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5 Steps to Successful Amazon Ads

May 4, 2020 by Dave Chesson

Amazon ads are a powerful marketing tool for authors right next to your book description. But these days, more than ever, ads are extremely competitive. You need to approach them the right way to get your book in front of the right people. In this article, you’ll learn: What metrics you should keep an eye on Why you should look at other book covers When to change your ads, … [Read more...]

What Fiction Writers Can Learn About Marketing from Non-Fiction Writers

March 17, 2015 by Cathy Stucker

Marketing fiction can be more challenging than non-fiction. You can make it easier by adopting techniques used by non-fiction writers. Yes, these marketing methods work for novels, too. Tie your book to a hot news story. One client’s novel about the oil industry came out right when gas prices were spiking. He used that as a hook to land lots of radio interviews and create … [Read more...]

What Turns a Novel Into a Success Story

April 7, 2011 by Zohreh Ghahremani

“It’s a small world,” people say, but I prefer the old Persian saying, “The world is round, who knows when we’ll meet again?” Somehow I find an active world more appealing, more positive, than a small one. But regardless of the choice, I recently came to experience the profound meaning of such expressions. A few years ago, I wrote a review for “Digging to America,” by Ann … [Read more...]

Get Creative With Your Book Trailers

July 20, 2010 by Phyllis Zimbler Miller

Book trailers are popping up all over the internet, promoting both fiction and nonfiction books. In most cases these book trailers are similar to movie trailers - sliced together footage of pictures and film clips, often with a voiceover. Movie trailers probably work best when they include footage of a film star that we all want to see in a movie. We may not even care what … [Read more...]

Make it Easy for Book Clubs to Discuss Your Book

July 13, 2010 by Phyllis Zimbler Miller

You're a book author and you want to promote your book. You have a website where you have downloads of your first chapter or chapters. Have you also made available discussion questions for book clubs to use? Book groups can be a good target market for your book, especially if it's fiction. But given how busy people are, it's helpful for readers to know that if they … [Read more...]

How to Plan a Virtual Party

June 12, 2010 by LM Preston

Planning a Virtual Book Launch, a Virtual Book Birthday or a Virtual Book Tour are great compliments to a book marketing campaign. They are free, effective, and can stick around in the blogsphere forever to immortalize your book and marketing efforts. Anyone can throw a Virtual Party for any reason and the set up is fun and free. CREATE A PARTY WEBSITE Do this at least … [Read more...]

How to Promote a Self-Published eBook

May 5, 2010 by Dorothy Thompson

One of the most-asked questions I get from writers who have never written and published an eBook before is, "How would you promote a self-published eBook?  Where would you go to even begin selling a product that hasn't the backup from a traditional or otherwise publisher?" Well, that's two, but many writers balk at attempting to play publisher.  If they only knew it's not as … [Read more...]

Selling Fiction Books

March 9, 2010 by Emily Andrews-McKee

It used to be that an author would send his manuscripts off to publishing houses where, if he was lucky, the novel would be plucked from the slush pile and accepted for publication. Of course, it often took submitting the book to many publishers, perhaps over the course of years, before the novel found a home with a publisher. And many authors never saw their works in … [Read more...]

Selling Fiction Like Non-Fiction

October 6, 2009 by Cathy Stucker

Marketing a novel can be more challenging than a non-fiction book. You can make it easier by adopting some of the techniques used by non-fiction writers. Yes, they work for novels, too. If you have a good hook, a press release can get you coverage in the media. Also, distributing press releases online allows you to get around the media gatekeepers and take your story … [Read more...]

Let Your Characters Market for You in Social Media

September 30, 2009 by Cathy Stucker

Does your heroine have a Twitter account? Why not? Posting to social media sites in the voice of your characters gives you another way to interact with readers and get them involved in your story. This works especially well for series characters, where the character’s relationship with the audience builds with each book. Social media can speed the process along. Here are … [Read more...]

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