They are curious and often interested to learn new things. This makes them an ideal target of many aspiring writers who want their work to be acknowledged. Many people are aware that writing on a particular area of interest or experience can potentially be beneficial for them if this can be brought to the masses in a way that gives them a chance at monetization. This is the so-called online experience. Once they follow a set of guidelines to arrive at a marketable copy, the actual avenues they choose online are very much at their discretion. Once the path has been burnt into the grass and finds its economic return, the writer will be motivated to produce more and with better quality. This article summarises the factors that need to be taken into account when deciding to put up your own downloadable digital product, especially Ebooks and infoproducts, or even other items classifiable as digital downloads such as software, music and so on, for sale at existing websites that have already established a large traffic volume. In a world of fiction often full of recycled ideas, it's always a pleasure to encounter a story that's truly unique. Frank Peretti manages to capture originality in his new novel, Illusion, in bookstores March 6th. As suggested by its title, Illusion's plot hinges on that which is contrary to initial perception. Gone are the days when you needed either a book deal or a large sum of money to publish a book. Self-publishing is no longer seen as just "vanity publishing"; it's a legitimate professional way to get your ideas into print. And now, with the Kindle and iPad making e-books mainstream, you don't even need it in print! But that doesn't mean it's all plain sailing. Traditional publishing does have some advantages, so if you do decide to take the self-publishing route, make sure you get those benefits in other ways. Writing a book is hard work. Creating your book title is even harder. You have many things to think about and your concerns must be met in a few words. Are you questioning your book title? Will it make your book fly off the shelf? There's no excuse to be pushy and behave like a used car salesman trying to sell a lemon when marketing a book. But authors who really want to turn-off their readers can follow these rude book marketing techniques to make sure their book sales plummet or become non-existent. What is a library? According to dictionary.com, "[a Library] is a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed". The library can be a place for free reading or referencing of books or it can also be a place for paid membership reading/borrowing of books: Some books may be available for free to read while some may be available as part of a paid service. An online library is essentially the same as the traditional library except there is no physical room required to store books, rather the said books/documents are available online. You've written and published a book. Congratulations! Unfortunately, however, the hard work isn't over. If you have a traditional publisher, it's probably helping with the marketing, but maybe not all that much, or maybe not at all. So it's critical that you step up and do your part. And if you're self-published, then it's all on you. So what's your plan? Sometime after signing the contract, and banking the first trounce of my advance, another document arrived from my publishers. I seem to remember spending a good few seconds reading it, ticking all the boxes, signing it, and sending a copy back as requested. What I'd filled in was the publicity agreement for my book. And I'd agreed to do everything. This wasn't a problem. My local newspaper (I had friends there anyway), perhaps local radio would be interested? That might be fun... I am one hundred percent Irish. "I was born and bred in Ireland" as they say, they of course being the Irish. I want to share with you a little background on the history of Ireland. If you are a dedicated celebrant of Paddy's Day, this article is for you. On Saint Patrick's Day know what it's really like to be Irish. Most book authors have an idea of how they would like their book to be marketed. Many create personal marketing plans. This doesn't happen over night, but you can do it. Utilize technology by using videos to promote your brand and your work. Potential clients respond better to authors they can see and interact with. Remember visual marketing is on the rise. Name recognition sells books. People are more apt to buy your book if they have read your previous ones or recognize your name. Branding used to be the industry term for this strategy and that has evolved into Recognition Marketing. What is it? As strange as it may seem, even good book writing gets rejected sometimes. Learn the many personal and professional considerations that can impact the book buying decisions that are made by editors and publishers. The Kindle is huge these days and it seems like everybody wants to learn how to sell books on the Amazon Kindle. The good news is, you can do amazingly well and make quite a bit of money selling your Ebooks on the Kindle as long as you follow these simple steps. ? Part of book marketing success is discovering how to write a book that causes readers to come to your website and do more business with you the author. Creating bonus gifts is a great way to endear readers to you. If you think