How to Get Your Book Reviewed on Blogs
Book reviews are an easy and effective way to promote your book. People like hearing about new books and what others think of them.
You’ve probably seen book reviews published in your local newspaper or in your favorite magazines. You may even have seen them on T.V. during news or talk shows.
Those are all good places [...]
Blogging a Novel
Sometimes, you just give in to peer pressure. I have always had the writing bug. However, I never pursued this endeavor until many family and friends said it is time to write a book. But, never really explored this “art” until October of 2008. That is when I started writing my novel, “Diary: Alone on [...]
8 Ways to Use Blogging as an Interactive Marketing Tool
Here are some ideas for using blogging in social and interactive ways:
1. Encourage your readers to share your content with others.
Make it easy for readers to share your content by adding “share” buttons from http://sharethis.com or http://www.addthis.com. Then ask readers to share by including text at the end of your best posts such as: “Do [...]
Authors Blog For Free on Amazon
If you are the author of a book, ebook or audio product available on Amazon.com, you can have a blog on the Amazon site through Amazon Connect.
Amazon Connect can bring more people to your product page where they can learn about and buy your book, it can inform customers about your upcoming events and new [...]
Keep Writing to Promote Your Book
Don’t stop writing now that your book is published. You can make more sales by writing to promote your book.
Adapt Part Of Your Book To Become An Article Or Short Story. Upload it to a content driven Web site, submit it to an e-zine, enter it in a contest, submit it to a publication, offer [...]
How I Fell in Love with the Book Marketing Potential of a Virtual Book Tour
Before my book MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL came out in April (2008) I had come across the idea of a virtual book tour – where during a specific period of time an author’s book is featured on various blogs. Sounded terrific, except the price was way out of my budget.
Then when my book [...]