Book Marketing Tips & Author Branding Advice
Smart eBook Pricing: 3 Rules for Demanding $9.99 or more for your eBook
I just returned an eBook to Amazon. I don’t normally do this. In fact being in the industry I hate returning books – period, but I did in this case and I’ll tell you why: the book was over $15. And when it comes to eBook pricing, if you’re going to charge that much,...
5 Critical Cookbook Marketing Strategies
In honor of National Cookbook Launch day on October 12, I wanted to highlight some important book discovery strategies specifically for our cookbook authors to use on their cookbook marketing journey. Book discovery is challenging across genres, but cookbook marketing...
Why Reader Demographics are Critical for Book Discovery
I’ve written a lot about reader profiles for your own work, I even have a free worksheet you can download, but it’s been a while since I’ve addressed reader demographics as they pertain to media, blogs, and other reader-centric platforms where your potential buyers...
The Best Price for Your Discount eBook Promotions
Discount eBook promotions are like cilantro, or tequila, or oysters! What I mean is, when I talk to authors about this strategy it seems they either love them or hate them. When you find your stride with discount eBook promotions, and by that I mean you’ve pretty much...
When is the Best Time for Your Book Launch?
Often the launch of a book (the actual book launch date) is determined by one thing: the book is finally done. But is there more to launching a book at the exact right time? Should there be? The simple answer is yes. But to understand how book launch times have...
7 Rookie Book Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
It’s not easy being the new kid on the publishing block. And there’s a lot of confusing information about all the different book marketing approaches out there. So what’s a newbie author to do? Be aware of the pitfalls and easy mistakes you can make and how to avoid...
Why Knowing Your Reader May Help You Sell More Books
One of the biggest book marketing blunders is this: not knowing who your reader is. We’ve talked about this before, with our reader profile (download my free reader profile brainstorm worksheet here), but this goes actually deeper than that. Because you may “think”...
6 Ways Video Blogging Can Save Your Author Promotion
Video blogging isn’t a new concept for a lot of industries, but I don’t see it enough in author promotion. Personally, I can understand if the hesitation is about being “video ready” – I don’t love the prep work for video blogging, you have to figure out the lighting,...
Marketing a Memoir: 5 Crucial Things to Consider
We Love Memoirs Day is on August 31 so I wanted to show some love to our memoir authors and discuss some really important things that need to be considered when writing and marketing a memoir. Is your story marketable? Sounds pretty basic, but that’s why it’s so...
Marketing Poetry and How to Find More Readers
It was National Poet’s Day this week and in honor of that special literary holiday I thought it was appropriate to give poets some love, and talk about specific strategies for marketing poetry and improving your book discovery. Because I think a lot of poets will...
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