making bonus gifts is an arduous process, it need not be. here are 4 ways to create a bonus for your book in minutes. I wish I had more money to travel. When I need an adventure, I go to the local book store. There, I'm transported through time and space and living a different life through someone's words. You have written your book and it has been published. Next step is to properly market your book and get it into the hands of your customers. Proper marketing is the key to success. Once you find your writing niche it is easy to settle in and stay there. To remain "fresh," however, you may want to step out of your comfort zone. There are many benefits to doing this, as this long-term writer discovered. Selling your first book is exciting. When you first hold it in your hand you can hardly believe your success. You may think sales success is the publisher's responsibility and that is partially true. In large measure, however, sales success is up to the author. You must learn the art (and it is an art) of self-promotion. Writing a conference proposal is similar to writing your resume. You have to be consise and grab attention at the same time. Though you wish to say more, there isn't room to do it, and deadlines are looming. These tips will help you craft your conference proposal. You have mastered your craft and are ready to go. You have even written down notes. Now, you have to figure out how publishing your information is going to actually happen. Without any info marketing know-how, you may be preoccupied with some ideas such as 'how to create a CD' about it, or 'how to create an MP3' so viewers or listeners would acquire the ideas direct from these materials. You may even wonder if you can really sell your ideas. Well here we are, and it is 2012 as of this article's publication date - it seems book marketing has changed so much in the last five years, heck in the last two years, that any book previously written on the topic may be of little use to you, at least unless it's been updated as of this month. Consider if you will the explosion of the eBook market thanks to Amazon's Kindle sales, and their ever-trailing competitor Barnes & Noble's Nook, and in the textbook industry we have the new Apple iPad for electronic textbooks which is sure to... Interested in self-publishing your work, or not sure where to start building your online author platform? Read on to get some quick and easy tips to start your author branding today. Let's face it, whether you are writing a physical hard cover book or a Kindle ebook, you put your blood, sweat, and tears into your work right? It takes a long time and lots of very hard work to write a good book but unfortunately, many people are doing it wrong and costing themselves lots of sales and money because of this. Many authors are killing their book sales because of formatting errors and issues on the Amazon Kindle. Authors are a step ahead in their promotion efforts when they know who is talking about their books and who might have an interest in their topics. Using Google Alerts allows authors to stay on top of trends and conversations that they can use to their benefit when marketing. A virtual book tour is a "tour" of various book related blogs where an author "appears" in a different venue every day for a period of one week to one month, or even longer. Because many book blogs are popular among the general readership, authors have found that writing guest posts on various blogs helps raise awareness of their name and books. There are a number of promotion firms that arrange and schedule blog tours for authors. Here are ten marketing dos and don'ts for indie or self-published authors on twitter that will help you maximize your use of twitter and improve the quality of your twitter experience. These tips apply equally to authors selling hard copy books or ebooks. Writing a book requires commitment, focus and time. It can seem overwhelming, but there are easy structures, organization and systems (S.O.S.) you can put in place to take you and your extraordinary book from just begun to happy and done. In this article, we'll review three of those. The key to building rapport with your readers is to engage them and listen to their suggestions and concerns regarding your work. There are many ways of doing this but by far the most effective technique is via your website and social media presence. To be truly successful these days it is very important for an writer to build an author website. The website or blog is where your readers, future and current, can connect to you and your work. Your website will be your best promotional tool. Which would YOU rather read, books or ebooks? Interesting question, isn't it? I can not tell you how many times I've heard something on these lines: "I just received a bad review. Readers have a right to their opinion, but [FILL IN THE BLANK WITH SOMETHING NEGATIVE]... Will you go to Amazon and check that the review wasn't helpful?" Finally, after an excruciatingly long wait, your book is released to the public. You're still basking in the glow of being an author and suddenly, along comes an invitation to the first of many book signings at a bookstore. Now what? When it comes to marketing your book or your written work, don't overlook one very important tool -- the business card. It's one of an author's most important tools, and they're