Sorry authors, you need to include marketing as part of your efforts. And book trailers are a great way to connect with readers. This is one very funny book trailer to reinforce the message.
Even at 70, memoir author Madeline Sharples hasn’t been afraid to tackle the Internet head-on to promote her book about son Paul’s struggle with bipolar illness and ultimate suicide. Madeline shares her approach to marketing and promotion with Women’s Memoirs.
Blogs are meant to be interactive environments where readers and writers can connect and influence. Social tools (such as the Facebook LIKE button) make it easy for readers to voice their likes and dislikes and guide the content. Discover why you should like LIKE.
We know that as writers you’re not keen on the marketing part. Writing is a labor of love; marketing is a four-letter word (w-o-r-k). But if you want to sell books, read on…
Book sales and success are as much (maybe more) about marketing and platform building as they are about the book. At this year’s BookExpo America, a lot was said about the state of the industry. And yes, it’s harder than ever to breakthrough and sell. But you can do it…if you start early enough and you focus on your platform.
As we go on three weeks of book award wins for both Rosie’s Daughters and Dog Dish Diet, we decided to encourage all authors to enter competitions and to give some advice on how to put your wins to work in marketing your books.
As authors, writing our memoir is only half our our job. The other half is marketing and selling our book because these days few publishers will help you. You need a marketing strategy in order to create a set of sales tactics. This is the first in a series designed to help you market (and sell) your book. Let’s start at the beginning.
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