Online Book Marketing – Is It Effective?
If you have recently published a book or novel, you be pleased to know that the Internet can become your most valuable resource. There is controversy as to whether or not it is effective to market your book online, especially since so many people are reading content directly on the Internet or downloading e-books. However, [...]
How To Sell Your Books Online
Believe it or not, people do still read books! However, if you want to draw attention to your published work, then it is important to take it to the Internet. The Internet is a viable resource for valuable information, and many people are looking for great content to read in the form of books and [...]
10 Ways for a Book Author to Share Free Content on the Internet
Book authors sell their books — the fruits of their writing labor. Thus it may seem counterintuitive to recommend that, for online book marketing success, book authors must be willing to share abundant free content.
Why is this?
On the Internet people are usually looking for relationships (connections) before buying something. Even if the book [...]
Selling Books Online from Your Own Website
I started selling my books online from my own website in 1998. For the first couple of years, more orders came in by phone than through the website. What often happened was that someone went to the website, decided to order the book, then called me on the telephone because they did not want to [...]
Put Your Book Video on Video Sharing Sites
This is a follow up to Sarah’s post, Get the Most Publicity Out of Your Book Video.
Our world is bombarded by “media noise.” The messages trying to grab our attention are unending. To compete, publishers must jump in and try to grab some of the attention for their books. Book videos are one way to [...]
How Authors Can Use Their Books as the Basis for an Internet Business
Whether you have a fiction or nonfiction book, there’s a lot more gold in that tome than you may realize.
Get the Most Publicity Out of Your Book Video
Book videos, also know as book previews or book trailers™, have become increasingly popular as publishers look to media to promote books. Book videos can engage the viewer on multiple levels through images, music, words, and emotions. The goal of the book video is to give the viewer a quick look at the book with [...]
Book Marketing Blog Carnival – April 29, 2009
Welcome to the April 29, 2009 edition of the book marketing blog carnival.
Marketing and Online Marketing
Kathleen Gaga presents I was banned from Facebook…but why? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “I was banned from Facebook…but why?
Amazingly, having one’s account disabled by Facebook is apparently very, very common.”
Andrew Peel presents But which Social Network [...]
Book Marketing Blog Carnival – April 15, 2009
Welcome to the April 15, 2009 edition of the book marketing blog carnival.
Marketing and Online Marketing
Tushar presents SEO Checklist for Creating a New Website posted at TUSHARVICKKIE, saying, “The SEO Checklist lists all the important and necessary elements to be taken care of while developing the website. It’s always better to optimize the website from [...]
Book Marketing Blog Carnival – November 26, 2008
Welcome to the November 26, 2008 edition of the book marketing carnival.
Marketing and Online Marketing
Brian Terry presents 5 Hot Tips For A Big Selling Squeeze Page posted at Big Selling Website Design, saying, “Less is more—”Non multum sed multa” That’s true even more on the Net where the attention span and the patience of [...]
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