not expensive, considering the many ways a business card can help you. If you have a website, have your website URL printed on the back so they can visit your site. A book cover has to grab the readers attention straight away and make enough of an impression to compel them to pick it up. Your book will most likely be surrounded by dozens of others all competing for the readers attention. Make yours stand out from the rest. It is very rare that you will see a best selling book with a terrible looking cover. It is the book cover that will first catch the potential readers eye and attract them enough to at least read the description of your book. People do judge a book by it's cover! A must read for indie-published (self-published) authors considering taking a virtual book tour. How to increase your book title and name recognition. I often say that books are more than the sum of their words. A real book is an entire entity-plot, organization, characterization, style, including all of the subheads for each one. Circling all of these things is the entire forest-the shape of the book. Publishing has traditionally been a struggle and those who have succeeded in having their books published were those who have contacts so that they can navigate among the many different agents who can sign their works into a publishing company. This is not happening any longer especially with the coming of Kindle publishing which literally anyone can do personally and in the convenience of your own home. Whether you created and are managing your own book tour or you've hired a publicist or book touring service, there are a few touring tips you should consider. Two of those tips are being a gracious guest and effective promoter. And so it goes. The publisher moves on and stays in business throughout the entire process with, 'Established since 1938,' over the door. The author after surrendering all rights to the publisher for 10% of sales, has a bundle of unsold books and, "I once had a best seller," rolling off his tongue. So now it's back to obscurity and his day job. The reality is, unless we as writers chart our own course and focus on an extremely profitable writing career, the above paragraph will ring true for us. A short intro to digital media for authors who haven't got a clue about preparing and publishing eBooks. Basic information on formats, preparation, pricing and royalties. Kindle, Smashwords, Lightning Source formats addressed. Choosing Your book's Title I cannot even tell you how important this is, especially if you want to seek a publisher later. Most people will make their buying decisions based on your title. For example, let's say you are writing a book about how to make money. Well, there are a million books written about "how to make money" so let's get creative! Let's write something nobody has written before; let's give your prospective publisher a reason to go..."Wow! this person has got a creative mind!" While your book provides education, entertainment, or information for your book, it is also an opportunity to create an on-going relationship with your readers. Savvy fiction and non-fiction authors know the power of those reader relationships and write their book strategically to foster them. You've seen this in action many times. If there is anything I have learned in my many years of professional writing, it's that a writer must also take the time to work as a marketer - even if you have hired a PR firm to handle your book promotion. It doesn't matter if your book has been out for ten years or won't be out for another ten months, devoting even a few minutes to tell somebody about your work can do wonders for your career. With eBook publishing coming into its own - as evidenced by the boost in digital reader sales this past year - it's important to get the buzz going about your digital titles so you can enjoy healthy sales. Ever wondered how self-published author John Locke sold one million ebooks in 5 months? He used a new marketing tool that is successful in various businesses but is still not well understood and has rarely (if ever) been used in book promotion: loyalty transfer. This article seeks to explain how it works. When authors call me to inquire about publishing or marketing services for their books, they are often stumped by one of my questions. When I ask about the sales process for the book, the phone line goes silent. It is understandable. Book marketing: Just hearing those words can strike terror into the hearts of new authors. Book marketing can seem mysterious, difficult, or down right impossible. I get calls all the time from authors who have boxes of books arriving on their doorstep and no idea what to do with them next. Author marketing via social media isn't as easy as it first appears. Learn some valuable advice from a writer who has been there. It is incredibly tough for a writer to grab attention in this competitive market. Here are 7 Marketing Tips to help the self-published author get noticed and increase online exposure. Sure, advertising doesn't come cheap. Everything in this planet does not come cheap at all. In the business world, a service line is a grouping of all the products and services related to one particular division of that business.? For example, a hospital may have a service line devoted to pediatrics and another service line for oncology. Apple has a