by Penny Sansevieri | Mar 19, 2024 | Bestseller Essentials
Reading Time: 8 minutesPeople often ask me: what are the best book marketing strategies? In other words: What sells the most books? The short answer is: No one thing sells books. It’s always a cumulative set of strategies that gets and keeps your book in front...
by Penny Sansevieri | Oct 17, 2023 | Amazon Updates & Marketing Tips, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 7 minutesWorking pre-order campaigns into your author marketing plan can definitely help you build buzz. Plus they are an excellent excuse to engage fans and draw in new ones. And pre-orders can be really lucrative for sales, when done right. If you’ve...
by Penny Sansevieri | Sep 5, 2023 | Amazon Updates & Marketing Tips, Getting More Book Reviews
Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know that I write a lot about Amazon – the beta testing we catch, the changes once they’re made, all the things. But one Amazon topic that comes up again and again, that continues...
by Penny Sansevieri | Aug 8, 2023 | Amazon Updates & Marketing Tips, Being in Business as an Author
Reading Time: 7 minutesAuthor pages on Amazon went through a huge overhaul in late December of 2022, but unfortunately, I see too many authors who clearly haven’t updated their pages to accommodate and capitalize on these changes. Gone are the blog updates...
by Penny Sansevieri | Jul 18, 2023 | Getting More Media Coverage
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn the past, book marketing and publicity firms often favored doing a press release to promote an author’s brand or their latest release. Mainly because they’re so often used by other industries and news outlets to promote newsworthy...