Book Promotion | Book Promotion
Apr.08.2013
So, I think I broke my brain. I am currently working to fix it.
Over the past four months since I indie-pubbed my first novel, Leather to the Corinthians, I have been spending considerable energy using social media (read: all my free time) to market and promote the book. Prior to its release, I had...
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Mar.24.2013
Awright, thriller-writers: c'mon: I know it was one of you.
Look-- I'm all for publicity stunts, but this carries "book promotion" a little too far, okay?
— Earl Merkel
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Dec.20.2012
The origin of Bozell Books and Managing New Author Expectations:
The Bozell Books division was started as a direct result of my own personal need. I had just published my first book: Is It Still Murder Even If She Was A Bitch?, and I hadn’t a clue as to how to promote it. www.rldonovan.com....
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Nov.30.2012
A while back, my pal Jim Averbeck and I got this idea to promote our books together. Book promotion is a lonely thing, and I was looking for company. It gets boring talking about your own book all the time, especially when you're not sure if anyone's listening. I figured, if Jim...
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Nov.27.2012
Most authors I know end up obsessed with book sales, usually to such an extent that they don’t write their next book. What a shame. They don’t realize their potential as writers or as authors. Yet, there is a way for you to avoid this pitfall while still selling and writing more books....
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Nov.24.2012
If you want to be a published author, you need an author brand. Since, most writers don’t know much about branding, I asked Rob Eagar, a marketing consultant and author of Sell Your Book Like Wildfire: The Writer’s Guide to Marketing and Publicity, to explains why you need an author brand and to...
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Nov.22.2012
You can do just about anything online, including a book tour, and do it more successfully than offline. Knowing how to do it is another story. I’ve had a lot of success with virtual book tours, so I asked Dana Lynn Smith, the Savvy Book Marketer and author of Virtual Book Tour Magic: The Secrets...
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Nov.21.2012
The job of selling books begins the moment you decide you want to become an author. You need to build an author platform—a built-in readership for your books—long before your book is published. Platforms are created with the promotion of aspiring author, published author, published books, and...
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Nov.07.2012
It was my birthday yesterday. I feel this is something you ought to know. This summer, the kids asked me what were the most important dates in history. I told them, in no uncertain terms, that Charles’ birthday was right up there hovering round the number one slot. They seemed to think I was joking...
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Oct.24.2012
Like a best friend or writing buddy, a blog supports aspiring and published authors’ efforts to write, publish and promote their books. Yet, many writers refuse to blog. They don’t want to learn new technology, don’t want to promote themselves, or believe blogging will take them away from daily...
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