service line for telephones and another one for personal computers. If you're looking for the next marketing strategy to boost your business or personal brand then you should look to write a book. It's a tried and tested strategy that if written and presented well can lead to increased sales, improved brand strength and ultimately, increased profitability. It doesn't matter what industry you work within, if you have a success story to share, a wealth of knowledge that others would gain value from or simply an interesting business model or background to your business, then getting this information down on paper can be the catalyst for a huge marketing campaign. Money can be made in hundreds of different ways. However, many average citizens want ways to make money online. It is easier to make money online as apposed to offline methods. My job at age nine was to walk down the block to Steven's house, talk to his mother, get any special instructions, usually a recitation of safety warnings, a repetition of the week before, walk with Steven to the schoolyard within the same block, push him on the swings, bring Steven home and report to his mother how the excursion went, get paid seventy-five cents. I enjoyed it. With the onslaught of eBooks and the demise of bookstores, some authors believe book signings are quickly going the way of the dinosaur and losing them valuable face-time with readers. Have no fear. You have a blog, mailing lists, thousands of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, and ensure your messages are always informative and entertaining, but are your efforts translating to book sells? Enough sells to give you a high return on investment? As with any industry, books sell best at certain times of the year and that timing can depend on their subject matter. First-time authors are often surprised that one book will sell while another doesn't at the holidays, but not everyone wants the same book for Christmas. Here are some tips for when and how to promote your book according to different holidays, seasons, and events. The publishing business has changed dramatically in the past few years. Today, nearly anyone can publish a book it seems. Hundreds of thousands of new books hit the shelves every year. With more than 500,000 ebooks sold, self-published mystery, thriller & horror novelist JA Konrath is a huge writing/publishing success by anyone's standards. In the following Q&A, we talk writing and publishing, and Konrath reveals a little about the man behind the books and blog. For the self-published author, marketing his or her book can be a daunting task. Most authors who publish their work independently don't possess large advertising budgets like traditional publishers have. How does the self-published author gain exposure? Writers often say they are overwhelmed by the social media. How do you keep up with all of the online networks to follow or be followed by your connections, friends, followers, or whatever they are called? So how does one find the time to have an ongoing social media presence? Well, perhaps you might do what many celebrities and businesses do -- they hire someone to represent their voice and post for them, including responding to both those initiating posts and respond to their own. Since platform and promotion has become so important today for selling books or getting a book deal with a publisher, the big question that many writers have is how do you do this? How do you gain that visibility in a time when there is so much clutter from millions of self-published books and celebrity has become the coin of the realm? Here are some suggestions on what to do. You want to write a book. Maybe you are like many healers, coaches and change agents and you have a big message to share. Perhaps, like so many of the messengers I work with, you even started writing. But then you got stuck, and you're just not sure where to go from here. Allow me to share these 7 easy steps to take you and your extraordinary book from just begun to happy and done! Authors who want to sell books should capitalize on the holiday season. From offering specials to participating in holiday events, many options are available during the busiest shopping season of the year to sell books and build customer relationships. Readers are seeking out books like yours because they have a need that must be filled - a need that they are willing to pay their hard-earned money for. Your testimonials must show them how they will benefit by buying your book. Don't forget to get an assortment of testimonials like this from a variety of people: celebrities, experts with fancy titles, minor celebrities, and average readers. An assortment of testimonials like this add up to become a very powerful way to boost your credibility and your book's sales. Here I show you what a testimonial should look like. I am willing to bet that you already know this, but when it comes to the book publishing process, marketing is the last step. It's also the most important. How to market a book is not as simple as it may seem, however, anyone can do it if they follow a few basic steps. Let's face it. Budgets are tight today and because of this, many publishers work hard to get your book out, but do little to promote it. This means that they may not put the finances behind it that it needs to reach your market. It's time for a serious discussion about online presence. What's the best social media to get the word out about your books? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Google Plus+... Come on, don't be shy. Which do you choose and why? Did you know that you can get your articles and books published through kindle? This is facilitated through Amazon. This is a very exciting new way to get your stuff published and seen by so many people. The best part is that it wont cost you anything at all. Your dream has come true: You have written a book, you have found a publisher; you have gone through the tedious process of editing and layout. Now it is time to release your book and celebrate your achievement. Now it is time to let everybody know what you have worked so hard for. How to use a Facebook Fan Page for authors. What to do, and what not to do, when creating a Facebook Fan Page. Independent writers face unique roadblocks. Overcome the stigma that indie books are not good. Issues that indie authors should know about when they publish their books. Understanding the world of indie publishing. |
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They want to use Ingram or Baker & Taylor because they think they need to get their book into the "brick and mortar" bookstores like Barnes and Noble. FSBO Author believes in Bookswaps Hi Noel,I absolutely love your website, As an MS sufferer I intend to buy your book and get "Back onto my feet." My motto this year is, "Again Alive In 2005!"I have published a book also. Colour and Book Covers - What You Should Know if Youre Self-Publishing Color is tricky at the best of times. If you want exact color management (such as a particular shade of blue for a university logo) you really should use something called spot color. Promote Your Books on Talk Shows and Make More Money Successful authors are convinced that radio interviews are the very best way to reach large audiences and publicize their books. Interviews give authors an opportunity to expound on the topic of their book and disclose personal feelings. Publishing Your Book-What Way is Best For You? - Part 1 Your print or ebook is nearly finished. You wonder if you should try to get an agent to represent you to the publisher. Top Ten Ways to Promote Your Books Through Flyers A flyer is an excellent, inexpensive way to promote your book. What makes one flyer so much better than another? Use these top10 tips to make your flyer stand out from the crowd. How to Make Money With Your Short Stories, Poems, Essays, and Novels Recently, someone rated my "Online Book Marketing" article a 2 out of 5. That person apparently didn't like the article. How to Market Your Unsold Books on the Internet: Its Easy Your book expresses your wondrous information, your creativity, and your genius. It's your dream come true. Raise Your Hand If Youd Consider Giving Up The Rights To Your Book Forever If Random House pulls up to your house with a U-haul filled with millions and wants to buy your book, maybe you'd consider giving up the rights forever. But, let's come back to the real world. 10 Reasons Why People Attend Book Signings This is the survey result of 325 people conducted by myselfso I can improve at my own book signings. After completingthe survey, I saw the wealth of insight it had given me. Top Ten Non-Techie Steps to Market your Book Online Are you an author who is looking for new ways to promote your book or business? Does the traditional promotion you do take too long and not bring you top results? Are you willing to investigate easy non-techie ways to get more book buyers?Check out these ten steps within "Ten Non-Techie Ways to Market your Book Online:"Step1. Ten Steps Preparation and FoundationWhen marketing your book Online, you need to attract the right customers to your Web site. Book Club Sales -- Increasing the Odds What is a book club sale? It is actually a rights sale or a licensing agreement: you are granting permission to a book club the right to "borrow" your work. You have written a book, and now you are allowing a book club to print and distribute your book to its members. Quiz: Will Online Book Marketing Help Sales? Most authors sigh a sigh of relief when they finish their book. Then comes the awesome task of marketing the masterpiece. The Perfect Book and Where to Find It! If I was asked to describe the perfect book, one that's in high demand, moves off the shelves quickly, costs little or nothing to produce, involves the least amount of work possible, and offers multi-income streams, I'd say it included one, preferably more of the following features:It Must Be Quick To ProduceTime is money and the sooner your book is ready to sell, the sooner you'll make money from it.So let us consider just a handful of many ways to create a book in a day, or less than a day, perhaps in just a few minutes!1) Profit From Resell RightsResell rights - a confusing term with conflicting definitions, but a great way to acquire best selling books quickly, at little cost, complete with marketing materials, web sites, representing the easiest and fastest way to start your publishing business. 4 Questions to Answer Before Contacting a Book Agent Obtaining agency representation is your first step toward getting profitably published. Most publishers won't even look at unsolicited manuscripts.
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